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He says there's no doubt about it It was the myth of fingerprints I've seen them all and man They're all the same - You Can Call Me Al, Paul Simon When the left embraced relativism I knew we were in trouble. Now I see how much trouble. If the New Democratic Socialists get their way 2018 will be the year that evidentiary rules are eliminated from America’s pesky judicial system. The NDS don’t feel you should have to produce evidence to substantiate your claims. After all, “my truth” is what counts. They don’t really believe in absolute truths...

Seeing Mayor Gavin Newsom on the national stage with former president Bill Clinton on Monday night is a reminder of how political winds can change. On the eve of the biggest night of the presidential primaries, Newsom shared the spotlight during a town hall meeting staged and broadcast on cable TV and satellite radio by the Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign. But just four years ago, current Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is said to have declined to have his picture taken in San Francisco with Newsom, who was then at the center of a national uproar over his decision to...

I just ordered new bumper stickers to replace my "Rick Santorum '06" and "Fitzpatrick '06" stickers. (R-8 Penna.) Both of these great candidates lost, and I am still seething. My new stickers are: The NEW Democrat Party: Proud to Promote Homo Rights The NEW Democrat Party: Proud to Support Higher Taxes The NEW Democrat Party: Proud to Support Illegal Immigrants The NEW Democrat Party: Proud to Encourage Abortions The NEW Democrat Party: Proud to Prevent Wiretapping Terrorists Republicans: The Party of Common Sense ================== I plan to put these six stickers across the back of my car, with the 'Common...

What is it about peace and prosperity and a two term Democratic Presidency that Democrats don't like?According to one of the leading liberal bloggers, Markos Moulitsas (or as he is known in the blogosphere - Kos), it is nothing that terribly significant. The head of the netroots high command suggests in Sunday's Washington Post, "Despite all his successes -- and eight years of peace and prosperity is nothing to sneeze at -- he never broke the 50-percent mark in his two elections. Regardless of the president's personal popularity, Democrats held fewer congressional seats at the end of his presidency than...

For America's number one liberal blogger politics is like sports: It's all about winning. I hate Washington,” says Markos Moulitsas Zuniga. Many people, of course, say that they hate Washington. Jay Leno says so. So do Rush Limbaugh and Monica Lewinsky. But Moulitsas, who is the world's biggest political blogger, says it differently, with a freshly arrived-at and deeply felt zeal, as if he himself has discovered the place and its pathologies anew. When Moulitsas says Washington, he's not talking about Bush's Washington with its pitched partisan camps and pay-to-play ethos. He's talking about Democratic Washington: the liberal Ivy League...

The Strange Death That No One Cares About (Orrin C. Judd, 1/27/05, Tech Central Station) There was a death in Washington recently that received far less attention than it deserved: the New Democrat philosophy of Bill Clinton is dead. This is a truly extraordinary development; one that should not be allowed to pass so quietly.

"A "monster" cockroach and other new insects have been discovered in the jungles of Borneo, scientists say. An expedition of caves and cliffs, led by the Nature Conservancy, also said it saw previously unknown fish and plants. "In just five weeks, the expedition team discovered numerous new species previously unknown to science," the conservancy's Scott Stanley said. "Who knows what else is out there?" he added, calling for the area surveyed in East Kalimantan to be preserved. "If something is not done soon to protect these areas, dozens of species could disappear before anyone knew they ever existed." Borneo...

<p>WASHINGTON ? After soaring in prestige under former President Clinton, the centrist "New Democrat" movement is struggling to maintain its influence in the party as the 2004 presidential race accelerates.</p> <p>In recent months, New Democrat leaders have engaged in escalating confrontations with more liberal party elements ? battles that could help determine whether Democrats largely follow Clinton's centrist course or tilt to the left in their challenge to President Bush next year.</p>