I suppose I could have named this week’s Carnival “The Cindy Sheehan Cluebat Hall of Fame Edition.” Judging by volume of posts, she would have been an automatic inductee. Heck, we even could have waived the mandatory 3 year waiting period for membership.

But that wouldn’t be entirely accurate. Some people think Mrs. Sheehan is clueless. Others believe she’s a cold, calculating radical who has surrounded herself with some of the more nauseating elements of the anti-semitic and anti-American left.

What do I think? Hell, I just work here. But if someone were to ask me I’d say that we should highlight the gimlet-eyed radicals who have captured her little floor show while asking “Mother Sheehan” some pretty hard questions about some of her kookier ideas. Like, does she really believe that the war in Iraq is a neo-con/Israel conspiracy? In short, we should do the MSM’s work for them given their predisposition to downplay some of the more unattractive aspects of Mrs. Sheehan’s campout while playing up the dramatic confrontation with the President. They don’t seem eager to cash out Mrs. Sheehan’s chips just yet.

That said, fear not! We have plenty of other fodder for this week’s Carnival. The clueless, like the Force, will always be with us. So pop a cold one and browse through this week’s riot of idiocies. You won’t regret it.

Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
(Scott Adams, Cartoonist)

Hey Scottie! I see you’re familiar with “No Child Left Behind.”
(Me)

Different River has a long, rewarding post on people – including the Israeli government - who are using a double standard in supporting the uprooting of settlers in Gaza. An excellent primer on the issue as well as some interesting perspectives. Well done.

Do not ever get Beth at My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy mad at you. Cindy Sheehan comes a cropper of Beth’s towering rant. And if strong language bothers you, as Beth would say “tough.”

For an immediate look at the other side, northstar from The People’s Republic of Seabrook skewers the President for….well, just about everything, including the smirk. “You can’t experience what you don’t feel” is the title of the post.

The Headmistress at the Common Room, as is her wont, gently takes down a customer at a book sale who demonstrates a cluelessness that alas, is becoming more and more common these days.

Matt at Going to the Mat has my vote for a finalist in cluebat of the week. Read the linked article about a man so absent minded that he…well, I won’t spoil it. But like Matt says, the guy will probably be “couch camping” for a few days.

Orac at Respectful Insolence does a calypso dance on top of Harry Belefonte’s clueless head. Judging by Mr. Belefonte’s comments, he doesn’t know his arse from his Adams apple.

Jay at Stop the ACLU brings to our attention the ACLU’s campaign to legalize (not “decriminalize”) drugs. It’s a satisfying emotional argument but the practicality of the proposals are, as Jay points out, “incredibly elitist and irresponsible.”

Bill Martin, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada sends us this link that demonstrates some North of the Border cluelessness about privacy laws and a 15 year old murder case.

The SoCal Pundit gives us a twofer this week, fisking Cluebat Hall of Famer Paul Krugman and clueless columnist Paul Craig Roberts for some querrelous comments on the economy.

Elisa is watching Barbara Boxer at Boxer Watch but this week sends us a curious rant from a blogger that calls Elisa a “McVeigh-loving right-winger.” Methinks that blogger needs a little adjustment of their tin foil hat.

Raven from And Rightly So (posting at Flight Pundit) has one of the stranger nominees this week. It seems the bloodthirsty jihadists at Guantanamo are going ga-ga over Harry Potter. Maybe they see a kindred spirit in some of the monsters.

Pstupidonymous sends us a link to this clueless Republican pol who “argues that people who object to massive pay hikes, bloated
budgets, and tax increases simply don’t understand how Pennsylvania politics works.” Spoken like a true blue cluebat.

AJ from The Strata-Sphere points out that Cindy Sheehan may in fact be harming the Democrats chances for electoral success in 2006 and 2008. Could be why some of the lefty bloggers and pols are keeping their distance from Mrs. Sheehan and her media circus.

How about a little change of pace? Here’s Two-Dogs of Mean ole Meany with one of his expert takedowns of splodeydope John Kerry. “Trust me, I have no Purple Hearts to give away for any shaving nicks that you might have acquired lately.” Yowch!

My home state Senator and cluebat extraordinaire Dick Durbin is back! In addition to denying he ever said anything clueless about comparing our military to Nazi thugs, Dickie now denys that he ever intended to give a religious litmus test to Judge Roberts. Read Maryhunter’s whole piece.

Elephants in Academia have an absolutely fascinating post skewering the press for their mocking of President Bush’s physical fitness and then setting the record straight. Great stuff!

The Nose on your Face has a hilarious post on NARAL’s anti Roberts ad. “NARAL Executives Embroiled In Dead Carnie Scandal” tells you all you need to know.

Mike at Your Republic Blog jumps on the Department of Homeland Security for an inadequate web site. One would think that if there’s a terror alert, the place to go on the web would be DHS, right? Uh-Uh.

Cao at Cao’s Blog (pronounced “key”) has Cindy Sheehan dead to rights with a scathing critique of some of the company she keeps. “Code Pink” should change their name to “Code Red.” Cao also has a link to a Kos poll that she wants everyone to vote in.

Jimmy K. at But That’s Just My Opinion highlights a speech by Mrs. Sheehan at an event honoring the terrorists best friend Lynne Stewart. Says Jimmy: “Moonbat by any other name is still a Moonbat.”

Ferdinand T. Cat of Conservative Cat has a serious take on Sheehan and some thoughts on the “wager” imposed on her by the people who have captured her cause.

Hypnyx from Global Democratic Revolution has a few choice words for conservative columnist Michelle Malkin who believes that “This woman is so full of crap, I can smell her in Chicago.” Hypnyx must have a highly developed olfactory sense because I live in the Chicago area and can’t smell a thing.

Bill at Pirates Cove has a link to a video of Mrs. Sheehan thanking the inmates at the Democratic Underground for their support. Talk about birds of a feather…

Fred Fry at Fred Fry International outlines the Sheehan controversy succinctly and adds that “There are over 100,000 troops currently in Iraq that the President is accountable to,” and points out that the White House hasn’t exactly ignored her.

Giacomo of Joust the Facts has an excellent perspective of the NARAL kerfluffle. ” Oh, come on now. NARAL didn’t want a serious discussion on Judge Roberts, they wanted to demagogue the abortion issue and change Roberts’ name to Eric Rudolph in the public’s mind.” Yup.

Mensa Barbie Blog (best of both worlds, eh guys?) links to an article that discusses the dual role dogs play(misunderstood by one writer for the NY Times) in Iraq with another link to a previous post she did on the subject of doggie warriors in the WoT. Great training video!

Mark Coffey of Decision “08 has a brand new look to his site and welcomes Maureen Dowd back in fine fashion as he fisks the clueless one for her wacky ideas on whether women are better off in Iraq now that Saddam is behind bars and pouting about a lack of Cheeto’s.

Pamela of Atlas Shrugs gives us an example of why she’s one of the best bloggers around. In a post wondering why it took a law suit to release the 9/11 tapes, she also wonders why the gatekeepers in the media try to keep 9/11 under wraps. “If that were me and I went to my office that morning and died that way, I would expect every last American to go to bat for me. To scream my name from the top of the New York Skyline.” Go. Read.

Van Helsing of Moonbattery hunts down original moonbat George Monbiot whose curious ideas about patriotism would be funny if you didn’t realize that he was being absolutely dead serious.

Harvey from Bad Example has link to an email from Blackfive that proves there are some very confused people out there, whose turn of a phrase leaves much to be desired.

Josh Cohen of Multiple Mentality has some thoughts on the stupidity of some teachers when it comes to reading and gives us the benefit of an experience from his own education.

North American Patriot has more on Cindy Sheehan and the emotional outpouring from the moonbats at the Democratic Underground. You really can’t make some of that stuff up.

Mr. Right has an hilarious spoof of the 9/11 Commission listening to testimony of the top secret Able Danger data mining operation. I think he’s got it pegged just about right.

Finally, here’s a post I did on the anti-Semites surrounding Cindy Sheehan. “The Jooooos Did It.”

NOTICE: NEXT WEEK’S CARNIVAL WILL APPEAR ON WEDNESDAY 8/24 DUE TO A PRIOR COMMITMENT TO HOST “BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES.”

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