as Stacy is reporting, lets remind them of this ad:
…and we all know how that worked out don’t we?
Posts Tagged ‘politics’
Before the democrats decide to go long on the “extremist” card
Posted: December 2, 2010 by datechguy in politicsTags: ann marie Buerkle, politics, still angry left
“In my era, equality is a given, so we can hit anyone!”
Posted: October 26, 2010 by datechguy in oddities, politicsTags: feminism, pet peeves, political correctness, politics
One of my pet peeves is politics is the idea that you can’t be tough on a woman in a debate or candidate forum. I’ve seen questions and commentary for years where people go after men for being too tough on a woman during a debate, in an attack ad etc etc etc.
This just drives me nuts. If a person is competing for a political position, they are competing for a position, not as a “man” or a “woman” but as a citizen. I expect any candidate running for public office to be able to take it. This isn’t beanbag, a public office is a public trust and nobody is going to hold your hand when the going gets rough.
You can either serve in the office or not, you can either take the heat or you can not and if you can’t then do something else.
(BTW the quote above is from an issue of the Justice League from the 80’s. There was a character called Booster Gold who was from the future. During one of the fights of heroes vs villains, a female villain is cornered by Booster Gold, strikes a very feminine pose and asks: “You wouldn’t hit a woman would you?” He says, well you see… the next panel is the word BAM and the third panel is him giving that explanation in the title to the now floored villain who groggily answers: “Thanks for explaining that to me.”)
DaTechguy to Guest on WCRN’s Conservatively Speaking Sat 2-4
Posted: September 30, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speech, media, politicsTags: conservative radio, conservatively speaking, datechguy on daradio, politics, wcrn
If you want to get another sample of DaTechGuy on DaRadio tune into WCRN 830 A.M Conservatively speaking from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
and if you aren’t in range of it’s 50,000 watts of awesomeness you can listen live here.
Make sure you call in to make us feel welcome from wherever you happen to be at (508)-438-0965
See you then.
The president not the only one behind when it comes to appointments
Posted: September 30, 2010 by datechguy in catholic, politicsTags: administration, catholic, college of cardnals, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, recess appointments, vatican
It looks like the prez is going to have to wait for some of his appointments a bit longer:
By scheduling pro-forma sessions on Mondays and Fridays, lawmakers can take away Obama’s ability to make recess appointments.
Obama had 115 executive- and judicial-branch nominees pending on the Senate’s executive calendar as of Wednesday afternoon.
Bad sign for the president considering the incredible majorities he has in both houses. But as Father Z reports the Washington is not the only place where there are a lot of open seats waiting to be filled:
There are at present quite a few important curial positions and sees around the world which usually have cardinals… but don’t.
At the time of this writing, I believe there are 103 voting cardinals (men who have not turned 80 years old). By the end of November two more cardinals will hit 80 (Tumi, Pujats), bringing the number of voting cardinals down to 101. By the end of next February, four more (Panafieu, Vidal, García-Gasco, Ruini – sadly) – 97. By the end of April two more (Keeler, Sebastiani) – 95. So, an American and two Italians will have dropped from the list, leaving 10 Americans and 15 Italians as electors.
I won’t even pretend to know the inside baseball of the Vatican but with an elderly pope, the men who are elevated to cardinal now will have a lot to do with the direction of the church for decades.
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