The Fulcrum
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Farewell, Scooter...
If you've never read Scooter's Freakin' Wicked Weblog, you've missed some great writing - along with a heaping helping of wicked sharp humor. And now, it's too late. Scooter's shutting down his blog for good.
Before it disappears forever and before he stops reading his comments, go tell him goodbye.
The blogosphere is a bit poorer now.
Before it disappears forever and before he stops reading his comments, go tell him goodbye.
The blogosphere is a bit poorer now.
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Who's Arming Terrorists Now?
Just when you think that you expect only the worst from BushCo., they do something that makes you think that perhaps, before, they were just pikers. Even after more than four years of hypocrisy, this still amazes me. Sort of.
Honestly, I give up. There is no low these guys won't stoop to.
More than 40 terror suspects were able to buy firearms in the United States last year because background checks showed they had no felony convictions and weren't illegal immigrants, according to a government report released Tuesday.Okay, you're thinking, just close the loophole and keep these nutjobs from buying a gun, right? If it were anyone but this administration, you'd probably be correct. But for the Bushies, who's a more powerful lobbying group than even the anti-choice folks? C'mon, I know you know the answer to that one...
FBI Director Robert Mueller told a House subcommittee Tuesday that perhaps the law could be altered.All of you out there who guessed the NRA before reading the above, raise your hands... yeah... I thought so.
[snip]
But the National Rifle Association says the law is protecting Americans from terrorists while allowing citizens the freedom to own guns. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA's chief executive, said under current law, if the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System gets a hit that someone applying for a gun permit is on a terror watch list, the government official who put that person on the list - along with other counterterrorism personnel - is notified.
Honestly, I give up. There is no low these guys won't stoop to.
Sunday, March 06, 2005
You Want the Truth?!?
Seems MSNBC thinks we "can't handle the truth..."
The last link in my post below now goes to the MSNBC "we can't find that link" page. It was a story about how the Afghans are faced with growing violence from resurgent warlords and how Afghanistan now provides something on the order of 80% of the worlds opium. Which is exactly, I'm sure, what BushCo. had in mind.
But then again... they've got religion pushing it's way more and more into the public sphere and if religion is the opiate of the masses, why not push the real thing as well?
I wasn't able to find that article anywhere on MSNBC's site.
Thanks to CmdrSue for pointing out that the link was broken. Thanks to MSNBC for pointing out that we're just not ready for the truth.
The last link in my post below now goes to the MSNBC "we can't find that link" page. It was a story about how the Afghans are faced with growing violence from resurgent warlords and how Afghanistan now provides something on the order of 80% of the worlds opium. Which is exactly, I'm sure, what BushCo. had in mind.
But then again... they've got religion pushing it's way more and more into the public sphere and if religion is the opiate of the masses, why not push the real thing as well?
I wasn't able to find that article anywhere on MSNBC's site.
Thanks to CmdrSue for pointing out that the link was broken. Thanks to MSNBC for pointing out that we're just not ready for the truth.
