Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Hypocrisy, Little Dogs, and Mark Pocan
As I suspected, it is so nice to have someone like Mark Pocan in the blogosphere. http://markpocan.blogspot.com/
True believers can be so entertaining.
But I must admit, I'm a little confused by his recent adoption of "Che," a Cavachon - a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and Bichon Frise mix that he picked up at an Iowa puppy mill. The whole thing just violates so many principles of the quasi-socialist PC isthmus left that I fear for Mark's continued support in the community.
My first question for Marky Mark is why he didn't pick out a new dog from the thousands awaiting execution in Wisconsin's many humane societies? Just think, another dog will die so that Pocan can have a "Cavachon." My second concern has to do with MP's position on civil liberties and the rights of prisoners to due process. I know that Pocan has dedicated a great deal of his time to defending Supermax prisoners and the like, so I'm confused by his dog-name endorsement of the murderous executioner Ernesto "Che" Guevera. Could his application of civil liberties be dependent on what types are getting executed? Conservative Cubans can be shot in secret, but Tookie Williams must be protected?
But anyway, good luck with your new puppy Mark. And power to the people! I hope things work out for you. And please keep letting it all hang out in your blog. I love it how you call the Republicans hypocrites in nearly every other press release issued by your office. Down with hypocrisy, I say. And that is indeed one cute hamst... er puppy that you've got there.