Posted on 11/30/2006 9:32:18 AM PST by Tolik
Trudeau or what his name is just an excuse for Card to go after very much typical leftist Bush hating distortion of reality. I don't read that comic neither.
Which one? Card - specific, or general Nailed It! list?
Now -that- is moral clarity.
Yes, because he thinks that he, being an enlightened Bush-hater, is protected from harm; the barbarians will attack only the icky rednecks.
Cannot be repeated often enough! IMHO.
Once again O.S.C. NAILS IT!
***Does anybody here remember when Doonesbury was funny? ***
Doonesbury? What is a Doonesbury?
I have been reading newspapers for 40 years and don't remember a funny doonesbury.
I have to tell you... that is one terrific column! As a cartoonist (who knows almost all the other cartoonists) I can say, firmly, that the bulk of my collegues are merely cynical, ill-informed snobs!
Please add me to the Orson list. Thanks!
My son loves his books. Please tell me this is an author that I can tell my son good things about.
Liberals perpetuate their ideals through half-truths and 'common beliefs' stated in bumper-sticker wisdom in the comic pages.
Conservatives state their opinions, and the facts, and clearly differentiate between the two in well-thought-out opinion columns.
To me, it's unfortunate millions more people will not only read the comic, but also can't be bothered to read a multi-page column, even if they had access to it.
Hilarious. I'm in stiches.
fantastic article!
Well worth the read.
I'm convinced that every time a Liberal makes a public statement against the war, they prolong it by a non-specific amount of time. Just for the sake of argument, let's assume the following:
If you add up the various people and their multitude of statements, it adds up to a lot of extra time fighting and dying.
Recognizable Member of the press: 1 hour Recognizable celebrity: 1 day Recognizable politician: 1 week
I know it's all hypothetical, and reasonable people can debate the actual amount of time, relative weight of the statements, etc., but you have to ask yourself:
How much time has this current war in Iraq been extended because of this sedition?How many people are dead or injured that otherwise wouldn't have been?
How do we hold these traitors accountable?
I don't like Ender very much either, but have you tried the Ender's Shadow parallel sequence? I can read those over and over. The Women of Genesis series is great too.
There WAS once a funny one - back when Uncle Duke the druggie was the team doctor for the Redskins, and cooked up some pharma cocktail to give a player. Some assistant said, "But won't that turn him into a homicidal psychopath?" And Duke responded, "He's a linebacker! Who'll notice?"
I think that was back in the late 70's. Trudeau's been around for a long, long time.
Nice and comprehensive piece.
On the Clinton impeachment, it really is unfortunate that so much of Whitewater is seeping into the "Memory Hole." It's difficult to remember all of the details, but I'll try just to add some focus on Mr. Trudeau's attempt to scapegoat Bubba altogether.
Impeachment charges were finally brought forward when it became crystal clear that Clinton had perjured himself in the Paula Jones case/deposition. In many ways, this short-circuited what could have been and should have been much more serious charges that were all pulled under the umbrella of the Ken Starr Special Prosecutor. Many of those "issues" (Chinagate, FBI-filegate, Lippo-gate, campaign-coffee fund-raisers, no-controlling-legal authority, etc. etc. etc.) were all essentially dropped in favor of the obvious perjury, suborning perjury from others and lying to investigators charges that became the basis of the impeachment. And goofs like Lindsay Graham wouldn't even vote impeachment on the perjury charge because "the Paula Jones issue" had been ruled upon (at the time) and therefore it was "moot" according to Mr. Graham. What a stooge!
Later: Ken Starr would have to wrap up his investigation because it had just gone on too long. In his report (or actually Robert Ray's) was the allegation that Mrs. Clinton (future Demo presidential candidate extraordinaire) was shown to be lying but given the low probability that it would hold up for a conviction in court, the charge wasn't pursued and the many other misdeeds of the Clinton Administration were just allowed to "go away". Meanwhile, Susan Webber Wright, who had refused to rule on Clinton's perjury and ruled against Paula Jones prior to impeachment, waited for the Senate to give Bubba a pass before bringing the case back up, ruling in Paula Jones' favor, awarding $850,000 that Bubba's supporters paid, and calling for Bubba to be disbarred. I wonder why Gary Trudeau doesn't bring up any of these matters.
Others with a better memory than me may want to correct, edit or expand on some of what I've written here. Unfortunately, the nation's memory is not good and this story is seeping into that MSM Memory Hole.
Here's the biography he wrote of his son, who died of cerebral palsy a few years ago. Judge for yourself what kind of man wrote it.
http://www.hatrack.com/misc/charlie/bio.shtml
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