It's the last Thursday of 2004 so I figgered I would publish another Fax From Babs.
To: Cynthia McKinley, Congressthingie from Alabama
From: Barbra Streisand
Dear Sandy:
Hey girlfriend! You're back and I am so pleased. We need more liberals like you in Congress. I am so glad the people of Mississippi sent you back to the Senate. I'm hoping that we can elect more people like you next year in the next elections and we can elect Helen Clinton in three more years.
I've been waiting to hear you speak out about that horrible sununu that happened over in Asia. You took that horrible Busch to task on allowing 9/11 to happen so his buddies at Holiburton could make a lot of money. Now you need to speak up about how stingy our country has been in supplying aid money. All the European countries like France ( $177,00 so far - GOC) are giving lots more money than we are and that's a disgrace. Maybe Mickey More can make a movie about it called Sununu 911. I'd suggest it to him, but he keeps hanging up on me.
I really think the sununu was a result of global warming. All Bush had to do was sign that Tokyo Treaty, like Bill Clinton did, and have the House ratify it and it would have saved all those people in Australia. (When Bill Clinton signed the Kyoto Treaty, the Senate voted against it 98-0 - GOC)
And if we had elected John Carey and that cute Jim Edwards, cripples would walk again. Edwards said that and I know that he would never lie to us like our current unelected president. I know that there was massive voter fraud in Iowa. All we have to do is keep recounting the votes, like they did in the Oregon governor's race and eventually we will win. It takes at least three recounts to overcome the Republican voter fraud.
I'm really worried that there is going to be a draft so we can fight that stupid war in Iran. Everyone knows it is all about oil. It has nothing to do with catching Obama been Loading. If only we didn't have to put up with all those stupid people in the red states who voted for those evil Republicans. Renfield really needs to be fired.
You live in a red state but were still able to get elected so that shows that there are some smart people in Arkansas.
I'm really looking forward to you expressing your opinions. Maybe you can appear on Earl Franklin's show on that liberal radio network. I can't remember the name because I haven't been able to find it in Los Angelos where I live.
Give 'em hell Ms McKinley!
Luv ya,
Babs
I love the faxes from Babs GOC some of your best work !
Posted by: Robert on December 30, 2004 10:48 PMPlease, please, have pity on us poor folks who live on the left coast in a state without a governor and with Bagdag Jim as our congresscritter.
signed,
a graduate of the North Ave. Trade School (GaTech)
Posted by: frank on December 31, 2004 12:04 AMI saw Kofi asking for international support for the victims of the Asian disaster, and all I could wonder is whether he will fork over some of that oil for food money.
Posted by: Erik on December 31, 2004 12:14 PMDenny,
I don't know if you've seen some of these stories (Coleman attacks Powerlineblog (original story here), Supposed academic attacks Powerlineblog and Instapundit (and here), Matt Welch makes illogical attack on Hugh Hewitt) but there seems to be a new zeitgeist (perhaps an abused old one?) that allows people--particularly people on the political left side of the aisle--to rush headlong and make thought-free posts seemingly with no introspection or oversight (and here).
What happened to using facts and actual thought to make a point? Is that not the core of political debate? Making such infantile strawman attacks as "...but you're biased [and admit it - Ed.] so how can you attack the media for their bias [that they refuse to admit - Ed.]?" should be beneath any thinking individual--or at least someone who is to be taken seriously on the Internet, where the only thing you have are your ideas and the ability or lack thereof to support them.
The common thread in all the posts I linked is that the attacker does not rise (or even get out of bed in Coleman's case) to the level of real argument. Their tirades are fact-free, link-free, and, at some level, thought-free. If I make a charge that you believe something in earnest or are promoting something, I should be able to quote or link to a piece of your writing that would support my 'argument'. None of the aforementioned pieces even try.
It is very sad. I may not agree with you but at least rise to the standards of actual argument. Without doing that, you are slacking off at best (Welch?) and a complete joke at worst (Star Tribune's Coleman).
Posted by: addison on December 31, 2004 02:20 PMShould it be "...only thing you have is your ideas..." or "are"? The woes of verb number agreement and making the mistake of mixing singular/plural in one clause. Should have written that more clearly.
Posted by: addison on December 31, 2004 02:24 PM