More on Rudy.

Defending his multiple marriages, adultery, and his strained relationship with his kids:

Comparing himself to the accused adulterous woman whose life was spared by the intervention of Jesus, Giuliani cited the Biblical story in an apparent jab at presidential rivals who subtly raise his messy life.
“I’m guided a lot by the story of the woman that was going to be stoned, and Jesus put the stones down and said ‘He that hasn’t sinned cast the first stone,’ and everybody disappeared,” Giuliani said.
“It seems like nowadays in America we have people that think they could’ve passed that test,” Giuliani said. “And I don’t think anybody could’ve passed that test but Jesus.”

I am always amused when people use this story to defend their sins. It's true that Christ was showing mercy and teaching us to do so, but whenever anyone brings up this story in the Bible, they always leave out that last thing that Jesus spoke to the woman.."Go and sin no more."

That's the problem here. We all sin and we all make mistakes. But Christ asks us to move on and sin no more. Maybe we won't be able to do that, but we should be trying.

Rudy has hardly tried. Rudy did what Rudy wanted when he wanted to. He didn't care who he hurt. And he didn't do these things just once, but over and over. He reminds me of Clinton in that way. All of us could have forgiven Clinton or Rudy for a mistake, but there is a big difference between a mistake and a pattern of behavior.

Nice try Rudy, but I'm not buying it.

Polish Politics

No, really!

Women from a new Polish political party have stripped off in a controversial poster campaign ahead of national elections.Seven candidates from the Women's Party are featured posing behind a billboard that reads: "The party of women. Poland is a woman."

The attention-grabbing move is making waves in staunchly Catholic Poland, where the ruling Kaczynski twins have pushed a fiercely conservative agenda.

Writer Manuela Gretkowska said she founded the party as the Polish government considered tightening already strict controls on abortion.

"It is the straw that broke the camel's back," she said, adding that Poland's political scene was usually run by men for men.

"This poster is intended to shatter stereotypes in the anachronistic world of politics, which is more often dominated by uncommunicative men with their black tie outfits," she said.

"We are beautiful, nude, proud. We are true and sincere, body and soul. This is not pornography, there is nothing to see in terms of sex, our faces are intelligent, concerned, proud.

"We do not have our mouths open nor our eyes closed," she said.

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Hmmm... I bet they wouldn't do that if they looked like hillary clinton or nancy pelosi or [shudder] barbara boxer. Still, it brings to mind the Kerry/Edwards campaign... "Vote for us, we have better hair."

It took the threat of limited abortions to get their clothes off. Its amazing the extent some women will go to be able to kill their children.

Caption Contest!

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama taped an appearance on The Tyra Banks Show on Thursday.

Tyra offered him a crystal ball, which she suggested he give to his wife Michelle for their 15th wedding anniversary. When she asked him what she saw in it, Obama said, "I see the White House right there."

Six Flags Terrorism Family Day

Let's go to the amusement park for a day of fun, rides, frolic and use this background as a means to spread hate- Islam style.

On Sunday, October 14, 2007, Six Flags Over Texas, a Dallas-area amusement park, will be invaded by a radical Muslim organization that has physical ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and financial ties to Hamas. While most patrons of the park come for the games and rides, those involved with this group’s event, Muslim Family Day, may very well have found an original and appealing way to spread anti-Western hatred.

Are you concerned? I am. And I have yet another business to boycott: Six Flags.

ICNA’s Muslim Family Day that will occur on October 14, 2007 is nothing but a charade, created to spread hatred, but veiled in a way to make the sponsoring organization look harmless. Six Flags will play host to this dangerous farce. If events, such as these, are allowed to continue, more and more Americans could become desensitized to those groups – fifth columns within our borders that wish to do us harm. It is up to those concerned to speak out against these travesties that threaten our way of life.

Americans Against Hate will be leading a protest outside Six Flags Over Texas, on Sunday, October 14th to call attention to ICNA’s ties to terrorist financing. Those that wish to get involved are asked to e-mail info@americansagainsthate.org.

If you live in the area. plan to attend this protest and speak up for America. Let's not allow these terrorists to further gain entry into our way of life, as the only agenda they have is to destroy it.

The Democratic Debate.

All I can say is that it seems to me that Obama and Edwards have given up on being the nominee and are just hoping for the Veep spot. It's like they aren't even trying. It was all admiration for Hillary night. I wouldn't be surprised if there were some whispering behind the scenes from the Hillary camp to both of them.

The most disturbing part was when the candidates were told of a school where a 2nd grade teacher read a story to her students about same sex marriage where a prince meets his prince. It doesn't matter if you are pro-gay rights or not, any decent thinking person knows that 2nd grade is too young to discuss sexuality in such a way, and even more importantly, it's the parent's job to do so. Not one of the Democratic candidates understood this.

Brit reporter finds the real news in Lebanon

Reporters travel to Lebanon to muster the totally serious news. Snapped shot has the weed scoop:

I blame the Scythians.

Lawyers who represent unpopular clients and causes

I think I'll get into the business of supporting terrorists. Look at the opportunities this would present:

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — A disbarred lawyer convicted of helping her client communicate with terrorists was scheduled to teach at a Long Island, N.Y., law school ethics conference, FederalReview.com reported.

Lynne Stewart, who was convicted in 2005 of providing material support to terrorists and received a 28-month sentence, was to speak at Hofstra Law School’s legal ethics conference, set for Oct. 14 to Oct. 16.

Her former client, sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, was sentenced to life in prison for plotting to blow up five New York landmarks and assassinate Egypt's president.

According to Hofstra’s Web site, conference speakers were expected to discuss "prosecutorial abuse, the challenges of representing prisoners at Guantanamo and attacks on lawyers who represent unpopular clients and causes."

Uh huh...and how long will it take for the likes of Ms. Stewart to gain herself tenured employment at some soft kneed, lefitst agenda university, where she can educate future lawyers on how to support terrorists within the law? Or, as with her case, outside the law with little consequence? Since when can a disbarred lawyer teach a law school class?? Of ethics no damn less???

So, you want to be in The Cotillion?

We've received a lot of questions about how one becomes part of our little group of bloggers. In the interest of clarity and time (and often-fragile blogger egos), I'll explain it here.

The Cotillion was formed from my weariness at the meme "where are all the women bloggers," that seems to go around every few months or so, and particularly the idea that the big blogs generally link more to male bloggers. My opinion was (as it is about most things), rather than complain, let's DO something.

Jody and Janette loved the idea and were immediately on board and we started scheming planning. We invited some of our favorite bloggers, and some others that filled a particular niche or that we considered essential to any blogroll. Most accepted, and some did not because they simply didn't have time, and a few did not because they didn't want to engage in any gender-based affiliation (which I do understand, even though I think they're missing out).

So why isn't it just open to any female blogger? Well, for one thing, we're a pretty active bunch, and "managing" the carnival and other things we do as a group takes a LOT of time and effort. Basically, I'd have to quit my own blog to manage many more. But it's more than just that, of course.

We want to include women who, as I said, fill an important niche or are otherwise considered "essential reads." Someone those "big blogs" need to notice. Not that you aren't, of course! You might very well be one of those, but WE DON'T KNOW YOU.

So how do you get an invitation?

First, like I said, it's not for everyone. We do ask for ACTIVE PARTICIPATION. This means more than sending in a link for a carnival when you're reminded to do so. It's a LOT more than getting listed on a blogroll. There are a lot of other "coalitions" in the blogosphere that require little more than a link or posting the blogroll, and we expect much more than that. We actively promote each other's work by linking to one another's posts and sharing ideas in our busy Yahoo email group. This takes time and effort, so it may not be what you want to do. We've even lost a few original members due to the time and effort we ask for.

Second, if we don't know you, we can't exactly invite you. An email to one of us asking "can I join" doesn't tell us anything. If you want to make yourself known to any bloggers, you pretty much need to MAKE yourself known, whether in comments at a blog or by linking to and sending trackbacks to a blogger's posts. (And it goes without saying, not having the blogger on YOUR blogroll is just poor form if you're asking for something.) If you make the effort to promote yourself, then we will promote you. Simple as that. Again, an email alone doesn't cut it. Notice how I didn't link Jody or Janette's names above? It's because if you don't know who they are, you don't really know about our group.

The Cotillion isn't about a "clique," as some disgruntled whiners bloggers have complained. It's simply what I said it is--a group of female bloggers that work to promote one another's work. We DO want to be somewhat "exclusive," though; as noted above, we're not just a blogroll.

If you're a hard-working blogger and are interested in what the others in Cotillion are doing and saying, and want to help promote the others in exchange for our helping promote you, then you are who we want.

So, if you are up to the work and we know you, yes, you probably will get an invitation. And yes, even if you're a "small" blog or a newer one.

[Originally Posted by Beth at October 1, 2005 06:05 PM at Cotillion.mu.nu]