The last few days have seen a flurry of outrage expressed by Republicans over a recent Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ad which showed an image of the flag-draped coffins of US troops being transported back home (view the ad here). Because of the condemnations expressed towards the DCCC by Republicans over the ad, it has now been pulled (hat tip: Allah).
Check out John Hawkins "Quote of the day" – too funny.
There is not a conservative reading this who hasn’t gotten into an argument with a liberal at one time or another and eventually been accused of ‘intolerance’ simply for disagreeing with them on their opinions regarding various social and/or religious issues like affirmative action, teaching Islam in public schools, and gay marriage. Democrats don’t hesitate to ‘inform’ people that they are the big-tent party of ‘tolerance’ and that they welcome and encourage differing opinions. It certainly sounds good, but the reality is that the assertion is flatly untrue. Nothing demonstrates that more than the following story:
UK ‘criminologists’ argued at the British Society of Criminology’s international conference in Glasgow last week that the desire to conform to society’s idea of masculinity was a ‘driving’ force and motivator behind the 7/7/05 London terrorist attacks. Via the Sunday Herald:
TGIF! I’ll be back later this evening to catch up on some blogging.
FYI, just got a call from Tammy’s producer – they are having some major technical issues right now and are having to play past shows in the meantime so we won’t be able to do the interview today. It’s been rescheduled for Monday at the same time.
