John Kerry Must Go!

(Think the Dems have the guts? Naaah.)

"WASHINGTON, D.C.— With the air gushing out of John Kerry's balloon, it may be only a matter of time until political insiders in Washington face the dread reality that the junior senator from Massachusetts doesn't have what it takes to win and has got to go. As arrogant and out of it as the Democratic political establishment is, even these pols know the party's got to have someone to run against George Bush. They can't exactly expect the president to self-destruct into thin air."
Village Voice

Jews Walk Off The Job

Bowing to intense pressure from Mel Gibson's father,
Jews announced today that they would no longer control
the world. In a press release, Jews stated,
"Although we have thoroughly enjoyed the challenges of
world domination for the last 3,000 years, we feel
it's time for gentiles to take control of their own
affairs. We plan to spend more time with our families
and pursue other interests."
Hutton Gibson stated he was pleased with the
announcement but expressed concern that he was losing
a scapegoat for all of his problems. He said he would
be launching a search for a new minority group to
demonize. Many Jews expressed relief that they could
give up burdensome responsibilities.
Retired accountant Jerry Friedman, who controls all
media in Montana, said, "I would just as well let the
citizens of Montana manage their own TV and
newspapers. Don't get me wrong-- Montana is a fine
state. But it gets awfully cold, and there's nowhere
to get a good bagel.
Attorney Allen Franks said he's glad he no longer has
to manage Bulgarian monetary policy. "It was getting
to be quite a hassle," he said. "I already have a full
time job and can't even balance my own checkbook, let
alone control the finances of an entire nation."
Homemaker Judith Levine said she would "...miss the
hustle and bustle of setting the international price
for magnesium every day. But my son is about to be Bar
Mitzvah'd, and oy! Such a party we're gonna have you
wouldn't believe!"
Hollywood producer Sidney Greenbaum was pessimistic
about the announcement. "Do you really think goyim
know how to make movies?" he asked. They'll all end up
being high budget, technicolor snuff flicks if you
leave things up to Mel and his kind."
Comedy experts expressed concern that the business
would suffer if Jews suddenly withdrew. According to
one insider, "Take away all the Jewish comics and
writers, and all you have left is Carrot Top. That's
not a world I want to live in."

The battle is against militant Islam, not “Terror”

"They were fully convinced that their religion compelled them to brutality. And unlike us, they had no queasiness: They were absolutely clear about who their enemy was. They did not talk in jingos about the "War on Freedom," or the "War on Liberty." They talked about the War on America, the War on Israel, and the War on West. They were plainspoken about whom they sought to defeat and why.

Their leader was a blind Egyptian cleric named Omar Abdel Rahman, the emir of an international terrorist organization called the "Islamic Group." This was a precursor of al Qaeda, responsible for the infamous 1981murder of Anwar Sadat for the great crime of making peace with Israel. Abdel Rahman continues to this day to have a profound influence on Osama bin Laden; his sons have been linked to al Qaeda, and one of bin Laden's demands continues to be that America free the "Blind Sheikh," who is now serving a life sentence.

Abdel Rahman laid out the principles of his terror group — including its American division — with alarming clarity: Authority to rule did not come from the people who are governed; it came only from Allah — a God who, in Abdel Rahman's depiction, was not a God of mercy and forgiveness, but a God of wrath and vengeance, and a God single-mindedly consumed with the events of this world. For the Blind Sheikh and his cohorts, there would be no toleration for other religions or other views. There was militant Islam, and there was everybody else.

All the world was divided into two spheres — and it is very interesting how those spheres were referred to: the first was Dar al Islam, or the domain of the Muslims; the second was Dar al Harb. You might assume that Dar al Harb would be the domain of the non-Muslims. It is not. It is instead the domain of war. The militants perceive themselves as in a constant state of war with those who do not accept their worldview.

Sometimes that war is hot and active. Sometimes it is in recess while the militants take what they can get in negotiations and catch their breath for the next rounds of violence. But don't be fooled: the war never ends — unless and until all the world accepts their construction of Islam."

Fake civil rights, quotable quotes, fun with language, and more

An interesting story out of the New York Post yesterday, about how the Salvation Army may have to leave New York. Why? Because the city may force it to offer employee benefits to gay partners, and the Salvation Army is . . . well, a religious organization (and a traditionally religious one).

A lot of conservatives talk about the "extremism" of the gay-rights movement, and some people may wonder what we mean. This is what we mean.

The Salvation Army dedicates itself to good; in New York, it serves millions of needy people. But militants would rather see that scotched than see an Army standing on its principles.

The air space in American life seems to be tightening. Won't our new diversity tolerate the Salvation Army? Is it, too, to be labeled a "hate" group?

I have said before in this column that the gay-marriage debate seems to be lost (i.e., that the anti side seems to have lost). For one thing, all the elites support gay marriage, no matter what the majority may think (and the majority is not aroused). Virtually every employee of the big media supports it; virtually every Hollywood actor; virtually every pop singer; virtually every professor — etc. And what the elites want, the elites usually get, in my observation. (They haven't yet stopped the war, have they? But they may be getting close.)

For another thing, gay marriage has been successfully defined as a civil-rights issue — and once something becomes a matter of "civil rights," how can it be denied? Why, if I wanted a million dollars and labeled it a civil right, you might just have to give it to me. (Pay up.)

An interesting exchange occurred in a recent issue of The New Republic. Roger Clegg of the Center for Equal Opportunity (and NRO) wrote in to say that Republicans have, contrary to myth, been good on civil rights. (Think Reconstruction — and the Civil War! — to begin with.) As Clegg pointed out, Republicans were more robustly in favor of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act than Democrats. Peter Beinart, editor of the magazine, wrote a tart response, saying that Clegg was talking about the old Republican party, before the Dixiecrats joined it.

In 1982, President Reagan reversed an IRS policy denying tax benefits to universities that discriminate based on race. In 1983, Republicans made up the vast majority of congressional opponents of a federal holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. In 1986, Republicans made up the vast majority of congressional opponents of sanctions against South Africa. In 1990, congressional Republicans overwhelmingly opposed legislation allowing defendants to contest death sentences as racially biased. And, in 1997, House Republicans voted overwhelmingly against allowing the Census Bureau to use sampling, despite clear evidence that traditional methods undercount African Americans.
Whoa, Nellie: Those are civil-rights issues? The definition has become comically elastic; we have defined civil rights down — way down.

Conservatives could play this game too, you know: Democrats support legal abortion. Are they anti-civil rights? They won't permit school choice. Are they anti-civil rights? I was told, just today, that the National Rifle Association is billing itself as "the nation's oldest civil-rights organization."

Smart, smart.

Jay Nordlinger

What has gotten into Bill Cosby? I don't know, but I hope it stays there. You have probably heard his recent remarks by now, but savor them again.

At a celebration of the Brown decision, Cosby said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids — $500 sneakers; for what? — and won't spend $200 for 'Hooked on Phonics.' . . . [The kids are] standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: 'Why you ain't?' 'Where you is?' And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. . . . Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. . . . You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth."

But it gets better. About "the incarcerated," Cosby said, "These are not political criminals. These are people going around stealing Coca-Cola, people getting shot in the back of the head over a piece of pound cake, and then we run out and we are outraged: 'The cops shouldn't have shot him!' What the hell was he doing with the pound cake in his hand?"

To be sure, the Cos could have phrased his arguments better, but still: Those vapors you feel are fresh air, from — for me — a very unexpected source.

Jay Nordlinger

I think, therefore...

BOLO is for "Be on the lookout." Here's the FBI link
with the terrorist update and those we should
especially be looking for, including pics. Please
forward this to everyone you know.

BOLO

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Godspeed, Ronald Wilson Reagan.

The Empty Cradle Will Rock
How abortion is costing the Democrats voters--literally.

BY LARRY L. EASTLAND
Monday, June 28, 2004 12:01 a.m. EDT

More than 40 million legal abortions have been performed and documented in the 30 years since the U.S. Supreme Court declared abortion legal. The debate remains focused on the legality and morality of abortion. What's largely ignored is a factual analysis of the political consequences of 40 million abortions. Consider:

• There were 12,274,368 in the Voting Age Population of 205,815,000 missing from the 2000 presidential election, because of abortions from 1973-82.

• In this year's election, there will be 18,336,576 in the Voting Age Population missing because of abortions between 1972 and 1986.

• In the 2008 election, 24,408,960 in the Voting Age Population will be missing because of abortions between 1973-90.

These numbers will not change. They are based on individual choices made--aggregated nationally--as long as 30 years ago. Look inside these numbers at where the political impact is felt most. Do Democrats realize that millions of Missing Voters--due to the abortion policies they advocate--gave George W. Bush the margin of victory in 2000?

http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005277

well i agree if we didn't have all these abortions there would be a big surplus of voters and they would all probably be democrats because you know people who have so many kids and who use legal abortion are always poor or non white,
but there is a real simple solutiuon: start a few more wars. that would take care of all those new democrats while still preserving their right to life. don't you agree darlon?

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Cool Quotes!
http://www.coolquotes.com/famous_quotes.php

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
William Shakespeare

"Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools."
Truman Capote

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." -
Socrates

"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
Benjamin Franklin

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Paris for President!!!

Yup, Dubya had the right idea but screwed the execution. There's only one hope left, Paris Hilton!!! Save us girlfriend!!!

Vanities
What if Paris Hilton Were President of the United States?
by Henry Alford December 2004

JANUARY
President says of landslide victory, "It's all about the belly chain."

FEBRUARY
President brings troops home from Iraq to enlarge nation's dating pool.

MARCH
President awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to head colorist at Sally Hershberger.

APRIL
President says H.M.O.'s sound "so gay."

MAY
President tells Albuquerque schoolchildren that people treat you differently if you wear jewelry on your head.

JUNE
President says two most important items on Air Force One are her Chihuahua and blow.

JULY
President likens war-crimes tribunal in The Hague to judges on American Idol.

AUGUST
President tells Moscow newspaper owner that he's misspelling "Prada."

SEPTEMBER
President likens World Bank to return policy at Fred Segal.

OCTOBER
President suggests emergency airlift to Baghdad of spray-on tans and Bioré pore strips.

NOVEMBER
President asks aide, "Who is Kim Jong the Second?"

DECEMBER
President accidentally signs bill, "Mrs. Jude Law."

JANUARY
President resigns: two-party system cuts down on three-ways.

Humorist Henry Alford is a Vanity Fair contributing editor.

Whatever, heifer!

Andrea,

ad hominem!

You automatically lose. Sorry, but thanks for playing and come back real soon!

DD

quote:

ad hominem!

Yes, for those few non-Roman citizens on these boards, that would be a suggestion not to flame!

OMG I can't believe I am agreeing with Darla on something

Andrea, meet Darla... Darla, Andrea...

Darla has been hibernating for a while, Andrea, which is why you are just meeting her. She's our resident Conservative-- the "Marilyn" in our Munster family here, if you will. She might even, in some quarters, be considered a Republican, though she has oftimes been known to diverge from that party line. And oh yeah, she never liked FDR. I think he used to make her sit on his knee

I believe she started this topic in response to Lily's Opposition Report, way back when... just some herstory.

I just know you two will become fast friends/sparring partners without flaming.

And now, on with the discourse, girls!

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Darla is one of the most interesting people I've ever met. She has been everything from a fighter pilot to a drag performer. (Who could ever forget her now legendary "fish show" at Cheez Whiz!)

And she has fearlessly and single-handedly taken us ALL on at one time or another. She is the closest thing to Ann Coulter that we have on The Motherboards and we HATE her for that...
and LOVE her for that.
Darla Diamond is one of ours.
She is the drunk uncle that we always fight with at Thanksgiving and love dearly.

Go ahead Andrea (and anyone else), take her on if you dare. She won't back down.

(Caution: Watch out for that powerful left arm as it slowly reaches around to crush you and drags you into Darla's detachable jaw.)

Thank you Daddy. Yes, it's a labor of love, and it's nice to be back.

Hattie,

We always agree on martinis. Don't act so shocked. Actually, Politically Incorrect started when I made a quite innocent yet conservative post that got everyone's knickers in quite a twist. I saw the reaction and decided this was going to be fun, and PI was born. Opposition Report and its kin are all bastard offspring of PI. Before it was all about sex and parties. Kind of like politics!

Hey Daddy, come out to Central Park and watch me play ice hockey! Watch me Daddy, watch me!!!

OK
I love Ice Hockey.
I used to go to Ice Hockey games all the time.
Love the blood.

I knew you would correct us on the provenence of PI, Darla.

Garsh, I haven't been to a hockey game since "Roquet" Richard beat down the Bruins. Are you two Canadian?

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OK, I shouldn't be flaming, but it's OK, you called me on it. No bloodshed will happen today. By the way, Do you think that Ann Coulter is a drag queen?