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Monday, July 25, 2005

Meandering Through The Blogosphere

Just chillin' out today, poppin' Percocets and surfin' the web...

The Drudge Report managed to get the scoop on the least shocking story of the year:

HILLARY CLINTON TO SUPPORT BUSH COURT NOMINEE

**Exclusive**

Senator Hillary Clinton has confided to associates that she intends to vote FOR Bush Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Well, of course she is. Duh. She’s still trying to play to the heartland… still trying to lock up a few social conservative votes for the big Hillary In ’08 campaign… still trying to buffalo the country by pretending to be conservative herself. Of course, her voting record proves otherwise. But she’ll give it the ol’ college try. Besides, if she by some horrible twist of fate DID win the presidency (God forbid), she’d really like to have it on record that when she was in the Senate, she didn’t stand in the way of judicial nominees, now did she???

By the way, speaking of Hillary Clinton… somebody alert the Weekly World News… I think I’ve figured out the identity of Batboy’s long lost mother:

Aaaaand, speaking of flakey liberals who pretend to be conservative, John McCain continues his one-man war of revenge against the Bush administration. Ya know, I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I used to support this guy, now that he's out there pulling garbage like this:

Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, is working on an amendment that sources said would address the treatment of detainees and rules of interrogation.

Mr. McCain's spokeswoman, Andrea Jones, would not provide details on Friday, but said, "Senator McCain does plan to introduce legislation next week."

I got wind of that courtesy of Michelle Malkin. Ya know, McCain has become as transparent as Hillary, putting on a show for the same reasons. Both think they’re a shoe-in for their own party, now they’re trying to reach out to the other side. Both of them are probably doing little more than alienating their base and annoying the voters they’re trying to BS into supporting them. And both of them get on my dang nerves.

I almost feel good about Hillary and McCain when I read about something this unimaginably sleezy at CNN's website:

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Written apologies will be sent to the family of a dead Marine who was upset that the lieutenant governor appeared uninvited at his funeral last week, Gov. Ed Rendell said.

Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll went to the July 19 funeral of Staff Sgt. Joseph Goodrich, passed out her business card and made a remark about the state government being against the war, family members said.

At some point, do some people literally go through a genetic change… do they literally completely lose every shred of their humanity and morph completely into another species called Homo Politicus? It’s the only explanation I can come up with. (Hat tip for this story, by the way, to Right On!.)

Congresswoman Carol Kilpatrick (D-Mich) must have watched Howard Dean’s pro-wrestler rant as he disintegrated during the primaries last year and said to herself ”Ya know, I think I can do that better.” Of course, the scary thing is, her base probably loves her more for her antics. Click the pic below to go to Kill Righty and watch the video.

Here’s a brief item I liked. The Unseen Blogger posts a list of ten things he learned over the weekend every Monday. I found this on the list today, and I liked it so much that I want to learn to cross-stitch so I can make a wall-hanging out of it:

Another way of saying the phrase ”No good deed goes unpunished” is: ”If the forces of evil are not bothing you, you are not bothering them. So try harder.”

I still don't know for sure what I think about John Roberts, but I'm starting to like his wife:

A Roman Catholic like her husband, Jane Roberts has been deeply involved in the antiabortion movement. She provides her name, money and professional advice to a small Washington organization — Feminists for Life of America — that offers counseling and educational programs. The group has filed legal briefs before the high court challenging the constitutionality of abortion.

I came across that at a blog that's new to me, Thumos. See? Blog Explosion subscribers actually do read blogs.

I’ll wrap this up with one positive, enjoyable thing I came across today… a kind, neighborly and friendly discussion of the use of the cross and/or the use of the crucifix in Christian churches today. Pastor Scott at Burr in the Burgh pointed out a few things that I did not know:

It is a frequent misconception that Lutherans, lumped in with Reformed churches, oppose the use of a crucifix (that is a cross with the statue of Jesus on it). Nothing could be further from the truth. Crucifixes universally adorned Lutheran altars until about 50 years ago…..

I did hear a Lutheran pastor one time say that we shouldn't use the crucifix because, y'know, Jesus isn't still on the cross. This is to suggest that a bare cross somehow reflects the bodily resurrection of Jesus. But I have NEVER understood this reasoning. Rev. McCain rightly points out that the cross would have been empty whether Jesus rose from the tomb or not. I have also often noted that Christians who object to the crucifix on the grounds that Jesus is not still on the cross seem to have no trouble with nativity scenes. Is Jesus still in the manger?

Enjoy all of those links and such. Tell 'em Darrell sent ya.

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Comments:

Thanks for stopping by my site.. I read your post and I thought you might enjoy this link I got off another blog.

http://www.michaelhodges.com/stuff/funny/2008cc1.swf

Hillary for Pres, funny stuff.

# posted by

Jaws : 4:23 PM

Mrs. Roberts is awesome! She is a true role model for young women and I am proud of her efforts. I hope Mr. Roberts as outstanding as his wife.

Hope you get to feeling better soon.

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Anastasia : 4:56 PM

Jaws, thanks for the comment and link... I got such a kick out of it, in fact, that I added the link above.

Anastasia, thanks for your comments and well wishes... I agree, Mrs. Roberts is really awesome. Heck, I'd like to see her on the SCOTUS!

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Darrell : 5:01 PM

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A.T. : 5:17 PM

Yes, Mrs. Roberts would be great on the SCOTUS. Maybe one day that will happen, because all things are possible through Christ. :) The way I look at it is, even if Mr. Roberts isn't what many hope he will be is that through his wife's witness and prayers he will be guided in the right direction. As the old saying goes, behind every good man is a woman.

Sorry it has taken me so long to post on your site. Life has been a tad crazy and although I have checked your site out frequently, I haven't thought to stop and post.

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Anastasia : 5:27 PM

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Jaws : 6:40 PM

"behind every good man is a woman."

Maybe that's Souter's problem.

Get well, Darrell.

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Salt Lick : 9:15 AM