The Huckatax: How Fair Is It?
I am urban. I am white-collar. I am tolerant on social issues. I am Jewish. In Mike Huckabee’s “us-vs.-them” identity politics, I am a poster child for “them.” Neither its supporters nor its detractors are providing a clear perspective on the concept.
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The Lionheart saga
One fundie, loon who liberally quotes from his holy book ad nauseum, ranting about a bunch of other fundies loons who are of the more murderous variety usually wouldn’t get a mention on this blog. However this one claims that he is about to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred. Now its getting him lots of attention and lots of hits. Of course what does not help his cause is the fact he is a BNP (ie neo-Nazis) supporter.
However being a libertarian i am loath to see someone prosecuted for what he has to say. All varieties of fundie loons have the right to free speech; its only when they start blowing people up or funding people who blow people up that we should be concerned.
Update: Lionheart is a bloody loon he is called for the death of Charles Johnson. Enviromental Republican speaks well to this subject. This Lionheart character does not know when to shut the hell up. He has lost my support as well. Never shit on your friends mate that is just basic common sense.
Update II: Robert Spencer has written a good piece on why the BNP is bad for the anti-Islamist movement.
No commentsYou feelin’ Hucky?
Confronted by Preacher Huckabee standing astride the Iowa caucus smirking, “Are you feelin’ Hucky, punk?” many of my conservative pals are inclined to respond, “Shoot me now.”
This from Mark Steyn’ piece on Huckabee. Read the whole amusing piece.
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A Last Minute Push
Today the presidential hopefuls, Democrats and Republicans both, swept through New Hampshire, spending the last few hours before Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary campaigning in towns big and small in an effort to garner a few more votes.
Some may have managed to convince a few undecided voters, others may have lost a few.
Democrat John Edwards pulled out all the stops, campaigning non-stop for 36 hours and bringing with him his own celebrities Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon in an effort to bolter his campaign. However a recent WMUR-TV poll shows that his standing haven’t changed since after the debates Saturday night.
Fellow Democrat Bill Richardson spent the day out on New Hampshire’s Seacoast area, walking the streets and visiting a number of businesses.
The rhetoric level has certainly cranked up to high levels, as have the radio and TV ads. In fact almost all of the ads airing on local television are campaign ads. Since I started watching the evening news all but 3 ads have been political ads. The only non-campaign ads I’ve seen on the local TV station so far have been for Bowflex, Verizon, and Pfizer. They stood out because they weren’t campaign ads.
In my home the number of phone calls from the various campaigns peaked some time yesterday and they haven’t leveled off as I write this at 7:50PM Monday night.
Some of the candidates are starting to sound a little desperate. Others aren’t staying here for the voting, having already departed for South Carolina in order to prepare for the primary there as they see their chances for success are better there than in New Hampshire.
It’s not just the candidates making their presence known. The media is here in droves. Dead tree and electronic media from other parts of the country as well as a good number of foreign media are so numerous that it’s hard not to bump into them no matter where you go. It will only get worse on Tuesday.
I can’t wait for Wednesday.
No commentsHandling Iranian thugs…
Well good to see the American Navy know how to react to provocation. Too bad the British Navy are not under the same rules of engagement. It seems going for your guns convinces the Iranian Navy thugs to bugger off and leave you alone.
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