Category: Link fest

In an argument, sliding towards a flame war on a forum I frequent, the lie of Republican Racism was repeated a few too many times for me.
In looking to disprove the claim that “The difference is that the Democrats as a matter of Party policy have put aside racism and instituted massive civil rights reforms over the last sixty years. The Republicans have, as a matter of stated Party policy, opposed every single one of them and have spent three Presidential Administrations rolling them back.” I stumbled across this site: The American Presidency Project it is run by UCSB and includes EVERY political party platform from 1840 to 2004 (democrat and republican). Very interesting reading. That Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States; and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything pertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution; that all efforts, by abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences, and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend to our Political Institutions. That? Oh, THAT is from the Democratic Party Platform of 1844, giving the Democrats the distinction of being the ONLY political party to advocate slavery. There is a simply staggering amount of racial intolerance in the Democratic platforms. I am amazed that they actually put that vileness to paper, and history.
What prompted this, was my posting of a link to this rather good Wall Street Journal piece by Bruce Bartlett: Whitewash
The racist history the Democratic Party wants you to forget

HA!

Just trolling around the ‘net. Everyone seems to be interested in the same things I wrote about this morning, so here’s whatelse is going on. I troll so you don’t have to;

Pamela at Atlas Shrugs writes about the Taliban hanging a 12-year-old boy for being a spy.

Michael Ledeen and Gateway Pundit have pics and video of massive protests at Tehran University.

DrewM at Ace of Spades tells a story about a wife who takes her wounded husband’s place in the Army (shades of Molly Pitcher);

Whatever he decides, he won’t be leaving Army life behind – because his wife has enlisted to take his place in uniform.

“After everything he’s gone through – and he loves the Army – he kind of inspired me,” said Janay Albarran. “I made him a promise that I would finish what he started.”

While he underwent five-day-a-week rehabilitation to recover his balance and strength on a prosthetic leg at an Army rehabilitation facility in San Antonio, she was in boot camp at Fort Jackson, S.C., learning to shoot a rifle and stand in formation.

Since it ain’t Sunday without a Chavez post, Bloodthirsty Liberal writes on the latest addition to Chavez’ “Axis of Ultimate Evil” and Jungle Mom at The Jungle Hut republishes the story of a family of Christian Missionaries expelled from Venezuela.

Sergeant Grumpy (deployed to Iraq) writes that the Iraqis believe every conspiracy theory spoken;

Speaking of Israel, Iraq is a country run by rumor, these people will believe the most outlandish rumor before even considering the truth. People near our base are afraid that when we get mortared, the mortars will bounce off our forcefield and hit their house, that we have Israeli spies working in our kitchen, and Iraqi is messed up because our Blackhawks spray “stupid gas” on people. No, seriously.

Blackfive tells the (brief) story of a Taliban ambush against Afghan/Coalition recon patrol.

At The Weekly Standard Blog, Michael Goldfarb writes about another convert from the anti-war crowd to the “surge”;

There are two stories here: 1) A formerly anti-war general flips on supporting the war, and now believes Petraeus has the right strategy; and 2) Batiste has left VoteVets.org, and the antiwar movement, and joined up with the pro-troop, pro-surge, pro-victory Vets for Freedom.

The antiwar movement has lost one of its most powerful voices today….

Crotchety Old Bastard calls Batiste a “Sunshine Patriot” and I tend to agree.

Western Hemisphere Policy Watch writes that Reconquistas reconquered a radio tower in Montana;

A small but growing group of malcontents living in the Southwest and Central U.S., dubbed by some as the Reconquista movement, are causing trouble of late in Montana. In Kalispell Montana, a Mexican flag was erected in front of a U.S. flag 200 feet up a huge tower that belongs to the oldest radio station in America – KGEZ. Before the incident, station owner John Stokes said that he was getting calls from angry supporters of the extremist La Reconquista movement, a separatist group that advocates the violent overthrow of the southern and western U.S. states, and had also received death threats.”

At The Long War Journal, Bill Roggio writes about the battle for Musa Qala in Afghanistan.

DRJ at Patterico’s Pontifications writes about “The Agenda Behind the Iranian NIE Report”. Curt at Flopping Aces says the NIE Looking More Partisan Daily. Augean Stables highlights the difference between American and Israeli intelligence estimates of the Islamic Republic.

Raw Story (h/t Dan Collins at Protein Wisdom) writes about that brilliant up-and-coming political wonk Sean Penn;

Lambasting Democrats in Congress for their refusal to pursue the impeachment of President Bush, Vice President Cheney and other members of the current administration, Penn praised Kucinich for his “moral courage,” according to an advance copy of the speech provided to RAW STORY.

“[O]ur cowardly Democratically dominated House and Senate can barely find one voice willing to propose so much as an impeachment. That one voice of a true American,” said the actor. “That one voice of Congressman Dennis Kucinich.” 

mRed at Invincible Armor and Don Surber add to the story below by Don Carl about Andrew Young.

PJ-Comix at DUmmie FUnnies trolls the depths of Democrat Underground to gage the response to Larry O’Donnell’s unhinged biased anti-Mormon rant this weekend that you can see and read about at Newbusters.

By way of Blue Crab Boulevard, I read that McQ at QandO dissects the Energy Bill just out of Congress.

Confederate Yankee writes that (surprise) Helen Thomas doesn’t like bloggers.

And in case anyone is wondering – I read every blog in my blogroll EVERYDAY! Well the folks that link to me anyway, the others if I have time. So if you want a guarenteed reader everyday – link to me!