I know this is off topic but I wanted to know if every republican makes more than 200,000 dollars? I know of only one instances where the Republican party stood against the majority. A tax cut for 95% of Americans is substanial. That is an estimated 285,000,000 people or at most a few Americans will pay higher taxes.

But it is our right, a right that the Chinese do not get to enjoy, the freedom to think and express those thoughts. I may not agree with them but I have to live with them. By the way Chris that guy not only warns gays but people who drink, have sex, etc... How dear he offer Jesus Christ forgiveness? The Bible reads that Christians should offer love without Judgement. Nor can you give your life to Jesus by being guilted. It is kind of like the first Amendment.

Hey, I thought you promised to post a warning for sensitive viewers when directing me to stuff like that!

If I wasn't already so used to that kind of predictable incompetence and ineptitude that pervades the world of journalism I would have been rather upset by such an article so completely removed from the truth of the matter.

But, I just rolled my eyes and read an electoral chart, or two.

Michale.....

Congratulations to the happy new grandfather! I hope Mom and baby are doing well!

:-)

-CW

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1854640,00.html

Michale.....

Regular Gasoline.. 1.99 per gallon!!!!!

Michale.....

Whatever faults you want to assign the GOP, deserved or not, they are not stupid. Well, not in THIS sense anyways.. The GOP *HAS* to know that ANY attempt or successful attempt on the life of Senator Obama will ultimately paint back to them, even if they truly had nothing to do with it.

No, a more likely scenario which has ME up at night (figuratively speaking) is that Al Qaeda or Iran-by-Proxy does the dirty deed and plants evidence linking it to the GOP.

That would be the ultimate terrorist attack, as it would NOT bring this country together, as 9/11 did, but rather it would rip this country apart. We would be so busy fighting Civil War II, that Al Qaeda and terrorist regimes like Iran, Syria and NK would have carte blanche..

THAT is a more likely scenario and all the scarier because the US would be nothing but a puppet on a string...

@CW

, but I see the ACLU as completely non-partisan. They stand up for EVERYone's rights, whether politically correct or not.

While you may be right, the cynic part of me thinks that the ACLU only takes "token" Right-Leaning cases, so that they can defend themselves against charges of partisan-ship.

I would have to see a long LONG list of Right-Leaning cases at least SOMEWHAT comparable to their list of Left-Leaning cases before I would concede the ACLU is TRULY bi-partisan..

On a completely unrelated note, I had the weirdest dream this morning. It had a Sci-Fi bent (as many of my dreams are wont to have) and took place on a space station that was facing an imminent attack. I was on a starship that was tasked with force-evacuating the station's residents and had to perform some tricky beam-out procedures to beam them out thru the station's shields.

None of that was the weird part. Pretty run o the mill dream stuff...

The REALLY weird part??

The starship I was in command of was the USS Pelosi..

I shit you not!!

Anyways, the dream was interrupted by my daughter going into labor, so I can't tell you how it ended..

But I can promise ya'all thousands of pics of my new grandson in the coming days and weeks. :D

Michale....

You are indeed right about that. I do not consider defense of the Constitution a "partisan issue" because ALL members of Congress, the President, and the Supreme Court, ALL of them swear an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign OR domestic, and I intend to do what I can to hold them to their oaths.

And not just the parts they personally agree with, either. The WHOLE thing, dammit!

As for this site, I continually strive to live up to the site's motto: "reality-based political commentary," and thank you for the kind words. They are rare enough from your direction, but they are all the more valuable because of that.

As for my "In Defense Of Palin" article, I have to say, while I did take some heat, it was the high-water mark for comments (over 200) on any article I've written for HuffPost, and certainly bred some interesting commentary. Palin speaks in a kind of shorthand style, and I can actually read between the lines of a lot of what she says (although I shudder at that ability in myself), and thought she was getting a raw deal on her "Putin rears his head" quote. What astounded me is that the left ridiculed her and the right defended her, but it seemed that NOBODY tried to figure out what she really MEANT by the comment. Hence my commentary.

Reality-based. That's a promise, heat or no heat.

kevinem2 -

You know, I really really wanted to use Hyde Park as an example in this article, but was afraid nobody would recognize the reference. I should have trusted my audience.

As for the rest of your post, man, I thought I had one scary-ass Hallowe'en Tale of Terror, but yours absolutely takes the proverbial cake. I'm going to have nightmares now... I sincerely hope you're full of moose poop, so to speak....

Stan -

Yeah, but in the end they did the right thing, so I'll cut them some slack this time. What's funny to me is that the far, far right is always astonished when the ACLU stands up for THEIR rights, too, but I see the ACLU as completely non-partisan. They stand up for EVERYone's rights, whether politically correct or not.

-CW

Good post.

...Stan

For the most part, political and partisan bigotry takes a back seat to common sense and REAL liberal viewpoints..

It applies the notion that "the right to swing one's arms ends where someone else's nose begins.."

Would love to see this particular commentary posted to HuffPo, just to watch the fireworks.. :D

But I guess CW is still smarting from his "IN DEFENSE OF PALIN" commentary.. :D Ya took a beating on that one, CW... :D

Michale...