Considering all of their husbands have been dead for almost 2 centuries they look rather spry:
I talked to these ladies on Sept 11th, they also appeared at the Sept 12 rallies
Posts Tagged ‘history’
Voices of the Tea Party: A delightful set of ladies
Posted: September 17, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speech, short films/interviews, special events, tea partiesTags: 9/11 protests, 9/12 protests, blogcon, history, tea parties, tea party protests, voices of the tea party, washington
One more point on the Christine O’Donnell and the left on Masturbation….
Posted: September 16, 2010 by datechguy in elections, opinion/news, politicsTags: 2010 elections, bill clinton, christine O'donnell, delaware senate, election 2010, history, irony
Let me get this straight. The left says Christine O’Donnell is unqualified for the senate because she made a video against masturbation in 1996…
….Ironically what was the president of the United States at the time doing in the White House in 1996?
So let’s get this straight:
1996 Making video against masturbation Unqualified for Senate
1996 Getting Bj’s from interns in the White house Qualified for President
Friends on the left, please explain.
Update: Stacy McCain explains the theology.
Fidel Castro and Pappy McDaniel
Posted: September 7, 2010 by datechguy in media, opinion/newsTags: Ahmadinejad, antisemitism, books, cuba, elections, evil, fidel castro, history, iran, jeffrey goldberg, lyndon johnson, texas, the atlantic
In 1941 Governor Lee “Pappy” McDaniel ran in a special election for an open Senate seat created by the death of Senator John Sheppard (an interesting fact is that a son of Sam Houston the 1st president of Texas born in 1793 was appointed as a “placeholder” senator during the time between the death and the election). His primary opponent was Lyndon Johnson then a congressman from the 10th district. The two primary candidates fought it out and both were involved in some underhanded tactics however at the end of the day it looked like Johnson had the game won until (According to Robert Caro in his book The Years of Lyndon Johnson the Path to Power) O’Daniel’s enemies contrived to steal the election FOR him to get him out of the governors office.
It turned out that Pappy although corrupt had one “virtue” and that was dislike for alcohol. Convinced it was the devil’s brew he was prepared to keep “dry” zones around military bases and his foes in the liquor industry wanted him out.
I thought of Pappy O’Daniel when I read this surprising quote from Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview with Fidel Castro:
Over the course of this first, five-hour discussion, Castro repeatedly returned to his excoriation of anti-Semitism. He criticized Ahmadinejad for denying the Holocaust and explained why the Iranian government would better serve the cause of peace by acknowledging the “unique” history of anti-Semitism and trying to understand why Israelis fear for their existence.
It was quite a shock to hear one of the monsters of the 20th century excoriating a modern monster for antisemitism and going on about the long history of Jewish suffering, that’s when I remembered Pappy.
Pappy was an opponent of the dangers of drinking, but it didn’t make him any less a corrupt pol.
Castro if this interview is to be believed believes that antisemitism is a centuries long disgrace and that Israel has a right to exist, that doesn’t make him any less of a murderous thug. I’m not going to fall for his pap any more that the Babliu blog guys will.
As the Doctor once told Margaret the Slitheen it doesn’t matter, you can oppress millions because every now and again you can speak up against an injustice that has nothing to do with you.
memeorandum thread here
Gone with the Bush
Posted: September 6, 2010 by datechguy in Afghanistan war, Blame Bush, internet/free speech, opinion/news, politics, warTags: Afghanistan war, anti war, cindy sheehan, code pink, george w. bush, history, iraq, military, obama administration, vietnam vets against the war
Back in Aug of 2009 I ran this chart of Vietnam vets against the war on Google news in a story of how Vietnam vets against the war decided not to back up Cindy Sheehan’s protest against the Obama administration:
Funny how they dropped off the radar in Jan of 2009.
I was reminded of that story when I saw this:
Several factors — war fatigue; a deep, lingering recession; and the presence of a Democratic president they helped elect — have drained the energy from organizations that led the fight against the Iraq war. Some of the most influential anti-war activist groups that once summoned half a million people to march against the Iraq war and the policies of former President George W. Bush are straining to raise the money and attention to fight what they see as Obama’s military entrenchment in Afghanistan.
“We don’t have a very vibrant anti-war movement anymore,” lamented Medea Benjamin, co-founder of Codepink, one of the anti-war movement’s most visible organizations. emphasis mine
Politico seems to be confused by this. If they had been paying attention a year ago they would not be so surprised. Have they given the anti war much attention in print themselves? Or perhaps they might remember this famous line:
If George W. Bush becomes president, the armies of the homeless, hundreds of thousands strong, will once again be used to illustrate the opposition’s arguments about welfare, the economy, and taxation.
George Bush is no longer president, those who oppose him politically who provided finances and manpower and media coverage in an attempt to bring him down will absolutely not do the same with Barack Obama.
BTW I figured I’d update my check of Vietnam Vets against the war on Google News since last year.
Vietnam vets against the war updated graph
A blip, we have a blip! Is it a press release, is it a march, is it a national event, no? What can that one blip be?
This is defiantly NOT the time to get out of politics. Some people feel threatened by the Tea Party movement. While I don’t subscribe too many of their viewpoints, I welcome them to the political fray. Their movement is probably the best thing to happen in politics since the Vietnam Vets against the War staged a million person demonstration in West Potomac Park in March of 1973.
One mention in a side article on the tea party in February. That’s it?
Don’t despair Cindy, Medina, it takes time to create true believers. Come November 2012 I’m sure many on the left who decided that American Military power is not something to protest will suddenly come around. Rest assured that you will have all the support and manpower George Soros and the Democratic party can buy.
