Welcome to the December 16, 2007 edition of Carnival of Political Punditry.

historyiselementary presents Two Very Different Homecomings for Thanksgiving posted at History Is Elementary, saying, “…two very different Homecomings for Thanksgiving for two of our brave soliders”

Jason Hughey presents Part 1: The Enforcement of Morality Debate posted at Logical Consistency, saying, “In this post, I lay out my opening case for conservative principles of government enforcement of moral obligations in anticipation of a response from my libertarian friend at Reason and Capitalism, Shaun Connell.”

kcawley presents Get Organized, America posted at Life, the Universe, and Everything, saying, “As debts go up, how are we compensating? Some of the major reasons the debt numbers keep climbing and the economy is sinking, and some motivation and a starting point for people to get involved and stop the crash from coming.”

Mike Kuykendall presents Obama’s Attacks on Edwards Backfire posted at Mike Kuykendall, saying, “Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s recent opposition research release on John Edwards in Iowa may come back to haunt him- now that the “positive” candidate has gone negative, will everybody start mudslinging?”

Mike Kuykendall presents Patriot Act Loses Appeal posted at Mike Kuykendall, saying, “A portion of the Patriot Act was struck down on appeal Monday due to “vague language”; hopefully cases like this will call the rest of this egregious revocation of civil liberties into question.”

Mike Kuykendall presents Racist Nobel Laureate Sports African Genes posted at Mike Kuykendall, saying, “Ironically, it turns out Nobel laureate, DNA co-discoverer, and hardcore racist James Watson actually descends from Africans a couple of generations back…”

Ian Welsh presents Edwards Is More Electable. Period. posted at The Agonist, saying, “It’s not 2004 any more. CNN’s latest poll shows ONLY Edwards crushing ALL of the Republican candidates. Time to look at the numbers and realize Hillary and Obama can’t win–and we can’t afford a Republican president for 4 more years. Instead, can finally have it all–an electable candidate, with progressive policies, that makes it to the Whitehouse: John Edwards.”

Mike Kuykendall presents Russia Withdraws from Cold War NATO Treaty posted at Mike Kuykendall, saying, “Bush scores another foreign policy “success”; Russia pulled out of the Conventional Force Europe treaty Wednesday, possibly upsetting the balance of power in Europe.”

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Political Laughs posted at Mad Kane’s Political Madness.

Greg Laden presents Greg Laden’s Blog : Ohio School District: WTF???? posted at Greg Laden’s Blog.

Amanda Regan presents Is This Man Bush’ Love-child? posted at The GOOD, The BAD & The MISCHIEF.

Tiffany Washko presents Everything I Want to Do Is Illegal! posted at Natural Family Living Blog.

Freeborn Wasnot presents The Boston Tea Party Revisited posted at Liberty’s Law, The U.S. Constitution, saying, “We have a hidden tax that is imposed without representation. We need a tea party of our own.”

Aahz presents Aahzian Contradictions – Anti-Gun, But Pro-2nd Amendment posted at Philaahzophy.

blue skelton presents I’m in Love with Ann Coulter posted at Blue Skelton Publications, saying, “I am going to surprise the world by saying this but I have a nasty confession to make: I am in love with Ann Coulter. I have been a naughty little liberal and I need a little discipline from a conservative dominatrix like Ann Coulter.”

vjack presents Romney Reveals Bigotry Toward Non-Theistic Americans posted at Atheist Revolution.

Stirling Newberry presents Dancing On a Volcano posted at The Agonist, saying, “The present continued inflation volatility, and increasing general level of prices, is an indicator of the extreme financial mismanagement of the economy by the Republicans, and a sign of how morally bankrupt, and simply economically blind, as well as politically inept, the present Democratic Congress is. The public hates this economy, it would be politically, a great time to simply oppose an out of control executive, and take the path of fiscal rectitude. Instead, the Republicans are starting to reclaim that mantle on the cheap by opposing a few projects here and there, while still dropping the GDP of Iraq into Iraq.”

The Whited Sepulchre presents Mitt Romney – “The Mormon Speech” posted at The Whited Sepulchre, saying, “Here’s what Mitt Romney should have said in his famous “Mormon Speech”.”

Hell’s Handmaiden presents Daddy! Daddy! The neighbor is beating his wife! | hell’s handmaiden posted at Hell’s Handmaiden.

Michael Bass presents Do we have Private Property in the USA? posted at Debt Prison, saying, “What is private property and what rights come with it? I find it interesting that this subject is never discussed by politicians. From Democrats to Republicans, the issue of private property and the rights of ownership are seldom mentioned. However, the interpretation of private property is probably the single most important judgment a society administers in determining its destiny. All Laws revolve around a society’s perception of the rights to private property.”

Jon Swift presents Jamie Leigh Jones Undermines the War Effort posted at Jon Swift, saying, “If the terrorists wanted to undermine the war effort and destroy Western Civilization as we know it, this would be the perfect way to do it. There was just one thing these clever terrorists didn’t count on: bloggers like Shackleford, Curt and Ace who would see right through their fiendish plan.”

Dana presents Fundamentalism, psychotropic drugs and mass murder posted at Principled Discovery.

Shaun Connell presents Stop Legislating Morality posted at Reason and Capitalism.

Greg Laden presents The Bible-Thumping Grinch who Pissed on Christmas posted at Greg Laden’s Blog.

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