Month: August 2004

Here’s a hotly disputed tale about an animal rescue effort involving a small furry member of the Kerry household: Aug. 3 – A mass e-mail from the Republican National Committee is questioning whether or not Democratic nominee John Kerry actually saved his daughter Alexandra’s pet hamster, Licorice, from drowning during a family boating trip as…

“The campaign of character assassination waged by the right was a singular, unprecedented effort. Nothing like it exists on the left. What I object to on the right is the obsessive hatred, the bigotry, and the personal savaging of their opponents, all achieved through an echo chamber of talk radio, the Internet and Rupert Murdoch’s…

Well, I knew something like this would happen sooner or later. ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida woman was fired from her job after eating “unclean” meat and violating a reported company policy that pork and pork products are not permissible on company premises, according to Local 6 News. Clearly a case of religious discrimination,…

Teresa Heinz Kerry’s “un-American” remark continue to puzzle people (as does her outburst), but not much has been said about the accompanying (and possibly more puzzling) remark about “un-Pennsylvanian” traits. Former Pennsylvanian Lionel Waxman posed a direct question: Somehow, lost in the furor over Teresa?s comments the other day which included, ?un-American? and ?shove it,?…

Remember how the Kerry–Edwards ticket was going to be the alternative to negative campaigning? Well, here’s something fun that came in the mail: Dear [name withheld], I am rushing this message to you just hours after accepting the Democratic nomination. Our campaign to end the Bush presidency and move America forward is now in its…

Lest readers get the idea that I am against Teresa Heinz Kerry, I have to say that there are some things I like about her. In a recent speech, I thought it was commendable of her to offer to be a mom to gay people whose parents have rejected them: She told of how she…

On NPR yesterday Allison Keyes spoke with pollster John Zogby whose work has shown that Arabs feel the 9/11 commission missed some important things. The commission hasn’t taken into account, for example, that America should try to promote a more positive image abroad, and that it shouldn’t treat Arabs as only capable of responding to…

Here’s a disgusting development: a mandatory carding policy for anyone, regardless of age, who wants to buy some beer. Adding insult to injury, the birth date of the suds-buying Methuselah has to be noted down before the sale can be rung up. Now, you’d think that this policy is dumb and demeaning enough for the…

At the risk of seeming like a stupid and uninformed American, I have a spelling question. Is it Theresa, or Teresa? CNN, ABC, and the Telegraph spell it Teresa, but Theresa appears on many of the American news sites. (Including the New York Times.) Googling “Theresa Heinz Kerry” yields only 9000 hits, while “Teresa Heinz…

Who has the facts right? According to a number of reports (including the New York Times), John Kerry, John Edwards, and an entourage including actor Ben Affleck all went to a Wendy’s and supposedly enjoyed a working-class sort of meal. Here’s a typical write-up: Before arriving in the Keystone State the Kerry-Edwards team made a…

“We need to turn back some of the creeping, un-Pennsylvanian and sometimes un-American traits that are coming into some of our politics” — Theresa Heinz Kerry, July 25, 2004. I agree. But when reporter Colin McNickle, the editorial page editor of the conservative Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, asked what she meant by the term “un-American,” Mrs. Heinz…

Here’s John Kerry, speaking over the weekend about using his vast influence to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq: I know that as president there’s huge leverage that will be available to me, enormous cards to play, and I’m not going to play them in public. I’m not going to play them before I’m president. I…

A stormy weekend all around, with lots of thunder, lightning, rain and flooding. It finally cleared late this afternoon, so I drove to Valley Forge National Park. Here’s a photo (taken in the very late afternoon) of the house which served as headquarters of General Henry Knox during the frightful winter of 1777-1778 at Valley…

More local politics. And First Amendment hatred. Regular readers may recall Michael Marcavage, a very talented young opponent of the “homosexual agenda” who I’ve predicted will go far. His latest project is to “reclaim” his town of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania from the homos and their supporters, and to that end, he has started an organization called…

Wow, this is a slow weekend for news! Front page news in today’s Inquirer involves the disappearance of an Alzheimer’s patient (in February), and I am getting a little tired of the election. So, I’ll save a little steam and write about some personal stuff. Twice in one week now, I have gone out to…