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June 23, 2005

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Posted by Bill

*** Pining to teach your kiddies about deregulation, supply-side economics and polarizing political affiliations at an early age? It's like storytime with Anne Coulter! Yeesh.

*** While you've been busy snickering that Scientology is bizarre:

"Demon be goooone!"

Apparently, "half the population has some level of demonization and doesn't know it," proffers a wild-eyed, demon-hunting version of Dr. Phil.

*** More positive outlooks on Iraq:

As Boot notes, this is probably the biggest problem for the insurgency. It isn't fighting to destroy a tyranny, its fighting to establish one. It is fighting against the direct will of the people of Iraq as demonstrated by their vote. The ball, of course, is in the Iraqi government's court. Forming a broadly inclusive government which satisfies the vast majority of Iraqis will go a long way toward this insurgency's defeat. And indications are that's the way the process is going.

*** James Joyner:

While I have nothing but contempt for Americans who show their displeasure with U.S. public policy by burning the American flag, amending the Constitution to prohibit this activity is absurd. It's a cheap political stunt but one that does nothing to make the country stronger or safer. If enacted, however, it would make it slightly less free.

Bingo.

Posted by Bill at June 23, 2005 12:22 PM | TrackBack (0)

Comments

Methinks Mr. ASmallVictory forgot to take his sense of humor pills this morning. There's no way that book was intended for kids.

And I'm entirely with you and James Joyner, except for one thing. What do you say we amend the Constitution to allow average citizens to give flag burners a good ass-whuppin?

Posted by: mcg at June 23, 2005 01:22 PM

Hmm, well, to be fair, if I'm going to accuse ASmallVictory of not having a sense of humor, then I'd have to accuse the publisher as well. They seem to take the book seriously. Weird.

Posted by: mcg at June 23, 2005 01:24 PM

Yeah, that's what was hard to believe - it's not satire intended for adults.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at June 23, 2005 01:27 PM

No, I'm sure they're serious, but this certainly is over the top.
Things like this, oozing from the fringe of either side of the aisle, are not unsurprising, though.
Bill didn't you post something about a book called "Rainbow Party" obliquely intended to teach 14 year-olds about sex? Same lunacy.
Personally, childhood has taught me to accept political indoctrination posing as entertainment only from Norman Lear.

Posted by: T Marcell at June 23, 2005 02:23 PM

Nah, I didn't post that.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at June 23, 2005 03:02 PM

That Rainbow Party book is not intended to teach 14 year olds about sex. It's actually a cautionary tale - it ends up being a modern day Scarlett Letter in many ways.

And that MISS SmallVictory, thankyouverymuch.

(thanks for the link, bill)

Posted by: Michele at June 23, 2005 03:38 PM

My hublest apologies, Miss :)

Posted by: mcg at June 23, 2005 06:32 PM

"hublest" would, of course, be somewhat like "humblest", only its, um, hubler.

Posted by: mcg at June 23, 2005 06:32 PM