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By the Bear at The Absurd Report
January 31, 2006 at 11:43 am in Feature Article

Both Senators Kennedy and Kerry have jumped in the blog waters and are writing articles on the Daily Kos Blog.

Put on your gas mask if you want to read a sample….

Its all Bush’s Fault

SideBear: The TV drama that was supposed to condition all Americans into accepting the Hildabeast as the first woman President is sinking like a lead balloon. The mole sent by Bush to sabotage the program has Karl Rove’s fingerprints all over it. God, these guys are good!

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State of the State of the Union address: Borrrrrr-ingggg.

By Machete at The Machete of Truth
January 31, 2006 at 10:20 am in Feature Article

There are few things I hate more than the annual State of the Union Address. It doesn’t matter who the president is, the State of the Union address is nothing more than an annual crap fest of limp platitudes, phoney politeness and gratuitous partisan standing ovations. If I could give my own State of the Union Address, it would go something like this:
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Filibuster busted. Kerry looks foolish. So what else is new?

By Machete at The Machete of Truth
January 30, 2006 at 10:14 pm in Feature Article

Okay, so I’m exaggerrating. The Supreme Court has always been rational. Well, almost always. I don’t think anyone can defend the rationality of Roe v. Wade, though the rationalizations by the Court were impressive. I mean, anytime a Supreme Court decides that a human right emanates from the penumbra of the constitution, you’ve got to hand it to them. For all you lib-fasci-crats out there, a penumbra is a shadow, like in that old song “Me and my Penumbra, strolling down the avenue…”
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Ted Kennedy Screeches, Alito Reaches (the Supreme Court)

By Teri O'Brien
January 30, 2006 at 2:41 pm in Feature Article

Like all fans of tv featuring shameless loudmouths doing pointless things, I looked forward to today’s filibuster of Sam Alito with great anticipation. Maybe it’s just me, but can there be anything more entertaining than watching liberals destroy the miniscule shreds of credibility that they may have had, not to mention their electoral futures, with irrational, stream-of-consciousness brain dumps? I tuned in just in time to see Ted Kennedy in full outrage mode, waiving today’s New York Times in the air and literally screaming at the top of his lungs.
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To Filibuster or to not Filibuster, That is the Question

By the Bear at The Absurd Report
January 29, 2006 at 9:10 pm in Feature Article

Charging in from Davos, Switzerland on his swift boat to champion the Democratic cause and save the country from disaster comes super hero John Kerry to lead the Senate filibuster against Judge Alito. Or did he make the trip in vain because there won’t be a filibuster?

I, for one, certainly hope that there will be a filibuster because the Democrats have one last bullet in their filibuster gun and why not use it to shoot at clouds in the sky.

The Constitutional question of filibustering judicial nominees has never been answered and it needs to be settled and now is a goodtime as any to settle it. The Democratic leadership in the Senate have abused the provision of Advise and Consent in the Constitution which equates to a power grab by the Senate from the Executive Branch because not only do they want to Advise and Consent, they want to appoint and anoint judges.

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A simple question for democrats

By Machete at The Machete of Truth
January 28, 2006 at 7:24 pm in Feature Article

I heard John Kerry calling Samuel Alito a racist today. Kerry was in Switzerland calling for a filibuster to keep Alito from becoming a Supreme Court justice, insinuating that Judge Alito endorsed the shooting of an unarmed African American teenager who had stolen a handbag. Very obviously a case recently fed to Kerry by some leftwing interest group, as it did not come up during the hearings. Also, definitely another gross oversimplification of a complex legal opinion issued by Judge Alito.
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Political Quote of the Day….

By the Bear at The Absurd Report
January 28, 2006 at 6:38 pm in Feature Article

“[Thomas] Jefferson believed that ‘no man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session,’ so he wisely insisted that the capital be built in malarial swampland.

Consequently, the seat of the government remained empty for nearly half the year. Today, thanks in part to the unintended consequences of air-conditioning, we have permanent government of career politicians, a thing the founders never intended and which sees no natural boundary to its authority.” —Jonah Goldberg
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Once Again, It’s All About Oprah

By Teri O'Brien
January 28, 2006 at 6:31 pm in Feature Article

Forgive me for being cynical about Oprah. After she tried to screw my photographer friend out of the value of his work, and did so in a very arrogant, high-handed way, I have realized that the carefully-crafted image of the empathetic, all-knowing, all-caring spiritual leader is just that. Behind that preternatural façade is a narcissistic, materialistic creature who believes that anything she does is right simply because she does it.

Nothing in Oprah’s live caning of the whiny and contemptible James Frey changed my attitude toward her.

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The Machete’ of Truth Joins Webloggin!

By Terry Trippany
January 23, 2006 at 12:39 pm in Feature Article, Webloggin News

Please join us in welcoming The Machete of Truth to the Webloggin Community of Blogging Excellence! Fans of Machete already know his wit and humor.

Detractors of the Truthmeister know what it is like to be schooled by a master of the pen. The Machete is an old hand at uncovering the truth behind the agenda driven rhetoric of those who live in a world of platitudinous haze driven by ideological delirium! Stop by his site and say hello!

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By Terry Trippany
January 23, 2006 at 12:39 pm in Feature Article

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