#12 Michigan-Matt — June 6, 2006 @ 10:12 am – June 6, 2006

I guess that’s why conservatives control the WH, SCOTUS, the Federal Cts, the House, the Senate, the popular (and successful) major media organs, organized religion (by and large) and other institutions.

Poor baby. You actually believe that it is conservatives who control all of those things? It isn’t conservatives that control them–it is Republican borrow-and-spend liberals. Republicans learned early on that the way to obtain and maintain their electoral advantage was through corporate welfare and reduce taxes–hence their borrow and spend strategy. If borrow-and-spend liberalism and corporate welfare is what you consider to be “conservative,” well, so be it.

Frankly, I don’t give a tinkers damn, because I want my tax cuts, too. I’m not going to pay the bills when they become due–your children will. I guess I’m a perfect conservative–er–Republican.

What I am amused at, though, is the number of even gay people who have deluded themselves into believing that the Republicans are actually interested in “national security” or the “War on Terra.” If the Republicans were actually interested in “national security,” why is pResident Bush spending time stumping for the Marriage Rejection Amendment? And why is Bill Frist even bothering putting it on the Senate’s calendar, instead of, for example, doing the 2007 defense authorization bill?

With only a few months left on the legislative calendar, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has decided to abandon any efforts at bipartisanship in favor of using his chamber to hold a series of highly partisan, mostly symbolic votes on conservative causes, including amendments banning gay marriage and flag burning, and fully repealing the estate tax.

Although Frist has peppered the Senate schedule with a handful of substantive issues — including likely votes this week on a new U.S. trade representative, a Native Hawaiian-rights bill and a new mine-safety czar — the chamber will put off work on major legislation such as the fiscal 2007 Defense authorization bill in order for Frist to pursue items of special interest to his party’s conservative base.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_132/roadmap/13658-1.html

Republicans in government don’t care about American national security–as has been clear forever. So, why should I?

How many bloviators in the left-wing media have studied anything useful; like engineering, hard science, or mathematics.

Just wondering, you know?

Good question, and I don’t know the answer. If and when I am prompted–by something that is posted here or that I see elsewhere–to do an investigation, I’ll let you know. The problem with doing an investigation, though, is that most of the bloviators that I encounter in the American media bloviate with their right wings flapping.

On the other hand, and what prompted my comment above, was that Mr. Hewitt’s bio that I read (it read like a press release) appeared to have emphasized his education (government?), his affiliations with the Reagan malAdministration, and the fact that he teaches law at some university (big deal).

The long and the short of it is that he had political connections and somehow got himself a gig as an entertainer on the radio. I’m not sure that those are bases to fawn all over him, as appears to be the case with the post and with other posts (including those from lefty blogs) that give him the time of day.

I have long found it odd that very few of the bloviators in the right-wing media had actually studied anything useful–like engineering, (hard) science or mathematics.

Valid point.
How many bloviators in the left-wing media have studied anything useful; like engineering, hard science, or mathematics.

Just wondering, you know?

Bravo, BBRRAAVVOO!!

Americans sure are dumb, raj. Conservatives sure are dumb, raj. Conservative commentators sure are dumb, raj.

I guess that’s why conservatives control the WH, SCOTUS, the Federal Cts, the House, the Senate, the popular (and successful) major media organs, organized religion (by and large) and other institutions.

Now we have to just get control of Hollywood, more of higher education and a few more governorships to complete the movie picture started by RR… the one that opens with a shining city on a hill.

It’s going to make you Euro-centrist effete GayLefties howl with horror.

Wait, I can almost hear the howl begin….

I had read mention of Hugh Hewitt on a couple of other blogs and message boards, but I had never heard much of him and knew nothing about his background. This post caused me to do a little investigation.

From my investigation, he graduated from Hahvahd in 1978 with a degree in government and thereafter did a stint in Reagan’s !Justice Department before going on to his gig in talk radio. I have long found it odd that very few of the bloviators in the right-wing media had actually studied anything useful–like engineering, (hard) science or mathematics. I am reminded of Brent “Bozo” Bozell of the Media Research Center and the Christian, no Conservative, no CyberCast News Services (CNSnews), and Reid Irvine of the ridiculously named Accuracy In Media operation, both of whom were also Reagan malAdministration apparatchiks. Or Rusty “Lamebrain” Limbaugh, who was largely a failed sports broadcaster before he hit the “big time.”

Whatever. They tell you what you want to hear. And enough people are stupid enough to buy the products that they advertize to pay their bills. Ain’t Amer’ca wonderful? Even de’ grosste Dep’ can hit the big time.

(shrug) And there you have it, folks.

She (Mary Cheney) stated her opposition to the amendment and noted that both her parents (i.e., the Vice President of the United States and his wife Lynne) have spoken out against it.

As you can see, Kevin, in his leftist hate, is so completely blind that he misses one of the most obvious statements in GPW’s post.

He couldn’t argue his way out of a wet paper bag.

Yes, it tells me she has a rich and powerful father and is a queen bee. Not that it’s stopping them from villifying other gays and lesbians because they don’t have access to the money and power that Mary Cheney does. Are Dick & Mary Cheney using their positions to help stop this anti-marriage nonsense?