When watching baseball, live in the stadium, things are not always what they appear. Oftentimes, a pop-fly to deep short will look just like a home run to someone sitting in the upper deck, causing half the crowd (in Atlanta, anyway) to jump out of their seats and spill their beer, only to sit down again in humiliation when the shortstop catches it.

People who know how to watch baseball never judge a ball by the crack of the bat, or the appearance of its arc: They watch the outfielders. If the outfields turn around and start high-tailing for the fences, you just might have a homerun on your hands, stand up and scream. Otherwise, if they just start scratching themselves and looking into the crowd while the ball’s still sailing, just play it cool, because it’s a pop-up.

That’s why I refer to the various cranks, commies, and dictators of the world collectively as The Outfielders. If I’m unsure how I should feel about a certain event, I judge their reaction to it, and relativize. If they lose their shit and start foaming at the mouth about something Bush or the USA in general does, it’s a pretty fair bet that it’s just what the doctor ordered. On the other hand, there’s this:


Chavez applauds Rumsfeld’s resignation

CARACAS (VENEZUELA): Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez applauded the resignation of US Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and suggested President George W. Bush should quit as well.

Chavez pointed to the strong gains by Democrats in US congressional elections and called it a “reprisal vote” against Bush’s policies and the Iraq war. The leftist leader beamed as he read aloud a news report of Rumsfeld’s resignation.

Change in America

Not only liberal Americans but peace-loving people all over the world must feel relieved by Democrats’ landslide victory Tuesday. But few would feel more pleased with the election results than North Korea’s Kim Jong-il

Asia Times’ Tom Englehardt

Plebiscite on an Outlaw Empire
The wave - and make no mistake, it’s a global one - has just crashed on America’s shores, soaking our imperial masters. It’s a sight for sore eyes.

“A Reckless Government of Idiots”

“The US government of Republicans and neo-conservatives, which is a reckless government of idiots, will be reined in with the Democrats taking over the House,” Oraib Rintawi, President of the Al Quds Centre for Political Studies in Amman...

LANDSLIDE! ...a big thanks from Michael Moore

You did it! We did it! The impossible has happened: A majority of Americans have soundly and forcefully removed Bush’s party from control of the House of Representatives and the Republicans have also, miraculously, been tossed out of running our United States Senate.

And finally, a comment from someone with an IQ above 80:



TUESDAY WAS GOOD NEWS FOR .... WHO?[sic]

Those who want a weaker America

(Accepting the award will be Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin, sometimes known as Dominique de Villepin, the Prime Minister of France. Dominique was the leader of the Axis of Weasels before he became Prime Minister.)

A poll earlier this year said that something like 58% of Europeans wanted a weaker America. They got their wish on Tuesday. Who is going to be there to pull their candied asses out of the oven when they finally wake up and realize the great strides that have been made in the Islamification of Europe? Hello Eurabia.

The first blow to be struck in the weakening of America will be for the Democrats to get rid of John Bolton as the Ambassador to the United Nations. They’ll replace him with someone who will not stand up to UN corruption and the forces who want to weaken us.

The leftist media.

(Accepting the award for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, The Boston Globe, Time Magazine, Newsweek Magazine and too many more to mention will be Dan Rather)

Ninety percent or more of these people vote Democrat. They engaged in a six-year campaign of demonization of George Bush. It worked.

Man, you know that something that excites every two-bit dictator in the world just has to be Bad News. But how can it be wrong, when it feels sooooo right!



“Thank you, Ms. Speaker, may I have another!”

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