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Safe legal and rare; lets see how that works…

Posted: May 18, 2009 by datechguy in catholic, opinion/news
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For all of those who try to make the Abortion compromise business as the president suggested or argue about “hey how can you vote for War and be Catholic” lets play the “Safe legal Rare game”:

You can use that phrase with the word “War”

War should be “Safe”…for civilians.

“Legal” because a country has to right to defend itself or defend its future.

and “Rare” because War should never be the first resort.

Ok now try that with:

Slavery, or Torture, or genocide.

You can’t use that phrase with it because they are intrinsic evils. The same is true of abortion. It just doesn’t work.

This is the argument that should come out every time. This and Nordlinger’s question on why should Abortion be rare if it isn’t wrong?

Update: Added links

Morning Joe (Mourning Joe for Boston Fans)

Posted: May 18, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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Yup we lost 2 game 7’s in Boston in one week.

6:49 a.m. Barnicle: We had to bankrupt the village in order to save it.

7:02 a.m. Hate mail for Joe.

7:03 a.m. If they liked that ND speech then they didn’t see the same speech that I did.

7:04 a.m. Some people on the left are haters, True just check out the evening lineup on MSNBC.

7:05 a.m. I don’t know who the young guy is but he is right about the birth certificate and the Muslim thing, Pat not withstanding.

7:06 a.m. Open hearts open minds. Put the words “slavery” or “torture” there and see what happens.

7:20 a.m. Shrum is a joke but again but on Dick if the republicans were in such trouble why does MSNBC go nuts on us? Why aren’t they ignoring us.

7:22 a.m. Dick Cheney is winning the argument, he would rather get the security stuff right than win the votes.

7:25 a.m. Shrum is attacking the CIA that’ll work out well.

7:27 a.m. Either Leon is lying or Nancy is. He claims that he is defending the CIA for appearances sake.

7:28 a.m. Absolutely Nancy is telling us a truth. Her stories add up completely.

7:30 a.m. He is doing it with a straight face that’s why he gets the big bucks. Nobody on Joe is willing to put up with Shrum’s BS.

7:31 a.m. My God these people at on the show are acting like ACTUAL REPORTERS! No wonder Joe has faith in newspapers, they assume that reporters at the papers act like these guys.

7:35 a.m. My mother just showed up to take me to breakfast for my birthday. So I’ll be outta here shortly.

…but Miss California is the real threat

Posted: May 17, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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So while the media keeps the focus on Carrie Prejean’s tits and continue attacks on Miss California’s opposition to Gay Marriage stuff like this is going on:

Riot police violently broke up several gay rights demonstrations in Moscow on Saturday, hauling away scores of protesters hours before the Russian capital hosted a major international pop music competition.

City officials had warned they would not tolerate marches or rallies supporting the rights of gays and lesbians. Activists had targeted Moscow, which was holding the finals of the Eurovision song contest on Saturday, to press their claims that Russia officially sanctions homophobia.

Police seized gay rights protesters as well as some members of religious and nationalist groups that staged counter-demonstrations.

Via Glenn who is sure that president Obama’s administration will get to objecting as soon as Axelrod disposes of other priories.

That’s gotta leave a bruise

Posted: May 15, 2009 by datechguy in opinion/news
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particularly when it comes from Victor Davis Hanson in a column called President Palin’s first hundred days:

The first 100 days of the Palin presidency, according to a consensus of media commentators, have proven a near disaster. Perhaps it was Palin’s scant two years’ experience in a major government position that has eroded her gravitas, or maybe it was her flirty reliance on looks and informal chit-chat. In any case, the press has had a field day, and it is hard to see how President Palin can ever recover from the Quayle/potatoe syndrome. Here is a roundup of this week’s pundit mockery.

Here is one of his examples:

WORSE THAN ‘NUCULAR’
ABC’s Katie Couric summed up the general disappointment with the president’s communication skills. “I tried to warn the American people in that interview a few years back what they would get if they voted for her. Let’s face it: She’s a walking embarrassment. I mean just count ’em up: The mayor of Wasilla thinks Austrians speak some lingo called ‘Austrian.’ Then she tries her hand at Spanish and comes up with some concoction, ‘Cinco de Cuatro.’ Next thing she’ll walk into the window of the Oval Office and expect it to open — oops, she’s already done that. No wonder that when her Teleprompter stalls, she shuts her mouth until it catches up. I’m surprised she managed to get sworn in. And did she think that tasteless ‘Special Olympics’ slur was funny? Or making fun of octogenarian Nancy Reagan’s séances? No wonder Wanda Sykes feels at home.”

Keep this in mind when Nancy Pelosi is calling the CIA a bunch of liars and only her local paper and the Washington Post consider it front page news.

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