Fair and Balanced Moment of the Day

With the many issues in the world deserving of our attention, FOX thought it was necessary to continue the war with Rosie O'Donnell and make this headline news...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286835,00.html

Rosie often says stupid things, but who gives a damn? Tabloid journalism at its finest.

Something to Hide

According to the Washington Post,

"Since 2003, the vice president's staff has not cooperated with an office at the National Archives and Records Administration charged with making sure the executive branch protects classified information. Cheney aides have not filed reports on their possession of classified data and at one point blocked an inspection of their office. After the Archives office pressed the matter, the documents say, Cheney's staff this year proposed eliminating it."

Cheney proposed eliminating a government office that displeased him! And one that is necessary to the national security of this country! What's more, Cheney proposed inserting a specific exemption for the vice president from the requirements of the oversight office. Republicans ought to be particularly outraged by this, seeing as how they present themselves as the "we're the only ones who take national security seriously" party. You only take such action when you have something to hide. This administration is corrupt and they don't give a damn. With 19 months to go and poll numbers about as low as they can go, why should they give a damn? I've got all kinds of expletives for this administration.

Bush Expected to Make Another Stupid Decision

Bush is expected to veto another bill loosening federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. This will be only his third use of the veto power and he's choosing to use it (for the second time!) against beneficial research on bundles of cells that get discarded anyway. God forbid he should do something right before he leaves office.

Muslim Extremism

Pakistan's religious affairs minister, Mohammed ul-Haq, is calling for suicide bombings in the wake of the recent knighting of "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie, calling it an affront to Muslims. According to Haq,

"The West is accusing Muslims of extremism and terrorism. If someone exploded a bomb on his body he would be right to do so unless the British government apologizes and withdraws the 'sir' title,"

So because you disagree with an author's writings, it's okay to blow up innocent people? And the scary part is that this guy is a member of an ally government. Between this and the Danish cartoon uproar, the world is left with little to contradict the violent image of Islam. However, I believe that the religion is fundamentally peaceful. While you can point to passages in the Quran that call for believers to strike down non-believers, you can find equally disturbing passages in the Bible. Islam has been hijacked by extremists who have forced themselves upon the world stage as spokesmen for the religion, much as the Republican Party has been seized by religious conservatives. Rational leaders of Islam need to step up and denounce such extremism.

Call A Fat Kid Fat

According to the Associated Press, a committee of medical experts has recommended that "Doctors ought to quit using fuzzy terms to define children's weight problems and instead refer to truly fat kids as overweight or obese". Amen. Such children are often euphamistically referred to as "at risk for overweight". This country is facing a serious obesity problem, and telling those who are obese that they may have a slight problem is not going to cut it.

A Gay Love Bomb

In 1994 a military researcher requested $7.5 million to develop a bomb that would create an overwhelming sex drive in enemy forces, thus causing them to have sex with each other rather than fight. I'd like to know how I can get ahold of some of this. There are several conservatives with pent up homosexual rage that would really benefit from a gay bomb. They could release all of that tension and have an excuse for it too!

Gonzales No Confidence Vote Fails

As with everything else, Bush is going to let this drag out in an attempt to make the Democrats look petty and more obsessed with damaging the administration than doing the country's business. However, I think a few comments regarding the no confidence vote are noteworthy...

Bush...
"They can have their votes of no confidence, but it's not going to make the determination about who serves in my government,"
My government! My government! Are you kidding me? Who let George off his leash again?

Bush again...
"This process has been drug out a long time. It's political."
Those political bastards!

Gonzales...
"I am going to be focusing on what the American people expect of the attorney general of the United States and this great Department of Justice."
You self-serving bastard! It would have been nice of you remember that before your neck was on the block.

And finally, the beautiful human being that is Trent Lott...
"This is a nonbinding, irrelevant resolution proving what? Nothing...Maybe we should be considering a vote of no confidence on the Senate or on the Congress for malfunction and an inability to produce anything."
Ahhh, much like the first six years of Bush's "presidency" when taxpayers' money was used as toilet paper by the Republican-controlled Congress.

Idiots. Our government is being run by complete morons. It's absolutely disgusting.

Libby's Pardon

Talk of Bush granting Libby a pardon is beginning to swirl even before Libby begins his appeals process. Cheney's office issued this statement...

"The defense has indicated it plans to appeal the conviction in the case...Speaking as friends, we hope that our system will return a final result consistent with what we know of this fine man."

The judicial system may not return that result, but the bastard will get off with a pardon from Bush. What ever happened to the administration's tough rhetoric when the leak was first exposed? The "we'll find out who did this and punish 'em up something fierce" crap. Bush will pardon him because Bush has nothing left except the few friends like Libby who are willing to jump in front of a 747, get back up, and say "thank you sir may I have another". This administration is shit and it's severly altered my party for the worse.

Libby Gets 30 Months

While it's good to see some justice brought to this case, I can't help but feel as though the big fish keep getting away. Cheney was involved and Rove is at the heart of every scandal. The revelation that Plame was covert at the time of her outing means this can no longer be dismissed by those on the right (Hannity, O'Reilly, and all the other lemmings) as a baseless witch hunt. Libby was certainly guilty, but he's merely a fall guy to appease the masses.

If the tables were turned and this was happening to a Democratic administration, the Republicans would be discussing impeachment daily. They would scoff at the idea of a man like Libby committing treason and receiving just 30 months. Clinton lied about having sex with a woman and the same hypocritical Republicans who are now downplaying this case were on that like white on rice. This is utterly absurd.

Dr. Death Released Today

The release of Dr. Kevorkian from a Michigan penitentiary today renews, if only briefly, the assisted suicide debate. I support a person's right to make such a choice. The government has no place forcing a perfectly competent yet terminally ill person to endure, in some cases, the kind of pain that requires a drug-induced coma. Those who criticize doctors like Kevorkian, who are complying with a patient's request, accuse him of playing God, but are those critics not playing the same game? They want to step in and decide what is best for someone who is fully capable of deciding what is best for themselves.

The pro-choice groups are not advocates of pleasure killings, as the pro-life groups love to imply. Life should be safe-guarded, but not merely for a group's self-righteous crusade. There should be appropriate legislation in place that allows competent, terminally ill patients to go through a certain screening process that will enable them to peacefully end their lives, as opposed to the extremely painful, bed-ridden state in which some spend their last days.