Yep:

It seems, however, that since 02/24/04 (the day the president announced his support for the Federal Marriage Amendment) Andrew has been bending over backwards to appease those who once reviled him....

His perplexing politics in 2004... do not show much commitment to conservative principles. While claiming to be a fan of Ronald Reagan, Andrew endorsed for president that year a man who had called the Gipper’s administration an era of “moral darkness.”

Jonah was right to question AndrewÂ’s use of the Greenwald quotation. It shows how eager this one-time conservative is to label Bush-supporters as blind followers of the president. At the same time, it seems that Andrew is becoming increasingly eager to join a crowd which finds fault with the presidentÂ’s every action. He accuses us of being blind followers; he is increasingly become a blind opponent. As IÂ’ve written before, I once enjoyed AndrewÂ’s blog because (at least when I read it) he offered both praise and criticism of the president. Now heÂ’s short on the praise and long on the criticism.

Now, whenever I check out AndrewÂ’s blog, he seems to be, albeit with greater eloquence and wit than most, parroting the latest talking points of the DailyKos. ItÂ’s too bad because as perhaps the first gay conservative to gain prominence, he was a pioneer who made the path easier for many, including your humble bloggers here. He once showed great courage in articulating his beliefs in environments hostile to his ideas. He offered a unique point of view, often with profound insight into the issues of the day. And he endured unwarranted slights from those unwilling to argue with his positions.

ItÂ’s too bad that his latest rhetoric increasingly resembles that of those who once slighted him so unfairly.

What could account for this? Well of course there's the FMA. But RCL thinks there's another reason.

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It's from an email, Mudville Gazette says, and you know those are often very unreliable. Still... worth linking, unless it gets knocked down as spurious:

In the Name of God the Compassionate and Merciful

To the Courageous Men and Women of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who have changed the city of TallÂ’ Afar from a ghost town, in which terrorists spread death and destruction, to a secure city flourishing with life.

To the lion-hearts who liberated our city from the grasp of terrorists who were beheading men, women and children in the streets for many months.

To those who spread smiles on the faces of our children, and gave us restored hope, through their personal sacrifice and brave fighting, and gave new life to the city after hopelessness darkened our days, and stole our confidence in our ability to reestablish our city.

Our city was the main base of operations for Abu Mousab Al Zarqawi. The city was completely held hostage in the hands of his henchmen.... Their savagery reached such a level that they stuffed the corpses of children with explosives and tossed them into the streets in order to kill grieving parents attempting to retrieve the bodies of their young. This was the situation of our city until God prepared and delivered unto them the courageous soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment, who liberated this city, ridding it of ZarqawiÂ’s followers after harsh fighting, killing many terrorists, and forcing the remaining butchers to flee the city like rats to the surrounding areas, where the bravery of other 3d ACR soldiers in Sinjar, Rabiah, Zumar and Avgani finally destroyed them.

I have met many soldiers of the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment; they are not only courageous men and women, but avenging angels sent by The God Himself to fight the evil of terrorism.

More at the link. Thanks to Craig C.

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AllahPundit sent me this nice, cute, heartwarming story about mentally-challenged people being taught dating skills.

Unfortunately, I don't do nice, cute, heartwarming stories, so I've viled this up by adding offensive additions in brackets ("[ ]"). I'm pretty sure I'm going to hell for this.
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Apologies, but there's nothing I can do. I don't control the software that runs this domain.

If you're really ticked off about it, sound off in the comments... oh, wait, you can't.

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Big freaking deal. It's more newsworthy when Dick Cheney doesn't shoot someone. I think that usually means six more weeks of winter.

Video of a very whiny and self-righteous press corps here.

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Shocking:

The United States Army is testing lasers on the battlefield. Ionatron, Inc. of Tucson has developed a weapon called a femtosecond laser, which creates light pulses that last less than 10 trillionths of a second. These pulses carve a channel of ionized oxygen in the air which can conduct electricity. Then, the weapon blasts lightning bolts through these 30-foot channels of conductivity. This is said to be especially good at neutralizing bombs.

And also, human beings.

Flashback: Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt! Lightning bolt!"

Thanks to John S.

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Yeahhhh...

Coulter reportedly said Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C.: "Iran is soliciting cartoons on the Holocaust. So far, only Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, and The New York Times have made submissions."

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Rall announced on his blog that he would look into taking legal action against Coulter if readers of his blog wanted him to -- and if they pledged the $6,000 needed to draft and file a lawsuit in New York.

"If enough 'yes' votes come in with enough serious pledges, I'll see Ann in court," wrote Rall. "If not, well, chalk up another victory for the Right."

Rall said people were voting roughly 3-1 in favor of suing. And he told E&P Monday that pledges are coming in fast. "If pledges continue to come in at the present rate, I'll have the $6,000 available by tonight," Rall said. "A lot of people are fed up with how Coulter has turned slandering liberals into a cottage industry and want to see her held to account. I'm actually fairly overwhelmed by the response -- more than 300 pledges, many in the $20 to $100 range."

Uh-huh. Yeah. Jokes are now considered libelous. Completely unrelated, but Circuit City is now offering a 50" widescreen plasma HDTV for, oh, around $5,999.99.

What an f'n' chump.

In related news, if you send me $6,000 now, I vow to put Ted Rall in a cute sundress, take him out dancin', and make him do stuff to three or twenty of my closest male friends. Then I'll dump him and break-back his widdle bleeding heart.

Thanks to Oregon Muse.

Seriously... Should I bend Ted Rall over and do him? Not in a gay way, mind you, but like a Viking. I think it's about time I made him pay for his libelous comments about Ann Coulter.

I'm not happy about doing this, you understand. But I figure he's two-thirds woman anyhow, so at worst it would be marginally gay, no more gay than watching American Idol.

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It's not 30 feet tall, and it's not artificially intelligent, but it does convert automatically from a ground vehicle to a standing robot.

Thanks to Anticipatory Retalliation, who, as a party trick, transforms to a Con Ed line-repair truck codenamed "Highwire."

More Robot Fun Update: "Concept robots" made out strange building blocks.

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A happy ending... for justice:

They enter the massage parlors as undercover detectives. They leave as satisfied customers.

In Spotsylvania County, as part of a campaign by the sheriff's office to root out prostitution in the massage parlor business, detectives have been receiving sexual services from "masseuses." During several visits to Moon Spa on Plank Road last month, detectives allowed women to perform sexual acts on them on four occasions and once left a $350 tip, according to court papers.

Spotsylvania Sheriff Howard D. Smith said that the practice is not new and that only unmarried detectives are assigned to such cases. Most prostitutes are careful not to say anything incriminating, so sexual contact is necessary, he said.

In related news, the Iraqi government just announced a similar plan to crack down on whorehouses in Baghdad. The entire male civilian population of Iraq just signed up for the security forces. Mission accomplished.

Thanks to Slublog.

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Life is good. The writer (director?) of Sin City and of course of The Dark Knight Returns just gave me a dorkgasm:

Miller proudly announced the title of his next Batman book, which he will write, draw and ink. Holy Terror, Batman! is no joke. And Miller doesn't hold back on the true purpose of the book, calling it "a piece of propaganda," where 'Batman kicks al Qaeda's ass."

The reason for this work, Miller said, was "an explosion from my gut reaction of what's happening now." He can't stand entertainers who lack the moxy of their '40s counterparts who stood up to Hitler. Holy Terror is "a reminder to people who seem to have forgotten who we're up against."

It's been a long time since heroes were used in comics as pure propaganda. As Miller reminded, "Superman punched out Hitler. So did Captain America. That's one of the things they're there for."

"These are our folk heroes," Miller said. "It just seems silly to chase around the Riddler when you've got Al Qaeda out there."

Meanwhile, over at Marvel, the Punisher is railing against the industrial-military complex and Bush's phoney war.

But Batman... well, Batman's always old-school, isn't he?

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