
I just found out that this friend from long ago died last November. I feel kind of numb, and very sad.
Breathless Mahoney: Thanks for calling. I was beginning to wonder what a girl had to do to get arrested.
In 1986, just before a crucial debate in campaign, Rove claimed that his office had been bugged by Democrats. The police and FBI investigated and discovered that the bug's battery was so small that it needed to be changed every few hours, and the investigation was dropped.[19] Critics, including other Republican operatives, suspected Rove had bugged his own office to garner sympathy votes in the close governor's race.[20]Yeah. Sound familiar?
Uncle Kvetch says:500 Days of Summer, from a feminist's pov. Thank you, Feministe.
March 26, 2010 at 6:00 am
On a different note: Am I alone in finding GB awfully fey in his mannerisms at times? Now, this is not a flippant “ultra rightwing loon = closet case” kind of thing on my part…but every time I see a clip of him I’m struck by how effeminate and prissy he can be while plying his schtick.
All I know is, it certainly does make watching him more endurable when my automatic reaction is “Oh, girlfriend, get over yourself.”
Levant (Coulter's spokesperson) blamed the bedlam on university academic vice-president Francois Houle, who had written Coulter to warn her that Canadian laws make provisions for hate speech.So, "blocking her appearance" was threatening to her safety? It's worth noting that Glenn Greenwald wrote a good post about the pernicious nature of hate speech laws such as Canada's, but that's a far cry from suggesting that Coulter's "safety" was threatened because a bunch of students were protesting her talk. Given her propensity for stunts such as this, though:
"Promoting hatred against any identifiable group would not only be considered inappropriate, but could in fact lead to criminal charges," he warned her in the letter, which Coulter quickly leaked to the media.
The university has refused to comment since. Levant said Houle's advice to Coulter had emboldened students to block her appearance.
Coulter, a best-selling author and syndicated columnist, was in the middle of a three-city tour of Canada, which began at the University of Western Ontario in London on Monday, and ends in Calgary on Thursday.maybe it's understandable that she sees threats even where there are none, but I think the more likely explanation is that she just used this as an excuse for retribution against someone who had dissed her. Typical.
The event in London went without incident, but not without controversy.
When answering questions from students, Coulter told a 17-year-old Muslim student to "take a camel" instead of the flying carpet she has previously suggested Muslims use for transportation. Coulter later told CTV that the "camel" remark was a joke.
It is 2010, which means it is way past time for decent Americans to rise up against this kind of garbage, to fight it aggressively wherever it appears. And it is time for every American of good will to hold the Republican Party accountable for its role in tolerating, shielding and encouraging foul, mean-spirited and bigoted behavior in its ranks and among its strongest supporters.Be sure to read the whole thing.
For decades the G.O.P. has been the party of fear, ignorance and divisiveness. All you have to do is look around to see what it has done to the country. The greatest economic inequality since the Gilded Age was followed by a near-total collapse of the overall economy. As a country, we have a monumental mess on our hands and still the Republicans have nothing to offer in the way of a remedy except more tax cuts for the rich.
This is the party of trickle down and weapons of mass destruction, the party of birthers and death-panel lunatics. This is the party that genuflects at the altar of right-wing talk radio, with its insane, nauseating, nonstop commitment to hatred and bigotry.
Glenn Beck of Fox News has called President Obama a “racist” and asserted that he “has exposed himself as a guy, over and over and over again, who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture.”
Mike Huckabee, a former Republican presidential candidate, has said of Mr. Obama’s economic policies: “Lenin and Stalin would love this stuff.”
The G.O.P. poisons the political atmosphere and then has the gall to complain about an absence of bipartisanship.