THE DIVERSITY HYPOCRISY
Re: George Neumayr’s The
Banality of Elena:
For a liberal world fanatic about “diversity,” how in the hell
can they not see their hypocrisy in supporting three women from
New York for the Supreme Court?
— William W. Watson
St. Joseph, Louisiana
Clearly she is qualified under the rigorous test of legal
positivism: (1) she does not recognize the natural law; (2) she
does not recognize that Americans have any God-given rights, such
as life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness because all our
rights are derivative solely from Congressional fiat; and (3) she
does not recognize any limit to Congressional or Executive power
under the ever expanding Commerce Clause. She will be Obama’s
clone on the U.S. Supreme Court long after Justices Scalia and
Thomas have retired. God help our children and
grandchildren.
— Philip Cronin
THE STUPID PARTY
Re: Larry Thornberry’s Charlie
Crist Sued:
This whole mess was brought to Floridians by national
Republicans’ meddling, aided and abetted by a high-handed state
party run by a Crist lackey, Jim Greer, now under indictment for
nefarious schemes to enrich himself. One of the most telling
lines in Mr. Thornberry’s update is “He promised time and time
again that he would run as a Republican, and Republicans
contributed to him on the understanding that he would run as a
Republican,” by RPOF mouthpiece Katie Betta. In 30 years of
political odds making I can’t recall such a confession of
political ineptitude and am left unsure which is more astounding
— that they would proceed with the plan to short circuit a
primary on this basis or that she would admit it now. It’s pretty
damning evidence that they knew from the outset he was so
unreliable as to have to be asked to openly declare he would not
be a traitor and how oblivious they were to the changing
political climate. But rather than see this as a dire warning
sign and confirmation that perhaps a stand-up primary was the way
to go, like it or not, they acquiesced in the attempt to squelch
it and run a candidate they couldn’t even count a reliable
Republican let alone one in tune with a riled electorate.
The RPOF brought this mess on itself with a
too-clever-by-half deal with the devil by going along with
Crist’s effort to deny Florida rank and file Republicans a real
choice in a real primary fight. They were not only out-of-touch
with the temper of Florida Republicans but completely out of step
with momentous times. The Crist fiasco is Exhibit A why real
conservatives, tea partiers, et al need to keep a very skeptical
eye on establishment Republicans in this astonishing season for
their arrogance is surpassed only by their bumbling. It is not
yet clear at all that they really get it and one more sad proof
they ain’t called the Stupid Party for nothing.
— Mark Shepler
Jupiter, Florida
Charlie Crist, like the phoenix, continues to rise from the
ashes, with help from statewide Republicans and at local levels.
Local politicians, some of them Democrats, have recently been
quoted in the News-Press, our local paper, as “being
right where he needs to be, in the middle.” One wonders what
promises Charlie gave them or whether they still love him after
he failed to show for his own fundraiser last week, ostensibly to
“view the oil spill”. Probably a much better photo op!!
— R. Mandraccia
WISHING BLACK WELL
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s Conrad
Black’s Victory:
Thank you very much for the update on Mr. Black. I am pleased to
know that he remains confident in his eventual vindication and
retains faith in the American Constitution. I have read his
wonderful book on Richard Nixon and am currently reading his
excellent book on FDR. Please relay to him that he has many fans
and supporters and we wish him well.
— David Harperhey
MISINFORMATION
Re: Eric Peters’s Cars
That Died:
Eric Peters is obviously misinformed in his article “Cars That
Died.” First of all, ALL Saturn’s are dead, not just the Sky. All
Pontiacs are dead, not just the Vibe. SAAB is alive and well
releasing 4 new models in the next 2 years. Mercury is ALIVE and
selling new Milan’s and Milan hybrids. There is not really any
truth to the entire article and Eric Peters is an embarrassment
to your publication!!
— Mike
ISOLATE THEM
Re: Tom Bethell’s
Barque of St. Peter in Troubled Waters:
The issue is not celibacy, but abuse of children. These misfits
were not having relationships with women which would not be the
degree of sin that abuse of childen is. As a claimant’s
representative, I have dealt with adults who endured sexual abuse
by adults when they were children. These individuals suffer
unbearable inner turmoil and continue to fear their abuser will
repeat the behavior. Let’s call these guys what they really are
— pedophiles.
Napoleon and the Apostle John were both banished to desert
islands. An uninhabited island in the Pacific should be used for
banishment of pedophiles, and let them live off the land as our
ancestors did. Since pedophiles do not procreate, they will have
no innocents to abuse. Pedophilia is a malady that is never cured
so total isolation away from children is the only way to protect
the least of them.
— Tommy
WHAT WAS THERE TO DO?
Re: George H. Wittman’s Summit
Backstage:
My question is: why did the Russians bother fielding spies and
agents at all??
To gather information? To influence US policy in pro-Russian
paths?
The entire East Coast establishment, MSM, NYT, DNC and
points left, and has been working might and main to expose every
US secret and thwart every US interest for decades. And now the
White House is controlled by today’s version of the Viet Cong.
What was left for these Russian operatives to do, exactly?
— Martin Owens
Sacramento
GETTING THE PRESIDENT’S ATTENTION
Re: Stephanie Guttman’s
McChrystal’s Secret Rebellion:
Stephanie Gutmann asks:
“Why would a West Point and Kennedy School of Government graduate
who runs eight miles a day, sleeps four hours and is smart as a
whip ever do something so dumb as to talk to a Rolling
Stone reporter?”
President Obama is a busy man. With all the crises that the
President has managed from day one, he rarely had time to spare
for the commander of NATO and US Forces in Afghanistan.
Perhaps McChrystal’s subordinates thought that if they succeeded
in getting the President’s attention, his chief of staff would
make time for the General on the busy White House schedule.
— Dan Martin
Pittsburgh
This is so stupid in its thinking. Can you recall how most
Americans were glued to the family television sets watching our
airplanes drop those “smart” bombs during Desert Storm?
Was that not the beginning of a thought process where we could
“surgically” kill the enemy, leaving the “innocent civilians”
free to rebuild?
Warriors were to be transformed into “cops” using pinpoint force
against those “bad guys” we found.
Of course here at home, on American soil, most local police
departments, in their recruiting televison advertisements,
highlight their SWAT teams … cops who dress and behave like
military people advancing on the enemy.
White is black and black is white! Cognitive dissonance is in
play, methinks.
— RJ
New Mexico
TRAGEDIES AND STATISTICS
Re: Ben Stein’s
Overreactions to Disaster:
Ben Stein reminds us of the awful truth: the death of one duck is
a tragedy, the death of millions of ducks is a statistic. And we
like ducks.
— David
CLUED IN
Re: Daniel Oliver’s
Barack Obama’s Square Box:
There are people who NEVER CARED about politics going to tea
parties — THEY GOT A CLUE YET?
— Leslie
