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What Happens When a Blogger Can?t Figure Out What to Write? 2007-05-11 08:05:59 Oh, I don’t know, maybe that blogger just whines that people are attacking his mudslinging book? ...

Blogs for a Catholic Country 2007-05-10 09:35:20 Noonan is a wee bit bent out of shape over abortion. This is making it ever more inescapable - the choice is between voting to keep/make abortion legal, or being a Catholic… Standing Even Stronger for the Culture of Life But what he ought to be concerned about is the rather tremendous authority over US law that he’s willing to give a foreign power. … I’ve been waiting for those with authority to speak clearly on the issue. Standing Even Stronger for the Culture of Life The authority in question is the Catholic Church, but consider how inflamed the right would be if some other foreign power tried to tell US citizens how to vote, even obliquely? Mark himself has railed against US involvement in the International Criminal Court on the grounds that the US ought not be subject to foreign, non-democratic, governance. Interesting… when the ‘governance’ is the Church it seems not to matter that it is foreign, and non-democratic– but then Mark do ...

Blogs for Troop Petitions 2007-05-10 08:06:50 Why lookie here at how them troops are standing up to da Defeatocrats! They’ve issued an Appeal to Courage, they sure have. The Appeal for Courage, a petition signed by more than 2,700 U.S. service members since February 2007 asks Congress to fully support the mission and reject calls for retreat. According to the site, 60% of the signatories are serving, or have previously served, in Iraq. Blogs for Bush: The White House Of The Blogosphere: Troops Petition Congress To Stop Calls For Retreat Twenty-seven hundred troops so far. Out of what? 158,000 or so (currently serving). Wow. That is what? A percent? Staggering. Overwhelming. Gosh that Bush sure has a strong base. Note too that only about 60% of the signatories “are serving, or have previously served, in Iraq.” Sheesh! Nothing like making something of nothing. ...