{"id":14759,"date":"2009-05-10T18:02:09","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T00:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-sunday-10-may-2009.html"},"modified":"2009-05-10T18:02:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T00:02:09","slug":"unblogged-bits-for-sunday-10-may-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-sunday-10-may-2009.html","title":{"rendered":"Unblogged Bits for Sunday, 10 May 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/chicagotribune\/theswamp\/~3\/UHCLps0twQE\/cheney_limbaugh_over_powell.html\">Cheney: Limbaugh over Powell<\/a> &#8211; So Cheney thinks Limbaugh is a better Republican than Powell.  I like Powell better and better all the time for the folks naysaying him.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/pharyngula\/~3\/vOoboCKaviI\/mcgyver_lives.php\">McGyver lives!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/president-obama\/presenting-the-gops-new-keep-terrorists-out-of-america-act\/\">Presenting \u2026 The GOP\u2019s New \u201cKeep Terrorists Out Of America Act\u201d!<\/a> &#8211; Shoot &#8217;em to the Moon, I tell ya!  To the moon!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/time-has-come-pointless-grandstanding\">The Time Has Come For Pointless Grandstanding<\/a> &#8211; When looking to make yourself a bold, bright vision of the future, be sure you recycle your failed initiatives of the past.  Also known as, &#8220;Nothing grabs headlines like wedge issues!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/ndp-organizers-insisted-any-white-house-representative-be-pro-life\">NDP Organizers Insisted Any White House Representative Be Pro-Life<\/a> &#8211; Because only some prayers count, evidently.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightwingwatch.org\/content\/right-comfortable-gay-scouts-nominee-yes-and-no-mostly-no\">Is the Right Comfortable With a Gay SCOTUS Nominee? Yes and No &#8230; But  Mostly No<\/a> &#8211; Yup.  The current talking point from the Religious Right seems to be &#8220;Don&#8217;t Ask, Don&#8217;t Tell&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;See, we&#8217;re not prejudiced against gay candidates, as long as they keep it a secret and have never spoken out on gay issues.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries &#8230;. Cheney: Limbaugh over Powell &#8211; So Cheney thinks Limbaugh is a better Republican than Powell. I like Powell better and better all the time for the folks naysaying him. McGyver lives! Presenting \u2026 The GOP\u2019s New \u201cKeep Terrorists Out &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/05\/10\/unblogged-bits-for-sunday-10-may-2009.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unblogged Bits for Sunday, 10 May 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