SORRY ABOUT YESTERDAY FOLKS

Missed one.  I managed to encounter some type of bug, and by Tuesday afternoon I couldn't drag myself out of a bed. All's well today though, thanks to the miracle of massive doses (and we're talking about 5 or 6 grams over the course of a day) of vitamin C I'm back behind the mic this morning and ready to rip.

Robert Moon seems to be a bit upset that I couldn't make it to work yesterday.  Would you like to read his email?  You would?  I thought so!  Here you go! 

Let's all ask Mr. Moon how he manages to never get sick!  Naw ... just kidding.  Leave him alone.  He's busy trying to find a life.

HARRY REID'S NEW GAME

Democrats sure do have a tough life these days.  With the Bush administration's poll numbers in the basement, corruption investigations ongoing against a number of Republican congressmen and the house majority leader recently having to step down, you'd think these would be the best of times for the left.  Only it hasn't worked out that way.  The reason?  The party is too scattered and fractured....and has no unified message, except, that is, for the "we hate Bush" message.

The problem is at the top.   Who is running the show in the Democratic party?  Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.  Not a very popular bunch.  All hardcore leftists.  So recently they have come together on one thing:  President George W. Bush is incompetent.  We have seen and heard it over and over again....Bush is incompetent.  Just  yesterday Harry Reid, called Bush "dangerously incompetent."  So they're riding the incompetent train for awhile to see where it leads.  The likely destination?  Nowhere.

This is basically negative campaigning.  It works in the short-term, but eventually the American people are going to want to know what Democrats are going to do.  If Iraq is a disaster and Bush is incompetent, then what is their plan?  Pull the troops out?  Cut and run?  Send more troops?  Spend less money?  You can only criticize for so long without providing an actual solution.

Speaking of incompetent, Harry Reid also came out yesterday and threatened to filibuster an immigration bill put forth by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.  He made a little show of it by going down to the border in San Diego and having a little press conference.  I wonder if taxpayers paid for his little jaunt?  Probably.  So what's Harry Reid's immigration plan?  Simple ---- amnesty, amnesty, amnesty.  He says any immigration bill must include a guest worker program and a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal aliens already in this country.  In other words, reward their illegal behavior with U.S. citizenship.  And you thought the Democrats were going to get tough on illegal immigration.  Fat chance.

NOW ITS EASTER IN THE CROSSHAIRS

One of the people who works in the St. Paul City Council offices brought a fuzzy little Easter bunny and some colored words to work,  They were displayed with a "Happy Easter" sign. Well, you can easily guess what happened next.  Someone complained, and now the order has been issued.  No Easter decorations. Tyrone Terrill is the St. Paul Human Rights director.  He issued the order ... 86 the Easter decorations because they "could be offensive to non-Christians." 

Oh, the humanity!

There is no way that posting a "Happy Easter" sign or putting a fuzzy bunny on your desk can be considered to be passing a law "respecting an establishment of religion."  Posting the sign does not establish a religion, it merely recognizes one, Christianity.  It seems, though, that the politically correct crowd is determined that wording of the 1st Amendment be changed to read "Neither the congress, nor any government subdivision thereof, shall take any action, or allow any action to be taken on any property owned or controlled by the government, that shall recognize the existence of any religion."  This is not what our Constitution requires, but it is most certainly what the left desires.

THE AP GETS CAUGHT

Every little once in a while one of the media agencies puts forth a piece of "news" that is so liberally biased that it just makes the point beautifully that the mainstream media tilts to the left.  Today's example of liberal bias comes to us from none other than the Associated Press.  For those unfamiliar with the AP, it's a wire service.  That means it writes news stories that just about every newspaper, TV station and network use. 

From time to time, somebody at the AP will sneak a "story" onto the wires that could pass for a DNC press release.  One such story was recently written about President Bush's supposed tendency to use straw men in his speeches.  That's an argumentative tactic where you create an alternate position no one is taking to make your own point.  For instance, like when Bush says "some say" or "some believe."

Jennifer Loven at the Associated Press, author of the editorial masquerading as a news story, accused President Bush of creating straw men just to knock them down.  For instance, she cites Bush's remarks that "some look at the challenges in Iraq and conclude that the war is lost and not worth another dime or another day." She also mentioned Bush's remark that "some say that if you're Muslim you can't be free."  She claims nobody is really saying those things.

Loven couldn't be reached for comment.  By now, she's probably changed her name and moved to Alaska.  The beauty of the Internet and the rise of talk radio, blogs and other alternative news sources is that the media can't get away with this anymore.  They're going to be called on it time after time after time. 

SOMEONE OUT THERE DOESN'T LIKE NEALZ NUZE!

Ever since I started posting some of my program notes on the Internet I've been aware that many people print them on a daily basis and leave them in their waiting rooms, break areas and, in some cases, restroom stalls.

A few weeks ago we told you of a memo from the Atlanta regional office of Whole Foods from some HR type that didn't appreciate copies of the Nuze being left in the break rooms.  She demanded that the practice stop and declared that Nealz Nuze was "offensive" and might make other "team members" feel "uncomfortable."

Now we hear from someone who works for the University of Phoenix.  This person likes to leave copies of the Nuze in bathroom stalls.  Well .. you take whatever placement you can get. It seems, though, that another University of Phoenix worker will, upon encountering a copy of the Nuze, tear it up into little bitty pieces.  So, my supporter left a message in the restroom for the ripper. 

The ripper was quick to respond: 

Now there you have a pretty good example of leftist devotion to the concept of free speech.  You are free to say what you will, and to write what you will, just so long as it doesn't offend anyone. This, you may already know, is the essential basis for so-called "free speech codes" on many college and university campuses. By the way; I have never in my life destroyed any printed material that I found to be "offensive."  maybe that's 'cause I'm not a liberal.

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

Well. That's one way to move your livestock. More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

READING ASSIGNMENTS

The concept of "white privilege" is quite the big deal in the academic crowd these days.  Take a look at this exercise posted on the Michigan State University website:  "What does it mean to be white:"  This comes from the MSU webpage of one Melissa Bailey who, by the way, spells women "womyn." 

Ann Coulter takes a look at the recent batch of polls that supposedly show everything shifting the Democrats' way.  She points out that nothing goes their way very often, despite the media propping them up.

The mother of the teen molested by teacher Debra LaFave takes issue with her blaming her actions on bipolar disorder. She says it's a stretch for LaFave to say she had no idea what she was doing when she had sex with her son...five times.

How's this for a dumb criminal?  A man in Tampa, Florida approached two police officers and asked them to test his crack pipe.  He was worried he wasn't getting the real thing from a dealer.  He was...and is now sitting in jail.

A St. Louis talk show host has been fired for calling Condoleezza Rice a "coon."  And he had only had the gig for less than two weeks.  He says it was just a slip of the tongue. I guess it was an expensive one.

A recent court ruling in Florida shows why choosing judges has become such a controversial battle.  George Will tells us about a recent Florida Supreme Court decision ruling school vouchers unconstitutional.

People aren't taking the IRS allowing tax preparers to sell private data lying down.  Protests have already begun.  Of course with the FairTax, there would be no IRS and thus no information to sell.

The number of people who approve of what President Bush is doing is now down somewhere in the range of 37%.  Debra Saunders says she's one of the president's supporters....and explains why.

Did you know that there is an oil shortage in Iraq?  The reason, according to Robert Novak, is corruption at every level of government.  So who's problem is it?  The new Iraqi government, that's who.

There is a TV show running on the FX cable network called "Black. White" where two families, one black and one white, trade races.  Joel Mowbray has seen the first episodes and weighs in on the politics of the presentation.

Did you know that in February, the economy created 243,000 new jobs?  Yet, the mainstream media continues to bury any and all good news about the economy.  Larry Elder takes a look at the media bias regarding reporting good economic news.

No, cats don't always land on their feet. [video]

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