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Tweet My car is dead as a doornail so, while I’m waiting for a tow truck, I thought I’d publish a list of some of the best anti-Obama posts I found this morning. The Economist’s Hope and Fear, about Obama’s depressingly populist economic prescriptions.  (H/t:  Captain’s Quarters) Big Lizard’s Chicago Rules, which tracks the bizarre [...]

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Tweet One of the things that puts the Kumbi-ya crowd into an absolute frenzy is President Bush’s refusal to deal directly with murderous dictators. Forgetting the example set by Neville “Peace in Our Time” Chamberlain, this crowd is certain that, if they can just wrest a smile from someone evil, they’ll be halfway to ending [...]

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Tweet The New York Times has attacked veterans at home as homeless people, substance abusers and killers.  Apparently those attacks have not sated its blood lust.  Instead, the Times has directed its demoralization efforts at paratroopers in Iraq, troops who are already suffering under very difficult field conditions.  Fortunately, as Blackfive explains, you can help [...]

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Tweet Last night, I was discussing with my mother the British woman I met in Florida who said that the situation in England, vis a vis Muslims, is much worse than even the papers describe. Aside from pointing to political correctness as the culprit, I also also laid the blame, as did the British woman, [...]

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Tweet One of Obama’s (and Clinton’s) many sins is the desire to nationalize medicine, so that the government gets to decide who deserves treatment and who doesn’t.  Britain, as always, serves as a useful horrible example of what can happen under such a system: A 61-year-old grandmother has been denied vital heart surgery for being [...]

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Tweet You recall the uproar a few weeks ago when the Archbishop of Canterbury said that it’s unfair for Muslims to have to follow British law and that it would be a good thing to incorporate elements of Sharia law into British law.  It turns out that he’s not the only one thinking these thoughts.  [...]

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Tweet The headline caught my eye — “Right wing plays Muslim card against Obama” — since it was such an obvious attempt to smear all conservatives as, not racists, but religious-ists. As you now, while a conservative radio host did make a speech in which he emphasized Obama’s actual, real, true middle name, McCain was [...]

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Tweet Frankly, I don’t know if I’ve ever said it on my blog, but both my mother and Don Quixote can corroborate the fact that I’ve been saying for years that mutually assured destruction is not deterrent when dealing with Iranian leaders because they not only believe in the Muslim equivalent of the Apocalypse, they [...]

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Tweet Spengler, writing at Asia Times Online, has one of the more fascinating attacks I’ve seen on Barack Obama, and one that exposes some Obama history about which I was blissfully unaware. I knew that Michelle Obama, in her role as candidate’s wife, has forced herself to speak positively about America, to the point where [...]

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Tweet In several posts over the last few days, I’ve commented about Disney efficiency.  Thousands of people are fairly painlessly shuffled from place to place; Fast Passes are a think of beauty, especially if individuals handle them well; everything is immaculately clean, including the overused bathrooms; the equipment functions superbly well considering the demands made [...]

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Tweet I’ve always referred to the numbers we used as Arabic numerals (as distinct from Roman numerals), and I’ve accepted that it was under Islam that medicine flourished during the Dark Ages.  Turns out I was wrong: FP: So how about Muslim claims of accomplishment that aren’t real? BetBasoo: Muslims claim many, many accomplishments we [...]

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Tweet Rick Moran takes a look at Obama’s dream Supreme Court.  Read Rick’s article, then make sure you vote for McCain.

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Tweet While I was gallivanting in Florida, news came out that Obama paid his respects to William Ayers, a leader of the infamous Weather Underground of the 1960s, which left a trail of bombings and deaths in its wake. Jonah Goldberg looks at this quickly buried news squiblet, as well as the connections prominent liberals [...]

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Tweet Since I was away last week, the Watcher’s election just passed me by.  Nevertheless, I would be more than remiss if I didn’t notify you about the fine winners (and placers and showers) on both sides of the aisle, council and non-council.  As is often the case when I read these posts, I find [...]

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Tweet As you know, I find the thought of an Obama Presidency frightening.  I therefore found heartening a poll that, despite having a methodology that favored Democrats, still showed that McCain would beat both Obama and Clinton if the Presidential election were held today.  Much can change between now and November but this does show [...]

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Tweet I’ve been mentally debriefing myself in the 36 hours since my return from a fairly intense Disney vacation and wanted to share some of those thoughts with you. I’ve always loved Disneyland. When I was young, I was taken in by the apparent magic. I didn’t notice the motors and wires and paint. To [...]

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Tweet I keep telling my children that saying “May I please have that toy” is much more effective than “Give me that toy!”  My point is that the same thought can be expressed in many different ways.  From an editorially perspective, Time Magazine proves precisely this point, only in a much more unpleasant way for [...]

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Tweet Regular readers here probably recognize the name Pacificus, because he’s been a frequent commenter on this blog for some time.  I’m happy to report that Pacificus has now started blogging under his own name, Harold, at another site:  Principalities And Powers.  It’s a political website, with intelligent posts and lots of links.  Check it [...]

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Tweet I’ve made no secret of the fact that I dislike the idea of a Barack Obama presidency. Perhaps in 10 years, when the man has had some seasoning, I might like him more. Right now, however, when I believe we’re engaged Norman Podhoretz’s World War IV, I find extremely unnerving having as President an [...]

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Tweet Here it is, my first day back from a long-ish vacation, and I’m not finding any blogging inspiration in today’s news. Instead, it’s exactly the same stuff that was in the news when I left: unrest in Pakistan; Hillary’s free-fall; alleged campaign shenanigans from the Hillary camp aimed at the Obama camp; Obama’s problem [...]

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Tweet I’m back!  Hurrah!  It was a great trip, but I won’t bore you to tears with the endless travel monologue.  Suffice to say that, as a Disney-lover, I had a good time, and as a homebody, I’m so glad to be home.  I’m also incredibly grateful to Don Quixote for the way in which [...]

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Tweet Bookworm will be back and blogging tomorrow or Wednesday.  Yea!!!  They didn’t have a judge for me today, but they swear they’ll have one for me tomorrow and so I’ll be in trial.  So, I thought I’d ask for some advice to welcome Bookworm back.  Personally, I think she runs a terrific blog, and  [...]

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Tweet Trial starts tomorrow so, as you can imagine, I’ve had no time to think about much of anything else this weekend.  Let me quickly throw out a topic I’m interesting in hearing about from you.  Really, two topics, I guess. First, should America use capital punishment?  My own view is that humans are capable [...]

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Tweet Thursday, we went to Disney’s Adventure Park and were one of the groups randomly chosen to receive a card with Fast Passes for each of the major attractions. The beauty of these is that there is no time limit attached to these Fast Passes. That was luck. However, it turned out we used only [...]

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Tweet Before I get to today’s topic, thank you all for the thoughtful, insightful comments.  It’s always a pleasure guest hosting Bookworm’s blog because of the intelligence and thoughtfulness of her readers.  Quote of the day has to go to Lissa, “Why should we judge a society by its poorest and weakest? Why not judge [...]

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