THE NOISE MACHINE AT WORK...

Here are some of Sen. Cornyn's and Rep. Delay's little helpers (Via UggaBugga)


House Majority Leader Tom Delay - [There is an] out of control, unaccountable judiciary ...
Senator Jeff Sessions (R - AL) - Judges too often with lifetime appointments unaccountable to the American people are doing things ...
Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) - Unelected, unaccountable judges should not be able to ...
Tony Perkins President, Family Research Council - We cannot allow a few unaccountable judges to redefine marriage ...
Colin Stewart Executive Vice President, Family Research Council - ... we are ruled by unelected, unaccountable judges who impose their own political opinions on the law, disregarding the will of the people ...
Fox News columnist Cal Thomas - ... all of us are potentially at risk of euthanasia if we do not measure-up to cultural and arbitrary whims imposed by unaccountable judges.
National Review's Jonah Goldberg - ... liberals spend their time ... convincing unaccountable judges to do ...
Armstrong Williams - ... unaccountable judges ought not be given the power to ...
David Horowitz' Front Page Mag.com essayist Chris Weinkopf - ... judges are unelected and thus unaccountable.
Rush Limbaugh - We are now being run by unelected and unaccountable judges.
David Limbaugh - Do a majority of Americans believe that unelected, unaccountable judges should overrule the democratically elected legislative branch on issues, especially social ones?

THE REAL COUNTER-CULTURE

In case you've been wondering who people like DeLay and Cornyn are trying to please with their rabid attacks on the Judiciary, here's a clue:

“To understand the enormity of this decision, it is important to recognize that Terri was not comatose before the killing began, was not on a respirator, and was not unaware of her circumstances. She smiled faintly, she followed people and objects with her eyes, and according to the registered nurse who had cared for her, she succeeded in saying a few words.” JAMES DOBSON, http://www.focusaction.org/articles/A0000066.cfm

Of course, Terri was neither aware of her surroundings nor responsive to them but facts don't matter when you have Absolute Truth.

“Justice Kennedy should be impeached for taking such a position, along with O'Connor, Ginsberg, Souter, Breyer, and Stevens, who have recently made similar statements.” JAMES DOBSON, http://www.focusaction.org/articles/A0000066.cfm

The position referred to here is Kennedy's citation of world attitudes towards executing minors. It was the 4th point made in his decision. North Korea and Somalia are two other countries who continue to execute minors.

Last Week

After getting the drift of the fundies approach to the Schiavo case, I sent the 12/2003 Guardian Ad Litem Report (AKA, The Wolfson Report) to Bennett, Ingraham, Limbaugh, Hannity, Medved and one or two others who I can't recall now. The report is an excellent summary of the case to that time and provides factual details that would refute many of the vicious lies perpetrated by the "religious" Right.

Unfortunately, my e-mail had no discernible effect on any of them. For a few minutes, I thought Medved was taking a sane approach but he would pander to any nut who had fallen for the lies.

When I read the AOL message board and the chat rooms on this topic, the same lies were casually repeated by people who clearly knew nothing about the facts. I did post a link to a great site for info and I got an e-mail "thank you" from one or two people but for far too many posters, the lies held sway.

I did notice that not all opinions expressed at Little Green Footballs were in line with the Noise Machine (David Brock), so some on the Right can have informed opinions. With that in mind, I will keep fighting the lies.