September 29, 2004

• TALKING POINT LEMONS

  
  

   

  
  

  Malfunctioning Liberalism

  
  

   

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

  Kerry to Sawyer on The $87US Billion: Articulation Malfunction

  
  

  Democrap Candidate John Freak Kerry today during his interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC’s Good Morning America blamed his most famous gaffe made last spring  about “voting for the 87 billion before (he) voted against it” on an “inarticulate moment”, saying it was late at night and he was “very tired”. Today’s sound bite was played on the Rush Limbaugh Show which swiftly (if I dare mention “swift” in the same sentence with “Kerry”) pointed out that the Democrat presidential hopeful also had actually made the claim about “the 87 billion” during an early day speech to veterans on 16 March and not late at night, as Mr. Kerry claimed he had to Sawyer. Mr. Limbaugh of course quipped that it appeared the real “inarticulate moment” was more likely made this morning in the Good Morning Viet-nam America interview. You can read more about it care of a Washington Post article. Meanwhile the DNC official website is comparing rather somewhat strangely “The Bush Record vs. the Kerry Plan”. Wouldn’t an “apples & apples” comparison be between the Bush Record and the Kerry Record? It must surely be just another articulation malfunction, this time on the part of the DNC web master.

  
  

   

  
  

  This just weeks after CBS News and Dan Rather said they had suffered a “memo malfunction” which Rather blamed on partisans and Republican political operatives (and bloggers in bedclothes) Never mind the Rather ties to the DNC via his daughter, his own involvement and participation in the DNC and its fundraising events or the involvement of his producer, Ms. Mapes (aka Miss Prism), about whom her own father went forward to denounce as a radical, agenda-driven partisan. And let us not forget the partisanship of the “source”, about whom Rather felt it unnecessary to share those details of the years-old, politically-driven feud Burkett had running with the Bush administration. And then there was Lt Col. Jerry Killian’s secretary who was an outspoken Kerry supporter – a partisan in the eyes of normal people. I guess Dan’s definition of “partisan” only applies to non-Democrat conservatives, moderates or anybody else who points out the fact those Microsoft Word-produced documents with the Times New Roman font were forgeries. I’m certainly glad that unlike the Pajamahadeen, CBS “always” shows due diligence. Dan Rather, give us a break. Better to type in stylish pajamas than be caught in the kings new clothes.

  
  

   

  
  

  A year for CBS indeed. Of course last week CBS was fined $550,000US by the FCC for the Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” that started it all for the sinking network.

  
  

   

  
  

  You can also read how DNC-Tool, the Pro-Abortion National Education Association is having a serious education malfunction at Beautiful Atrocities today. 

  
  

   

  
  

  And now Republicans couldn’t have asked for a better early Christmas gift: The collapse of the Kerry campaign and total loss of credibility with the Democrat Party and the demise of one of the DNC chief talking point war machines: CBS News.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  ROCKETS RED GLARE

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  SpaceShipOne Makes History: First Private Manned Mission to Space

  
  

  Today’s 29 September flight marked a watershed in history, as SpaceShipOne breached the barrier of space and then glided back to earth in a flight costing astronomically less than missions by the US Government agency NASA. The historic flight has been compared by some in importance to the first flight of an airplane by Orville and Wilber Wright in 1903.

  
  

  The second flight is scheduled for 4 October where they plan to claim the coveted Ansari X Prize, which will be awarded to the first team to launch a manned vehicle into space and turn around and re-launch it within two weeks. More info can be found on Space.com.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  In related news, earlier this week, Virgin Group announced a partnership with Scaled Composites- group behind SpaceShipOne- to build a commercial tourist space vehicle. The new venture under the name of Virgin Galactic will officially begin taking its premium passengers into space in 2005. Virgin’s flamboyant CEO Sir Richard Branson was excited about the deal, telling the press in a statement, ”We’ve always had a dream of developing a space tourism business and Paul Allen’s (a major funder) vision, combined with Burt Rutan’s (creator of SpaceShipOne) technological brilliance, have brought that dream a step closer to reality.”

  
  

   

  
  

  But many are asking why shoot a space vehicle up into space? How does it benefit the future of the human race and what is the significance of this day. The answer of course being quite simple for those who know, however. It is my birthday.

  
  

   

  
  

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  21 June: SpaceShipOne Makes History: Test Mission a Success

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  

  
  

   

  
  

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