News, Notes, and Editorial Thoughts

Satan-worshipping Democrats charged with rape, kidnapping, and assault

Johnson, who was third vice-chair of the Durham County Democratic Party and vice-chair for the Young Democrats, was charged with two counts of aiding and abetting. Prosecutors said she knew her husband planned the crime and watched as they were committed.

Y'know, I don't think we Republicans needed an excuse to start referring to the opposition party as "Satan-worshipping Democrats", but in case we did, warm and special thanks to the Durham County (NC) Democrat Party for handing us this little gem in July of an election year.

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RELATED? Obama rejects proposed CA Gay Marriage ban
Strange tactic for Obama to tack left in a general election cycle...

Oh, and the post-gay-marriage-lightning-strike-caused-wildfire count is now over 1400 in NorCal alone. Does make one wonder...

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THEN AGAIN - NYTimes: Obama cannot win the South
So, if McCain can capitalize on the gun issue and the gay marriage issue with an overarching theme of conservative judges (with the announcement last week of Fred Thompson's involvement in his judicial selection process), he can put even California into play, and Obama's tacking left to stop it? I don't know, still doesn't sound right to me...

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My (R) VP Frontrunner short list:
Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska
Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota
Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts
Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana
Mark Sanford, Governor of South Carolina.


If I had to put money on this one, I'm taking the slightly longer odds and betting on Palin. Just a hunch. She's a rock star for the pro-life community, a proven reformer, and fabulous on energy policy...

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The Shot has closed it's doors? Wasn't the same after Tim Cameron left anyways, just became a collection of YouTubes shilling for a single consulting firm. Vaya con Dios, Tim, and stay in touch...

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Also departing last month (though apparently only temporarily): notverybright. I guess shilling for Obama the flip-flopping, America-hating liberal became too difficult a task, even for nvb...

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Around the rest of the SC 'sphere:

tammy at Seeding Spartanburg starts a post with:

Ok. Let me start this post by saying I’m no economist.

...and then proceeds to prove that, most certainly, she's no economist. Might be time to rename that blog "Socialist Spartanburg"...

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sic willie got married?
Hope springs eternal... (Congratulations!)

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Anthony Palmer continues to crank out well-written, well thought out commentary on the political scene over at the 7-10. I have to give him credit for probably being the most most insightful objective commentator in SC at the moment. (I'm not objective - I'm a conservative commentator...)

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New to the SC 'sphere: Carolina Truth Coalition, Palmetto Politico, and Bill McAfee's Stewardship Journal. All interesting reads...

Thoughts on a long month

OK, so... it's been a very long month. A few too many long days, and the blog has suffered for it - apologies.

Let's catch up, shall we?
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California judges institute gay marriage; thousands of lightning strikes follow, causing hundreds of brush fires; Bay Area choked in smoke
Surely somebody should have seen this one coming...

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McCain comes out for CA Marriage Amendment
A play for California? This issue plus the gun issue could put Obama in trouble in a lot of places. If only he'd flip on ANWR drilling (and at $4/gallon, how can you not?) and get tough on immigration, he'd be a shoo-in. As it is, we're headed for another tight red-blue election season.

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DC Gun ban overturned as Supreme Court reaffirms constitutionality of Second Amendment in 5-4 ruling
...you mean we have four Supreme Court justices who don't think that rights enumerated in the constitution are "individual" rights? Yikes.

Still, this is a great victory for those of us who believe the Constitution means what it says and what the Founders meant it to say.

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McCain says Fred Thompson will help pick judges in his administration
See previous headline - or do you think Barack "bitter gun clinger" Obama will pick constitutionalist judges? Whatever else you think of McCain (more to follow...), this is surely the reason conservatives will wind up rallying to his side. Scalia is going to need reinforcements - and Ginsburg and Stevens are getting neither younger nor healthier...

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Supreme Court strikes down "millionaires amendment" portion of McCain-Feingold
The more times that awful law is challenged on constitutional grounds, the more it loses... Chalk up another one for Freedom of Speech.

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Supreme Court strikes down death penalty for raping children
A defeat for Jessica's Law, to be sure. Louisiana responds by mandating chemical castration for pedophiles - Any Senators here want to take up that challenge?

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Released Guantanamo detainee joins Iraqi suicide attack
Those of you pushing to close Gitmo - seven dead Iraqis for you to explain...

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Goose Creek Two update: Mohamed pleads guilty to terrorism charge, faces 15 years in prison
Fireworks... uh huh...

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South Carolina teachers experiment with "new math"
Y'know, because we needed for our educational system to look even more stupid than it already does. Is it any wonder we can't graduate literate high school graduates if "a-tooty-ta" is how we're teaching math to kindergartners?

Then again, I was doing algebra as I skipped kindergarten, so what do I know...

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House and Senate overturn abstinence education funding veto
(and thank you all for the kind notes...) I do still wish more of those other budget vetoes would've been upheld - we're still one bad breakfast away from a deadly prison riot, and the Dept of Corrections Boys also need reinforcements, and body armor equipment, and increased detainee space, and maybe another Supermax...

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Knotts beats Shealy in Senate 23 runoff
Come to think of it, I may need body armor, too...

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Bright beats Talley in Senate 10 runoff
Way to go, Somer!!

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I'd also be remiss if I didn't note with sadness the passing of some legendary broadcasters who shaped so many of us in the television age. Tim Russert, Jim McKay, and Charlie Jones - Gentlemen, all. Russert was the greatest political interviewer and TV personality of his generation - and taken far too soon. McKay was the voice of the Olympics - who can forget his coverage of the Munich tragedy, or the joy of the Miracle on Ice. Al Michaels may have had the memorable call, but when he was done, it was McKay who was with the celebrating fans in the Olympic Village summing it all up. Jones was the voice of the NFL and many Olympic sports for decades. The Beijing Games simply won't be the same this year.

Rest in Peace, you will not soon be forgotten.