So Grover Norquist's grubby little group dedicated to the death of all taxes, "Americans for Tax Reform" (ATR) has given Montana Senator Conrad Burns one if its "Hero of the Taxpayer" awards.
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Conrad Burns, "hero" to the American Taxpayer?Quote of the day:Republicans are awaiting the Nov. 7 election with the sense of dread felt by Gulf Coast inhabitants as a hurricane makes landfall: They know a wave is coming and pray that the levees hold.John Aloysius Farrell, Denver Post Washington Bureau Chief. Debt rising fast among the elderlyLiving on a fixed income is bad enough. What do you do when you're on a fixed income and have a ton of debt? It looks like we may be about to find out. Quote of the dayFinally when I let go, and I let God in, it was good.Tom Noe, explaining in a television interview how renewed faith has helped him deal with criminal charges that he illegally funneled money to the Bush campaign, and stole millions of $$ entrusted to him to invest for the Ohio Workers' Comp fund. [No word on how God felt about being inside Noe] Ohio hell: coingate, Noe, Ney, and BlackwellIf you were an Ohio Republican, would you: (a) scream and run frantically from the state, (b) seriously consider switching to another state and/or party, or (c) deny that you had ever lived in Ohio or been a Republican? Quote of the dayI never see them [Democrats] explain how they could do it better. If somebody could explain how they could do it better, then I think I'd be more open to their ideas.Laura Hall, a Kentucky mother of three on why she is unsure whether she will vote for Democrats, despite being disillusioned by Republicans. Hastert looking like the next man outI've wondered for days now why so many Republicans jumped on Hastert at the start of the Foley mess. Now I think I'm beginning to get it. Quote of the dayAttachment to the good habits and institutions of one's country and a modest pride in the genuine achievements of one's co-nationals is a commendable attitude, capable of forging ties and cementing community feeling. But patriotism has a strong tendency to go beyond this. The slogan, "My country, right or wrong" is palpably absurd, but the more seductive, though equally foolish, idea is that my country can actually do no wrong, or, at any rate, no serious wrong. The emotions of patriotism all too often blind us to the moral crimes and follies that "we" have committed and can again commit. When this is combined with the political advantages of populism, the mixture can be lethal. It is not only scoundrels who misuse patriotism; the foolish and opportunistic also do it.Tony Coady, addressing the nature of patriotism in Australia's The Age. Noble Ideas: Speaker Pelosi's VisionI have to hand it to future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: She and me think way too much alike... Wolf Blitzer, prince of the irrelevantI had the misfortune to watch Blitzer's ludicrous The Situation Room on CNN the other night, when he "interviewed" James Webb, the Democratic candidate trying to unseat George Allen from Virginia's senate seat. |
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