Les Jones

Politics > Political Link Roundup

I've been purposefully doing less political blogging lately, but there were a few stories that jumped out at me, or that I wanted to note for future reference.

The Supreme Court has decided we don't need the fourth amendment after all. Uncle's hopping mad.

Meanwhile, the House is trying to erode first amendment rights to freedom of expression with the flag-burning amendment. As XRLQ put it, "The House has passed a constitutional amendment to prohibit America-hating assholes from publicly identifying themselves. Dumb, dumb, and double-dumb." We've advanced to the stage where we don't riot and kill 17 of our own people when someone desecrates one of our symbols. Do we want to go back to that?

Mystery quote: "I call on those who question the motives of the president and his national security advisers to join with the rest of America in presenting a united front to our enemies abroad." You'll never in a million years guess who said that. Answer here.

Kerry signed the Form 180 to release his military records, but in typical Gilligan's Island fashion only allowed three reporters to see them, and then only on a one-time basis, which means his critics won't be satisfied.

Captain Ed looks at the Democrats' study of Ohio voter problems: "plenty of complaints of long lines and malfunctioning machines, but did not come close to proving any fraud or suppression by Republicans, despite claims to the contrary by DNC chair Howard Dean."

Also, can we stop calling Ohio a close vote? It was a 140,000 margin. Kerry won a number of states with low five-figure margins. That includes an 11,000 vote margin in Wisconsin, where five Democrats were indicted for slashing tires on Republican get-out-the-vote vans.