Archive for April 26th, 2008
April 26th, 2008
Ten days ago, I PROPOSED here that the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates meet this year in a series of actual debates, a la the seven debates of 150 years ago this summer between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, without journalists ruining the affair with their stupid questions and silly rules.
Well, Hillary Clinton (a regular reader of Applesauce, no doubt) WANTS TO GO the Lincoln-Douglas route with Barack Obama — right away.
So far, Obama is non-committal on the idea. I think he’d be wise to accept the challenge. Granted, he doesn’t do well when he’s thrown off stride by ridiculous questions (such as whether he thinks his pastor truly loves America), but I think he’d excel in a format where it’s just Hillary and him setting the agenda.
April 26th, 2008
U.S. Army Specialist Jeremy Hall has filed a LAWSUIT alleging that soldiers attending a meeting of atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq were confronted by a major who threatened to bring charges against them.
According to a sworn statement quoted in the lawsuit, Major Freddy J. Welborn (pictured above) told the soldiers: “People like you are not holding up the Constitution and are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted for America.”
Specialist Hall was sent home from Iraq early because of threats from his fellow soldiers.
Onward Christian soldiers!
April 26th, 2008
It’s probably sacrilege to raise this question here in America’s Corn Belt, but ya gotta wonder.
THIS GUY says biofuels, especially ethanol, pose the threat of widespread famine.
POSTSCRIPT: THIS OTHER GUY said last year that corn-based ethanol as a substitute for gasoline is not a good energy policy.
POSTSCRIPT II: Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison REGRETS what she calls “America’s Ethanol Mistake.”
April 26th, 2008
The Washington Post REPORTS today that a growing number of major financial backers of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign have had it with her sliming of Barack Obama.
Said one: “I think she’s destroying the Democratic Party.”
