Define Conservatives vs. Liberals

Perhaps it's because I'm reading it rather than hearing Ms. Coulter deliver this jab at Justice Stevens that I don't understand it?

"We need somebody to put rat poisoning in Justice Stevens' creme
brulee," Coulter said. "That's just a joke, for you in the media."

How is that a joke? What's funny about it?

I'm not trying to be a spoil sport. I just don't get it. Anyone care to explain the humor in Coulter's statment?

The guys at Powerline Blog don't seem to realize how idiotic they look when they attempt to dismiss the influence of the Daily Kos blog:

Moving beyond bluster into question-begging, Kos added, "There's
nothing 'extreme left' with demanding Democrats act like Democrats."
But Democrats have never acted like Kos and his Kiddie Korps.

Only two posts and six hours after patting themselves on the back about reaching 50 million page views. A quick look at the blog traffic rankings on Truthlaidbear.com shows how insignificant Powerline is compared to Kos. Technorati's top blog rankings also show the extraordinary difference in the influence of Powerline vs. Kos.

Wow. The bumper stickers aren't even stickers. They're magnets. Now that's sacrifice. Sen. Santorum, are we really sacrificing when we're borrowing to pay for a war? Or, are the unborn - who will one day have to pay for this mess - the people who are really sacrificing for this unjust war. You care about the unborn, right?

City Pages - The Blotter - 1/27: Morning Communique

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

"And yet we have brave men and women who are willing to step forward because they know what's at stake. They're willing to sacrifice their lives for this great country. What I'm asking all of you tonight is not to put on a uniform. Put on a bumper sticker. Is it that much to ask? Is it that much to ask to step up and serve your country?"

-- Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), calling Americans to serve

It really is amazing how brazen Justice Scalia was taking a junket like this in conflict with the swearing-in ceremony of someone he's going to be working with for the rest of his life. It makes me wonder how he makes decisions. Does he work for the United States as a supreme court justice, or is his first responsibility to the Federalist Society, who pay for his drinks and lodging at the Ritz-Carlton?

ABC News: EXCLUSIVE: Supreme Ethics Problem?

At the historic swearing-in of John Roberts as the 17th chief justice of the United States last September, every member of the Supreme Court, except Antonin Scalia, was in attendance. ABC News has learned that Scalia instead was on the tennis court at one of the country's top resorts, the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Bachelor Gulch, Colo., during a trip to a legal seminar sponsored by the Federalist Society.

The problems with Medicare Part D are no laughing matter. The lives of America's most vulnerable citizens are at risk. Incompetence is a perfect description of the failed implementation an follow-through on Bush's own initiatives, including Medicare reform, the Iraq war, bringing Bin Laden to justice, and responding to Katrina:

Bush the Incompetent

It's the president's prescription drug plan (Medicare Part D), though, that is his most mind-boggling failure. As was not the case in Iraq or with Katrina, it hasn't had to overcome the opposition of man or nature. Pharmacists are not resisting the program; seniors are not planting car bombs to impede it (not yet, anyway). But in what must be an unforeseen development, people are trying to get their medications covered under the program. Apparently, this is a contingency for which the administration was not prepared, as it has been singularly unable to get its own program up and running.

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Beyond description. Just watch it:

It turns out that Haliburton refused to inform the military that water being used by troops was contaminated:

Troops and civilians at a U.S. military base in Iraq were exposed to contaminated water last year and employees for the responsible contractor, Halliburton, couldn't get their company to inform camp residents, according to interviews and internal company documents.

They prove that they simply do not care what allegations are brought against them:

Halliburton, the company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, disputes the allegations about water problems at Camp Junction City, in Ramadi, even though they were made by its own employees and documented in company e-mails.

Luckily, our elected officials are taking swift action to address this, right?

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., who will chair the session, held a number of similar inquiries last year on contracting abuses in Iraq. He said Democrats were acting on their own because they had not been able to persuade Republican committee chairmen to investigate.

Tell me again how the Republicans love our troops? No body armor and poisoned water. This is what you people voted for?

Pathetic.

Why does President Bush reward companies for moving their headquarters off-shore? Why does our tax system reward companies for taking jobs away from Americans?:

Patriot Corporations
"If you want to make Americans of all stripes mad, tell them about the billions of dollars in subsidies and tax breaks our government gives to companies that outsource jobs, exploit workers (both here and overseas) and dodge taxes. Tell them about Accenture, for example, which advises other companies how to outsource jobs overseas while avoiding its fair share of tax payments by incorporating offshore in Bermuda. Yet like many other US corporations, Accenture continues to qualify for tax breaks, and it currently has more than $500 million in government contracts--courtesy of taxpayers."

The article includes tips on how tax incentives could be changed to reward companies for making patriotic business decisions.