Chuck's Musings

Fred Thompson is dumb?

2007-07-09T00:46:00.001-05:00

After the failed attempt at making Fred Thompson out to be a racist because of a character he once played, they had to go back 34 years for some "real" dirt on him.

Pres. Richard Nixon called him dumb and a Nixon aide talked about how willing he was to assist with the cover up, even though he was instrumental in revealing the existence of the tapes.

Important revelations here. NOT!

Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame etc

2007-02-11T23:55:00.000-06:00

The media still mentions the revealing of Valerie Plame as a CIA agent even though we all know there are no charges related to the original reason for the investigation. Libby is on trial for not remembering two year old conversations. It probably wouldn't take much to get me on the same charge.

Nobody has been charged for outing Plame because it was not a crime. Fitzgerald admitted late in the case that he didn't know if Plame even was a covert agent though the entire charge would hinge on that. The whole case is an attempt to chip away at the Bush administration and further the anti-Iraq war cause.

Chicago River freezes over...

2007-02-06T16:50:00.000-06:00

In other news, Al Gore is still trying to scare our children about global warming.

Pakistan HAD a law

2006-12-11T09:45:00.000-06:00

requiring four male witnesses before a woman could bring rape charges against a man. The newly passed Women's Protection Act reduced it to three male witnesses. Muslims are marching in the streets demanding repeal of this "liberal" atrocity.

In other Muslim countries women are jailed or killed for the evil deed of being raped.

And yet the world seems to only care about alleged human rights violations by the U.S.

Republicans lose...

2006-11-10T07:20:00.000-06:00

Rioting in the streets?
Stores looted?
Buildings burned?
Recounts demanded?
Lawsuits threatened?
News anchors claiming the American people threw a "temper tantrem"?

None of the above.

What a concept.

I get it now...

2005-03-31T11:59:00.000-06:00

If a majority of the population looks at a handicapped person and says "I wouldn't want to live that way" then it's ok to kill him/her.

God help us all.

Giving morphine to someone incapable of feeling pain?

2005-03-28T11:23:00.000-06:00

Terri Schiavo, who has been described as having no cerebral cortex and
cannot feel pain, is being given morphine to help curb the pain.

I've resigned myself to the fact that nobody is going to stop this now but
as soon as it's over the State of Florida should seize her body and begin a
murder investigation.

Another Huh? moment...

2005-03-24T15:47:00.000-06:00

Kofi Anan, head of the U.N., will be exonerated in a U.N. investigation into the oil for food scandal.

The fox in charge of the henhouse?

What's wrong with this picture?

2005-03-24T15:46:00.000-06:00

The Federal Government has no business getting involved in a state matter such as starving a brain-damaged woman to death, despite compellingevidence contradicting previous court decisions.

Meanwhile, Federal judges routinely intervene in state death penalty cases.

But that's different, right?

When they came for the unborn babies

2005-03-23T12:08:00.000-06:00

I did not speak out because I am not a baby.

When they came for the handicapped

I did not speak out because I am not handicapped...

We all know how it ended before.
It couldn't happen again, could it?

So let me get this straight...

2005-03-20T13:24:00.000-06:00

If I don't feed my dogs and they starve to death I go to jail, but if a judge orders the same treatment for an innocent human, it is nobody's business.

Congress isn't butting into a judicial matter; it is investiging increasing incidents of a judiciary no longer interpreting the law, but making it up as it goes along.

Choosing what evidence to hear and ignoring anything which contradicts prior rulings is dishonest at best. Knowing when to admit to a mistake and right a previous wrong is part of being an adult regardless of your vocation.

Hypocracy or irony? You decide.

2005-01-20T10:30:00.000-06:00

Michael "Bowling for Columbine" Moore's bodyguard was arrested for carrying a gun without a permit.

The elite can have guns but we can't?

You thought confirmation hearings were held to CONFIRM appointments...

2005-01-19T07:19:00.000-06:00

In reality, confirmation hearings are held so senators can make five minute speeches with a nonsensical question at the end.

Just as at the 9-11 commission hearings, Condoleeza Rice gave as good as she got.

And what's with John Kerry going after her? He used to think Condoleeza Rice was a side dish in a Chinese restaurant.

French Honor Guard carries Arafat's casket...

2004-11-11T11:15:00.000-06:00

It is so fitting that France is showing respect for a mass murderer on the same day that we Americans are honoring the veterans who have defended our country. I guess he's the closest thing to a soldier they've had in France in years.

The funeral is in Egypt? Well, that makes transporting the body to Ramallah easy. All they have to do is take it through the arms-smuggling tunnels between Egypt and Gaza. From there it's a hop, skip, and jump to the west bank.

Michael Moore is my hero!

2004-11-10T18:30:00.000-06:00

Yes, I'm serious. Well half-serious.

I don't like anything he has to say, but at least he has the balls to say the same thing no matter who he's speaking to, unlike Danny Glover, Madonna, and other Hollywood mouths who have to go to other countries to criticize our country and its administration.

The wrong question always gets the wrong answer...

2004-11-05T23:45:00.000-06:00

It has occurred to me listening to the media the last few days that the pollsters and pundits are asking the wrong question about the election results. They are all wondering why the voting results didn't match the exit polls when they really need to be wondering why the exit polls didn't match the voting results. They just don't get it. Their automatic assumption is that the polls must be more accurate and I've seen more than one internet column insinuating that the election must have been rigged. It's beyond me how anyone can think that asking people in select areas who they voted for is better than counting up all the votes in the country.

In 2000, one of the big arguments was that the one with the most popular votes should win, regardless of the electoral college. Now, Bush had the most popular votes and the most electoral college votes. Still, they want to stick with the line that he's an illegitimate president.

Quotes from around the world...

2004-11-04T17:15:00.000-06:00

"The American people have spoken."
-George W. Bush, after receiving more votes than any U.S. president in history, and the first since 1988 to win a majority of the votes cast.

"How could 59,054,087 people be so dumb?"
-Daily Mirror (a London tabloid)

"What do you think of a voting system like the American one that gives a physician, an intellectual, an astronaut, an intelligent person and the head of the family, a vote that has the same weight as the vote of an ignorant, a fool, an idiot, an imbecile, a hippy, a bum, an unemployed man, who has no diploma, culture, or brains. What is this?!"
-Muslim cleric Saleh Al-Munajid, in Saudi Arabia (a country with NO elections)

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I thought that G.W. winning this election would in effect be telling other countries to keep their noses out of our voting, but I guess nothing will stop them.

Oklahoma Senate Campaign only half nasty

2004-11-01T01:00:00.000-06:00

Brad Carson's mudslinging was hurting him in the polls so he called for an end to the attack ads on both sides. Now Carson and Coburn's ads are positive but, conveniently, a 527 is still attacking Coburn with old charges about voting against tornado relief for Oklahoma. They must have caught the wink when Carson made his big announcement about being positive from now on.

What would Osama do?

2004-10-31T01:00:00.000-06:00

Seriously, if Osama bin Laden was sitting down with an absentee ballot for the U.S. Presidentual election, what would he do?

Vote for a candidate who has vowed to stamp out terrorism in the world and supports the military

or...

Vote for a candidate who would merely reduce terrorism to a "nuisance level" and has a long history of betraying the military, both in speech and actions?

Now ask yourself: why would I have the same goals as Osama?

Another Kerry supporter comes forward...

2004-10-30T23:00:00.000-05:00

Le Monde, a French newspaper, is endorsing John Kerry for U.S. President. His debating skills, internationalist vision, and war experience (as if the French can recognize war experience) are the cited reasons for this decision.

I figure as soon as they start sending me a ballot for their elections they can start voting in ours. Until then everybody who's not a U.S. citizen can shut up and stay out of our business.

American supporters of Kerry need to ask themselves why so many anti-Americans want a Kerry presidency.

Definition of the Day

2004-10-27T17:36:00.000-05:00

Journalism:
1 a : the collection and editing of news for presentation through the media
b : the public press
c : an academic study concerned with the collection and editing of news or the management of a news medium
2 a : writing designed for publication in a newspaper or magazine
b : writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation (my emphasis)

Quote of the Day

2004-10-27T17:35:00.000-05:00

"I'm a little concerned about this notion everybody wants us to be objective."

-Peter Jennings of ABC News

Waaaaaaaa!

2004-10-27T10:24:00.000-05:00

Brad Carson,who took campaign contributions from moveon.org, thinks it's not fair for Oklahomans to give money to Tom Coburn in an Oklahoma Senate Campaign.
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And how can Columbus, Ohio

2004-10-26T01:20:00.000-05:00

have 815,000 people age 18 and over but list 845,720 registered voters? Just how many dead people still vote?

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the voting booth...

2004-10-25T16:57:00.000-05:00

Voters in Cuyahoga County, Ohio will be faced with a butterfly ballot more confusing than the famous Florida fiasco. Despite Pres. Bush being four lines below Kerry, the box for the punch hole is two lines above Kerry's.

Sample ballot

Does anyone think John Kerry's election lawyers will protest this unfair ballot? Me neither. The Democrats probably think this is reparation for Al Gore's loss in 2000.

Undecided about what?

2004-10-25T14:41:00.000-05:00

If somebody doesn't care enough to make a decision by now, why would they make the effort to go vote. I think this wimpy two percent doesn't belong in the likely voter survey to start with.
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Who's trying to steal the election?

2004-10-24T13:18:00.000-05:00

John Kerry spent this week talking about his legions of attorneys, including six jet-powered "SWAT" teams gearing up to contest election results all over the country.

Now I find a column claiming George W. Bush is the one planning to go to court and steal the election. http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=8796

I guess people have forgotten who filed the papers in Gore vs. the State of Florida in 2000. The only thing Bush did was win a ruling that the Florida Supreme Court couldn't rewrite the laws established by the Florida Legislature.

First post

2004-10-24T03:25:00.001-05:00

I'm back after over a year of forgetting I had a blog. What follows will be my random thoughts on the news of the day or just whatever is going on in my life.