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To: Bill who wrote (555246)	3/15/2010 5:48:09 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575538

Why I Left the Right, Exhibit R for Dan Riehl By CHARLES JOHNSON Dim bulb wingnut blogger Dan Riehl is increasingly specializing in some of the most vile, ugly commentary on the right; it’s a crowded field, but with posts like this one he manages to stand out: Riehl World View: Isn’t It Time To Euthanize Reid’s Wife? The excuse will be that it’s “satire,” of course, and I suppose you could argue that it is. Rotten, mean-spirited “satire” that lays bare Riehl’s shriveled soul. What a disgusting creep. I’m not sure I quite understand this, given that cost is so important as a burden to taxpayers when it comes to health care. If Democrats want so badly to abort babies because of it, why are we bothering with someone who has a broken neck and back at 69? It sounds to me like she’s pretty well used up and has probably been living off the taxpayers for plenty of years to begin with. Aren’t we at least going to get a vote on it? Sen. Reid’s daughter Lana Reid Barringer, 48, who was driving the mini-van, and his wife, Landra G. Reid, 69, a passenger, were both injured. Landra suffered a broken back and a broken neck in the crash; Barringer suffered minor injuries, Sen. Reid’s office said Thursday. I realize her crook of a husband and his pals in Congress have excluded themselves from the mess they’re going to compel everyone else to join, but we’re still paying the bills, are we not? I don’t see that she’s worth it at this point, frankly. I can’t recall her ever doing anything for me. Come on, Harry – do your civic duty. The nation’s broke and counting on you guy. Pull the plug and get back to work. And don’t bill us for a full day today, either. This is no time to be sloughing off. Air freight her home, you can bury her during recess on your own time and dime. Or are you going to bill us for that, too? Reid has stayed at his wife’s bedside throughout the day Friday and returned to the Capitol in the late afternoon. And of course, he’s getting a lot of “atta boy!” comments from the other basement-dwelling throwbacks at his site. Anyone still wondering why I want nothing to do with the right wing blogosphere any more? trueslant.com

To: Bill who wrote (555246)	3/15/2010 5:53:50 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575538

The presence of the word in the Constitution throws a monkey wrench into your implication that the document explicitly omits any reference to God. There are times when you push something to such an extreme that you look like a typical winger. I know that's a comparison you don't like so my advice is to let this one go. Thomas Jefferson and others were strong proponents for separation of church and state and its not hard to imagine them diligently keeping God out of a secular document like the Constitution.