Archives: March, 2005

Angelides Enters Anti-Arnold Race Early
Jon Ponder | Mar. 31, 2005

With approval ratings in the 60s, Gov. Schwarzenegger appears to be invincible, and his ability to manipulate the national media – not to mention the international entertainment media – gives him edge over every conceivable contender, with the possible exception of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who would be pushing 80 at the end of her [...]

Suit Would Drag NC Law into the 20th Century
Jon Ponder | Mar. 30, 2005

AP/Durham Herald-Sun – (via Pam’s House Blend):
A former sheriff’s dispatcher who quit her job after her boss found out she lived with her boyfriend is challenging North Carolina’s law against cohabitation. Debora Hobbs said she was told to get married, move out, or find another job after her boss found out [...]

Just Shoot Me
Jon Ponder | Mar. 30, 2005

From Daily Kos:
It’s been really quite interesting how the rightwingosphere has just about completely ignored Tom DeLay’s corruption and utter perversion of the very values that brought the GOP to power.
Now that the WSJ has greenlighted attacks on DeLay, that might change, but the silence over DeLay’s perversions of democracy has been deafening.
Now everyone knows [...]

It’s Only Bad If One of Us Does It
Trish Ponder | Mar. 30, 2005

Have you noticed how these Chicken Little sanctimonious hypocrites shriek that being homosexual and showing religious tolerance are signs of the apocalypse but pedophilia and internet porn are no big deal – at least when they’re the ones with their pants down.
From CNN:
A former top official of the Boy Scouts of America [Note: he only [...]

GOP Fissures in Florida?
Jon Ponder | Mar. 29, 2005

A headline on the front page of today’s LA Times reads, “2 Issues Straining GOP Grip in Florida.” The article suggests that the confluence of unease among seniors about President Bush’s plans to phase out Social Security and the GOP’s meddling in the Schiavo matter has created a fissure among voters in Florida [...]

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Schiavo Protester Is Registered Sex Offender
Jon Ponder | Mar. 29, 2005

Charlotte Observer:
The father of the 10-year-old Kannapolis [N.C.] boy arrested Friday for trying to take a glass of water to Terri Schiavo said the religious beliefs that led him and his son to Florida took root in him more than a decade ago. Specifically, he said, they came to him when he was 19, as [...]

Topics: Conservative Values

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Gov. Conan Girds for Battle, Ready to ‘Kick Butts’
Jon Ponder | Mar. 28, 2005

The most peculiar thing about state politics here in California is that the local news media has abdicated any serious role it may have had in reporting on the issues. Sure, the local stations will host debates among politicians, but not if they are scheduled to interfere with the primetime line up. During the [...]

Topics: California

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Everybody Loses
Trish Ponder | Mar. 27, 2005

O.K., I know we’re all sick of the subject, but an excellent column by Lucy Morgan of the St. Petersburg Times talks about how hard it is to be a “moderate” Republican when the wingnuts rule.
What ever happened to that Republican “big tent” that was supposed to welcome those with differing ideas?
Some members of the [...]

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Grass Roots Org Counters Rightwing Pressure on the FCC
Jon Ponder | Mar. 27, 2005

Washington Post:
A California woman has launched a Web site, www.speakspeak.org, meant to counter what she calls the excessive influence of anti-indecency groups, such as the Parents Television Council (PTC), that flood the government with complaints designed to spur fines against radio and television broadcasters.
Speakspeak Website:
Fighting indecency complaints, fighting groups like the Parents Television Council, doesn’t [...]

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GOP Schiavo Judge Agrees to Quit Church
Jon Ponder | Mar. 27, 2005

Over the five years that Pinellas County, Fl., Circuit Judge George Greer has had the Terri Shiavo matter on his docket, he has consistently ruled in favor of ending the young woman’s suffering. It isn’t surprising that these rulings have enraged fantasists on the right who believe Terri’s liquified brain parts might be healed [...]

Topics: Conservative Values

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