SOBer Thoughts (092007)
Justin at Right on the Right has photos from the Gathering of Eagles III in Washington this past weekend, including pics of him with Michelle Malkin and N.Z. Bear. Nothing like rubbing it in.
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Maggie Thurber says “Sen. Voinovich missed an opportunity” as he toured the flooded areas of Northwest Ohio earlier this week. Voinovich bashed the President for supposedly shortchanging infrastructure while spending the money instead on the Iraq War.
Maggie reminds Mr. Voinovich that he has no room to whine. She shows that in his Transportation Bill-related votes, Voinovich was “basically agreeing that $8 billion in pork was more important than other priorities of the federal government - like the Army Corps of Engineers which he says is short money and engineers.”
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Big World Blog caught the news about Lincoln Chafee, the former Senator from Rhode Island known around here as Lincoln Chapstick. It seems that Mr. Chafee has “disaffiliated” himself from the Republican Party. This only makes official what has been known for years, and makes those who lavishly supported him in the 2006 GOP primary over genuine Republican Steve Laffey — up to and including President Bush and supposed genius Karl Rove — look even more foolish.
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Brian at One Oar tells us how those new-fangled high-tech security visas are being compromised using low-tech methods. He is very right to sound the alarm over the lack of security at our southern border. Six years after 9/11, it’s beyond inexcusable.
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Large Bill may someday be Large Disabled Bill. That depends on how large “Large” is, and on whether or not presidential candidate Bill Richardson’s idea of, uh, expanding the definition of a “disability” in the Americans with Disabilities Act to include obesity is ever adopted.
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Gosh, I can’t keep up with everything — King’s Right Site correctly warns about the impact of the revival of Shamnesty known as the DREAM Act. I have contacted the offices of both of Ohio’s Senators to object — have you?
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From Interested-Participant — “Deported Alien Returns, Kills Cop.” What will it take to stop the madness?
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Brain Shavings’ second attempt to get Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown to denounce MoveOn.org’s “Betray Us” ad got a canned non-response. Mr. Brown’s e-mail volume from the Puddle Pirate is therefore about to triple.
Tom,
Not to worry. The online name is a nickname applied in the same manner as “Little John” of Robin Hood fame. I’ve put on a few pounds since leaving active duty, but even if I put on a lot of weight I’d never consider it a disability. A bad decision but not a disability. :-)
Comment by largebill — September 20, 2007 @ 10:03 pm
After everything is said and done in this election, a few insightful folks may soon recognize the Iraq War as the most serious thing threatening the future of the USA. I hope your readers have read New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson’s op/ed piece from the Washington Post on how and why we must get out of Iraq, from about 12 days ago. If not, here it is, in full, after a few remarks by me.
There is a much larger scale confrontation with Bush from the candidates regarding the Iraq War and the problems it is continuing to cause, after six years of Halliburton and Brown and Root and Blackwater corporate kleptocracy. Only one candidate, it is abundantly clear to me, is really slamming the truth and providing the logistics and rationale for ending this disastrous war: Bill Richardson. This article was printed in the Washington Post; please take the time to read it.
Note from BizzyBlog — Link is in Comment #3.
Comment by STEPHEN FOX — September 20, 2007 @ 10:03 pm
#2, here is the link to the WaPo Op-ed by Richardson.
Accordingly, in the interest of space and copyright, I’ve removed your post of Richardson’s op-ed. I hope you understand.
Comment by TBlumer — September 20, 2007 @ 10:48 pm