To read the tribute to SFC Marcus Muralles, please click here
Thursday, October 14, 2004
News Clips
OK... let's get back into the swing of things here... Here are some of the headlines that caught my caffeine-inhanced attention this morning:
OK, let's get this one out of the way... the third and final presidential debate was last night. Lynn Cheney isn't happy with Kerry for bringing her daughter into the fray- calling it a cheap and tawdry political trick. News organizations seem to be donning the jammies and fuzzy slippers in an attempt to fact check the candidates. [I do have one question for Senator Kerry- where in the Constitution does it say that a woman has the right to an abortion? Must have missed that section.] Who won? Depends on who you ask... I think Bush won, but then again, the back of my van is covered in Bush/Cheney and other GOP stickers, so what do I know....
Other election news... a court tossed Ralph Nader off the ballot in Pennsylvania [message to Nader supporters... if you want to get your guy on the ballot, don't put the signatures of Mickey Mouse and Wiley Coyote on the petition... their voter registration forms weren't properly filled out.-ed.] The Guardian newspaper in London have paired up Londoners with voters in Clark County, Ohio write letters explaining who THEY want the voters to elect [I can't help but wonder if this will backfire... we're not too happy about being told what to do, especially by the Brits... I seem to remember a couple of wars over that...-ed] It looks like the Fraternal Order of Police is upset with Senator Kerry because he tends to skip votes that are important to law enforcement officers. [In Kerry's defense, he's managed to skip votes that impack just about everyone over the years, so it wasn't anything personal against the police. -ed.] Jesse Jackson accuses President Bush of "pursuing the Ideology of the Confederacy", which, astonishingly, is reasonably accurate (his argument is that Bush is in favor of States' rights, which tend to be anti-labor and anti-civil rights-[ok- States' right have nothing to do with civil rights or labor policy, but, hey, at least he got Confederacy v. Union right. The fact that he then said that Kerry is "pro Union" just makes it more clear that he's the wrong guy for the job.-ed.] And, finally, liberal church leaders are asking Kerry to stop politicizing religion. [Be afraid- I actually agree with them on this point. That's just... scary.- ed.]
Many of you have probably heard that the Sinclair Braoadcasting Group is planning on airing Stolen Honor prior to the election. (I mentioned it here.) Here's some more info. Sinclair Group was surprised to find out that the Kerry campaign has a media black list, and that they were pretty much threatened by a campaign spokesman. Here's a partial list of the Senators who signed a letter to the FCC asking them to investigate this whole thing. But there is one little glitch to their uproar over this- more stations want to air it. One interesting compromise that I heard this morning was that they show Stolen Honor back to back with a pro-Kerry documentary (I'm guessing Brothers in Arms or Under Fire). Sounds fair to me. But if they do that, then does the Sundance Channel need to start showing pro-Bush programming? Just wondering...
Time for the lightning round: Bill O'Reilly has been accused of sexual harrassment. [talk about things that make you go "ew!"- don't read the court documents unless you have a strong stomach and are of the age of majority.-ed.] Same sex marriages performed in Canada are valid for the New York pension system. [uh... if we can't deny them from other countries, then how is that argument that it's a states' rights issue supposed to stand? - ed.] There is court order stopping the sale of the 9/11 silver dollars. [good! There is just something wrong with profiting from a national tragedy.] Ferrari is making the Pope a new car. [woohoo! Talk about a pope-mobile!] Finally, Dr. Pepper has announced that they're going to introduce a cherry vanilla version of their popular soft drink.
One last item. Michael Moore says we're doomed if Bush is re-elected. "Doomed! Doomed, I tell you!"
OK, let's get this one out of the way... the third and final presidential debate was last night. Lynn Cheney isn't happy with Kerry for bringing her daughter into the fray- calling it a cheap and tawdry political trick. News organizations seem to be donning the jammies and fuzzy slippers in an attempt to fact check the candidates. [I do have one question for Senator Kerry- where in the Constitution does it say that a woman has the right to an abortion? Must have missed that section.] Who won? Depends on who you ask... I think Bush won, but then again, the back of my van is covered in Bush/Cheney and other GOP stickers, so what do I know....
Other election news... a court tossed Ralph Nader off the ballot in Pennsylvania [message to Nader supporters... if you want to get your guy on the ballot, don't put the signatures of Mickey Mouse and Wiley Coyote on the petition... their voter registration forms weren't properly filled out.-ed.] The Guardian newspaper in London have paired up Londoners with voters in Clark County, Ohio write letters explaining who THEY want the voters to elect [I can't help but wonder if this will backfire... we're not too happy about being told what to do, especially by the Brits... I seem to remember a couple of wars over that...-ed] It looks like the Fraternal Order of Police is upset with Senator Kerry because he tends to skip votes that are important to law enforcement officers. [In Kerry's defense, he's managed to skip votes that impack just about everyone over the years, so it wasn't anything personal against the police. -ed.] Jesse Jackson accuses President Bush of "pursuing the Ideology of the Confederacy", which, astonishingly, is reasonably accurate (his argument is that Bush is in favor of States' rights, which tend to be anti-labor and anti-civil rights-[ok- States' right have nothing to do with civil rights or labor policy, but, hey, at least he got Confederacy v. Union right. The fact that he then said that Kerry is "pro Union" just makes it more clear that he's the wrong guy for the job.-ed.] And, finally, liberal church leaders are asking Kerry to stop politicizing religion. [Be afraid- I actually agree with them on this point. That's just... scary.- ed.]
Many of you have probably heard that the Sinclair Braoadcasting Group is planning on airing Stolen Honor prior to the election. (I mentioned it here.) Here's some more info. Sinclair Group was surprised to find out that the Kerry campaign has a media black list, and that they were pretty much threatened by a campaign spokesman. Here's a partial list of the Senators who signed a letter to the FCC asking them to investigate this whole thing. But there is one little glitch to their uproar over this- more stations want to air it. One interesting compromise that I heard this morning was that they show Stolen Honor back to back with a pro-Kerry documentary (I'm guessing Brothers in Arms or Under Fire). Sounds fair to me. But if they do that, then does the Sundance Channel need to start showing pro-Bush programming? Just wondering...
Time for the lightning round: Bill O'Reilly has been accused of sexual harrassment. [talk about things that make you go "ew!"- don't read the court documents unless you have a strong stomach and are of the age of majority.-ed.] Same sex marriages performed in Canada are valid for the New York pension system. [uh... if we can't deny them from other countries, then how is that argument that it's a states' rights issue supposed to stand? - ed.] There is court order stopping the sale of the 9/11 silver dollars. [good! There is just something wrong with profiting from a national tragedy.] Ferrari is making the Pope a new car. [woohoo! Talk about a pope-mobile!] Finally, Dr. Pepper has announced that they're going to introduce a cherry vanilla version of their popular soft drink.
One last item. Michael Moore says we're doomed if Bush is re-elected. "Doomed! Doomed, I tell you!"
