Fear Factor: The Republican Party

The Democrats have put together a political ad raking His Imperial Majesty, George W, over the coals for the now infamous big lie. They use the clip from the State of the Union speech where W says: "Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa."

The Republican Party has shot back. Not at the Democrats, against whom any sort of assault at this point would be politically suicidal. No, the Republicans tried to silence the Democrats by targeting the TV and Radio stations that might air the ads by sending a letter that reads, in part:

The Democratic National Committee certainly has a legitimate First Amendment right to participate in political debate, but it has no right to willfully spread false information in a deliberate attempt to mislead the American people... as an FCC licensee you have the responsibility to exercise independent editorial judgment to not only oversee and protect the American marketplace of ideas, essential for the health of our democracy, but also to avoid deliberate misrepresentations of the facts.

Such obligations must be taken seriously. This letter puts you on notice that the information contained in the above-cited advertisement is false and misleading; therefore, you are obligated to refrain from airing this advertisement.

What is "misleading" about the information? Apparently the Dems crop out the part where Bush claims he got the information from British Intelligence. Nevermind that his own intelligence services were telling him left and right that the information was bogus.

Sigh.

GOP Warns TV Stations Not to Air Ad Alleging Bush Mislead the Nation Over Iraq.

Watch the ad (note URL)

Nooze, starting with: Happy Birthday, Louise!

A very special happy birthday to Louise Joy Brown, who turns 25 today, despite the united efforts of the Catholic Church and two members of George W. Bush's "Bioethics Panel" to prevent her from being born.

Who the hell is Louise Joy Brown?

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A witch in Richmond, has sued her local city government for the right to lead opening council prayers. The council is arguing that it has the right to restrict prayers to those traditions "tacitly acknowledged and widely held," i.e. Christianity.

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The Gulfport, Mississippi, city council has voted to condemn the U.S. Supreme Court for the Lawrence v. Texas ruling. The councilman who introduced the proposal is either a hoot or infuriating, depending upon your mood.

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shemayazi take note: biologists have isolated a compound that both increases insulin production and improves glucose sensitivity at the same time. Although the research has only been on mice (doncha just hate that phrase?) it shows promise in humans.