Big Ol' Smitty

And William Buckley is pretty much crapped on by the modern conservative movement.

My point is that Bush is a conservative, and his failures (Iraq, Katrina, fiscal policy et al ad infinitum) are failures of conservatism.

Why did Czech change his name?

Ever read Crossing the Rubicon? That is what currently fills my reading quota. Haven't read that. Currently reading this. It's pretty good.

-government services that benefit poor Americans cut (conservative) -tax cuts that benefit richer Americans (conservative) -shitty government entitlement program (Medicare D) that benefits mostly pharma companies (maybe not traditionally conservative, but pro-corporate--definitely not liberal) Neoconservatism has won the debate on the right. Find me a prominent conservative who has opposed the Iraq debacle without being thrown under the bus (Buchanan, Buckley, and Fukuyama have all been ignored). Almost all of the prominent conservative opinon makers are still behind it. So, Bush's foreign policy may not be "paleoconservative" but it is representative of the thinking of most of the who's who of the modern conservative movement. Again, pro-corporate. Definitely not liberal. Sorry conservatives, but Bush is as close to a "movement conservative" as you're even gonna get. And he sucks. If you disagree, I3K, name someone who you would define as a "real conservative" who has a shot at being elected president. Reagan, often touted as a "real conservative", racked up huge deficits, intervened all over the globe, and granted amnesty to a bunch of immigrants. Maybe McCain is transforming into a "real conservative": I've said it before and I'll say it again. Fuck McCain.

Your terrorist surveillance program at work: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2006/0...al_source_.html

Blaming the budget deficits on spending and not tax cuts is like eating a steady diet of Twinkies and cheeseburgers for a year, and then blaming the Diet Coke you drank with them for making you gain weight.

Philadelphia, MS "welfare queens driving Cadillacs" bye-bye US Commision on Civil Rights limits on Voting Rights Act tax exemptions for Bob Jones University (segregated college) defended Jesse Helms when Helms said we shouldn't have MLK Day and in the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu:

Yes he is.

Laura still supports her man: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060514/pl_nm/...HNlYwN5bmNhdA--

Agree 100%. They're a huge pain in the ass for teachers.

I like Mos Def's political stuff. Namely, (another video (the video on the first one is kind of crappy, I think it was made by a fan). Also, War, the Rapeover, and What Beef Is.

fucking Stackhouse

You should have gotten your minor in PE, since all schools really want history teachers for is to coach. tru dat

Does Stillmatic really belong? Also All Eyez on Me?

Apropos of nothing, my governor was indicted today. Another day, another Republican politician indicted.

Guess who said it!

I read the book. It's a fun read, but too vague and he just doesn't come off as very credible.

What's your guarantee that the government will do a better job with health care than the private sector? We have the most privatized health care system in the developed world, yet we spend the most on it (12% GDP) and have poorer public health outcomes (examples: infant mortality, life expectancy) than countries that spend far less. We also end up devoting far more resources to administrative costs. For example, Medicare (govt. run) devotes 98% of its resources to providing health care and uses only 2% for administration.

JustPassinBy: Artist's Conception

Recommend me some.

Hi, we're Tom Tancredo and John McCain! Hi, we're Rudy Giuiliani and James Dobson! Hi, we're Bill Kristol and William F. Buckley! Hi, we're George W. Bush and Grover Norquist!

Me too. Too bad he seems to have about an 0 in 10 chance of getting the nomination.

You're off the Brownback bandwagon?

Refute that. Benedict Arnold and Aaron Burr don't count either.