Twenty Marginal Loss Republican Seats Represents Coin Toss Probability, Nothing More

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under News | 1 Comment

Over at Election Projection, there are 20 House seats that are identified as “Weak Dem Gain.” These are the seats that are in play.
Because they are “weak gains” the probability of it switching is only slightly better than 50%. We are dealing with “coin toss probability.”
It is possible that the Republicans will retain all 20. [...]

Do You Think “Pollsters” Are Trying To Be Funny Saying “Boo?”

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under News | 3 Comments

Mark Memmott, Jill Lawrence and Susan Page, all at USAToday came up with this headline “Poll: GOP could lose control of Congress.” Actually, a lot of things “could” happen. I “could” wake up in the morning with a head full of hair. The libertarian party “could” control Congress in January…………..
First they write:
Thirty-eight percent of [...]

ACLJ Asks Appeals Court to Uphold NSA Surveillance Program

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, Activist Judges, News, War On Terror | 3 Comments

This is actually news from last week I somehow missed. It is good to see some groups jumping in against the ACLU’s attack on this critical program.
Via ACLJ:
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which specializes in constitutional law, today filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court supporting the federal government’s [...]

ACLJ Urges Appeals Court to Reject ACLU Interference in Local School Board Decision in Florida to Remove Communist Propaganda

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Communism, News | 6 Comments

Via ACLJ
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which specializes in constitutional law, today filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in support of a school district’s decision in Florida to remove a factually-flawed book about Cuba from the school library – a decision that triggered a [...]

Stop The ACLU Mentioned On Rush Limbaugh

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 3 Comments

Today I was surprised and excited to hear that our website was mentioned on the Rush Limbaugh Show! Rush referenced our contributor Oak Leaf’s analysis on the latest NewsWeak Poll. Rush now has this transcript up at Rush Limbaugh.com.
Unfortunately I did not get to hear it. Fortunately, Big Dog did and [...]

Michael J. Fox Ad for McCaskill Airs During World Series

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under News | Comments Off

O.K., so the video below about the McCaskil Vandals is old news I learn. This video is the latest outrage.
The Anchoress has this one covered.
feel badly for Michael J Fox, and for the father of my former neighbor who worked his garden while his Parkinson’s afflicted body flailed and he paced the plantings [...]

The Election 2006 Republican Googlebomb

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under News | Comments Off

As you may or may not know, Chris Bowers from MyDD is organizing a massive Googlebomb for the 2006 elections. John Hawkins at Rightwing news thinks we should fight fire with fire. Check out his post to see how.
Senate
Connecticut: Ned Lamont
Maryland: Ben Cardin
Michigan: Debbie Stanbenow
Missouri: Claire McCaskill
Montana: Jon Tester
New Jersey: Bob Menendez
Tennessee: Harold [...]

Meet the McCaskill Vandals

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under Illegal Activities, News | Comments Off

Democracy in action!
Liberals’ idea of practicing free speech.

Are conservatives less “open”?

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 1 Comment

I guess I should note the latest echo of an old refrain — a paper by John Jost titled “The End of the End of Ideology”. I reproduce the abstract below:
“The “end of ideology” was declared by social scientists in the aftermath of World War II. They argued that: (a) ordinary citizens’ political [...]

Strange Self-defeating Censorship In Belgium

Posted on October 23, 2006 - Filed Under ACLU, News | Comments Off

With the demise of the Soviet Union, Belgium now appears to be the most Leftist country in Europe, which makes it a great enemy of free speech. Brussels Journal will tell you all about that from time to time. Belgium even shut down a major political party for “hate speech” a couple of [...]