One of the most macabre images I’ve ever heard described came in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami in 2004. Before the tidal wave crashed on shore, beach- goers stood around and idly gaped as the water drastically receded. Bewildered, they didn’t realize they were looking at the prelude to a calamity. The Democratic Party looks more and more like those beachgoers every day, watching popular support recede, oblivious to the Perot tsunami coming our way.

Foul Ball (San Diego Reader) It’s six o’clock in the evening on July 21, and the brilliant blue of the late-afternoon sky over San Diego is bleaching at the edges as the sun moseys toward the horizon, throwing the downtown buildings into gray relief as I speed toward them along the 94 west. OMG! – Brattleboro Reformer (Brattleboro Reformer) I came across “The Tyra Banks Show” when looking for something good to watch after work on Tuesday night and kept waiting for the supermodel host to say “just kidding” or “gotchya” after sharing her survey results.

Several left-of-center churches are petitioning the FCC to investigate “Hate Speech” on talk radio . We know that to the left, even the suggestion that African-American quarterback doesn’t live up to his hype can be labeled Hate Speech. We know that to the left, a radio host can be indicted for hate speech even for completely fabricated “quotes.” In this case, “Hate Speech is defined as supporting the enforcement of American Immigration Law.” Members of the UCC’s email distribution list received the following message from the executive director of the UCC’s Office of Communication, Inc., the Rev.

University of Illinois Chancellor Richard Herman resigned Tuesday following months of pressure after reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus. In a resignation letter to the board of trustees that oversees the university’s three campuses, Herman called his time at the school an honor. “Ours is a great institution with its brilliant and hard-working faculty and staff, and its smart and ambitious students , and I plan to continue to contribute to ensuring the bright future of the University of Illinois,” Herman wrote.

After enduring another self immolating Bill Maher monologue on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Alec Baldwin was asked if Rush Limbaugh is a racist. To which Alec fell into that trap so many of his peers have in recent days: “I think you need to always distinguish the rank and file of the Republican Party and conservatives and voters from their media representation and media stars and I believe that the people who are in the media and prominent in the media in the conservative community, speaking on behalf of the Republican Party, have a very clear racist stripe through their commentary, consistently.

Ohio’s Second Congressional District has been represented by Jean Schmidt since September 2005. Almost four years later, it appears that she finally has a worthy, serious, sensible conservative challenger. It’s worth recounting how Jean Schmidt got to this point to recognize just how many bullets she has dodged. In June 2005’s special 11-candidate GOP primary to replace Rob Portman, she shrewdly/luckily stayed out of the intensely negative boxing match between perceived front-runners Pat DeWine, Bob McEwen, and Tom Brinkman.

I really do like writing about good Walmart news and I was surprised to find that Walmart was on the side of Al Sharpton and his organization the National Action Network in protests resulting by statements made by radio entertainer Rush Limbaugh. From the National League and Policy Center : Emailers protesting Wal-Mart support for Al Sharpton’s group, the National Action Network, are getting the following response: Walmart supports the National Action Network as part of an ongoing effort to partner with national organizations that support issues and initiatives of importance to our customers, and the communities we serve.