Weekend Trackbacks Party: Pre-Thanksgiving

“If you go through the curriculum offered by the despicable Conservative Book Club, you’ll find books praising the Confederacy. You have children and parents who seriously believe Sherman burning down Atlanta was far more egregious than slavery or even Rush Limbaugh’s comments on Donovan McNabb.”-Dave Screwtape on Home Schoolers in “Screwtape #9: The Home School Threat

This is an excerpt from my new book, “The Screwtape Reports”. In this take off on the “The Screwtape Letters,” in which C.S. Lewis wrote a series of letters from the perspective of a senior devil writing to a Junior devil, I write a series of reports by a Democratic Political Consultant advising Democratic leaders how to defeat Republicans and how Republicans are defeating themselves. With all that’s going on in Washington, this book is more timely now than ever before, so purchase your copy today and avoid the Christmas rush.

Now, welcome to today’s open post/open trackbacks thread. There’s two things you can do today:

1) Post about anything that’s in good taste. No porn, no spam, no profanity.

2) Send me a trackback of any tasteful post you want and as soon as I check my blog, I’ll update this post with your link provided you link back to this thread.

For your convenience, here’s the URL for our thread:

And here’s the Trackback:

Happy blogging.

Open Trackback Parties:
The Tar Pit

Basil’s Blog
California Conservative

Caos Blog
Jo’s Cafe

Don Surber
The Political Teen

Something…and half of Something
The Florida Masochist

Stop the ACLU
Half the Politics

Something…and half of Something
Cao’s Blog

Oblogatory Anecdotes
Right Nation

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From: third world county
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From: The Real Ugly American

Thank You Sergeant Whitley!
Thank you for starting your blog. Thank you for this touching story.

Most of all Thank you for your service. Godbless and Godspeed.

One morning I awoke to the sound of a huge blast. I woke right up and ran to the bunker sitting right outside of my t…

From: Blog For All:

Gaming the System
There’s currently a call for blog postings that want people to blog about what the deal was with pre-war military intelligence. No analysis of the pre-war miltiary intelligence picture can be complete without a look at the way Iraq gamed the United N…

From: Peakah’s Provocations…

‘Freedom From Religion’
Note to Dick(head) Durbin: This is what a real Gulag and real torture consists of. The killing and torturing of innocent people, not the killing and torturing of those who seek to separate your pea brain from your shoulders…

From: RightFaith

GOP Hypocrisy Births Third-Party in 2008
In 2008, Republicans will be vulnerable to the attacks of fiscal and social hypocrisy while Democrats will be tied to the champions of secular progressivists. The Presidential election in 2008 will be the year of the third-party candidate.

From: BIG DOG’s WEBLOG
Joe Wilson Double Standard? Open Trackback

Joe Wilson, husband of “outed” CIA operative Valerie Plame has gotten away with lying about his trip, its purpose and its sponsor while others in government have been raked over the coals because of his belly-aching. This all surrounds th…

From: 10ft2ft.com

Protesting at a hospital where there are wounded soldiers?
Have you ever seen (or read) “Girl, Interrupted” where Jared Leto’s character tries to run to Canada to get out of the war? I imagine that’s the kind of guy this “Luke” is.

One anti-war protester, who would only i…

From: Stuck On Stupid

Weekend Trackback Blogfest
This game is fashioned after the Minority House caucus and Democrat Senators with Pelosi Reid as the manipulators. Only problem is all they can do is move the players to the extreme left. Human Foosball Human Foosball is a lifesize, inflatable version…

From: West Virginians for a Republican Majority
Real Progress in Iraq: The Signs of Freedom & Demo

“We must be careful not to give terrorists the false hope that if they can simply hold on long enough that they can outlast us.”

From: The Florida Masochist

What drugs is this man on?
Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi said the recent bomb attacks in Jordan weren’t meant to target Jordan. Why do I think the victim’s families are going to be far from accepting this lame apology.

To top it off al-Zarqawi promised more attacks in Jordan. Inclu…

From Freedom Folks:

Congressman Murtha: A Little Reminder

I was surfing around trying to learn a little more about Congressman Murtha when I found this

and

What Does Patriotism Sound Like?
Jake wonders about the state of patriotism in the US

also:

RACIST: Who Me?

I got called a racist again today.

and also:

Immigrant Justice Convention Held in Chicago
I attended this convention today, and have much, much more to say about specific topics in subsequent posts. I will get them out ASAP. Here, however, is the broad coverage:

and

Justice for Immigrants vs. Justice for Citizens

The one word which was uttered time and time again really stuck with me: justice. There was talk of fighting to make the promise of justice and equality for immigrants real. Joining together to fight for legalization and justice. Believing in justice. …

and:

Female blogger currently serving in Iraq finds her blog honoring fallen soldiers under attack. Troll lefties have hacked her site.

Grrr!

And

Mexico: Wah-Wah-Wah

Oh No! Mexico is unhappy.”

And in addition to that:

The Misplaced Blame of Illegal Students
I’m giving fair warning on this post up front. I’m really going to piss some people off with what I have to say. But sometimes you’ve just got something that needs to be said, so here goes.

From Jack Yoest:

The First Lesson in How to Look Like a Leader

Movement catches the eyeWhat is the most popular window display at Christmas? What has crowds enthralled, captivated? The train circling on a track at the toy store. Constant motion. Wheels turning, smoke blowing, bobbing heads. Movement catches the e…

From Don Surber:

Purple Haze
Here is something different: the BBC reports on the democratization of the Middle East, ranking 20 countries.

No. 1 is 57-year-old Israel for the 57th consecutive year. It is followed by Lebanon and Morocco with Iraq in fourth place.
Palestine has … ”

and:

Libs: Praise The Vets Next Year

Was I alone in noticing the political divide over Veterans Day in the blogosphere? Dozens of tributes to veterans were on the right side. I had 46 links. On the left? A few people…

also

The Expert On Inconsequential
Bill Clinton — President of the World according to Esquire magazine — has pronounced the war on terrorism as “inconsequential.”

“We have become arrogant in the present. All of us. Osama bin Laden’s arrogant in the present. I mean, he really thinks…

as well as:

God Bless You, Mr. Bin Laden

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Throne For A Loss

With a hat tip to the Drudge, I see where Prince Chuck is pissed about a leak. Specifically, the heir to a multi-billion-dollar empire is suing a Brit newspaper because it printed something from his private journal — a journal so personal that he on…

And

End The MIssion Creep: Bring Them Home
What we have here is mission creep. The original goal was to overthrow Saddam and install a new government. OK, I can see adding the task of protecting Shi’a in a civil war, but daggone, they will never be free until they defend themselves.

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Good News From Al-Qaeda?

The Jerusalem Post’s report of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s death is based on an Arab media Web site.
If true, it is likely that he was turned in by his own people to U.S. forces. Funny how blowing up weddings will turn people off.

But we’ve been through …

And also:

Welfare Boomerang
Noel Pearson, a leader of the Australian aborigines, denounced the welfare state, BBC reports. Dependency on the dole leads to long-term joblessness, long-term poverty and alcoholism, he said.

For some bizarre reason, the report had no direct quotes…

in addition to:

Give ‘Em Hell, Harry
Heroes come in all sizes and in all ages. Meet one. Harry Carpenter is 83. He has been married to Jackie for 57 years. They live in Savannah, Ga. He needs an oxygen tank to breathe.

The other day as they were having dinner when intruders came into …

From Mensa Barbie Welcomes You:

Simulated Training: US
The training is going strong, with a vigor of enthusiasm…

Excerpt: “The training will last about 45 days, then it’s off to Iraq for about seven months. As many of them told me, it’s what they’ve been waiting for. It’s what they do.” View video TV…

From Peakah’s Provocations

Prince Charles- The Master of the Obvious
Despite the fact that this inbred has won life’s lottery, he’s become life’s loser…

From The Tar Pit:

Woodward and source: chum for the sharks

In defense of of the First Amendment some reporters have been willing to risk jail time to protect their sources; Bob Woodward is willing to let other people go to prison to protect his sources.

And

Woodwardgate: cuckolded Downie stands by his man
Is there a national hotline for battered editor syndrome?

and

WP Woodwardgate editorial spams red herrings

With sharks circling around embattled Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward, the Post editorial board tried to distract its readers this morning with a few choice red herrings:

Also:

While Woodwardgate rumors swirl around both Richard Armitage and Steven Hadley, it’s becoming clear that it was Armitage who informed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward that Valerie Plame worked covertly for the CIA…

As well as:

Don Surber’s hostile takeover of Open Source Media
There’s a new sherrif in pajama town!

and finally

Woodward’s LKL gaffe reveals source was a man

In an interview on Larry King Live tonight, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward inadvertently revealed that his unnamed source in the Valerie Plame case was a man.

I’ve transcribed the following exchange from about the middle of the interview……

From: Rhymes With Right
Where Is The Outrage Over Harold Ford?

Since the Left seems so upset about Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) daring to quote a serving member of the US military’s reaction to Rep. John Murtha’s(D-PA) “Surrender Now” approach to Iraq, why is there not at least equivalent outrage over…

And:

Not A First Amendment Violation????????
I guess I don’t see how this can be anything other than a violation of the First Amendment of the US Constitution — and of the relevant sections of the New York Constitution as well. A U.S. District Court judge…

From The Business of America is Business:

Resume Fudging

Shirleen Holt, writing in The Daily News, has some common-sense advice for those whose career paths contain a few more potholes than they’d like or had expected: With the job market returning and companies hiring again, now comes a…

From All Things Beautiful:

The ‘Cut and Run’ Prescription for Iraq
This vote was being billed as a major showdown on the War on Terror in Iraq. The suggested Democratic prescription was ‘Cut and Run’, that turned out to be a ‘Vote and Run’. The vote landed at 403 to 3 against.

From Conservative Cat

Yesterday, Don Surber posted an article about the patriotism issue. When the President called war critics “irresponsible”, he was immediately accused of challenging the critics’ patriotism. Don points out that the word “unpatriotic” was never used. Sad…

From Tel Chai Nation:

This was reported a few days ago, but now, here’s a posting that’s mainly on what’s just one of many utterly atrocious incidents going on in Saudi Arabia, past and present: a teacher was sentenced to three years in prison and, worse yet, 750 lashes f…

Saudi teacher persecuted for trying to set a positive example

This was reported a few days ago, but now, here’s a posting that’s mainly on what’s just one of many utterly atrocious incidents going on in Saudi Arabia, past and present: a teacher was sentenced to three years in prison and, worse yet, 750 lashes f…

From Below the Beltway:

Anti-Catholicism Rears Its Head

Professor Bainbridge writes about this statement from Eleanor Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation:

From The Real Ugly American:

Why can’t we all be Americans?
So why then are Democratic Senators , and Congressmen calling the president a liar? Why are Republicans calling a congressman who served 37 years in the Marine Core including several with distinction in Vietnam a coward?

From The Uncooperative Blogger:

Sticky: Blog Poll

Should We pull out of Iraq poll

From Organized Chaos:

House G.O.P. to Dems on Iraq : put up or shut up!
This was a turning point in the whole argument over the war in Iraq. I think this because now that the House has decisively rejected immediate withdrawal, we can now move on to the question of what more we need to be doing to help the Iraqis run thei…

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