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Thanks to Danny Lemieux for sending this link to one of the best videos I’ve ever seen explaining what kind of government America has, and why it’s so much better than any other form available.  It also puts to rest the notion that conservatives are “fascists.”  As we all know, the opposite is true.

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I mentioned this last week, but I wanted to remind you again that Jack, at Random Thoughts — Do They Have Meaning, has created a clearinghouse for stories about Israel’s incursion into Gaza.  If you want a quick reference point for information about events in Gaza, Random Thoughts is the place to go.  Seraphic Secret [...]

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I wrote last week about the fact that Mr. Bookworm was shocked that African-Americans might still be inclined to indulge in anti-social behavior (such as riots in Oakland) despite Obama’s election.  He was so sure that, once Obama was elected, racial harmony would instantly become the rule, with no exceptions.  John Hindraker warns of more [...]

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I like this from James Taranto regarding Obama’s extreme campaign versus his excessively cautious position as president-elect: It is certainly to Obama’s credit that he has decided to “know what’s going on” rather than “making judgments on the basis of incomplete information or campaign rhetoric.” In an ideal world, he would have abjured the irresponsible [...]

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I’ve had some family management issues taking up my time today (all is good, but, boy, was the management time-consuming), but my faithful friends send me wonderful, thought-provoking things that I can pass along to you.  Here’s a good video trying to help Americans understand what Israelis have suffered for the last ten years — [...]

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If you want to be sickened by the nature of Hamas’ fellow travelers in the U.S., check out Zombie’s photographs from the rally in San Francisco to protest Israel’s war against Hamas.  One photo, combined with Zombie’s comment, struck me with particular force: “Globalize the Intifada.” This is the fundamental message underlying all of these [...]

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Forward and back he goes, depending on which way the focus group blows.  Before being elected, Obama promised to close Gitmo.  Then, with the reins of power almost in his hands, he panicked and backed off from the promise.   Then panic instantly set in again when his focus groups showed that his core constituencies [...]

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Peters has said everything I’d like to say.

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I’m fairly disinterested in Prince Harry.  He strikes me as an unexceptional young man who grew up in an unpleasantly rarefied atmosphere, but who is finally finding meaning and purpose in his life through military service.  He keeps forcing attention on himself, though, by having foot (or costume) in mouth disease.  A few years ago, [...]

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The Weblog Awards aren’t the only blog-popularity contest out there.  Right Wing News just wrapped up its 7th Annual Poll of conservative bloggers to find out what their favorite blogs are, as well as the identity of their most and least liked political writers.  The results are interesting, informative and fun — and you can [...]

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Let me just say that I’m delighted that Israel, finally realizing that, in the eyes of the international community, the only good Jew is a dead Jew, is thumbing her nose at the world, and cleaning out Gaza.  Yay! For a while there I thought Israel would do her typical thing and snatch defeat from [...]

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My fellow Council members were appropriately dismissive of my entry this past week, which was one of my weaker efforts — and that during a week when the other Council members were writing exceptionally intriguing and interesting posts.  I think you’ll agree with how the votes fell out.  (By the way, even though I post [...]

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I can guarantee you that Mr. Jim Bramell, a Mill Valley resident spouting this kind of belly-gazing crap, was not on the streets protesting at any time during the last several years as Hamas fired thousands of missiles into Israel, destroying myriad little castles (for footage of some of those destroyed little Israeli castles, many [...]

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I’m sorry, but when a law professor writes this kind of prima facie garbage, you have to wonder about an administration that keeps him on board.  Without even delving into actual facts, let me just fisk the relevant parts of Bisharat’s article regarding Israel and war crimes to reveal logical inconsistencies and outright gibberish: Israel’s [...]

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Hamas has been making much of its dead children.  It had a field day with photos of those children who died when the IDF shot shells into a “UN school.”  Most of the world (including, of course, a credulous and/or complicit media) managed to ignore the fact that it’s bizarre that, in the midst of [...]

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Is it only me, or is there a wonderful lunatic charm to Blago?  I adored the way in which he appointed a megalomaniac black man to the Senate, forcing Reid either to seat someone he normally wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole, or risk opprobrium as a racist.  Likewise, I really enjoyed Blago’s press [...]

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My email inbox is like the mythical hydra:  as fast as I process and delete emails, new ones come in, usually in numbers disproportionate to those I’ve deleted.  I think I’m caught up for the minute, but I’m pessimistic about what the next minute will bring!

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It’s good, very good: Council Submissions Joshuapundit – It’s Hard Out There For A ( Hamas) Pimp Rhymes With Right – On The Conflict Against Hamas Bookworm Room – Taking Reagan’s Name in Vain The Glittering Eye – Money for the States? Cheat-Seeking Missiles – Portrait of an Arse as a Dead Man Soccer Dad [...]

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Not a conversation in which I was involved (nor was it politic or appropriate to become involved), but I heard someone this morning praising Carter’s execrable editorial (and I’m not going to dignify that with a link) castigating Israel for defending itself. The liberal praising the article, when asked about the rocket attacks, said “Well, [...]

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Day before yesterday, I wrote: Reader Lulu send me an email pointing out something interesting, which is that Hezbollah is doing nothing right now.  You’d think that this would be a perfect time for Hezbollah to force a two-front war on Israel.  That it’s not doing so might be a good indication that, all propaganda [...]

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I know I’ve posted this video before, but it’s so good, I just had to again, especially with the media blathering on about a depression.  (Joan Blondell, and a cast of hundreds, from The Gold Digger’s of 1933.)

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(And, no, I can’t avoid these conversations.) Lib:  You’re poisonous about Obama. Me:  No.  I’m just saying he’s never accomplished anything. Lib:  Of course he has. Me:  What has he accomplished? Lib:  He’s incredibly smart. Me:  I agree that he’s smart at advancing his career, but what has he accomplished? Lib:  He was a top [...]

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I like Benjamin Netanyahu’s suggestion for proportionality in dealing with Hamas: The charge that Israel is using disproportionate force is equally baseless. Does proportionality demand that Israel fire 6,000 rockets indiscriminately back at Gaza? That sounds like an excellent idea.  Of course, being an Israeli, Netanyahu’s suggestion is tongue in cheek, but I think it [...]

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Hamas’ tried and true tactic worked again — it put children in the line of fire and Israel, rather than moving forward to protect her own children, is caving: Israel has shown the first signs of bowing to the international outcry over its 11-day onslaught of Gaza after some 40 Palestinians sheltering in a United [...]

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On January 2, after praising an excellent article Alan Dershowitz wrote about the idiocy behind the international demand for Israel to use “proportionality” in regards to Hamas, I went on to say this: Read the rest here and wonder, as I do, why Dershowitz still aligns himself with the Democratic party.  (This would be the [...]

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