Bertrand Russell is spinning in his grave
Malkin and her Border Skirmish Lobby strike again:
As bad as things are for grass-roots conservatives following President Bush’s “Read my lips: No new amnesty” speech, at least we’re not in the absurd rhetorical position of confused moonbats.
Bryan at Sanctuary, a photoshop wizard for Hot Air, perfectly depicts the quandary of the “Bring our troops home now” crowd. Bryan writes:
‘”Support the Troops - Bring them Home Now!” has been such a farcical call and bumper sticker for the Left for so long, what’s gonna happen when the NatGuards are deployed here at home?’
Logicians all. Because nothing says “home” to a member of the Wisconsin National Guard like the Arizona desert.
Under the wingnuts’ logic - utterly flawed and tortured-to-the-point-of-laughability logic - we’re in an “absurd rhetorical position.”
Where, exactly, does that leave them?
From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress; and no money appropriated by this act shall be used to pay any of the expenses incurred in the employment of any troops in violation of this section And any person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years or by both such fine and imprisonment.
I’m not sure which is worse, the pure lunacy of that post, the mental quagmire conservatives are in over this issue, or malkin calling that guy a photoshop wizard.
Comment by bvac — May 16, 2006 @ 6:31 am
Bringing the troops home does not mean deploying them at home.
Comment by Tim — May 17, 2006 @ 3:57 am
My understanding is that all the national guard troops in question will be from the border states, not from Wisconsin.
Comment by mark — May 17, 2006 @ 6:01 pm
You do realize that you’re just a tad bit obsessed, don’t you?
It’s really rather sad. Instead of spending so much time on Michelle, perhaps you should concentrate on your own life?
Comment by cj — May 17, 2006 @ 6:04 pm
Put a sock in it cj - this is valuable work.
Comment by blogenfreude — May 17, 2006 @ 7:12 pm
See that, Auguste? One of your critics says you’re putting *too much* work into this blog. You now, officially, have no grounds to lament the fact that you’re the laziest of the “watch” style of bloggers. ;-)
Comment by Ryan — May 17, 2006 @ 7:59 pm
I do find it funny that cj decided to accuse me of obsessing in the middle of one of my far-too-common semi-hiati.
How much is too much, cj?
Comment by Auguste — May 17, 2006 @ 8:01 pm