Come sit with me a while while my wife is in the hospital. Link your favorite posts here.

No porn or ads please, but otherwise I will not limit topics or numbers.

This is my all-weekend open linkfest.

Others at Blue Star Chronicles, Stuck on Stupid, Liberal Wrong Wing, Outside The Beltway, Conservative Cat, Third World Country, Bacon Bits, Real Ugly American, Adam's Blog, Is It Just Me?, Voteswagon, Uncooperative Blogger

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My favorite Democrat entered the hospital a short time ago, with what is probably "only" pneumonia.

Until I get to bring her home, I will likely spend a lot of my free time by her side at the hospital.

If she throws me out of the hospital, though, I may get to post something these next few days.

We'll wait and see.

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I teach a college level American Government class in the evenings -- eight weeks on, then eight weeks off. We meet three days a week, from 8-10. The school is 45 minutes away from my home, making for pretty late nights when you consider that I get up at 4:45 to be to the highschool by 6:45 AM.

Last night, my students finished their exams. I graded them and turned in final marks before heading home.

I'm free in the evenings now for about two months. Time to get reaquainted with my wife and my dog.

Sounds like a good reason to open up a post for trackbacks on any subject!

You know the drill for my linkfests -- feel free to link here with any interesting posts you have made recently. I won't limit the number of links, but I will ask you to act reasonably. No Porn, no advertising links, please.

OPEN TRACKBACKED TO: Samantha Burns, Conservative Cat, MacBro's Place, Gospel Fiction, Comedian Jenee, NIF, Don Surber, Right Wing Nation, Colbert Report, Third World Country, Bacon Bits, Stuck On Stupid, Liberal Wrong Wing, Adam's Blog, Jo's Cafe, Real Ugly American, Blue Star Chronicles

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The moonbats are up in arms over the decision of washingtonpost.com (the online wing of the Washington Post) to include a blog by RedState.com founder Ben Domenech

During the recent controversy surrounding Dan Froomkin's blog at The Washington Post, editors not only decided to clearly label his column "opinion" but also to make an effort to hire a conservative blogger to balance his alleged liberal slant.

Today, the Post launched the result: A new blog called "Red America," created by Ben Domenech, co-founder of RedState, a popular community blog.

It immediately set off what Post political reporter Tom Edsall called a "firestorm" in his online chat today.

A former contributing editor to National Review Online, Domenech later became what he calls "the youngest political appointee of President George W. Bush." After a stint as chief speechwriter for Texas Senator John Cornyn, he became a book editor at Regnery Publishing, where he worked with Michelle Malkin and others.

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The launch upstaged what the Post's Edsall had hoped to talk about during his online chat today. Here is a selection of the exchanges there.

So the decision to balance liberal writers at washingtonpost.com has provoked a howl of outrage from liberals, who donÂ’t believe that equal time is warranted. WhatÂ’s more, they seem to think that they are the oppressed minority at the Washington Post, and want the post to hire a liberal blogger to offset Domenech (who was hired to balance liberal Dan Froomkin). I guess it isnÂ’t equal time for liberals until the balance is tilted to the hard Left.

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Before I post the details of today's linkfest, let me supply you with some contact information for those who wish to help our brother in Christ, Abdul Rahman, who is facing death at the hands of the Afghan government for this so-called "crime". (H/T Michelle Malkin)

Abdul was taken into custody and a court case has followed. The story hit public TV on Thursday, March 16. The newscaster stated that an Afghan citizen by the name of Abdul Rahman converted to the Christian religion 16 years ago.

He was questioned, "Do you confess that you have apostacized from Islam?"

He responded, "No, I am not an apostate, I believe in God."

Question: "Do you believe in the Koran?"

Response: "I believe in the Injil (New Testament) and love Jesus Christ.

Yes, that is right -- the government of Afghanistan -- created and supported with American blood and money -- is seeking to execute this man for exercising his fundamental human right (defined under international law in the UN's Universal Declarationon Human Rights over half a century ago) to choose his own religion.

Help this brother out.

Contact the following.

Ambassador Said T. Jawad
Embassy of Afghanistan
2341 Wyoming Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20008
info@embassyofafghanistan.org
(202)483-6410

White House Comment Line
202-456-1111.

U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
202-647-4000

This trial must not be permitted to proceed, for it gives legitimacy to the notion that government has the right to dictate and punish religious choices of citizens.

MORE AT: Blogs for Bush, Michelle Malkin (taking the lead on the issue), Captain's Quarters, Church and State, Below the Beltway, Ordinary Everyday Christian, Conservative Political Rants, Macmind

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You know the drill for my linkfests -- feel free to link here with any interesting posts you have made recently. I won't limit the number of links, but I will ask you to act reasonably. No Porn, no advertising links, please.

Other linkfests at Conservative Cat, Adam's Blog, Third World Country, Bacon Bits

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Aye and Begorrah, it is the weekend of Leprechauns and Green Beer! It is also time for my usual weekend Linkfest and Open Trackback Party.

You know the drill -- feel free to link here with any interesting posts you have made recently. I won't limit the number of links, but I will ask you to act reasonably. No Porn, no advertising links, please.

We'll be open here all weekend!

OPEN TRACKBACKING AT: Conservative Cat, Stuck on Stupid, Adam's Blog, Samantha Burns, Third World Country, Liberal Wrong Wing, Bacon Bits, Real Ugly American, Camelot Destra Ideale, Voteswagon, Uncooperative Blogger, Blue Star, Jo's Cafe

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Well, here comes this Wednesday's linkfest and trackback festival. This is an open trackback time, so link to me with your best, most interesting, or favorite post, and it will be featured here.

This will get you additional traffic, me additional traffic, and others additional traffic -- and let me determine if my trackbacking is working, as I've gotten nothing but spam trackbacks for days.

So help a brother blogger out -- trackback with one or more posts -- though be reasonable.

Enjoy!

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I'm headed back to school on Monday -- but I still have time for a couple more nights of rodeo (and four nights next week, for that matter).

In the mean time, why don't you folks link up here with some of your best? It's time for our regular all-weekend linkfest!

I won't set any limits on how many you can link back here -- I just ask that you be reasonable in terms of quantity.

No porn or ads, though.

And hopefully a few more trackbacks than Wednesday!

OTHER OPEN TRACKBACKS:
Conservative Cat -- Conservative Cat

Can You Eat an Ice Cream Bar and Blog? -- Blue Star Chronicles

Bacon Break — Dance Party Weekend -- TMH's Bacon Bits

Friday/Weekend Open Trackbacks -- The Liberal Wrong Wing

Big Bucks Extended Weekend Trackback Party & Linkfest Mar. 10-12 -- Stuck On Stupid

Friday Forum - It's All About Books -- The Median Sib

Roundup and Weekend OTA Open Trackbacks -- third world county

The Return of the Knucklehead Weekend Open Trackbacks -- Adam's Blog

Welcome Tiberius Gracchus / Weekend Open Post -- The Real Ugly American.com

Friday News Roundup -- The Uncooperative Blogger

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Time to focus in on one of my favorite sites -- Townhall.com, with its many great columns by conservative (and even some not very conservative) writers on politics and culture. Over the last two days, I've noticed a number of great columns -- even though Mike Adams has been silent.

So here goes, in no particular order.

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Yesterday was primary day in Texas.

I was up at 0400 to get ready to be at the polling place at 0600. Shower, shave, drive to the poling place.

At 0600, I and only one of my staff arrived torunn the polling place. One was ill, and so called to let me know she couldn't come. One bopped in around 0630, in time to still be some help.

Polls opened at 0700. About 0720, my last poll worker arrives -- had to take the girls to school. It really isn't a problem, since we've only had five voters by this point, including me and my staff.

We had a slow day -- only around 135 voters -- but 50 folks early voted. I don't know what the Donks got over at their polling place, but I suspect the numbers were smaller. That's why I had time to post intermittently yesterday, since we had long stretches of no voters at all.

We shut down promply at 1900, and held the precinct convention at 1930. The participants were the usual suspects -- me, the guy who was my predecessor and his wife, and one of the local activists and his mom. All rsolutions passed, and we were out by 1957. Turned in the voting supplies and computers at 2045, and was home by 2145, having stopped to pick up dinner for my darling wife and I.

And collapsed into a sound sleep once the last bite was done.

I'll look up the results in a few minutes and post on them.

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In the mean time, folks, it is time for my Wednesday Linkfest -- go ahead and link to me with anything interesting.

You know how it works -- you link to this post and send a trackback, and your post will display here. So link away -- I won't set a maximum number of items you can link with here, but I would hope that you would consider exercising prudent judgement on the matter. No porn, please, and no advertising -- just interesting stuff.

OTHER OPEN TRACKBACKS/LINKFESTS: Adam's Blog, Conservative Cat, Freedom Watch USA, Bacon Bits, Stuck on Stupid, Cao's Blog, Right Wing Nation, Basil's Blog, Jo's Cafe, Don Surber

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Don't you think that should get me a place on her blogroll?

Compare this post on Rhymes With Right with this post on Michelle Malkin's site.

Looks like I beat her to the punch by several days. Maybe it has something to do with my decision to invite Andrew to submit something about the Peace Studies controversyfor publication the day the Washington Post story came out.

I'm not making any sort of accusation -- just noting that I scooped her.

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We are counting down the seconds until it arrives -- that delisious Spring Break that we get every March! It falls right in the middle of RodeoHouston, and also gives me a day to work as Election Judge for the GOP primary on Tuesday without having to take one of my personal leave days. So we will be rodeoing and poll-working this coming week.

Just hope and pray that I survive Friday -- kids have been wild all week, and progress report grades are due before we leave.

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This is, of course, my usual Weekend linkfest post.

You know how it works -- you link to this post and send a trackback, and your post will display here. So link away -- I won't set a maximum number of items you can link with here, but I would hope that you would consider exercising prudent judgement on the matter. No porn, please, and no advertising -- just interesting stuff.

So come on, folks -- Cowboy Up!

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On a comment thread on another blog, a leftard accused me of having bought into a philosophy of cultural supremacy.

Dana Garrett Says:
February 26th, 2006 at 10:39 pm

Nice try, Rhymes. All one need to do is go to your site and see all those posts about the evil Muslims to see that you have already been recruited by supremacist views.

And also here.

Dana Garrett Says:
February 27th, 2006 at 1:18 am

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Oh, I have read your diatribes against Muslims. There is no doubt that you are a cultural supremacist.

IÂ’ve let that accusation sit for a while, so that I could reflect upon it.

I’ve come to realize that he is right – my statements on Islam do clearly show that I believe Western culture – especially as expressed in America – to be superior to the culture prevalent in the Muslim world.

When I compare the religious freedom and tolerance of this country to the oppression and dhimmitude prevalent in the Muslim world, I find American freedom to be superior.

When I look at the relatively unfettered speech and press rights of our country and the limits placed on these fundamental rights in the Muslim world, I find American liberty to be superior.

When I consider the relative equality of the sexes in America and the chador/burqa/abaya-clad chattel who are subject to so-called “honor killings”, I find American culture to be superior.

In fact, I cannot find anything in Muslim culture that is superior to its Western (especially in its American form) counterpart – a reality I can trace back at least five or six centuries.

If that makes me a "cultural supremacist", then I gladly plead guilty to the accusation.

But then again, maybe that does not make me a “cultural supremacist”. Maybe that just makes me someone with common sense and a love of freedom -- and, to use a word which is anathema to folks like my accuser, a patriot..

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I want to be President

Seriously -- and I need your help.

You probably wonder what is up -- have I finally lost my mind?

Actually, no.

I'm playing the game associated with Prayers for the Assassin, the new book by Robert Ferrigno

I'm running under my old college radio handle, Tony Scott.

What can you do.

Click a link, and then click to give me the highest possible donation -- $10,000 (So much for McCain-Feingold). The more I raise, the more likely I will win.

So make the right choice -- and shudder at the thought that any such world could ever come to pass.

Vote for Tony Scott!

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