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Welcome to kindergarten…
- John “Poopy Head” Ruskin compares a journalist — Rich Miller — who covers Springfield and other Illinois political matters to Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. Why? Because Miller posted a few facts that put the lie to the spin being promoted by a comrade of Ruskin’s. In his role as a reporter, Miller has gone after Dems, GOPs and even Greens with equal aplomb when they fib, flop or go flakey, as Sen. Steve Rauschenberger has been doing of late in his anti-Obama zeal. This isn’t the first time the pseudonymous Ruskin has flailed around spewing crap instead of keeping his bizarre inanities to himself… (What’s that? There’s a financial stake for the denizens of Illinois Review to prop up the head of the United Republican Fund, an organization that so many of them also help operate? Go figure…)
- Jill “Likes Sex Ed” Stanek once compared an incumbent, duly elected State Senator to a porn star and, when called out for her depravity, upped the ante by continuing to make a fool of herself. Why? Because said State Senator was advocating for a vaccine that former nurse Stanek didn’t like. Instead of rational debate, are porn references really how Jill would rather get her jollies?
- Lee “Wets His Pants” Newcom recently claimed a Democratic candidate for Congress was “aiding terrorists” even though she’s not even in Congress. Why? Because he has nothing better to do at his day job working for the citizens of McLean County, apparently. Or perhaps it’s because he has no valid explanation for why he would choose to trample on our Constitution instead of upholding our rights.
And an honorable dunce cap mention must go to ilgopnet.com’s Warner Todd “Has a Problem Alright” Huston, for comparing a duly elected, incumbent Congresswoman to a brutal African dictator simply because she wants folks to be able to eat their dinner in peace.
Someone calling out your comrades on their lies? Call ‘em a Unabomber!
Upset that a legislator is advocating potentially life-saving medicine? Compare her to a porn star and ask about her sex life.
A legislator running for Congress from the party you oppose? Squeal like a stuck pig that they’re “aiding terrorists” even though they’re not even in office (yet) and they don’t even know any terrorists in the first place … all while trying to hide from the fact that you want to literally rip out parts of the Bill of Rights.
Crabby because a Democratic Congresswoman is sitting in a seat you thought should go to a Republican? Claim that some innocuous legislative proposal is akin to the dictatorial policies of a madman.
Congrats conservative partisans, with each passing day you seem wont to gleefully dig your own vacuous holes of irrelevance that much deeper. It used to be that the conservative philosophy had some meaning. Now that Pres. Bush has implemented many conservative policies and they’re failing miseable, those scales are falling from people’s eyes and all the con partisans have left are their insults and self-pity.
At least you guys are good at comedy, even if unintentionally so.
(And, Ruskin, if it’s Miller time it’s MGD for me — though lately I’ve been reaching for a nice cold Berghoff. …Woof.)
Update: “A Republican Committeeman in Aurora, IL” makes the same points in a much more forgiving manner…
If we spent a lot less time on this sort of stuff and more time on facts and logical arguments I think we would be in better shape. You don’t save too many people preaching the same message to choir.
If you think his facts or analysis is wrong provide reasons not cute little things about ’secret locations’.
By spending “a lot less time on this sort of stuff” I take it to mean OneMan isn’t a fan of calling people “poodles”. 
I tend to find that sort of dysfunctionally juvenile crap hysterically funny, however, and (obviously) enjoy going toe to toe with that sticks-and-stones crowd. Somebody’s gotta do it or “Ruskin” might get an ego as big as his (poopy) head.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the thin-skinned “Ruskin” up and calls OneMan a Nazi just for pointing out the obvious.
Lee Newcom wails that Republican County Chairs in the 11th District are complicit in aiding and abetting terrorists because they’ve neglected to replace dropout Tim Balderman for the seat Rep. “Most Corrupt Politicians” Weller is vacating.
Apparently in Mr. Newcom’s bizarro mind, giving 11th District Democratic candidate and current State Senator Debbie Halvorson a free pass is akin to funding al Quaida (something Ronald Reagan did all through the 80s as it was, so perhaps aiding and abetting terrorists really is par for the GOP course).
But what on earth does the lack of candidate slating from Republican County Chairs in north-central Illinois have to do with … terrorists?!
According to Mr. Newcom, if State Sen. Halvorson is elected to Congress, she may be one more vote for Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s progressive agenda.
That agenda currently includes not giving the likes of AT&T and other big telcos a free pass since we now know they broke the law and allowed Pres. George “Peeping Tom” to illegally wiretap domestic phones without warrants and without so much as even probable cause. They literally scooped up every single phone call they could without regard to your privacy or mine (or Mr. Newcom’s, for that matter).
This is what’s become known as the FISA Fight in Washington. FISA stands for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the key word being “foreign”. FISA has many parts, but in the main it (1) allows US spy agencies to tap into foreign phones, data, etc. but (2) forbids US spy agencies from tapping into domestic phones, data, etc. unless they obtain specific warrants based on probable cause (remember that underlined phrase, it’s an oldy but a goody from the year 1791).
You may have heard of a panel of judges in DC called the FISA Court. This is the court that decides whether or not there is probable cause to wiretap domestic calls for suspected terrorist activity, etc. Over the 30 or so years this court has been in existence, it had been approving warrants at an incredibly high rate (99%) and spies even had the opportunity to retroactively seek a warrant within a few days if the need was urgent (libertarians can’t stand the FISA Court).
Why the Bush Administration felt a need to ignore this Constitutionally-based court, which clearly bends over backwards to give great latitude to our spies, is unclear. And why Mr. Newcom and other Republican partisans are churning out so many excuses, apologies, and distractions in this fight for the very integrity of our Constitution is really unclear.
The Republican partisans, instead of actually being worried about our country and her citizens, are up in arms because they want to give AT&T and the like retroactive immunity because they broke the law (because Pres. Bush told them to). Republicans are throwing the kitchen sink into this fight squealing that Dems are in league with terrorists, trial lawyers, etc. It’s really quite bizarre to see them flail around so. (I previously wrote on FISA a few weeks ago, so consider that post a bit of a primer if you are unfamiliar.)
Now, Mr. Newcom is the elected Recorder in McLean County, Illinois. I’d venture to guess that when he was sworn into office he raised his right hand and swore (or affirmed) to uphold, among other things, the Constitution of the United States of America.
One of the parts of that Constitution is the 4th Amendment. It’s a short amendment, written over 200 years ago as part of the Bill of Rights, so maybe — just maybe — Mr. Newcom overlooked it.
Let me repeat it for him:
Amendment IV (1791)
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
(emphasis added)
It’s not too difficult to understand, but apparently those partisan blinders Mr. Newcom is wearing have kept him from actually reading that sentence in our Constitution.
If he had, he’d know what an ass he’s making of himself by complaining that Republicans are giving comfort to terrorists because they’re possibly giving a Dem candidate a free pass which might give the Congressional Democratic majority one more vote toward … upholding our Constitution (gasp!).
Upholding our Constitution? Yes, by not allowing this current conservative administration or any future administration to continue to violate the 4th Amendment’s demand for probable cause and warrants based on such.
I will say that if Mr. Newcom is truly concerned about terrorists, the US Government can still tap terrorists that are overseas. That never changed.
I wonder if Mr. Newcom knows how to tie his shoes… or if instead he blames velcro on, say, Pinochet perhaps. Makes as much sense as his latest spin-cycle rant against … well, against, something.
Get a grip, Mr. Newcom.
PS: Whereas Mr. Newcom odiously and otiosely yelps that candidate Halvorson “aids the terrorists” with absolutely no evidence that this person who isn’t even in Congress yet actually is somehow helping terrorists, it’s telling that his rant (and the rants of those like him) actually does in fact help our conservative president trample our own Constitution just that much more.
It has famously been said that liberty in exchange for security offers neither…. Placing partisan fealty ahead of citizenship to nation and loyalty to our Constitution, as Mr. Newcom does, is even worse.
Shame on you, Lee “Constitution Shredder” Newcom. Try pledging allegiance to our flag instead of a herd of elephants.
Someone needs to help McLean County Recorder Lee Newcom learn how to think reasonably and come back from the Bizarro world he’s been tripping to.
First off, anyone who considers the belligerent and controversial John Bolton to be “brilliant” is well outside the mainstream from the get-go. The man has been involved in everything from blocking investigations to drug smuggling to undermining the very rule of law, simply out of his own partisan bias. And here we’ve been led to believe conservatives are the “moral values” crowd. Drug running and skirting the law ain’t “moral” and it ain’t “values” either.
Second, the National Intelligence Estimate is the document that Bush ignored in the run-up to the Iraq War. Did the intel community hypothesize that Iraq had weapons programs throughout the late 90s? Yes, mistakenly so. There are many reasons for that, most of which have to do with a lack of humint inside Iraq. But it was the Bush administration which clearly cherrypicked even that off-the-mark intel in order to set things even more askew, and lie our country into a war of distraction.
It is for those reasons that folks are now treating this latest NIE more carefully. That a myopic partisan like Mr. Bolton would discount the work of our nation’s intelligence community (which has been systematically working to improve human-intelligence gathering in the region) is predictable enough given that their assessment runs counter to his political interests. But, there’s no reason we American citizens have to follow along, unless one lacks the basic reasoning skills to figure this out.
Mr. Newcom, of course, comes from a highly partisan background himself, having overseen the squandering of moneys at the United Republican Fund (though he blames it all on some bookkeeper whom was fired) and being a frequent guest for various conserv-o-partisan radio yakfests. Whether or not McLean County Recorder Mr. Newcom is posting his bizarre diatribes while on the taxpayers’ dime is something he’s never fully explained and his It’s OK If You’re a Republican psyche may not allow him to.
Lee Newcom is the Recorder of Deeds for McLean County, an elected office. In that position you would think he would know how to read.
Mr. Newcom is also a conservative activist and contributor for our good friends the Illinois Review. That might explain his partisan behavior and slight “slip-up” in skipping over a section of law that he even copied and pasted for everyone else to read in full.
