Karl Rove is leaving

From the Wall St. Journal, by way of Drudge.

Karl was a brilliant political strategist, and really seemed to understand how to capitalize on the Republican base while keeping focused on issues that the Republicans were strong on, rather than getting pulled into fighting whatever battle the Democrats picked. Also, if your game is politics, and your political opponents constantly demonize you, and envision your face on their image of Satan, you're a winner.

For many people, the 2006 midterms shattered Karl's winning legacy, but let's take a look at the bigger picture. Karl presided over 4 elections. He won 3. The first one was contested in the courts, and he won. The second one was an almost-unheard-of gain of congressional seats by the President's party in a midterm. The third one got a President with a so-so approval rating the most Presidential votes in history, ever, and more congressional seats. The fourth was, by historical standards... nothing more than typical.

Congratulations and best wishes to Karl and his family.

Cindy Sheehan (D-Absolute Moral Authority)

Cindy Sheehan is running for the Senate, against Nancy Pelosi.

You see, that's one of the problems with winning. When you win, as the Democrats have done, and when you furthermore believe that it was your destiny to win, it's very easy to simply write off your opponents as irrelevant, and cease to be united against them.

Once you have the power, your internal differences become more magnified...

...and you begin to self-destruct.

So now, Cindy Sheehan, upon whom the media hath bestowed absolute moral authority, takes on the evil, warmongering DEMOCRAT establishment.

This is so excitingly delicious that I can hardly contain myself. DailyKos, the representative underground netroots of liberalism, has already evicted Cindy for her threats.

Can the mainstream media be far behind?

When you're robbing a store...

...never, ever...

...put down your gun.

The President is a tyrant who violates our civil rights

No, sorry. I'm not talking about President Bush. President Bush is not a tyrant.

This is a tyrant.

You see the difference? Wanting the tools to arrest terrorists... not a tyrant.

Summary executions of opposed religious leaders, students, and civilians... That's a tyrant.

So, if you've railed against the Patriot Act, but not against things like this, it's time to wake up and get serious. Taking off your shoes at the airport isn't 'oppression'. Having your family learn that you've been executed after you're already dead is oppression.

Poor child molester... no place to live...

Newsbusters directs us to ABC News, where they are decrying the Georgia sex offender law as "too tough". You see, to ABC News, it's Georgia's fault that a convicted child offender who's homeless can't find a legal place to stay, because the law won't let him hang around places with lots of kids. Now he's off to prison, and ABC News says it's 'not fair'.

The article continues by citing to unnamed critics who "say the law places people in a catch-22 by rendering nearly the entire state unlivable for sex offenders, while at the same time insisting that they register a permanent address."

How about this? Don't sexually assault kids, and you can stay anywhere you want in Georgia.
Life can be 'too tough', and 'not fair' sometimes, especially if you're found guilty of unleashing sexual harm upon a child, which, by the way, is 'too tough' and 'not fair' to the child you victimized.

Tuesday Morning Scrub

Sonoran Desert near Tucson, AZ, date unknown.

Environmental Activists. Think. Please.

This almost made me pee my pants. Of course, it's possible I've just been exposed to too high a dose of Dihydrogen Monoxide, a chemical used by styrofoam manufacturers, nuclear facilities, and even in pesticides. Dihydrogen Monoxide has, after all, been known to trigger urination.