GOP = Lies Out the Wazoo

The Washington Monthly

QUOTE OF THE DAY....In the latest sign that Antonin Scalia has completely given up on the reality-based community, the Supreme Court justice suggested yesterday that the high court did not inject itself into the 2000 presidential election.

Speaking at the Time Warner Center last night, Scalia said: "The election was dragged into the courts by the Gore people. We did not go looking for trouble."

There was no indication that Scalia was kidding.

It's Gore's fault the Bush campaign asked the Supreme Court to override a state court on a state ballot issue? The Supreme Court had to take the case? Is Scalia serious?

For that matter, Scalia added his belief that studies showed that Bush still would have won a Florida recount. It's a tangent from Scalia's point -- that it's Gore's fault the Supreme Court heard the case -- but the most thorough analysis of the election showed Gore would have won Florida had there been a statewide recount.

Not to rehash the 2000 race over again or anything....

—Steve Benen 2:52 PM Permalink | TrackBack (0) | Comments (115)
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"Shoppers are growing disgruntled by companies that are choosing to do away with a simple greeting like 'Merry Christmas,'" he said, "and they are showing it with their pocketbooks."

First, as a factual matter, Target insists it has no policy against using the phrase "Merry Christmas." Second, as a financial matter, Target shouldn't worry too much about the AFA; the group's targeted companies usually find their bottom line going up during an AFA boycott.

Regardless, the right's perceived "war against Christmas" is getting pretty tiresome. Fox News' John Gibson has a bizarre book out, while Bill O'Reilly, Charles Krauthammer, and the truly silly Committee to Save Merry Christmas will probably enjoy the holiday season by whining a lot.

And what's truly annoying is to hear complainers lose sight of those who really suffer. Last year, armed police broke up a Christmas Mass at an underground Catholic church in eastern China, arresting the priest, demolishing a makeshift pulpit and scattering two thousand worshippers. Around the same time, some seasonal temp at the mall wished Bill O'Reilly a generic "Happy Holidays" and he felt like a victim.

A little perspective, people.

hilarious reader comments about Introversion here:
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2005_11/007507.php

Girl$, Interrupted - Underage "Non-Nude" Sites Skirt Legality as They Grow in Popularity

To: Gladwin
Nothing on those sites that you can't see for free at any public beach. You can see MORE at some beaches.

To me, this is a manufactured tempest in a ratings-starved TV summer. Heck, I can look out my front door and watch the 16-year-old across the street practicing cheerleader routines with her friends on the squad in the middle of our cul d' sac. Is that "skirting legality?" If I took pictures of them, got releases, and posted them on the 'Net, am I "skirting reality?" If some dupe wants to pay for those pictures, what's the harm? Nothing to stop anyone from standing out in the street and shooting a roll themselves - it's a public street.

No one seemed to mind all the tarted-up video of Jon Benet Ramsey, but now they're up in arms over pictures of clothed teenagers> Sheesh. Get a life.

Michael
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Hoax TV ==> its disingenuous facade: simply EXploiting the ingenue AND the would-be 'perv'
http://www.msnbc.com/m/mw/mw.asp?t=V&id=dl_corderi_webmodel_020806&sk=&pl=&name=&opt=0
tacky almost worthless people with no honest axe to grind

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To: Redcloak

Her site is http://www.molly-online.com

That is the one you see on the Dateline video. I think everyone agrees that 14-17 year olds shouldn't be simulating sex acts or . The way her site skirts legality is that she does wet t-shirts, thong bathing suits, etc. It gets into the slippery slope argument, which applies in this case, in my opinion.

Sometimes it doesn't apply, i.e. social security numbers aren't going to lead to concentration camps. But, here it does, in my opinion, since people get desensitized to this kind of thing. [/soapbox]

she is a tacky bitch, out for money, and perhaps EXploited the CHUMPS at the
TV station for showing such a patently NOT believable show
and playing-along with the lame post-facto innuendos...
it was like a staged "book tour interview" where all the questions were
rigged beforehand.
Pathetic slop for the trough.
And the 'network' has
the audacity to ACT sanctimonious about their ACTUAL promotion of the
vice they pretend to rebuke./js

What a terd-full world this can be.