politics – Page 8 – These Dirty Colors

Doc Hollywood on the Campaign Trail: What Michael J. Fox learned while on Spin City

By jason | October 24, 2006

Kathryn Jean Lopez has a great article about Michael J. Fox’s recent campaign commercials in Missouri and Maryland:

Political commercials are not known for their honesty or subtlety, but these Fox ads hit home in a particularly painful way; their blatant dishonesty does a terrible disservice to those whom they pretend to want to help and malignantly contribute to an already confusing and frustrating debate about basic issues of life and death.

Jim Caviezel, Kurt Warner, Patricia Heaton and others have helped with an ad that counters Fox’s ad. You can view it on YouTube (if you’re brave enough to go there).

The Inconsistent Stance of Pro-Abort Politics

By jason | September 18, 2006

Fox News ran a story today about a New Hampshire couple were unhappy that their daughter was pregnant. Instead of any sane form of punishment, the couple allegedly “tied her up, loaded her in their car and headed toward New York to force her to get an abortion.” Luckily for her and her baby, she was able to escape and the parents are now in jail on kidnapping charges. I’m curious to see, though, if murder conspiracy charges will be filed. It’s highly unlikely that they will be, and that’s because the law is unclear and inconsistent with regard to abortion. …

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W Joins the Party of Death?

By jason | August 21, 2006

It would appear that President Bush has joined the Party of Death:

President Bush Approves Over the Counter Early Abortion Pill, Pro-Life Base Decries Move

I fail to see how this lines up with his professed Pro-Life stance, but my guess is that he doesn’t really have one. Just as he likely isn’t really a Conservative given how he likes to spend, I wouldn’t be surprised if his ant-abortion stance is just campaign rhetoric. Maybe South Dakota can do us all a favor and help rid us of this scourge. Our President has thrown in the towel, and lost many supporters in the process.

Appalling

By jason | August 18, 2006

It’s appalling that a few seconds makes all the difference between legal procedure and homicide:

Born-alive baby case looks like murder

On Barking Dogs and Hills Worth Dying For

By jason | July 18, 2006

I’ve done a lot of thinking recently about political discourse. Out of some recent discussions, I’ve come to a pretty big decision: I think I’m going to bow out of and avoid most political discussions.¹

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Bush Bashing

By jason | July 17, 2006

I appears that one of the more popular activities among the Left and Those Who Don’t Consider Themselves Part of the Left but Certainly Aren’t on the Right is to bash President Bush. I’ll readily grant that he’s worthy of criticism on a number of issues. There is a difference, though, I think, between criticizing and bashing, and many arm-chair pundits have crossed that line. Rather than a reasoned discussion of policies, it has become fashionable to constantly mock and scorn the way he comes across. Whether it’s comparing him to a chimpanzee, ridiculing his pronunciation of “nuclear”, cackling at his dropping the “s-bomb” in discussions of the fighting in the Middle East, or heehawing at his ranch vacations’ activities, many Bush detractors* have lowered themselves to the level of a third grade bully, and it makes political discourse tiresome and predictable.

* I am aware that there were likely those under Clinton doing the same thing, but that hardly changes anything. “Well, he did it first” is that same third grade bully’s defense.

Teetotal Legalism

By jason | July 12, 2006

This morning, during the midst of jury duty discussion, I mentioned at work that I’d not have a problem with a law banning alcoholic drinks. Others in the conversation were a mix of Believers and non-Believers. After the converstaion ended (shortly after my mostly tongue-in-cheek comment), I was accused of legalism and “not doing the Gospel any good” with my remark. Both interesting claims. Let’s dig in.
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Defending Coulter

By jason | June 16, 2006

I thought I might write an entry about how Ann Coulter is right — maybe caustic and a tad bit over the top, but right nonetheless. However, these two gentleman do a fine job of it, so I’ll just link to them and say, “Yeah, and stuff!”

Coulter’s Critics Have Proved Her Point by Mark Davis
A religion or a cult? by David Limbaugh

What a Naive Lyric

By jason | May 4, 2006

In all genres of music, there are some really inane lyrics. Derek Webb, regarded by some as the poster child for insightful lyrics, recently released a song called “My Enemies Are Men Like Me.” While I like the overall statement of the song, I think, the line below aggravates me beyond description:

peace by way of war is like purity by way of fornication
it’s like telling someone murder is wrong and then showing them by way of execution

Those two lines make two erroneous assertions, in my opinion: that war is always wrong, and the capital punishment is never justified.
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“South Park” and “Popetown”

By jason | April 21, 2006

You have to read this article. Well, I guess you don’t have to, but it you’re a Christian who is bothered by the garbage on television, you have to read this article. 🙂