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There seems to be a controversy about the disposal of used flags after the Democrat Convention. Pal2Pal has the Story with more pictures. GRTWT. Cross Posted at Power and Control

The last post (about religious proselytization) reminded me of a lesson I learned in childhood, which seems timely. An older Catholic woman in the neighborhood used to threaten non-Catholic children with damnation in no uncertain terms. “If you aren’t a Catholic, you will go to hell!” Needless to say, this is a frightening thought to…

I can’t stand proselytization. I’m one of those people who wants to be left alone in matters of personal conscience. My beliefs about the unknown are as much by business as is my sexuality, and I don’t like it when people try to tell me what I should be doing with my body or my…

The McCain campaign has been criticized in various quarters for pandering or condescending to women and insulting their intelligence with the pick of Sarah Palin. So what do you make of this? Senator Barack Obama will increasingly lean on prominent Democratic women to undercut Governor Sarah Palin and Senator John McCain, dispatching Senator Hillary Rodham…

H/T Patriot Room Cross Posted at Power and Control

This is the start of the death watch for for the Shrinking Media. H/T Hot Air

I believe McCain gave the best sermon I’ve ever heard last night and let me tell you why. Nothing says it better than giving the core of the sermon and then I’ll touch on some other excerpts. Long ago, something unusual happened to me that taught me the most valuable lesson of my life. I…

Here’s some pork we can do without: Barack Obama was a founding member of the board of Public Allies in 1992, resigning before his wife became executive director of the Chicago chapter of Public Allies in 1993. Obama plans to use the nonprofit group, which he features on his campaign Web site, as the model…

I’ve been in Ann Arbor for a month now, and I have been subscribing to the Detroit Free Press, mainly because I believe in the importance not only of reading a daily newspaper, but I think a major city should have one. I don’t mean to sound like a East Coast snot, but I think…

Change is coming.

Well it is…

I hate liveblogging speeches because my fingers don’t walk fast enough to keep up with the words. Plus, it seems a little pointless, not only because machines do a better job, but because the candidates release prepared texts which are available for analysis later. So I didn’t liveblog McCain’s speech. Instead, I watched it, and…

Did Sarah Palin close the earlier eight point gap? (CBS) The presidential race between Barack Obama and John McCain is now even at 42 percent, according to a new CBS News poll conducted Monday-Wednesday of this week. Twelve percent are undecided according to the poll, and one percent said they wouldn’t vote. This is in…

I hate to say this (and maybe I shouldn’t be writing this post), but I think the best way to attack Sarah Palin is to make her out to be a far-right ideologue. If I am correct, that might mean that Gloria Steinem (ugh!) has done a better job of attacking Palin than anyone else:…

The better Sarah Palin looks, the more ridiculous the attacks on her sound. Hmmm… Should I have said “looks”? We’ll see. Right on the heels of McCain’s announcement, the attacks started. First came the “inexperienced” meme. I’ve been listening and reading in search of a sound explanation why being a governor constitutes less experience than…

Did anyone notice all the orange in the crowd at the Republican Convention? Some Democrats did. Comment by Zeke 2008-09-04 00:12:23 Any one know what the Orange cloths were? A number of women were waving Orange polyester fabric around and unless they were from the “Sovereign State of Tennessee” I would like to buy a…

I thought this interrogation of Rudi Guilliani by some MSNBC commentators (Morning Joe) was very telling. Of course we know that the Shrinking Media is for the most part in the tank for Obama, but especially telling is sneering look Mika Brzezinski continually gives Rudi for his estimation of Sara Palin’s qualifications. It will be…