They’ve been giving microphones to hecklers at rallies with the Tory leader, Michael Howard. Of course, they’re unbiased.
OOPS: Another Britney cover- this time by Max Rabbe, in the style of Weimar Berlin.
LOVED IT: I take it all back. The Nationals-Phillies game was great fun at RFK last night. Vile but irresistible hot dogs; a new foodstuff known as dippin’ dots; occasional flashes of excitement interrupted by really hot guys with guts spitting into the grass; and, the piece de resistance, Karl Rove down front, chatting on his cell-phone. We had a blast.
QUOTE OF THE DAY I: “However, on religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God’s name on one’s behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C,’ and ‘D.’ Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of ‘conservatism.'”- Barry Goldwater, September 16, 1981. I wonder if Goldwater could even exist within today’s Republican establishment.
QUOTE OF THE DAY II: “I remember the joie de vivre of the local lads, firing their gun salutes – which was their way of welcoming Christ as a head of state, the Head of State, the Lord of the world, present on their streets and in their village.” – Pope Benedict XVI, reminiscing about his bavarian Catholic childhood, in “The Feast of Faith,” 1986. Christ as the Head of State. It doesn’t get more explicit than that.
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