[governsleastgovernsbest]

PLEASE READ BEFORE GETTING ANGRY AT FINKELSTEIN: The author of the underlying Boston Globe column is Joan Vennochi. Finkelstein, who is FReeper governsleast, wrote the NewsBusters column criticizing Venocchi. We now return to our regularly-scheduled thread.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Boston Globe/NewsBusters all-Bush's-fault ping to Today show list.

[Billthedrill]

You can tell the political Silly Season is approaching. The usual mouths are dusting off their creaky "racism, sexism, homophobia" chant sort of like your old, bald uncle who's broken out the bellbottoms and peace beads and doesn't notice everybody's eyes rolling around him.

It's fairly clear that Vennochi is still suffering under the long discredited belief that the only measure of how much someone cares about a topic is how much government largesse he or she throws at the putative victims. Were she and her liberal allies to put on KKK outfits they couldn't cause any more damage to the inner city than their policies have to date. Does she really hate young black men so much that she wants to do for them what she's already done to the black family, shove it toward extinction?

[okie01]

Good clear liberal thinking.

Whatever is wrong...is Bush's fault.

Whatever will make it right...is higher taxes and more federal power.

These people have not had an original thought since 1934.

[FlingWingFlyer]

"This administration in Washington clearly feels that local crime is an issue for local towns and municipalities."

Much like the attitude you boneheads have about illegal aliens being the Feds problem, right chief?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Hey Joan, why don't you tell your liberal colleagues in Washington to get rid of the failed liberal social programs, end the Drug War, and lower taxes so inner-city blacks can have more opportunities to better themselves.

Typical knee-jerk liberalism....

[Brilliant]

Triple all of the sentences, increase the size of the jails, and abolish probation, and violent crime will plummet.

[maryz]

Oh, if only Clinton were still president! Oh, if only Bush cared enough to fund "Midnight Basketball"! (Do I need the /s?)

[goldstategop]

And naturally, liberal coddling of criminals has nothing to do with violent crime. None at all. Don't you know? IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[operation clinton cleanup]

"The willingness to ignore the latest crime statistics might also be explained by its flesh-and-blood victims. Males, blacks, and persons age 24 or younger continued to be victimized at higher rates than females, whites, and persons age 25 or older."

In my neck of the woods, Males, blacks, and persons age 24 or younger are the ones committing the majority of the crimes.

[BenLurkin]

"This administration in Washington clearly feels that local crime is an issue for local towns and municipalities."

Huh?

Local crime IS an issue for local towns and municipalities!

[ladyinred]

Ah yes, the race card is being played to the hilt. When will the African American community catch onto this ploy by the left? It is well past time.