Let Him Get on with His Life

Unlike the scumbag cheaters who continue, without sanction from the league, to play baseball, Michael Vick has actually paid for his crime.

Though what he did thoroughly disgusts me, I wish him well in his continued rehab.

p.s. The Eagles just got a whole-lot more dangerous.

Good Thing We're Building that Fence

Looks like the Minutemen will have to form a navy:

As the land border with Mexico tightens with new fencing and technology, the authorities are seeing a sharp spike in the number of people and drugs being moved into the United States by sea off the San Diego coast.

Law enforcement authorities in the United States said the shift demonstrated the resolve of smugglers to exploit the vastness of the sea, the difficulty in monitoring it, and the desperation of migrants willing to risk crossing it.

I guess we'll need to close the beaches and build a big wall along the coast . . . or something.

And the Sultans . . .

. . . played Creole:

Goodnight, Sweet Prince

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Mobius Dipshits

Let me get this straight: the people who brought us Monica Goodling (Messiah Collage, Regent University) want us to believe that Sonia Sotomayor (Princeton, Yale) is an intellectual lightweight.

Right.

I Feel Dirty

I think we'd have to term this one a Pyrrhic victory: Arlen Specter has to be one of the most crass political opportunists to ever stride the halls of the United States Senate.

Now we're stuck with him:

It seems that Al Franken isn't the only (likely) new member of the Democratic uber-majority in the Senate with a famous riff on what it all means to me, me, me. For eight years, Arlen Specter for the most part just sat there -- sometimes on mute, sometimes enabling -- while his Republican Party drifted to the far, far right and crossed its triple "Ts" of torture, tax-cuts-for-the-rich, and teenage abstinence-only sex-ed. Now he's speaking out -- because a poll said he might lose an election and lose his job.

What Will said.

One can only hope that Rendell doesn't get his way and a real primary opponent emerges.

And I like Dave's idea of tying Specter's committee seats to Al Franken's senate seat.

He Really Said This

Jesus:

PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that -- in which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the -- of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House.

GOP Hoping for Another Terror Attack

Startling candor?:

On national security McCain wins. We saw how that might play out early in the campaign, when one good scare, one timely reminder of the chaos lurking in the world, probably saved McCain in New Hampshire, a state he had to win to save his candidacy - this according to McCain's chief strategist, Charlie Black. The assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December was an "unfortunate event," says Black. "But his knowledge and ability to talk about it reemphasized that this is the guy who's ready to be Commander-in-Chief. And it helped us." As would, Black concedes with startling candor after we raise the issue, another terrorist attack on U.S. soil. "Certainly it would be a big advantage to him," says Black.

More like naked id, imho.

Cal "Captain Peacock" Thomas Strikes Again

Yes he does:

Hall: If they can’t prove he’s a Muslim, then let’s prove his wife is an angry black woman. I think it’s going to get ugly.

Thomas: And who are the black women you see on the local news at night in cities all over the country. They’re usually angry about something. They’ve had a son who has been shot in a drive-by shooting. They are angry at Bush. So you don’t really have a profile of non-angry black women.

HALL: I wasn’t endorsing that concept that some people are going to go after her.

John, over at Crooks and Liars, suggests it's time for a little push-back.

I couldn't agree more. If we don't fight back against such racist bile, it will become an acceptable part of our discourse.

Here's the contact information:

Please contact them at Jim Pinkerton

E-mail: jim@jamesppinkerton.com

Phone: 631-843-2020

Fax: 631-843-2953

Cal Thomas

Fox News #: 212-301-3000

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Newsday fax: (312) 222-3459

E-mail: cal.thomas@foxnews.com

The three of you who read this blog know what to do.

The Fist of Terror

E. D. HILL wants to save us from ourselves:

A fist bump? A pound? A terrorist fist jab? The gesture everyone seems to interpret differently. We'll show you some interesting body communication and find out what it really says.

Yes, you heard him correctly. The "fist bump" is in fact a signal to the Islamic Hoards that the Obamas are "down" (is "down" the right word?) with the terra-ists, and that there soon will be a Manchurian Muslim in the White House.

And, it is indeed frightening to see just how many such al Queda sleeper cells there are out there. Take a look:





















That's noted terror-operative Hideki Matsui greeting al Queda sympathizer Mike Mussina (and, if you ask me, the New York Yankees are a terrorist organization of the first order).

Next up is this one:















Jay Payton gives the Osama bin Laden high-sign to minor-leaguer Jon Knott (now with the Phillies, thus the terror spreads).

It's even managed to penetrate college baseball:















Trey Watten of Abilene Christian University greets a teammate with the Terrorist's Handshake. Christian Muslims? The horror!

So, has organized baseball has become a terrorist recruitment tool? Perhaps a few of our right-wing friends could weigh in on this to set us straight.

Our Next Vice-President?

"They were frightened of Muskie and look who got
destroyed. They wanted to run against McGovern.
Look who they're running against."

It's interesting how you can always tell what the Republicans are thinking. For example, they are really terrified of Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas. To wit, we have the first of what are sure to be many attempted takedowns of the governor, by none other than Satan's Poolboy, himself:

A Pro-Choicer's Dream Veep

By Robert D. Novak
Monday, May 26, 2008; Page A17

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, whose Roman Catholic archdiocese covers northeast Kansas, on May 9 called on Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to stop taking Communion until she disowns her support for the "serious moral evil" of abortion. That put the church in conflict with a rising star of the Democratic Party who is often described as a "moderate" and is perhaps the leading prospect to become Barack Obama's running mate.

Indeed. Sebelius is so "moderate" that she's been able to convince a number of Republicans to switch parties and become Democrats:

In a state that voted nearly 2 to 1 for President Bush in 2004, nine former Republicans will be on the November ballot as Democrats. Among them is Mark Parkinson, a former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party, who changed parties to run for lieutenant governor with the popular Democratic governor, Kathleen Sebelius.

What's got Novak worried is that Sebelius will have the same effect on the electorate. I can't say that I blame him.

Thus we get the Novak column. The right-wing will do anything to destroy Sebelius -- or any other charismatic, well-positioned Democrat -- so I'm sure we'll be seeing more of this type of thing.