Countdown to the revolution

Posted by Richard Bennett

– Bjørn Stærk has done gone over to the dark side. See The People’s Blog – Countdown to the Revolution, with Bj?rn St?rk

I quit writing on the web when I realized that nobody cares about the ignorant hate speech of a right-wing nut.
He’s ahead of the rest of us – by several hours.
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Peace proposal

Posted by Richard Bennett

– I wonder what the effect would be on the insane daily suicide bombings in Israel if Mr. Sharon was to announce that every time a civilian is killed by a terrorist, Mr. Arafat will lose a body part. Bomb a civilian, off goes a hand or a foot. Bomb two civilians, say bye-bye to [...]

Female martyrs

Posted by Richard Bennett

– Dr. Weevil raises the question that’s on everybody’s mind: “Does a female martyr get 72 male virgins?”
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Fat senator’s fat tax

Posted by Richard Bennett

– High among the reasons Californians are the laughing-stock of America is the talent of our state legislators for pushing ridiculous agendas to absurd heights, as John Vasconcellos did with his silly self-esteem program. The latest example of this remarkable exercise in unintentional reflexivity is a bill by one of the most rotund members of [...]

Of dogs and frogs

Posted by Richard Bennett

– The dogfight between Ken Layne and Matt Welch on the frogs and the decision by Ashcroft to charge Moussaoui with the a death-penalty offense brings to mind this prophetic column of Ann Coulter’s: Attack France!

If this is a war against terrorism and not a Eurocentric war against Islam, the conclusion is ineluctable: We must [...]

Gray Davis’ problem-solving method

Posted by Richard Bennett

– My old buddy Sen. Ray Haynes describes Gray Davis’ approach to solving major public problems in an editorial titled: Error of our ways in the OC Register.

It is not a difficult strategy. The first step is to come up with several solutions. The second step is to test those solutions with focus groups to [...]

Cathy Young’s response

Posted by Richard Bennett

– In response to my remarks on her article on Russell Yates, Cathy Young says:

I’ve seen some conflicting reports on how much time Andrea Yates was spending
alone with the kids just before the murders; there was some mention of the
fact that a decision had been made to increase that time and have Russell
Yates’s mother come [...]

Oh really?

Posted by Richard Bennett

– According to O’Reilly Press’ David Sims:

I find webloggers bright and interesting folks, and I tend to agree with them much of the time. But they’re hardly representative: like me, they lean toward the geeky and they lean toward the left.
Tech bloggers live in their own, carefully crafted little delusion.
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Kathleen Parker enjoyed the Oscars

Posted by Richard Bennett

– mostly for what they didn’t do: sneering anti-Bush rants.
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Political activism opportunities

Posted by Richard Bennett

– A couple of issues have been brought to my attention recently that will be of interest to those divorced fathers and mothers paying child support who’d like to get involved in the California political process. First, Assemblyman Rod Wright (D, Los Angeles) has a bill that will make it harder for the wrong man [...]