Alito Confirmed - Hey, lefty statists: YOU LOSE!!!

Spin it however you want. More and more I’m convinced that JUSTICE Sam Alito will be as strict a constructionist as we have seen in a long time.

And that is a very, very, good thing.

FOXNews.com - Politics News - Alito Filibuster Fails

When you sprout a pair and use them?

Dad’s activism unsettles State House

It seems the light of truth on Public Proceedings have some anti-male lobbyist’s knickers all in a knot. These poor widdle things are so abused. They appear publicly, but having their picture taken and words put on an easily accessible record…

Instead of buried somewhere..

…is so UNFAIR!

The Big Meanie.

Go see his site for yourself. You be the judge if this is really intimidating or stalking.

http://www.nhcustody.org/

FOXNews.com - Views News - ifeminists - Kidnapping Plot Robs Father’s Rights Group of Credibility: “If an investigation does occur, the victim it will reveal is probably the man-on-the-street. He is the average and responsible father who is estranged from his children. He gets up every day with a hole in his heart and tries to summon enough stamina to plead one more time with the family court or a government bureaucrat to see his son or daughter. This man needs compassion, solid arguments, publicity and justice…not violence.

It is this man that violence as a strategy damages the most.”

I have a quote to keep in mind, Wendy:

If you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable.

When you urge a man to seek a legal remedy, and make that remedy so onerous to achieve, and so long in coming it’s a moot point, it is justice delayed and justice denied. What is more important to a father - to be a part of his children’s lives, or achieve some symbolic vindication in a court after they are grown?

“It’s coming … Be Patient …” Alas, but those tender years with your children, the joy of your heart, and hope of your future - those years have a shelf life. And the closer you get to that “expiration date,” the more empty and hollow they ring.

Desperation. Nothing left to lose.

How’s that song go?

No, I don’t condone it. But God Help Me, I UNDERSTAND it. And it is something damn few women can grasp but in the abstract. For us who have lived it, it is branded on our souls.

Yeah, I know.

And it beats me. I’m debating on whether or not to blame this one on LaSalle; I think I’ll see how grumpy he is before I rattle his chain. I’ve been slacking over the Holidays.

Okay - I’m getting this in both IE and Firefox.

Hmmm - mmm - mmm. Whatzis? Ve haff ein brandspankennewzen “Standard Disclaimer” at the bottom of the page.

Hmm.

Maybe this is Mike’s doing after all - he might have changed the template to insert it and futzed with the font settings.

I’ll see what I can do, if I can get to the Blogger Dashboard from here.

Ransom ‘found on freed hostage’

The very Liberal, Muslim Convert, Susanne Osthoff.

I don’t really have to comment here, do I?

American Civil Liberties Union : ACLU Disappointed With Committee Approval of Judge Samuel Alito, Calls on Full Senate To Reject Nominee to Protect Civil Rights and Liberties

Well, that’s good enough for me. If that bunch of Hate-America assbags is against him, I’m fer him.

Now we just have to figure a way to replace Stevens, Breyer, Souter, Ginsburg, and Kennedy. Maybe we can get ol’ what’s her name to serve them up some deep fried foods with lots and lots of butter and eggs.

Texas border standoff with Mexican military

There is no other word for this. This is an act of war.

And this is what I call for - is for the Congress of the United States to declare that such a state exists between the US and Mexico.

Then put troops on the border.

Then shoot any wetback son-of-a-bitch who pokes his nose over it.

And then if Mexico feels froggy, and deigns to jump, we can give them sufficient work south of the border rebuilding their own country that they will not need to come north.

I have lost patience.

From the Front Page: What A Daughter Learned; What A Father Taught

If you can read this without a tear in your eye, you are a soulless monster.

And anyone who says that a father is easily replaced by something else - if even at all necessary - needs to grab both ears and pull their head out of their ass.

A Whole Month!

Why, whatever was George Bush doing with his Magic Lamp while this disaster loomed for a month? I mean, a month is plenty of time to let the Genie out and work his magic to rebuild levees and all the infrastructure needed to secure the city.

I guess Kanye West was right. He just doesn’t care about black people.

IT’S ALL GEORGE BUSH’S FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Um - not for nothing, but - if doing all that for Nawlins is George Bush’s responsibility, why are the citizens of Louisiana and New Orleans so fucking dumb as to keep paying the governor and the mayor?

Just asking.

You won’t be seeing me anymore. Why?

Your onion rings give me heartburn. Your fries have tasted like crap for years since you put that coating on it. And since you went to precooking your burgers and then nuking them, the buns are soggy, and the burgers the consistancy of rubber.

But the final straw came last night when I stopped for a meal, and the “Have it your way” place became one of fighting to make myself understood by the cashier who spoke only pidgin English, and the cook who I don’t think spoke it at all, and between them screwed up my order three times.

1) It’s really rude for these wetback sons of bitches to speak spanish among themselves assuming that the “gringo son of a whore” doesn’t understand it. 2) Some of us Gringo Sons Of Whores *DO* understand it. And we don’t like being talked about, and have some sanctimonious little twit of a mexican girl turning around and smiling like she likes us. And finally (3) before one of you corporate assholes emails me asking “Where?” I have to say the where really isn’t important. It’s in many places all over southern Indiana. It is pervasive, systemic, and needs to be fixed, not band-aided at one spot. It isn’t one incident I am pissed about - it’s that this few dozenth incident is the final straw.

You wonder why you are losing market share? Start treating your customers better.

Woman pleads guilty to sex with student

Teacher found guilty of indecent liberties with a student

But hey. No prison time.

Gosh, women are so oppressed.

NBC pulls the plug on ‘Book of Daniel’

Hey, Holly wood - here’s an idea! Since things like the “Narnia Chronicles” and “The Passion” have done so well, why don’t you try a show that isn’t full of a bunch of dysfunctional, heterodox, religious troglydytes. Who knows? Maybe if religious people (*5% of the country - remember them?) get the feeling you aren’t mocking them, or hold them in contempt, they might just watch the damn thing. Maybe that “Touched by an Angel” wasn’t a fluke after all.

Assbags. I bet that’s just too fuckin’ obvious to work.

Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election - Yahoo! News

Welcome back to the ranks of the sane, Canada. But there is a lot of damage to undo.

As far as the abortion thing goes, if I was Stephen Harper, I’d let it be for now. Give a couple years, the waiting list will get to be 10 months long, and the problem will solve itself.

One thing - where will the Alec Baldwins, Babs Streisands, and their ilk go now?

From the BBC NEWS

Oh - um - when we said we were against sex discrimination, we weren’t talking about discrimination against men….

There ya go, ladies. Thank your neighborhood feminist. One more reason why I say, “Tar. Feathers. Feminist. Rail. Some assembly required.”

You all will have to excuse the length of this - I don’t have a “Below the fold” option, so I have to post it all.

It’s worth it.

First, reference this: 2006 George W. Bush Dead Kitten Survey

Someone called my attention to this most entertaining website from the Illustrious August J. Pollack, a liberal cartoonist.

Is this guy just begging to be smacked aroud or what?

I’m quite offended that such a question wasn’t sent to me, but, then again, they are sending them around to conservative bloggers, and not Libertarian ones. Pity. Still, while I haven’t succumbed to foursquare condemnation of GWB, and have thrown him praise where merited, you’d think I’d be counted as one of the enemies of Secular Non-Existant Deity and Personkind.

Well, I’ll still play. And if Mr. Pollack doesn’t like it – well, I don’t know what to tell him. I’ll cheerfully invite him over to discuss it, but I’d recommend nopt getting too testy with seven foot tall, 300 pound, multiple black belts who are all but charter members of the NRA.

Ain’t saying nothing – just saying. Liberals aren’t usually noted for their sense and foresight. If they were, they wouldn’t be liberals.

Attend.

Dear conservative writer/blogger/pundit-

As I’m sure you are aware, there is a growing view from those on the left, myself included, that President Bush has abused Presidential power and could very well be breaking the law in his actions, and defense, of such things as torture, detention, and surveillance of American citizens.

Gee, ya THINK? Though I’d tend to characterize such things as hysterical opposition, no, it hasn’t escaped my notice.

You have been sent this letter because it was indicated that you support the President and his position on some, if not all, of these matters.

Now that’s what I mean. Some. I support President Bush on some of these. You’d think I’d rate a letter.

The Republicrats are always trying to keep the libertarian man down.

To emphasize my frustration at the seemingly-limitless extent many conservatives have supported Mr. Bush, I recently drew a political cartoon

You and Ted Rall need to answer for what you did with the money your mommy gave you for art lessons.

humorously

That’s your opinion. I suppose some sophomoric folk might find it amusing, though, I’ll grant.

questioning the reaction people would have if the President performed an act that was seemingly inexcusable: specifically, killing a kitten with a hammer.

Hmm. I’ve been tempted to strangle kittens, drown kittens, kick them into orbit, and upon occasion marinate and stir fry them, especially when they got into the meat I was preparing for Mongolian Beef. Hitting them with hammers, though – ya gotta give him points for selecting a brutal method.

Okay. Check. The survey asks what would I say if George Bush ignored illegal immigration, Supreme Court Nominees, stopping domestic terrorism, and prosecuting the war on Iraq, and instead spent a lazy Sunday afternoon tenderizing a kitten in the Oval Office.

I have to say, Mr Pollack, my first reaction is one of asking if he was really that bored. The second is whether the citizens of the United States will be picking up the bill for the cleaning.

However, while the cartoon was satirical in nature, I realized that in all honesty, I have no idea if this would be true.

The fact that you can even wonder this speaks volumes about the moral paucity of your party. Considering that Republicans have turned out members of their party convicted for minor acts, while your party rallies support for drug traffickers, whoremongers, known adulterers, and suspected rapists is very telling.

And that is just William Jefferson Blythe Clinton. Don’t even get me started on Marion Barry.

In fact, I and most others have no idea just how truly the average conservative thinker supports the President.

They were ready to throw him under the bus for Harriet Meyers. I’d like to turn him out in an area where MI-13 holds sway for a few days then ask him his views on border security now that he has had time to do a little fact finding on his own. Does that answer your question.

Yes, it’s your game. Sorry. Yes, I want to keep playing.

If there is to be legitimate debate in this country, should the question not honestly be asked- would you, a conservative who supports the President and all his actions, still support him if he went as far as to kill a kitten with a hammer for no apparent reason?

And would you, as a liberal, support a President Convicted of Perjury – oh, never mind, we’ve already answered that one, haven’t we? I guess it’s our turn.

What if he killed several?

Meh. This is the Steve Martin “Cat Juggling” sketch from SNL remade, isn’t it? C’mon, fess up.

Therefore, I felt that this premise could be used as a template for an actual, concrete representation of the limit to which all Americans would oppose the unchecked actions of the Executive. Hence my humble request for your participation in the 2006 George W. Bush Dead Kitten Survey.

A catchy title, I must say. My butt cheeks are quivering. Let’s do get on with it.

The survey will take a mere moment of your time,

You liberals always finish too quick.

and consists of the following scenario:

Oh, BOY!!!!!! I’m so excited! It’s like Christmas!

I would like for you to imagine the President of the United States, George W. Bush, killing kittens one-by-one with a hammer. When doing so, please keep in mind the following conditions of this hypothetical scenario:

Wait, we were talking a; single; one; kitten. Now it’s the Great White House Kitten Massacre here. This changes things.

Look, pal, I don’t mind doing a survey, but if there is a movie deal in the works, I want credit as an advisor. And I want Tom Selleck to play me. Got it?

The kitten will be killed by President George W. Bush. It will not be ordered killed, nor terminated in any way by a subordinate.

Gotcha. No Undersecretary in charge of Kitten Butchery.

You are to assume for the whole of this scenario that the reference to the killing implies a scenario in which President Bush will sit at his desk in the Oval Office,

You’re leaving shit out here, man, and we’re just getting a start. Is there a drop cloth down? Who pays for it? If not, who is renting the Carpet Wizard? Is he getting it from Wal-Mart? Did he put out bids on the contract for cleaning? Are they union or minority contractors?

Geez, man. Details! The devil is in the details!

place a small kitten on the desk,

Not a large one? Look, it’s important – I tried to raise a bobcat – they are big, and mean, and let me tell you – he’s going to need more than a hammer.

Okay, I will assume you mean “Cute.” You have to remember, Augie, you’re dealing with me as a man who defines “cute” as “Anything which can be killed with one hand.”

and kill it by beating it with a hammer until it is dead, and possibly for a short time afterwards. No other means or individuals will be employed in the death of the kitten.

More government inefficiency. Seriously, you’re making the man a dummy. You have to hold it, and as long as you are holding it, a quick snapping motion, like doing a rat tail in the shower…

Meh. Bet you got a few of those, didn’t ya? You know what I mean, then.

Snap that thing’s neck like a twig.

The hammer will be a standard carpenter’s hammer, of steel construction with a rubber handle grip.

KEEEE-RIST! Do you know how much the government pays for those things?!?!?!

Okay, that is starting to piss me off.

It is not a sledgehammer or any form of giant hammer that will guarantee the death of the kitten in a single blow.

You’ve obviously never used a hammer, have you? Or, at least, you don’t know HOW to use one? I could easily kill you with a nice, solid framing hammer in one shot. Easy.

You are to assume that for every kitten death you accept, you will be willing to watch the actual act performed by the President. It will not be done privately

My ticket is free, right? Do I have to pay extra for the ones close up like on Emeril’s show?

or in any intimate conditions to which the act may be deemed “more humane” or “less graphic.” Assume you will watch the full act of the President terminating the life of the kitten by one or possibly a series of blows with a hammer.

Gotcha. I watch, and President Bush Pummels ol’ Rum-tum-tugger to a pulp. With a hammer.

You may determine the distance at which you are watching depending on your estimate of how messy the act may be and how much you may enjoy kitten parts being sprayed on you, if at all.

This is starting to sound like a Gallagher show. Sure the Oval Office is big enough for the audience?

You are not to assume the kitten needs to die, is already dying, or has a reason to require being killed with a hammer by the President. In fact, assume that the kitten is perfectly healthy and of normal temperament, and would be perfectly suitable living a full life in any normal American household had it not been selected by the President to die.

J. Random Mousebreath. Right.

Furthermore, no acknowledged benefit shall be suggested by death of the kitten nor any practical use be made of its remains.

Well, isn’t answering your question a practical use? Oh, yeah. That’s right. It isn’t.

Silly me.

When the President has declared his satisfaction with his repeated blows to the kitten and a medical advisor concurs it is without question dead, an aide shall squeegee the remains of the kitten off the desk into a bag which shall then be incinerated.

See, now if you’d said this from the beginning I wouldn’t have gotten all worked up about the cleanup bill.

At no point will you be given a reason for the President doing all of this. The only statement that will be offered by the White House regarding the killing of kitten will be that the President was well within his authority. While you may personally surmise a legitimate reason, the President himself will give no reason for killing a kitten with a hammer other than his desire to do so.

So he’s claiming an authority to do this? Even though he won’t explain the why, will the foundations for this authority be explained? And it won’t be just sniffed away with “Even Presidents have private lives?”

For the sake of this experiment, assume the President is not insane, nor of any unsound mind or condition suggesting a rationale for his actions above.

So I’m to treat the mashing of kitties as a rational act. He’s not giggling or enjoying it?

Assume the President has decided that it is not only within his authority, but a necessity in his capacity as Commander-In-Chief, that he begin to murder kittens one by one with a hammer on the top of his desk.

So not only is he not taking any glee, mirth, or merriment from it, he’s not getting any sexual satisfaction either, it’s a grim necessity. Since he’s not insane, it’s just business. He may even not like what he’s doing?

Given the terms of the scenario described above, this Survey presents the following three questions:

Were the event detailed above to occur, would you still support the Presidency of George W. Bush?

Now here is where you have just gotten ridiculous. But I will answer it anyway.

If someone were just killing kittens and getting their jollies out of it, this would be a problem. I mean, that’d be like screwing an intern young enough to be his daughter.

If he were trying to cover it up to avoid being called out on it, this would be a problem. Since GWB is doing it openly, I doubt he’ll be on T.V. saying, “I did not do murder on that kitten .. Mr. Whiskers…”

You have, though, described that he claims authority to mash the lil’ fuzzballs, and that he claims reasons. Since he won’t describe the reasons, the question must boil down to what authority he claims. And that is the discussion we must be having then – is that authority there?

Now, I can’t answer without knowing what those claims of authority are. But – we have to separate them from the actions. Your Democrat President, Mr. Roosevelt, claimed authority to put thousands of Japanese descended people, citizens and non-citizens alike, into internment camps. While horrible, though, the Japanese had a history of sending out fifth columnists to mingle with populations of nations they wanted to invade.

Did FDR have that authority? Well, it isn’t in the constitution specifically, and even violates that whole deprivation of freedom without due process of law thing, but then again, as there is no “Lock up foreign nationals in times of war” specifically written into the constitution, there is also no “Kill their unborn babies if they see fit” either.

So, until we determine the basis for the claim, what they are doing has to go on the back. If it turns out that claim is indeed justified, I have to parse you again – You ask: “support the Presidency of George W. Bush? “ Not “support George W. Bush? “ This is an important distinction. I left the Republican party largely over the boneheaded tax Hikes of his father – but he did not commit an impeachable offense, and was well within his authority to sign those tax hikes into law. So, while I opposed GHWB, I did support his Presidency.

So – assuming his authority is legitimate, yes, I support his presidency. If not, he’s a sick fuck.

If the answer to Question #1 is yes, is there a number of kittens President Bush would kill with a hammer that would change your mind?

If GWB indeed has his claimed authority as stated above, he can legally convert Kittens to Hamburger from dawn to dusk, and the legitimacy of his presidency is not in question.

If he does not have that authority, the answer here must be N/A.

If the answer to Question #2 is yes, what would that number be?

See question #2. Same answer.

At your earliest convenience, you may answer these questions by responding to this e-mail or by sending your answers to deadkittensurvey@gmail.com. While there is no established time limit to respond, the faster you respond, the faster an accurate assessment of the average stance from conservatives can be established.

I’m just posting them at the Bar and Grill. I assume you’re googling, and I have an obligation to my readers to entertain

I would venture at this point you’re assuming I’m mocking you. I assure you I am not. This is a legitimate survey using a hypothetical situation that, albeit gruesome and bizarre, is no less hypothetical than other surveys asking one’s opinions of a politician selling you a used car, or enjoying a drink with you at a bar- both actual survey questions used during the 2004 U.S. Presidential election. I am not asking all this rhetorically, and I am honestly accumulating all responses in the hope that all of you whom I have written will legitimately respond.

Well, Augie – you have a bit to learn about constructing polls. But, then again, most pollsters with an axe to grind do. I hope I have demonstrated, at least for those who want to learn, why such polls are generally not worth a sack of sour owl crap.

That in mind, please understand that like any other legitimate survey, responses that violate the accepted guidelines of a response must be invalidated. While I expect some responses that violate these guidelines- likely in the form of verbal abuse- they may not be incorporated in the final statistical results, although they may be posted in a full account of all received data.

IS this the legalistic way of saying “If you won’t answer me the way I want, I’m allowed to get in a perfect snit and ignore you?”

I will be keeping a record of all persons I have submitted the Survey to, and will update the results accordingly on my site. In addition, I will be preparing official Certificates of Participation in the Survey to any participant I solicit who honestly and accurately responds with a set limit of kittens they would tolerate the President killing with a hammer. The Certificate will state the following:

Oooh! A certificate! Can I get a picture of you presenting it to me and shaking my hand, too?

“Be it known on this day, ____ of _____ in the year 2006, that ____________ has stated for the record that, albeit a staunch supporter of President George W. Bush and his policies both legislative and military, such support would cease should the President kill ______ kitten(s) with a hammer.”

Well, darn. How about “Be it known on this day, 23 of January in the year 2006, that The Gonzman has stated for the record that, albeit a lukewarm at best supporter of President George W. Bush and his policies both legislative and military, such support would cease should the President kill 1 kitten with a hammer if he claimed authority to do so which did not exist”

But we still need to have that discussion ’bout the authority.

Again, I thank you for your participation in this survey. In a time when the political climate is as divided as ever, I am hopeful that a honest consensus can be reached among the most left-leaning of Bush opponents and the most right-leaning of Bush supporters: that regardless of our stances on torture, wiretapping, and the extend of Executive power, maybe, just maybe, we draw the line at killing kittens with hammers.

August J. Pollak
Cartoonist and Executive Director – 2006 George W. Bush Dead Kitten Survey

This has been a lot of fun. Now, maybe you can participate in my survey. See, there is a President, and a chubby intern, and a semen stained dress, and this President takes an Oath in a legal proceeding and lies under that oath….

Go read this at feministing.com

Now, party line and talking points when you confront femherroids about the excesses of radical feminists is that they “Have no business or power to say who is or isn’t in the feminist club.”

Hm.

But they do have it here.

Well, more lies and disingenuousness by feminists. Same ol, same ol.

(Brockton Superior Court Judge Suzanne V.) Delvecchio, the first woman to be appointed chief justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court, was honored in 2000 as the keynote speaker at the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Bar Association’s annual dinner.”

Yeah. Go figure.

Top News Article | Reuters.co.uk

people on the fringe of a group which campaigns for the rights of divorced fathers had planned to snatch the child and hold him for a short period as a publicity stunt.

The Fathers 4 Justice campaign group said it had decided to disband due to the report

Earlier, O’Connor told Reuters his group had expelled about 30 members last year for talking about staging extreme stunts.

“We were aware that there were more extremist elements and we acted within our organisation to clean the undesirable element out,” said O’Connor, 38.

Look for feminuts to try to paint us all like this, even though there was housecleaning by those in charge.

So, I’ve been asked my viewpoint on abortion. Fair enough. I send enough flack about people unwilling to make their position clear. Let it never be said I don’t.

First, I demand that any position on it be consistent.

I am unwilling to allow the federal government any say on it. I don’t trust them with it. This includes mandating it as a right – or mandating it not. The further away from federal control this goes, the more comfortable I am with regulating it; a community ought not be forced to allow an abortion clinic if it doesn’t want one.

Abortion is an amorphous term. Any pregnancy termination is an abortion. A miscarriage is a “spontaneous abortion.”

Some abortions can have some medical or psychological necessity. State funded hospitals should provide them. (Any hospital should, but private hospitals shouldn’t be forced to do anything but immediately necessary lifesaving and stabilization.)

I am foursquare against forcing a woman to carry a child to term if the woman will not survive, or is in serious danger of not surviving. (Yes, I know. Pregnancy is risky. So is getting a filling)

If the fetus is dead, going to be born dead, or likely not to have a meaningful chance of survival, no. Why make anyone go through that?

Product of rape or incest? While arguments can be made about “punishing the child” I have to come down in favor of allowing abortion in these cases. An immediate D&C, or “morning after pill” would be the most desirable outcome; carrying the baby for seven months then claiming rape seems a little specious.

Beyond this, abortion, to me, is elective. After these points there is no reason for insurance to pay for it, or have it subsidized in any way. This becomes abortion as birth control, and if you are that irresponsible, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

And you ought to pay for it yourself. And if you can’t, well, you do have a problem. We also tell poor people they should think before taking a large loan and blowing the cash too before they figure out how to pay it.

If a girl is old enough to choose an abortion “responsibly,” then she is old enough to choose to have sex responsibly. The two go hand in hand – if one, then the other. If not one, then not the other. And for that matter, they are old enough to choose to take an aspirin.

Finally, if abortion is a woman’s sole prerogative, the baby is her sole responsibility, barring any pre-agreement. If you don’t think a baby should be “fatherless,” and you believe in abortion, the responsible thing for you to do is clear. Women who believe otherwise – well, you should speak up.

And men who want a veto on an abortion should be prepared to kick money in for the support of the child.

The last two aren’t decided. But therein is the crux. Be consistent.