More of the usual from Mrs. Clinton

More breathtaking gall*, that is. She doesn't consider herself a liberal.

Early on in the CNN/YouTube-sponsored debate, a California resident posed these questions on his video: "Mrs. Clinton, how would you define the word ‘liberal’? And would you use this word to describe yourself?”

Hillary answered: "You know, it is a word that originally meant that you were for freedom, that you were for the freedom to achieve, that you were willing to stand against big power and on behalf of the individual.

"Unfortunately, in the last 30, 40 years, it has been turned up on its head and it's been made to seem as though it is a word that describes big government, totally contrary to what its meaning was in the 19th and early 20th century.

"I prefer the word ‘progressive,’ which has a real American meaning, going back to the progressive era at the beginning of the 20th century.

"I consider myself a modern progressive, someone who believes strongly in individual rights and freedoms, who believes that we are better as a society when we're working together and when we find ways to help those who may not have all the advantages in life get the tools they need to lead a more productive life for themselves and their family.

Progressive. As if there were anything she was for that would result in progress. I have just one word for this: HillaryCare. Just think "HillaryCare" after almost each phrase that Her Vileness says in the paragraphs above.

Indeed, breathtaking gall.

* a wonderful description used by Peggy Noonan in The Case Against Hillary Clinton.

Compean and Ramos are HEROES

I'm late to this subject, I know. But I can no longer be silent. First, please read this.

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Compean/Ramos case. One of my senators, John Cornyn, sits on the Judiciary committee. The final witness at the hearing was the excreable Johnny Sutton, District Attorney for the San Antonio district.

Senator Cornyn should have been ready to skewer the excreable Sutton. Edd Hendee, co-host of the best morning talk show in Texas on "radio-active" AM 700 KSEV, went up to Washington, D.C. yesterday in order to help Senator Cornyn and his staff get prepared for today's hearing. Furthermore, others have written extensively about the excreable Sutton's lies, including this extensive list of 15 questions written by Jerome Corsi.

He should have been ready. But he wasn't; all he had was softballs. Instead, it was the liberal Diane Feinstein who led the charge against the excreable Sutton. Furthermore, she has committed to ask President Bush to commute the ridiculous sentences given the two border patrol agents.

Are there no more men of principle in the Republican party?

South Dakota, a civilized place

You can read the article, but the headline says all you need to know.

South Dakota carries out 1st execution in 60 years

Mr. Light Bulb, why are you so obsessed with execution?

Well, I'm truly not obsessed with executions. I'm just comforted to see appropriate and civilized penalty carried out by society.

Civilized? What can be civilized about an execution?

Everything. The fact that a jury of peers heard testimony and/or examined evidence, returned a verdict of guilty, and prescribed a punishment of execution hails to the very model of civilization. In South Dakota, civilization told Mr. Page that his actions were so heinous that they warranted his execution. (And if you read the article, you'll see that his actions were indeed heinous.) Furthermore, civilization told the family of Mr. Page's victim that their loved one was a valued member of society by showing Mr. Page the penalty of greatest magnitude. Civilization in South Dakota said, "because you destroyed the most precious commodity we have, you will pay with the most precious commodity you have."

Well done, South Dakota. The Light Bulb family will definitely come and visit you one summer.

Perspective

Some perspective on the War on Terror.

• Number of US casualties in the Battle of Iwo Jima - 6,825
  
• Number of US casualties on Omaha Beach on D-Day - 2,400
  
• Number of US casualties in Iraq this year - 525
  
• Number of automobile deaths in the US in 2005 - 43,443
  

Lady Bird Johnson - 1912-2007

All men marry up, by definition. And there was no better example than that of LBJ marrying Lady Bird.

Lady Bird was always a picture of grace, so much so that she made even her husband look good when she stood beside him. This woman was no push over. When LBJ was in the Senate, this brainy woman managed their business affairs here in Texas and did quite well at it.

Her life long efforts to beautify our nation, true and honest environmentalism, will bear fruit long into the future. The world has lost a wonderful woman and a beautiful Texan.

Run, Cindy, Run!!!

Looks like Bug Eyes might have some competition in 2008.

Cindy Sheehan bid farewell to her former "peace camp" near President Bush's ranch and began a nearly two-week trek Tuesday toward Washington, D.C., with her sights set on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Sheehan, a Californian, officially announced that she intends to run as an independent against Pelosi in 2008 if the San Francisco congresswoman doesn't move to impeach Bush by July 23, the day she expects to reach Washington.

Of course, there's that July 23 caveat. But I'm not too worried.

In fact, I'm looking forward to it. This is California's Fifth congressional district—San Francisco. All sorts of human debris live and vote there. Raging Cindy just might have a chance. What fun.

Shame on you, Senator Vitter

Disgusting.

Louisiana Sen. David Vitter, whose telephone number was disclosed by the so-called "D.C. Madam" accused of running a prostitution ring, says he is sorry for a "serious sin" and that he has already made peace with his wife.

"This was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible," Vitter said Monday in a printed statement. "Several years ago, I asked for and received forgiveness from God and my wife in confession and marriage counseling. Out of respect for my family, I will keep my discussion of the matter there—with God and them. But I certainly offer my deep and sincere apologies to all I have disappointed and let down in any way."

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A Harvard graduate and Rhodes scholar, the 46-year-old Vitter was elected to his current office in 2004, becoming the first Republican from Louisiana elected to the Senate since Reconstruction. He represented Louisiana's 1st Congressional District in the House from 1999 to 2004.

In the House, Vitter succeeded GOP Rep. Robert Livingston, who was in line to replace Newt Gingrich as speaker until Livingston admitted to extramarital affairs and quit Congress. Livingston had been a critic of President Clinton, calling on him to resign over his affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Vitter and his wife, Wendy, live in Metairie, La., with their four children.

In 2000, Wendy Vitter told Newhouse News Service she could not be as forgiving as Livingston's wife or Hillary Clinton.

Apparently, they don't teach fidelity at Harvard.

Now, before you start with "let him that is without sin...", I certainly do appreciate his seeking forgiveness from his family and wife and from God (hopefully in reverse order). And yes, he is a human. And humans sin. And I, Mr. Light Bulb, am a human. And I sin.

But come on. A Harvard-educated man, a former Representative, and now a Senator cheating on his wife? And, on top of all that, a Republican. Didn't he know that as a Republican he has to behave much better than any democrat would think of? Or maybe he wanted to . . . test drive a newer model. Maybe he and his wife didn't get along. Maybe she pushed him to it.

But what about this?

He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.
— Proverbs 18:22

Again, I'm not perfect, so let me apply this to my life. Is Mrs. Light Bulb a beauty queen? Is she runway model quality? Is she a smokin' hot mama? Why yes, she is, as a matter of fact. And do you want to know why? It's not because of her outward appearances, stunning though they may be. It's because she is a gift designed specifically for me by the one true living God, the maker of the heavens and the earth, the creator of all things. Yes, that God. If I ever cheated on her, besides crumbling her heart to pieces and breaking the solemn vow I made to her and to Him in front of a whole lot of people, I would be telling God that his gift to me was not quite what I was looking for, that I didn't trust his taste, that I didn't particularly care for his choice.

Well, that's not gonna happen.

Shame needs to be brought back in vogue.

Freedom

The Light Bulb family is on vacation all week visiting, among others, my dear brother and sister-in-law in Missouri. Well, we couldn't visit the Show Me state with grade-school children and not see the Gateway Arch, also known by its official name as the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. As we explained to the little Light Bulbs, the arch represents our nation's expansion westward. It's the symbolic door through which we as a nation walked on our journey west.


Eero Saarinen's design, a stainless steel catenary arch covering reinforced concrete, represents (at least to me) the strength our growing nation would seek and develop by being a freedom-preserving democracy. Wind will not fell it, nor will rust corrode it. The same is true for our democracy. There is little chance that outside elements could destroy the United States. But destruction from within is an unfortunate possibility.

I apprehend no danger to our country from a foreign foe... Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from another quarter. From the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and negligence, I must confess that I do apprehend some danger.
— Daniel Webster