Saturday, March 27, 2004
3-23-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
Since Richard Clarke's former employer, the Clinton administration, had a less than perfect record fighting terrorism, Clarke has no right to criticize the even worse terrorism-fighting record of his former employer, the Bush administration. Therefore, I need not address any of the facts in Clarke's book demonstrating the Bush administration's failures in fighting terrorism, failures Clarke observed first-hand.
Bonus alternate version:
Richard Clarke is friends with Rand Beers. Rand Beers, a career governmental national security expert in intelligence and counter-terrorism, curently advises John Kerry on foreign policy. Ergo, everything Clarke says and writes should be ignored as it is done for the sole purpose of helping John Kerry.
(Of course Richard Clarke is a Republican who worked for four presidents, and Clarke says his favorite boss was George Herbert Walker Bush.)
Since Richard Clarke's former employer, the Clinton administration, had a less than perfect record fighting terrorism, Clarke has no right to criticize the even worse terrorism-fighting record of his former employer, the Bush administration. Therefore, I need not address any of the facts in Clarke's book demonstrating the Bush administration's failures in fighting terrorism, failures Clarke observed first-hand.
Bonus alternate version:
Richard Clarke is friends with Rand Beers. Rand Beers, a career governmental national security expert in intelligence and counter-terrorism, curently advises John Kerry on foreign policy. Ergo, everything Clarke says and writes should be ignored as it is done for the sole purpose of helping John Kerry.
(Of course Richard Clarke is a Republican who worked for four presidents, and Clarke says his favorite boss was George Herbert Walker Bush.)
3-18-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
John Kerry is an elitist flip-flopper and nobody likes him, least of all Democrats.
(My favorite line from the column was this one: "Not many seem enthusiastic about Kerry, the man. He is merely a tool, and an elitist one at that. If he were a hammer, he would be made of sterling silver. He'd be Tiffany & Co. to President Bush's Wal-Mart." Ah, yes. George W. Bush, that millionaire son of a former President. What hope can Kerry possibly have against that self-made man of the people and working class hero? I'm sure Bush has shopped at Wal-Marts quite frequently over the years.)
John Kerry is an elitist flip-flopper and nobody likes him, least of all Democrats.
(My favorite line from the column was this one: "Not many seem enthusiastic about Kerry, the man. He is merely a tool, and an elitist one at that. If he were a hammer, he would be made of sterling silver. He'd be Tiffany & Co. to President Bush's Wal-Mart." Ah, yes. George W. Bush, that millionaire son of a former President. What hope can Kerry possibly have against that self-made man of the people and working class hero? I'm sure Bush has shopped at Wal-Marts quite frequently over the years.)
3-16-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
The Spanish electorate's decision to vote out its current ruling party, a party whose leader lied to prevent the Spanish public from finding out Al-Qaeda was responsible for the recent Madrid terrorist bombings, and whose leader supported and sent troops to aid President Bush's Iraq War against the express wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Spanish public opposing a war unrelated to the Al-Qaeda threat, shows the Spanish people to be a bunch of craven and cowardly appeasers of Al-Qaeda.
The Spanish electorate's decision to vote out its current ruling party, a party whose leader lied to prevent the Spanish public from finding out Al-Qaeda was responsible for the recent Madrid terrorist bombings, and whose leader supported and sent troops to aid President Bush's Iraq War against the express wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Spanish public opposing a war unrelated to the Al-Qaeda threat, shows the Spanish people to be a bunch of craven and cowardly appeasers of Al-Qaeda.
Saturday, March 13, 2004
3-11-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
Unless the Bush administration can force the millions of Christianity-hating Islamic fundamentalists in Iraq to respect Christianity, the Iraq war will have been as big a disaster for us as Vietnam was.
Unless the Bush administration can force the millions of Christianity-hating Islamic fundamentalists in Iraq to respect Christianity, the Iraq war will have been as big a disaster for us as Vietnam was.
3-9-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
People should vote for George W. Bush in November because he'll nominate Supreme Court justices who will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. Of course that decision would have been overturned in 1992 but for three things: (1) the late Justice Blackmun was bamboozled by his law clerks; (2) Justice O'Connor has a vagina; and (3) Justice Kennedy is a big girly-man who doesn't have enough deep meaningful chats with Justice Scalia.
People should vote for George W. Bush in November because he'll nominate Supreme Court justices who will vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. Of course that decision would have been overturned in 1992 but for three things: (1) the late Justice Blackmun was bamboozled by his law clerks; (2) Justice O'Connor has a vagina; and (3) Justice Kennedy is a big girly-man who doesn't have enough deep meaningful chats with Justice Scalia.
3-4-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
Our public schools should be treated like a business. A money-losing, failing business that gets closed down in the real world. This will allow all of our children to go to private religous schools. I offer no opinion on the feasiblility, constitutionality, or logistics of such a massive change in our societal structure. What I can tell you is that a student in Washington, D.C. got shot at school. What more do you need to know?
Our public schools should be treated like a business. A money-losing, failing business that gets closed down in the real world. This will allow all of our children to go to private religous schools. I offer no opinion on the feasiblility, constitutionality, or logistics of such a massive change in our societal structure. What I can tell you is that a student in Washington, D.C. got shot at school. What more do you need to know?
Friday, March 12, 2004
3-2-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
The Bible forbids homosexuals to marry. Therefore, gay marriage can never be legalized in the United States. Ah, who am I kidding? Sadly, the American people are just a bunch of godless degenerates so I'm afraid gay marriage is inevitable and, as night follows day, legalized incest, polygamy, and any other kind of sick relationship you can think of will follow.
By the way, I would not be able to tell the difference between right and wrong if it weren't for my Bible. I don't know how atheists do it.
(Ironically, Mr. Thomas cites to Thomas Jefferson in support of his views. Of course Jefferson was about as close to an atheist as any president we've ever had in this country).
The Bible forbids homosexuals to marry. Therefore, gay marriage can never be legalized in the United States. Ah, who am I kidding? Sadly, the American people are just a bunch of godless degenerates so I'm afraid gay marriage is inevitable and, as night follows day, legalized incest, polygamy, and any other kind of sick relationship you can think of will follow.
By the way, I would not be able to tell the difference between right and wrong if it weren't for my Bible. I don't know how atheists do it.
(Ironically, Mr. Thomas cites to Thomas Jefferson in support of his views. Of course Jefferson was about as close to an atheist as any president we've ever had in this country).
2-26-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
In 1971, a number of anguished veterans told fellow veteran and war hero John Kerry about war crimes they had been forced to commit in Vietnam. Instead of pretending that this never happened, Kerry testified about this before Congress hoping to stop further atrocities and needless American casualties. This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that "Kerry doesn't know what he believes and cannot be trusted, especially at a time of grave peril to American interests and security". Republicans should bring up Kerry and Vietnam at every opportunity as that will ensure Bush wins the election.
In 1971, a number of anguished veterans told fellow veteran and war hero John Kerry about war crimes they had been forced to commit in Vietnam. Instead of pretending that this never happened, Kerry testified about this before Congress hoping to stop further atrocities and needless American casualties. This proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that "Kerry doesn't know what he believes and cannot be trusted, especially at a time of grave peril to American interests and security". Republicans should bring up Kerry and Vietnam at every opportunity as that will ensure Bush wins the election.
2-19-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas
The American people must change for the better and the only hope of that happening is if we are lucky enough to suffer through another Depression and world war.
The American people must change for the better and the only hope of that happening is if we are lucky enough to suffer through another Depression and world war.
2-18-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
I pulled strings to avoid going to Vietnam but at least I can openly laugh about it as I'm not running for office like President Bush. Anyway, since Bush is running against a genuine Vietnam war hero, this topic is an embarrassment so Bush needs to change the subject by reminding Americans that anyone who votes against him in November is helping the terrorists kill us all.
P.S. Did you know there's a picture of John Kerry and Jane Fonda together?
P.P.S. I'm not gay.
I pulled strings to avoid going to Vietnam but at least I can openly laugh about it as I'm not running for office like President Bush. Anyway, since Bush is running against a genuine Vietnam war hero, this topic is an embarrassment so Bush needs to change the subject by reminding Americans that anyone who votes against him in November is helping the terrorists kill us all.
P.S. Did you know there's a picture of John Kerry and Jane Fonda together?
P.P.S. I'm not gay.
2-12-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
We are in a War on Terror. There are millions of Palestinians in the Middle East and some of them are terrorists. Ergo, we are in a war against all Palestinians. Unless each and every Palestinian can guarantee that not a single Palestinian is or will ever be a terrorist, the Palestinians can never have their own state. If they did, that country would just be a giant incubator for baby terrorists. Anyone who can't see that just doesn't realize we're in a War on Terror and they need to have their ass kicked.
We are in a War on Terror. There are millions of Palestinians in the Middle East and some of them are terrorists. Ergo, we are in a war against all Palestinians. Unless each and every Palestinian can guarantee that not a single Palestinian is or will ever be a terrorist, the Palestinians can never have their own state. If they did, that country would just be a giant incubator for baby terrorists. Anyone who can't see that just doesn't realize we're in a War on Terror and they need to have their ass kicked.
Thursday, March 11, 2004
2-10-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
Saddam was a bad man, a very bad man, and John Kerry once thought he had some WMD's. Therefore, President Bush was right to go to war with Iraq even though all the reasons he actually gave for going to war were completely false, and if everybody in this country could go on a date with an Iraqi they would agree with me.
(One additional note: In defense of the war, Mr. Thomas says "Let Kerry and the other candidates say that more fatherless children would have been acceptable to them". Hey Cal, lots of our now-dead soldiers were fathers too! How many fatherless children in THIS country are acceptable to you, you jackass!)
Saddam was a bad man, a very bad man, and John Kerry once thought he had some WMD's. Therefore, President Bush was right to go to war with Iraq even though all the reasons he actually gave for going to war were completely false, and if everybody in this country could go on a date with an Iraqi they would agree with me.
(One additional note: In defense of the war, Mr. Thomas says "Let Kerry and the other candidates say that more fatherless children would have been acceptable to them". Hey Cal, lots of our now-dead soldiers were fathers too! How many fatherless children in THIS country are acceptable to you, you jackass!)
2-4-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
I am in complete denial about the failure to uncover any weapons of mass distruction in Iraq. We know Saddam had them in the early 1990's. Everybody said so. Therefore it follows he must have had them in 2003. They are obviously being hidden in Syria. Syria I tell you!!!
I am in complete denial about the failure to uncover any weapons of mass distruction in Iraq. We know Saddam had them in the early 1990's. Everybody said so. Therefore it follows he must have had them in 2003. They are obviously being hidden in Syria. Syria I tell you!!!
2-2-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
The Super Bowl halftime show was just like one of Caligula's orgies, except that nobody had any sex or even took their clothes off unless you count that one crazy woman who exposed one of her breasts for 2 seconds. The FCC must crack down immediately on all shows featuring any suggestion of sexual behavior even though millions of people allegedly like that sort of thing.
The Super Bowl halftime show was just like one of Caligula's orgies, except that nobody had any sex or even took their clothes off unless you count that one crazy woman who exposed one of her breasts for 2 seconds. The FCC must crack down immediately on all shows featuring any suggestion of sexual behavior even though millions of people allegedly like that sort of thing.
1-29-04 Column
1-27-04 Column
Shorter Cal Thomas:
If we broke the news to every pregnant woman that the fetus she carries in her womb has the potential to become a real, live human being, something she may not be aware of, abortions would be a thing of the past. That's good because we all know that everyone who has ever had an abortion later regretted it and wished they could go back in time and abort themselves.
If we broke the news to every pregnant woman that the fetus she carries in her womb has the potential to become a real, live human being, something she may not be aware of, abortions would be a thing of the past. That's good because we all know that everyone who has ever had an abortion later regretted it and wished they could go back in time and abort themselves.
1-22-04 Column
When the obituary of the George W. Bush administration is written, hopefully historians will recognize Bush's 2004 State of the Union address as the beginning of the end. While Cal Thomas praises it, most of the country spat out the vile product as if drinking from a carton of milk long past its expiration date. Mr. Thomas thinks Bush "directly and artfully made a good case" for his Iraq adventure. In fact, Bush delivered his speech at about the same time David Kay proclaimed Saddam had no weapons of mass distruction, blowing the final hole in Bush's trumped up case for war. Yes it's good Saddam's gone. But you know what, on balance it's far worse that we've lost over 500 Americans who died for Bush's lies about a phony threat. Bush prattled on all night about the crucial issues of the day, bravely exposing the dangers of athletes on steroids, but maybe a majority of the American public has finally had enough of deadly lies, broken promises, and incompetent policies.
