It is simply enough to be committed to gay causes apparently. It seems like most people think it is acceptable to say that there are more important issues that affect more people. Given that, and the fact that a day will never come when there are no bigger issues, one need not ever move on gay issues. It is very convenient for Obama, for sure.

Just make a quick joke about getting gay married and move on.

It was all over the tube last night that we shouldn't call the guy who shot the doctor a terrorist, since he was (allegedly) a lone actor.

I suspect that this standard will not be applied to the Arkansas gunman who shot the soldiers.

did meghan sic the trolls on w.m.? omg wtf

"A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one, police said Monday."

It's tacky to complain that a blog doesn't cover topics as much as one would like but... funny how this fatal shooting is not treated with as much gravity as the Tiller assassination.

Granted, this attack will likely not alter the availability of military recruiting or demoralize recruiters. But still... two politically-motivated shootings, two deaths. Seems to be some equivalence.

Pfotenhauer was her typical lying self on Morning Joe. However, the others didn't laugh as much as they should have.

Sotomoyar

If any current name ought to be proofread a second time before hitting Post, it's this one. Everyone knows it's Sotomayer.

Scott Roeder is against taxation and any government programs, but he now has a public defender. How special.

The good news is, May was the best month for the companies this calendar year.

Of course May in the best month of the yr -- so far. Give me a call when you get the seasonally adjusted figures.

"Remember the pending (and dubious) charges against Dr. Cyril H. Wecht in Pennsylvania? They've been dropped."

U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan is an absolute disgrace.

Grumpy - I think the lack of equivalence is simply that George Tiller was already a famous person in the middle of an absurdly heated debate that has been going on for decades. Plus, this is part of a long series of violence against abortion doctors and clinics. And with a pro-choice president and a Supreme Court nomination hearing coming up, this issue isn't cooling off any time soon.

But the Arkansas shooting is pretty much a lone incident by a lone wacko and, as you suggested, isn't likely to have much repercussion beyond the initial story. This really isn't much different than all the other shootings that take place in this country, except the crazy guy probably had a different motive than is generally given. Perhaps if mainstream liberals had been inciting this type of behavior for years, while extremist liberals pushed the limits of hate speech against military recruiters; this would be a different issue.

But again, I think the biggest issue is Tiller himself being famous, which was why he was the target. After all, if it was a famous general who got shot, this would be entirely different

Well, back in 2003, Rob Rogers had a political cartoon of a diminuitive, not too brilliant
Gee Dubya Bush standing in the midst of a destroyed Iraq, debris everywhere,
graveyards and rubble.
Bush dimly holds a sheet of paper, that says
"Report: No WMD's Found."

To this day, Cheney tries to spin myths and distort history.
It is breathtaking the lengths Cheney will go to revisit and reinvent his administration.
Still the ideologue with an agenda.

It is a failed defense.
It will never make up for the fact that the September 11th tragedy happened on his watch.
Or that so many died in the floods of New Orleans due to his and Bush's total inattention,
bloated bodies in the streets for over a week.

So....let me ponder the thoughts of foreigners reading this blog...

At a glance it would seem that the USA has a bunch of folks who believe torture is okay and that perpetuawars are fine. The USA also has elements that believe murdering a medical professional in his own place of worship is an acceptable human action.

The USA also has dealt a huge economic blow to the world's economy by reckless tax-cuts and deregulation of financial markets.

I won't blame you foreigners for using Cheney's immortal words on the US.... GFY.

"I suspect that this standard will not be applied to the Arkansas gunman who shot the soldiers."

Mr. Muhammad was charged with 15 counts of terrorism, so you were right in your suspicion. Mr. Roeder was not charged with terrorism. Let's see, both were lone gunman committing acts of violence intended to send a political message and intimidate their enemies. So what's the difference? Oh yeah, Mr. Muhammad is Muslim.

* By any standards of decency, Playboy's feature yesterday on conservative women in politics was indefensible.

Only if you don't know what a hate f*** is. It is consensual.

yep - Which of these definitions from urbandictionary would make this a defensible article? They all sound pretty demeaning to me, especially in the context of "people I would..."

Cheney Says There Was No Iraq Link to 9/11 Attacks

Of Saddam Hussein, Cheney said: “I do not believe, and I have never seen any evidence, that he was involved in 9/11.�

Fucker.

Man-on-dog Santorum knows nothing about responsible, presidential, dating. The Obamas not only had a date and took in a show, they did their bit for improving economy and supporting the arts:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/01/after-the-obamas-have-come-and-gone/
I wonder whether the restaurant they went to showed a similar surge; someone in NYT was panning that choice a being evah so predictable and PC and boring. Like Santorum, the author (whose name I don't remember) thought an ethnic dive would have been more appropriate.

Another "Muslim-related event", to book-end the one on top of Steve's roundup:
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/gitmo_detainee_dead_in_apparent_suicide.php#more

"By any standards of decency, Playboy's feature yesterday . . ."

Playboy's still being published? Really? With the centerfold? Wow.

"By any standards of decency, Playboy's feature yesterday on conservative women in politics was indefensible."

While the feature in question seems to have been deleted, looking at all the other features there, I'd have to say the subjects all looked considerably better than just "decent."

*ducks, scampers off*

Having not read the article before it disappeared I only have the jist of it. That said, it struck me as rude rather than "indefensible".

Last I checked men and women are (theoretically) equals, legally. As in, men can be abused by women, men can be sexually assaulted by women (I have been), etc.

If Jezebel ran a column about hate-fucking hot conservative men (perhaps they already have...?), I don't think anyone would rush to call it indefensible.

Yet another example of the double standard, where women get all the rights and extra protections. Most under-25s get this; some of the 25-35s do; most of the 40s and over are hopelessly clueless unless they've been through the Divorce Industry with a particularly ruthless spouse.

"A Muslim convert who said he was opposed to the U.S. military shot two soldiers outside an Arkansas recruiting station, killing one, police said Monday."

It's tacky to complain that a blog doesn't cover topics as much as one would like but... funny how this fatal shooting is not treated with as much gravity as the Tiller assassination.

It's also funny that I don't hear anyone first decrying the recruiters' shooting and then going on to say that of course they only reaped what they sowed.

The Obama admin continues to increase the likelihood of war on the Korean peninsula.

fixed the link

But, a weapon of mass destruction was found in Iraq. Just check the photos of Shrub standing amidst the rubble. He is a WMD.