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Amazingly enough, they're going after Palin's daughter, Bristol, claiming that she's actually the mother of the fifth child in the family. It's astonishing, really. Just when you thought they could sink no lower than Ted Kulongoski's hammock (there's actually a butt-print in Mahonia Hall's floor). It was surprising that Bogdanski would join in; I'd always kind of respected his views until now.
Well, as Reagan would say, there you go again.
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The Reagan conservative coalition has been pronounced dead in some quarters, due to neoconservatives and the so-called religious right. Maybe we missed the memo.
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Over in that bastion of Freedom, (the formerly Great) Britain, so-called "environmental volunteers" are to spy upon their neighbors. Councils are recruiting residents to report anyone who drops litter, fails to recycle their rubbish properly, or who allows their dog to foul the streets.
Having banned gun possession and apparently having put down that whole rise in knife crime thing, Councils now feel free to attack "environmental crime" by enlisting the assistance of rats. Matthew Elliott, of the Taxpayers' Alliance, said: "Snooping on your neighbours to report recycling infringements sounds like something straight out of the East German Stasi's copybook.
Actually, it sounds more like something straight out of Orwell's prescient "1984".
Fortunately, routine intimidation of the populace can never happen here in America. In theory, at least. Democrats support the idea, however seemingly indirectly, as they insist that a secret ballot really has no place in our society - not when it comes to your workplace.
The letter Barack Obama wrote to Beef Northwest regarding the company's employees joining United Farm Workers union has attracted the attention of the John McCain for President Committee.
Union officials contend a majority of workers have already indicated they want to join the union, by filling out union cards.
And the ranchers who belong to Country Natural Beef, whose cattle are finished at Beef Northwest's Hermiston feedlot, recommend a secret ballot election.
Democrats simply love the union card-check idea. You've no need for a secret ballot; the nice union thugs'll take care of you. Especially if you don't go along with their card-check idea.
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Joel Haugen, who ran as a Republican but supports few, if any, Republican values, waited until yesterday to drop his Republican affiliation and asked his good friend Billy Bradbury to list him as an Independent - meaning that in this run, Republicans have no candidate to field against Congressman David Wu (D-Hu). Not that it matters all that much, as a large number of Republicans have come to see Joey as essentially a Ben Westlund wannabe. When he loses this election cycle, as he will, expect to see him pull a complete Westlund and re-affiliate as a Democrat.
Joey, like Benny, has long been a RILO (Republican In Label Only). I prefer the term, RILO over the more frequently used term, RINO because the latter tends to conjure up a mental image of a powerful beast. And while Benny and Joey may be beasts, they certainly aren't powerful in any sense other than that of olfaction: they stink the place up.
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There's just no pleasing the Left. On the one hand, they adore "Apollo" Obama; tapping a young man whose sole experience involves associating closely with America-hating thugs, racketeers - and continually running for office. Apollo has never served in an executive capacity, but that's okay; he'll be a great President.
Yet these same folks get their panties in a twist when McCain asks a young woman with significant executive experience to be his vice-presidential running-mate. As governor of Alaska, she commands an 80% approval rating - even higher than that enjoyed by Teddy Kulongoski among Portlanders - and yet that's not good enough for the scoffing Left.
Alaska's a huge state, with more beauty and resources than most folks in the lower 48 can imagine. And while the cities may be small by the standards of many in the lower 48, the issues that loom there are no less large - and difficult - than anywhere else. The fact is, people are people, no matter where they happen to live; the snobbish disdain demonstrated by the Left notwithstanding.
Yet they've set about immediately to demean her. As Salon notes today, McCain's Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism. It is hard to think of a more cynical and contemptuous political act this year than John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate. Having served as governor of Alaska for less than two years -- and as mayor of a small town before that -- her qualifications for national office are minimal.
Nope, she's not good enough to hold the office of vice-president; she's dismissed as just a beauty queen.
What, then, of Apollo Obama?
Well, hey - that's different.
Somehow.
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Given enough time, you could grow your own earthquake-proof home. Doesn't hemp grow faster than trees? That could be a better idea. If the place caught fire, you'd probably be safely on your way to the store for some Oreos long before the firefighters arrived.
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The "lion of the left" has been sentenced to over 7 years in prison for felony child porn, and for the rest of his life will have to register as a sex offender. For some 15 years, Bernie Ward ruled the liberal airwaves as a talk-show host from his roost in the Bay area (which of course isn't really saying much, as liberal airwaves don't tend to attract much of an audience).
I'm your wicked Uncle Bernie, I'm glad you can't see or hear me as I fiddle about, fiddle about, fiddle about.
After years of self-righteous spittle on the air, Bernie's in ruins.
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Inserting a plank which states that global warming is anthropogenic is a really stupid move, but that's what they've done:
"The same human activity that has brought freedom and opportunity to billions has also increased the amount of carbon in the atmosphere," the draft reads. "Increased atmospheric carbon has a warming effect on the earth."
Yet another reason why McCain's selection of Palin is a welcome addition to the ticket.
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While some may see McCain's selection of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as a stroke of genius, others may wonder whether or not the man hasn't simply had a stroke. After all, both Clinton and McCain have emphasized Obama's inexperience, and Palin's three years younger than the great "Apollo".
On the other hand, she does bring several good points to the ticket: unlike Apollo, whose sole experience appears to have involved continually running for office, Palin has executive experience - she runs a state. And unlike Oregon's governor Ted Kulongoski, she actually performs.
Palin signed into law an aggressive ethics reform package and is at the forefront of the oil drilling debate in Alaska.
As well, for those disaffected Hillary supporters - an estimated 20% of whom will not vote for Obama - the selection may afford them grounds for a reexamination of their affiliations. Palin's conservatism in some areas may well alienate some of the Hillary crowd, but among those who had claimed an intent to vote for Clinton simply because she's a woman, well...there's no question that Palin's got the kind of plumbing those voters like.
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