Friday Blogroll!!

Hello from Madison! Who needs Vegas?? The summer world tour continues...first DC, then Madison, then Cleveland, then Oklahoma City, then Chicago...anyhoo...onto the pimping of the blogroll...

We start with Alicublog finding just about the most despicable right-wing post I've ever seen. Meanwhile, via Demosthenes, we see that Al Gore is Joseph Goebbels. Ann Coulter really does represent these people (though, as Fired Up! Missouri points out, with an audio clip, as well as she dishes out, she sure can't take it).

And while we're on the topic, Digby points out that, much as we want to think otherwise, the media will never get tired of Ann Coulter. He's probably right. I'd love to think that her making fun of 9/11 victims would be the final straw in the media finally realizing how worthless she is and ignoring her, but that's far too much to ask for.

Via First Draft, I see two more Dem congressmen addressing Coulter, and I really hate to see that (just look at how well the bloggers have taken her on this week). I will say, though, that this was a pretty good comment (much better than anything Hilary came up with):

"I must ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: Does Ann Coulter speak for you when she suggests poisoning not Supreme Court Justices or slanders the 9/11 ... widows? If not, speak now. Your silence allows her to be your spokesman."

Wolcott is posting regularly this week. Hoorah! Lots of good stuff there. He also links to Lance Mannion's far-too-detailed take on Coulter.

As far as I can tell, Ann Coulter is no different than most people. She has no integrity.

She isn't ashamed of anything she's said because it isn't real to her. She exists only in the present.

And speaking of religion (we were speaking about religion, right? Because, you know, Ann's religious and all), Pandagon introduces us to abstinence lollipops.

At Existentialist Cowboy, we find out that, get this, most right wing commentators are "spirited and venomous"...as well as just plain stupid. I really don't know what to make of O'Reilly's Malmedy incident, but instead of making my head hurt by thinking about it, I'll just pretend like he doesn't exist. And besides, as you can see from the link, Tristero's been hammering this pretty hard all week.

Atrios, amidst the same Blogger problems we've been experiencing (I'm sure all 5 of our loyal visitors and all those people coming to our site from Googling "La Fea Mas Bella" have noticed), manages to still give a nice word to Ani DiFranco's upcoming album (she seems to release about four a year). I'm up and down about Ani's work, but her grassroots ethic is a thing of beauty. Not just anybody would have the strength to build what she's built over the past, what, 15 years?

Avedon shows why she's still the queen of the link posts. Lots of good stuff here, especially the part about Dixie Chicks ticket sales (I love how they're having to add shows in Toronto because of demand while they might have to shut down their OKC show because of demand) and the "freedom" of Iraqi women...

Billmon gets snarky.

Oui at Booman points out that apparently hatred from the Arab world stems from more than just Al Zarqawi and Osama bin Laden. Who knew? Oh, and Gadflyer has a lovely summary of previous "turning points". Possibly because of this, we see (via Attaturk), Zogby doesn't think Al Zarqawi's death will help ol' Shrub out all that much in the polls. Meanwhile, Chris at AMERICAblog has a very good point: now it's okay to show war dead in Iraq?

At Debate Link, we find a blurb about night vision goggles and a toll free "I seen me a border crosser!!" hotline. The Daily Show made fun of this the other day, but let's be honest...it's almost too easy...

Echidne points to the brave work of a Pennsylvania politician who wants to protect children from predators at icky sites like MySpace and...DailyKos. Um. Okay. And speaking of privacy, Scott Lemieux at Lawyers, Guns and Money wrestles with what he thought was the obvious.

At FDL, Pachacutec very nicely and succinctly summarizes Yearly Kos.

Via Glenn Greenwald, we see that "moderate" and "administration critic" Arlen Specter has once again whored himself out. No one's better at this.

A bill proposed yesterday by Arlen Specter to resolve the NSA scandal -- literally his fifth or sixth proposed bill on this subject in the last few months -- would drag the Congress to a new low of debasement. According to The Washington Post, Specter has introduced a bill "that would give President Bush the option of seeking a warrant from a special court for an electronic surveillance program such as the one being conducted by the National Security Agency." This proposal is the very opposite of everything Specter has saying for the last several months".

No better whore than Arlen.

Interesting Times points us to a great find by political wire: a candidate who "loves 'traditional families' so much he decided to have two of them!"

Left Coaster finds Jack Murtha getting ready to challenge Steny Hoyer for majority leader if Dems win in the fall. If there's nothing else around to inspire people to come to the polls and vote for Dems, there's that at least. And as Susie points out, turnout is the only thing keeping Dems from winning at the moment. But as always, they still have plenty of time to blow it.

And finally, Upyernoz finds the greatest judge ever.