Archives: July, 2005

THE TICKER – Freeper outed :: Judy File grows :: Caught in the draft
Jon Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

Freeper outed: School board official in upstate NY won’t comment on his hate-filled posts on Free Republic
Judy File growst: Arianna has added lots of dish about a certain jailed reporter to her “Judy File”
Caught in the draft: High schools are required to give data on students to military recruiters unless students opt out, [...]

OH-02 GOP Candidate Caught Lying on Camera Two Days Before Election
Jon Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

In Cincinnati, the Reddest city in Ohio, the red hot campaign for an open Congressional seat has just gotten a lot hotter – and the chance that the seat might flip from Red t0 Blue has been ratcheted up a notch or two.
Official state records confirm that Jean Schmidt and Tom Noe have known [...]

Bill Maher’s ‘I’m Swiss’ on HBO
Jon Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

A Review by PR Contributor VRW
“Bill Maher: I’m Swiss” live on HBO from the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon, rocked the packed house of mostly middle-aged, 98 percent white folks, July 30. Maher walked right up to the outrageous edge, kicking clods of muck and mire into the faces of the [...]

More Lies: UK Military Records Reveal That Saddam Did Not Provoke U.S. and British Bombing Raids in 2002
Jon Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

Times of London:
Figures released by the Ministry of Defence have shown the reasons given by Britain and America for stepping up bombing raids in Iraq in the run-up to war were a sham, writes Michael Smith.
Geoff Hoon, who was then defence secretary, and Donald Rumsfeld, his American counterpart, both claimed that the rise in air [...]

Maybe Teen Sex Isn’t Quite as Bad as Serial Rape and Kidnapping After All
Trish Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

Finally, signs the frenzy over so-called “sex offenders” might be abating. A Florida official was recently brave enough to stick his neck out and interject some reason into the fear-based hysteria.
St. Petersburg Times:
City Commissioner Alan Bildz said he is pushing for a resolution that would urge state legislators to “do their job.”
Bildz wants to add [...]

Topics: Conservative Values, Politics

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Bill Nelson’s Democratic Voting Record Exposed After Appearance with Sen. Obama
Trish Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) is taking heat from Republicans for being – dare I say it? – a Democrat.
AP is reporting that the Hypocrisy Party is hitting hard and early at Nelson, against whom they will run Paragon of Virtue Katherine Harris if they must, but preferably anyone, and we mean ANYONE, else.
Nelson said [...]

Topics: Politics

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Profanity in Rightwing Film Halts Screening at Anti-Michael Moore Film Fest
Jon Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

Despite this rather glowing report from the local paper, the organizers of the Freedom FilmFest – an event that was hastily organized to protest the Traverse City Film Festival and its founder, Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore – found themselves in hot water yesterday.
At least one “values voter” reportedy walked out of the Freedom Filmfest’s [...]

Topics: Culture, Film

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THE TICKER – OH-02 hero gets GOP threats :: Bell for TX Gov :: McCain ‘terrified’ :: Pelosi is suspicious
Jon Ponder | Jul. 31, 2005

OH-02 hero gets GOP threats : In the OH-02 Special Election, the GOP says it will “bury” Iraqi War hero candidate Paul Hackett in Tuesday vote
McCain ‘terrified’: McCain calls just-passed transportation bill “terrifying in its fiscal consequences and disappointing for the lack of fiscal discipline.”
Bell for TX Gov: Chris Bell (D), former congressman who [...]

Topics: Republicans

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Opponent of Iraqi War Hero in Ohio Race Said to Be Tainted by GOP Political Sleaze
Jon Ponder | Jul. 30, 2005

Update: Crooks & Liars has a clip of Jean Schmidt’s interview with David Gregory on MSNBC. What a nut job!
Earlier this week, we wrote about the upcoming special election for a House seat in Ohio’s predominantly Republican 2nd District next week. The Democratic candidate is Paul Hackett, an Iraqi War vet.
Now we learn that [...]

Topics: Ohio, Politics

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Wonkette Accused of Demoralizing Troops Because She Said Bush Is Gay
Jon Ponder | Jul. 30, 2005

An Unsmart American, writing after Wonkette pointed out the President Bush’s hand gestures are often very nelly, suggested that la pundette’s musings might sap homophobic servicemembers of their will to fight:
It is JUST like the one time when That Wonkete accused Our President George W. Bush of being a homosexual because of the way [...]

Topics: Politics

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