Courage to the Sticking Point
Posted at 9:51am on Mar. 27, 2008 Behold the Paladins of the antiwar movement.
This brave, brave, *brave* second generation of Winter Soldiers.
By Moe Lane
Ready to to Speak Truth to Power, rip back the curtain of lies woven by this illegal criminal administration, stand fearlessly in the way of the tank of Amerikkkan oppression, do whatever that it takes to bring justice and peace back to this weary land...
...except sign an affidavit.
(Via Hot Air)
I probably shouldn't laugh quite so hard at the antiwar movement over this: they're probably quite tired of masturbating to forty year old activist pornography. I mean, look at the hair in those old videos...
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Posted at 11:36am on Feb. 2, 2008 To answer Bob (and Glenn's) question...
And it's a heck of a thing that it even has to be asked.
By Moe Lane
...the question being, "Will the media ask Senators Obama and Clinton about Berkeley's insult to the United States Marine Corps:" the answer almost certainly will be "no." (Background info here) [UPDATE: They probably won't ask if either Senator supports Senator DeMint's proposal, either.] [UPDATE: And more here. Quite the collection of petulant man-children these Obamaniacs are turning out to be, huh?] [UPDATE]: And, in the credit-where-it's-due category, both have already indicated that they'll be enforcing the Solomon Amendment. So they've got no reason not to condemn this outrageous attack on our military, yes?]
This is more of an indictment of the media than it is of the Senators in question, who would probably respond that they aren't in the habit of volunteering to throw rocks at hornet nests. Still, it's a pity that Senator Clinton won't address this particular insult; she has less of an excuse than Senator Obama, who after all just scored an endorsement from a group whose hardcore members default to hating Marines.
Those wishing to dispute that point are welcome to provide me with a formal statement by MoveOn.org forcefully condemning the actions of Code Pink against the Marine recruiting office in Berkeley, CA. I will put that statement on the front page. I will gleefully put that statement on the front page, with as many eye-catching HTML bells and whistles that I can figure out. I will even alert about ten or so of the other top right-wing bloggers, who will probably also just as gleefully put that statement on their front pages as well.
You may wish to contemplate the implications of that.
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Posted at 11:31pm on Jan. 20, 2008 If I thought that he'd accept it, I'd offer to interview Obama here myself.
...Alas, we're "inconsequential." No, really. There are *hundreds* of websites eager to tell you that, in fact.
By Moe Lane
But that's OK. We can let Ed Morrissey handle this one:
I did ask to see whether Obama wants to do an interview. The caller said she's pass it along to the Saint Paul office's press shop to see whether they can arrange it. I'd say it's unlikely to happen, but if they really want to reach out to Minnesota Republicans, they're going to have to start talking to one of us.
It's in the context of the Democrats - well, OK, both parties - suddenly realizing that it's not going to over before Super-Duper Tuesday, and altering their approach accordingly. Ed's been trying to get Democratic candidates to talk to him on his online radio show for some time now; hence the offer.
Read on.
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Posted at 2:29pm on Dec. 12, 2007 Sweet Jeebus, is there nobody in the Democratic Party who understands national party unity?
They really *didn't* win in 2006, did they? It's much more accurate to say that *we* lost.
By Moe Lane
Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn't just cave: she caved stupidly. Just because the rest of her Party leadership can't see beyond their own bailiwick doesn't mean that she has to, too.
Pelosi backs down in spending battle
By Alexander Bolton | Posted: 12/12/07 11:50 AM [ET]
December 12, 2007In the face of stiff opposition from powerful fellow Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) has abandoned a proposal she supported less than 24 hours ago to eliminate lawmakers’ earmarks from the omnibus spending package.
Pelosi told the Democratic chairmen of the House Appropriations subcommittees, the so-called appropriations cardinals, that earmarks would stay in the omnibus and that Democratic leaders would accede to cut spending to levels demanded by President Bush in order to save 11 spending bills from a veto, said sources familiar with a meeting that took place in Pelosi’s office early Wednesday morning.
The House Democrats’ tentative plan is to finalize the package for passage in the next day or so, said sources.
Read on.
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