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Dateline: Friday Sept. 15. 2005

Is Kyoto protocol a Bust??? Today, Tony Blair admitted it at the Clinton Global Initiative. If you google it, not one MSM outlet covered this bit of news from the Clinton conference. Maybe it never happened. You know. Kind of like the saying that goes something like “when a tree falls in a forest and there’s no one around to hear it, does it make a sound”? Except now it’s ” if a politician admits a major liberal policy is a failure but no one covers it, did the politician really say it”?

Meanwhile, THIS is somehow newsworthy.

Oh, and before I forget, there’s this little exchange from Nightline last night after Bush’s speech. The reporters questions were very leading, and he seemed desperate to find someone who blamed Bush for the Katrina aftermath. Not that there isn’t room for criticism aimed at FEMA and Bush, that’s a healthy process and can lead to better disaster relief efforts in the future. But soo many still want to paint this as solely as a Bush failure, when it seems a better example of what happens when state and local governments don’t communicate or cooperate with each other, don’t prepare well for probable disasters, and / or don’t have competent leaders.

UPDATE: It’s Monday. Still no confirmation that T. Blair made a sound.

Why I Don't Tow The Party Line

When I first started this blog, I though I would write volumes about politics and the like. As I approach the one year anniversary of “Sonicfrog” in January, I am a bit suprized at how little my political views have ended up being expressed here. Maybe politics is boring in between election cycles. Maybe I understand that, due to time restraints, I don’t do enough research to properly back up my assertions. I read and listen to a lot of political stuff representing different view points, but that is different from doing real, thorough research. Maybe I realize that other bloggers do it better. Maybe I just have too many other irons in the fire to get too caught up in politics.

Anyway, many of my gay friends (and my little brother) don’t understand how I can be gay and replublican-ish (libertarian-ish really). How can I be so blind to the hatred spewed by the “R’s”? This post, though not my words or my experience, mirrors my thoughts and feelings on the matter of political affiliation.

I don’t know, but I keep asking myself this question about segments of the left: “How can a party who espouses such high ideals concerning civil rights feel that G.W. Bush is pure evil, and yet embrace the likes of Che Guevera and Fidel Castro”?

Hat Tip: North Dallas Thirty.