How funny; Townhall.com just sent me an utterly hysterical email this morning about what the “radical homosexuals” are up to. Does Salem know about the scaremongering Townhall is engaging in, in order to raise funds? If it does, is it also aware that Hot Air is chock-full of “homosexual” sympathizers? Townhall:
The Homosexual Lobby played a [...]

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Carol of “No Sheeples” fame has joined the cause! Here’s the graphic she produced:
For years, this man risked everything to stop terrorism and save innocent lives, but the United States Department of Homeland Security is considering deporting him.
In 2007, Mr. Yousef came to the United States, where he converted to Christianity from Islam and applied [...]

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As Insty likes to point out, it’s “seldom” a hot idea to do this.
(Of course, if one does not comply with their threats to remove critical posts, they may quote your posts out of context, extracting the swear words and any biographical data they consider to be unflattering, as the Roberts Hymers did with me. [...]

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This is the first installment of a three-part special report on R.L. Hymers, Jr., from the late 1980s. I will be running all three transcripts.
Los Angeles, KCOP (Channel 13) News
Monday, 15 August 1988, 10:00 p.m.
Announcer: If you have read a newspaper or watched the news on T.V. in the last few months you have probably [...]

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This is the one that triggered my publishing Robert Leslie Hymers III’s “FBI Letter” last night. In yet another twist on this strange story, it’s addressed to another cult survivor, who is accused of somehow inducing me to write about my childhood memories of the cult.
I have no idea whether this is because Dr. [...]

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The original Gay Patriot weighs in at Big Journalism on the sea change at CPAC this year. He’s got both of the infamous videos up: the pro-GOProud cheering of Alexander McCobin and the pro-GOProud booing of Ryan Sorba. Bruce was the first one to point out that it was probably Sorba who provided the outnumbered—but [...]

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I’ve been remiss in not blogging about this; I was simply quite taken aback about the President baiting the Supremes in that setting, and in that way. Ilya Somin points out the obvious.
But the repeal of DADT is overdue. (For the sake of my husband, and some of my other SoCon readers, I’d like to [...]

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It’s about time. Organizing for America sends this:
Joy –
Yesterday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations can spend freely in federal elections.
It’s a green light for a new stampede of special interest money in our politics, giving their lobbyists even more power in Washington. Now, every candidate who fights for change could face limitless [...]

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It’s time to wake up: the Democrats are not your friends. Not necessarily. And the Republicans are not necessarily your enemies. (Remember them? Party of Lincoln? First party to seat the same-sex in-law of a Vice President at official State functions at the White House?)
Zombie, at PJM:
Turns out Obama has been a major disappointment for [...]

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. . . by blowing up some of his own. Memo to Steve Schmidt: You are no Sarah Palin.
Sheesh; I used to like that guy, particularly after he took a stand in favor of gay marriage. But he’s really wigged out lately. What is it about Sarah that makes men take the razor to their [...]

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Word just came in that if you support one of the T-shirts that are being offered up in support of Canada’s Freedom Five, you may also either 1) send Mark Steyn a picture of your boobs, or 2) pretend that you’re Mark Steyn, and that you’re getting lots of boobie pix sent to your over [...]

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Mark Steyn is, um, all over Wendy’s, Kathy’s, and Josephine’s breasts. (Wendy’s are the only ones I’ve seen in person, and they are quite nice breasties—not silly and overexuberant, like some others I could mention. Just perfect.)
The point here (the main one—not the points on Kathy’s bra) is that we could all use a little [...]

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Hey! An embeddable from Crowder and the folks at PJTV! Featuring Malkin and Coulter.

Allahawful:
[I]s this really necessary? What right-wing blog reader worth his salt hasn’t already flagged himself silly?
The bloggers are real flaggers, though—as a group. I have to admit that I’ve only flagged myself a time or two. Now that I reconsider, I [...]

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Joy plays “let’s crowd the celebrity” at CPAC. Photo: Ace of Spades.
I just don’t know about Meghan McCain. Like AllahP and Moe in their own ways, my own political positions even out to something only just right of center. God bless Meghan for speaking her mind, and one must remember that she is just a [...]

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Yeah, I know: she gets in a dig at Focus on the Family, though I don’t see a reference to the so-called “gay agenda” on their website.* The folks at FotF do maintain that gays should be celibate, a stance that is asserted in a lot of orthodox Christian traditions. I’m pretty laid back about [...]

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Ugh. Not this again.
Some people seem to think the way to egalitarianism is by prohibiting any criticism of protected groups whatsoever.
And it isn’t like there aren’t dicey areas: every time I use the word “cunt” in my fiction, I get slammed at writer’s group—even if the word occurs in dialogue, and even if the speaker [...]

Posted in Americana, Around the 'Sphere, Attila, Girl Reporter, Blogkeeping, Books, Freedom of Speech, Gay Rights, The English Language, new media 37 Comments »

I didn’t see anything there about a chill wind that’s about to give the First Amendment a bad case of pneumonia. Not a single thing.
But, you know: that was then. This is now.

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Well, fuck you very much, Mr. President.

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. . . wherein Dave discusses the fact that constituents are out of touch with their representatives, blesses us with some automotive eye candy, and publishes a helpful field guide to Astroturf versus grass-roots protesters.

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To: flag@whitehouse.gov
Re: Reporting Fishy Blogging
I would like to report suspicious, fishy blogging about healthcare at the following site:
http://littlemissattila.com
It’s important to note that this site is sometimes sharply critical of the President.
Please take care of this.
Thank you,
Joy McCann
–
Joy W. McCann
Little Miss Attila
http://littlemissattila.com

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