tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125942352024-03-23T13:12:23.323-05:00The Viscount LaCarte"It is impossible to reason someone out of something that he did not reason himself into in the first place." Jonathan Swift
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“Seek Truth for Authority, not Authority for Truth.”<BR>Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices."<BR>VoltaireThe Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.comBlogger410125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-49324922369016174532009-01-20T12:27:00.002-05:002009-01-20T12:34:56.562-05:00President Obama<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5I8vG3Voj3-hgfZX8Tj3-XThXIEkEcGYQezQ6WbBuRJdjfXM1vDCumMQwgXCvJTx6qXOWnobfWrtOBkQeimKvaY0aIXwdeq1zqVjMJl9YWY6SHzRreKG-TN7SdCEvu38-YUO/s1600-h/barack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip5I8vG3Voj3-hgfZX8Tj3-XThXIEkEcGYQezQ6WbBuRJdjfXM1vDCumMQwgXCvJTx6qXOWnobfWrtOBkQeimKvaY0aIXwdeq1zqVjMJl9YWY6SHzRreKG-TN7SdCEvu38-YUO/s400/barack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293430672238935010" /></a><br /><br /><br />YAY!The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-90197705880896019022008-12-24T08:26:00.002-05:002008-12-24T08:30:33.948-05:00Annual War on Reason RePost<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJJ73ANcc2bm-yBJRijXoWUyK6F2JbqdvP_UHx_XBAgl_QvwYCJhPpBeI7J4RE-pL8wUF5T1ZakzC-TJDaTOxYeGOGoW-IiGPcN2AaHh0nfGNvhhKB8g3S116SeXMOa4-Ycq2/s1600-h/yule04.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaJJ73ANcc2bm-yBJRijXoWUyK6F2JbqdvP_UHx_XBAgl_QvwYCJhPpBeI7J4RE-pL8wUF5T1ZakzC-TJDaTOxYeGOGoW-IiGPcN2AaHh0nfGNvhhKB8g3S116SeXMOa4-Ycq2/s400/yule04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283347582566180386" /></a><br /><br />[Originally posted 09-Dec-2005. 2008 Update. We've paid a considerable price these last 8 years culminating in the near ruination of our company. I'm hopeful that we've reached a turning point. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all my friends.]<br /><br />The War on Christmas is already old news. The fact that people actually discuss it doesn’t surprise me anymore, but it only adds to my post-outrage fatigue. How is that people in this 21st century, living in the wealthiest nation on earth, with access to instant information can be so willfully ignorant? How many people know that <a href="http://www.didyouknow.org/xmas/solstice.htm" target="new"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Constantine</span></a> and The Church decided to merge the winter pagan celebration and other European customs with the birth of Jesus for political reasons? How many Christians have ever even heard of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule" target="new"><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">Yule</span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);">?</span><br /><br /><br /><br />The very idea that mega-corporations are bowing to pressure from “secularists” because their advertisements say “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas” should be classed as satire. Does anyone who truly understands the teachings of Jesus Christ actually believe that he would condone the way our culture celebrates his “birthday?” That he would prefer that the corporations who, in order to increase their wealth by appealing to the greed in his potential disciples use the term “Merry Christmas” instead of “Happy Holidays”? That he would turn a blind-eye to the suffering of so many at the hands of so few and actually promote the corporate agenda whose only purpose in life is to generate wealth through exploitation? That the actions of our president and our government and our corporations and all of us are perfectly acceptable but the words “Happy Holidays” are offensive?<br /><br />Please.The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-42706409140815223492008-12-23T14:03:00.004-05:002008-12-23T18:17:44.670-05:00Thanks For Christmas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDMq_MY1u4cX3dw-GzohjkF3JZNJCif4ebr0gfupECEwrCeJOsHG0UoqmLnOat5Z26uP7H3XLg3esgX6l4d8MSxWZCyRUdC7lYJTs9HzeHv8Hlgp_DqI73lnCN2iAVjxPfPre/s1600-h/2008+Christmas+cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 390px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDMq_MY1u4cX3dw-GzohjkF3JZNJCif4ebr0gfupECEwrCeJOsHG0UoqmLnOat5Z26uP7H3XLg3esgX6l4d8MSxWZCyRUdC7lYJTs9HzeHv8Hlgp_DqI73lnCN2iAVjxPfPre/s400/2008+Christmas+cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283064920943576850" /></a><br /><br />Once again, Neddie and Bluegirl (Ned and Blue) have collaborated on a Christmas song, and once again they've done an awesome job.<br /><br />Go there now and listen.<br /><br /><a href="http://byneddiejingo.blogspot.com/2008/12/three-hundred-sixty-four-days-filled.html"target="new">Ned's.</a> <br /><br /><br />Stop by <a href="http://bluegirlredstate.typepad.com/blue_girl/2008/12/thanks-for-christmas.html"target="new">BG's</a> and say "hellooooo."The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-80494307631262007602008-11-25T10:02:00.002-05:002008-11-25T10:04:17.601-05:00Bought Your Ghost - The Bigger LoversI love this tune by this little-known power-pop band. No surprise that the video is low-budget, but the song is great!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MdZOwZ3yZa0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MdZOwZ3yZa0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-10953755501947444102008-11-11T09:30:00.003-05:002008-11-11T09:31:35.049-05:00It's LoveKing's X. On this track they sound like John, Paul and George backed up by Rush. I didn't like most of their material, but this song rocks.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNkOauUbAwE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oNkOauUbAwE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-6995268829814556382008-11-07T12:56:00.001-05:002008-11-07T12:57:25.733-05:00It's Just a Slow TurningJohn Hiatt. Love this tune. Great banjo. Awesome feel. Good lyrics. Video is inconsequential.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7UrueP3aM40&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7UrueP3aM40&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-89236464515629204992008-11-05T07:06:00.003-05:002008-11-05T07:48:32.870-05:00YES, WE DID!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQmBSnJ-6p99m4Mf0syNe2a8Zg5nGwcNbY7qUsE0TBh6TNopqXbhqqASsmYoB5wYX_c7sULuwccxenHRZVdVLhNNzYwjBwYHeylq_l52kKHfPApIXXtrDhe_DHXE2HiYxEGXm/s1600-h/thankyou_banner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAQmBSnJ-6p99m4Mf0syNe2a8Zg5nGwcNbY7qUsE0TBh6TNopqXbhqqASsmYoB5wYX_c7sULuwccxenHRZVdVLhNNzYwjBwYHeylq_l52kKHfPApIXXtrDhe_DHXE2HiYxEGXm/s400/thankyou_banner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265154461673466450" /></a>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-40237444769280051382008-10-27T18:50:00.000-05:002008-10-27T18:51:12.211-05:00Obama's Closing Argument in OhioGreat speech by a great man.<br /><br /><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27403620#27403620" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-20699866414958020802008-10-16T20:32:00.000-05:002008-10-16T20:33:39.513-05:00Batman vs. The Penguin "The Debate"This is TOO good!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/l63SRpGXBHE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/l63SRpGXBHE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-71004833690505562812008-10-16T07:41:00.003-05:002008-10-16T07:49:36.783-05:00John McCain Master DebaterHis BIG line:<br /><br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y4ca8gtrmYg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y4ca8gtrmYg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />His debate with himself during the prep:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnb2IrsU1Cg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnb2IrsU1Cg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Some more "straight talk" from the express bus to <span style="font-style:italic;">alsorandom.</span><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ioy90nF2anI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ioy90nF2anI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-6207261753047367272008-10-11T10:04:00.004-05:002008-10-11T10:12:30.596-05:00Don't Mess With Scientists<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMtg77OzYEjloacysIJdX1T3QDxJm3vlIxZzQNz8itlkW_4lr7GUh0ax2OqMb6jECZ_Pk2RDxTUT9fyKk5jP838fRz8NfdGr8eGiQfNCB_oDOKLSGB2ioXDARtbwE55atcWQv/s1600-h/botch_rutner.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRMtg77OzYEjloacysIJdX1T3QDxJm3vlIxZzQNz8itlkW_4lr7GUh0ax2OqMb6jECZ_Pk2RDxTUT9fyKk5jP838fRz8NfdGr8eGiQfNCB_oDOKLSGB2ioXDARtbwE55atcWQv/s320/botch_rutner.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255913583175006866" border="0" /></a><br /><br />My new (old) friend <a href="http://botchrutner.blogspot.com/" target="new">Botch Rutner</a> is running for president. He alerted me to this article and I thought I'd share it with my small yet loyal readership:<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl78"target="new"><br />Don't Mess With Scientists!</a>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-54193906636023427792008-10-07T06:05:00.002-05:002008-10-07T06:06:17.406-05:00Hockey Moms in Glass HousesAnother classic special comment from Keith. Gee Willikers!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Qe0fgS7K8Q&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8Qe0fgS7K8Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-54215081427449414142008-10-05T12:56:00.001-05:002008-10-05T12:57:22.103-05:00Elvis Sings Led ZeppelinWell, almost anyway. Dread Zeppelin. They were a one-joke band, but it was a good joke, wasn’t it?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/16LI4TUucW4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/16LI4TUucW4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-40900202258613263192008-10-02T14:26:00.001-05:002008-10-02T14:28:24.942-05:00This Is EntertainingLinus sings "Every Little Thing..." by The Police.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6AvBL2Mx2xA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6AvBL2Mx2xA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-25376355184887504042008-10-01T20:06:00.000-05:002008-10-01T20:07:28.992-05:00A Watershed Moment For America<embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" width="400" height="355" flashvars="file=http://www.theonion.com/content/xml/85481/video&autostart=false&image=http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/OBAMA_SNOB_article.jpg&bufferlength=3&embedded=true&title=Portrayal%20Of%20Obama%20As%20Elitist%20Hailed%20As%20Step%20Forward%20For%20African%20Americans"></embed><br/><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/portrayal_of_obama_as_elitist?utm_source=embedded_video">Portrayal Of Obama As Elitist Hailed As Step Forward For African Americans</a>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-43725903424052104862008-09-29T16:01:00.001-05:002008-09-29T16:01:57.005-05:00Okay, So It's Monday<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q1ZV4Mx7tw8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q1ZV4Mx7tw8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-53462193563268451312008-09-28T12:54:00.001-05:002008-09-28T12:54:55.586-05:00You Can See This AnywhereBut why not here at my place?<br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 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LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-65599266760599724132008-09-27T07:53:00.000-05:002008-09-27T07:54:27.739-05:00You Were WrongI wish there was more of this, but still it was a great moment.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/KHW-0LDQ0IE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/KHW-0LDQ0IE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-84426382418135888002008-09-24T14:13:00.001-05:002008-09-24T14:13:40.193-05:00Free Sarah PalinStick with this rant by Campbell Brown.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" 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target="new">documentary </a> is somewhat flawed and hard to follow - but the footage from Sarah Palin's Church is real. It's 9 minutes long but you don't need to watch more than a few minutes. It would be laughable if this person was just the lady down the street, but in a couple of years she could be the leader of the free world.<br /><br />UPDATE: Sarah Palin is unqualified to be president based on her lack of experience and is, for a liberal (me) on the issues undeserving of being a consideration. It has nothing to do with her looks, her gender, her family. Her church is relevant, because I don't want a religious nut to have her finger on the button. If you believe that the earth is 6000 years old, that dinosaurs roamed the earth alongside of man, that evolution is false and those beliefs ought to be taught in the public schools as "science" and if you believe that we are in the end-times and that Jesus is on the verge of coming back to destroy the earth and the non-believers, and our foreign policy should be based on the veracity of the book of revelations, that qualifies you in my book as a religious nut. In a rational society that ought to disqualify you as leader of the free world. If I'm wrong in my assessment of her, show me where...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.talk2action.org/story/2008/9/13/1538/09770" target="new">Go watch it.</a>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-51632562617932646962008-09-15T11:36:00.002-05:002008-09-15T11:42:49.180-05:00Republican Spin - Author Unknown<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpLQeLYCBCm8LQM6xzifqAkZtTTSw9oQmWaAqA0qGbQvojrMC3FvITjhZXM9TBMXVV48WyLhKnhIfxTQ0zwKcbFY4wkcJ7l_gKwsOGKuQfym-7-9sALPjPi_yr76wfskW5-_s/s1600-h/tornado_warning.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIpLQeLYCBCm8LQM6xzifqAkZtTTSw9oQmWaAqA0qGbQvojrMC3FvITjhZXM9TBMXVV48WyLhKnhIfxTQ0zwKcbFY4wkcJ7l_gKwsOGKuQfym-7-9sALPjPi_yr76wfskW5-_s/s320/tornado_warning.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246289360025778978" border="0" /></a><br />I got this in an email today. I am not the author, but I wanted to post it.<br /><br /><blockquote>If you spend 3 years as a community organizer growing your organization from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000, then become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review,create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new African American voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor,then spend nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, becoming chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, then spend nearly 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced.<br /><br />If you spend 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, then spend 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people, you've got the most executive experience of anyone on either ticket, are the Commander in Chief of the Alaska military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be called upon to do so because your state is the closest state to Russia.<br /><br />If you’re a minority and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates you’re a ‘token hire.’<br />If you're a conservative and you're selected for a job over more qualified candidates you're a 'game changer.'<br /><br />Black teen pregnancies? A 'crisis' in black America. White teen pregnancies? A 'blessed event.'<br /><br />If you grow up in Hawaii you're 'exotic.' Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential 'American story.' Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you're 'unpatriotic.' Name your kid Track, you're 'colorful.'<br /><br />If you're a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you're 'reckless.' A Republican who doesn't fully vet is a 'maverick.'<br /><br /><br /><br />If you are a Democratic male candidate who is popular with millions of people you are an 'arrogant celebrity'. If you are a popular republican female candidate you are 'energizing the base'.<br /><br />If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions you are 'presumptuous'. if you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions you refuse to explain, you are a 'shoot from the hip' maverick.<br /><br />If you are a candidate with a Harvard law degree you are 'an elitist 'out of touch' with the real America. if you are a legacy (dad and granddad were admirals) graduate of Annapolis, with multiple disciplinary infractions you are a hero. If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an 'empty suit'.If you are a part time mayor of a town of 7000 people, you are an 'experienced executive'.<br /><br />If you go to a south side Chicago church, your beliefs are 'extremist'. If you believe in creationism and don't believe global warming is man made, you are 'strongly principled'. If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian. If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years with whom you are raising 2 beautiful daughters you're 'risky'.<br /><br />If you're a black single mother of 4 who waits for 22 hours after her water breaks to seek medical attention, you're an irresponsible parent, endangering the life of your unborn child. But if you're a white married mother who waits 22 hours, you're spunky. If you're a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton, the right-wing press calls you 'First dog.' If you're a 17-year old pregnant unwed daughter of a Republican, the right-wing press calls you 'beautiful' and 'courageous.' If you kill an endangered species, you're an excellent hunter. If you have an abortion you're not a Christian, you're a murderer ( forget about if it happen while being date raped) If you teach abstinence only in sex education, you get teen parents. If you teach responsible age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.<br /><br /></blockquote>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-31594852729427771792008-09-12T08:09:00.003-05:002008-09-12T08:35:05.702-05:00Wes Clark Jr. On Sarah PalinWe the people better get our act together. Sarah Palin is a lunatic. She didn't know what Charlie Gibson was even talking about when he asked her if she supported The Bush Doctrine.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qaSECfQqty8&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qaSECfQqty8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />As promised, here is Wes Clark Jr.'s unbridled opinion of Sarah Palin. UPDATE: I don't agree with his point about the press. I think they should report the facts accurately but not give their opinion unless it is an opinion piece.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SK-w3PZrTOE&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SK-w3PZrTOE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-40568817150942095442008-09-04T06:21:00.002-05:002008-09-04T06:26:05.700-05:00Gloria Steinem on Sarah Palin<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,1290251.story" target="new">From the L.A. Times<br /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Palin's value to those patriarchs is clear: She opposes just about every issue that women support by a majority or plurality. She believes that creationism should be taught in public schools but disbelieves global warming; she opposes gun control but supports government control of women's wombs; she opposes stem cell research but approves "abstinence-only" programs, which increase unwanted births, sexually transmitted diseases and abortions; she tried to use taxpayers' millions for a state program to shoot wolves from the air but didn't spend enough money to fix a state school system with the lowest high-school graduation rate in the nation; she runs with a candidate who opposes the Fair Pay Act but supports $500 million in subsidies for a natural gas pipeline across Alaska; she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, though even McCain has opted for the lesser evil of offshore drilling. She is Phyllis Schlafly, only younger. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I don't doubt her sincerity. As a lifetime member of the National Rifle Assn., she doesn't just support killing animals from helicopters, she does it herself. She doesn't just talk about increasing the use of fossil fuels but puts a coal-burning power plant in her own small town. She doesn't just echo McCain's pledge to criminalize abortion by overturning Roe vs. Wade, she says that if one of her daughters were impregnated by rape or incest, she should bear the child. She not only opposes reproductive freedom as a human right but implies that it dictates abortion, without saying that it also protects the right to have a child.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>***<br /><br /></span><span>Do they honestly believe that she has an appeal to the women of the Democratic Party?</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12594235.post-69315665341658016842008-07-22T06:36:00.003-05:002008-07-22T06:41:36.238-05:00Evidence of Election Tampering in My Home StateI remember all of us being shocked when the election results came in and against all polls showed that Republicans Sonny Perdue and Saxby Chambliss defeated incumbents Roy Barnes and Max Cleland in the gubernatorial and senatorial races respectively in November of '02.<br /><br />I hope this story gets some legs.<br /><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic;">A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections.<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Full story here:<br /><br /><a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_expert_raises_allegations_of_2004_0717.html">GOP cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election</a>The Viscount LaCartehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12206171681005442662noreply@blogger.com0