Evil, satanic rock music hasn’t made the headlines lately. Problem is, there really isn’t any modern rock music anymore – Marilyn Manson’s old hat, and the PMRC broke up decades ago. All the kids listen to classic rock now.
Pedophiles are due for a comeback. Lessee…we’ve found 'em in preschools, boy scout camps, and the Catholic priesthood. Where else could they be?
If all else fails, they could go back to making a big deal over the little white girls that go missing every day (although the Aruba chick’s kinda cornered that action.)
I’m pulling for asteroid defense (defense from, not for) to become the Next Big Thing. Expensive, lots of money for contractors. No more bears. Perfect.
Asteroid defense? Yeh, that has possibilities, but it’d be better if the “Who will think of the children?” angle could be worked into it somehow.
Pity the terrorists don’t have enough technological savvy to accuse them of altering asteroid orbits in order to aim them at the United States.
Unless… Aha! The Gay Agenda, Part 4, Clause 17, Subparagraph 2(ii)(d): Give assistance to the Enemies of America in their Evil Plot to wipe out traditional marriage by obliterating all heterosexual parents, thus leaving their innocent children defenseless against the predatory homosexual pedophile menace.
Now that you mention it, it has been a couple of years since a kid shot up his school. Whenever that comes due, it’ll probably be rock/video games’ turn again.
They could start a new witch hunt for pedophiles in the public school systems. That would have the advantage of boosting supporting for the latest voucher scheme or whatever other idiotic new regulations they want to dump on public schools, while at the same time undermining the teachers’ unions.
I get the feeling that it’s going to be Iran. We’ve heard about it on and off over the past few weeks, but nobody’s really pounded away at it yet. All the elements are in place: Old dnemy, definite potential threat (although the degree is yet unknown), less-than-stellar human rights record, and we’re not completely sick of hearing about it.
I seriously doubt that any kind of action is in the works, but c’mon, this is Washington…since when is action a necessity?
Yeah, it’s probably a longshot, but the Republicans ran with a pat hand way too long and don’t really have any other good options.
Oh, and Inigo…you can start a thread in the Pit. It’s okay. If I can do it, you can. It doesn’t make you any less of a poster. You’re human; sometimes you just have to let it all out. This is the place for that.
I think it’s high time the Republicans came out against the designated hitter. Even I might consider voting for them if it would rid the national pastime of that abomination.
This isn’t in the spirit of the OP, as it’s not ridiculously “shiny”, but I think a variation of “W keeps us safe from terrorists” is coming back around and will gain prominence. The spin now is “preventing home-grown terrorists”, which has the side benefit of providing fodder to back up domestic wiretapping, phone record gathering, and ISP data retention.
At last, an issue that cuts across party politics and speaks to the Root Cause Of Evil in America today! I extend the hand of bipartisanship to my Liberal compatriot, as we fight this Scourge On All That Is Decent.
Any conversation on Iran in the next year is going to end up being (yet another) proxy arguement about the Iraq war. I’m not sure that’s going to be a great thing for the Repubs.
I’m pretty disappointed in Rove this week, though. The Repubs are in trouble, all over the country Dems waited in terror at what master stroke The Power behind the Throne was going to pull to destroy them yet again. The world held its breath as he reached into his evil bag of tricks and pulled out…Gay Marriage? Again? Seriously?
Not gonna happen. Kerry has expressed his dislike of the DH. Besides, the AMERICAN League has the DH rule. You wouldn’t want to speak out against the AMERICAN League, would you?
As long as an invasion of Iran remains impossible and airstrikes seem unlikey, that debate’s not going to get very heated. The invasion option might be impossible for the rest of Bush’s term, and UN negotiations are still going on.