Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I’m listening to Obama’s speech. Yes, he doesn’t have a Texas accent, which delights the coastal elites. Otherwise, it’s a fairly standard speech, promising all things to all people: we’ll have incredibly strong national security, except we promise not to hurt the bad guys; we won’t rely on government to
Continue readingThe great orator flubbed the oath. (By the way, another famous flubbing was Princess Di, when she bungled her husband’s name. Look how that marriage turned out.) UPDATE: LGF says Roberts screwed up. I knew that the oath turned into “who’s on first” about halfway through, with confusion issuing from
Continue readingI’m watching the news right now. The crowds are amazing. I wonder if I’m the only one watching who feels a certain amount of dismay at the fact that the reason people are so celebratory (and really the only reason the man was elected) is the color of his skin
Continue readingIn words so simple even a Democrat (or Thomas Friedman) could understand, Thomas Lifson, editor at American Thinker, explains how American workers are being divided into an economic class system, with private sector employees supporting their more lavishly funded public sector counterparts:
Continue readingFrom Minority Leader John Boehner, a little information about the House Democrats’ $825 billion “stimulus” bill. A Dozen Fun Facts About the House Democrats’ Massive Spending Bill 1. The House Democrats’ bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren. 2. The
Continue readingCheck out Ed Morrissey’s suggested list of worst political movies and see what you think. I agree with him. Indeed, I was savvy enough even in my pre-neocon days to recognize how awful some of them were, especially Oliver Stone’s JFK, which I thought was one of the stupidist, most
Continue readingYesterday, Mr. Bookworm and I found ourselves in a car heading south. As we passed the Marriott at which Sarah Palin spoke (a speech I got to hear in person), this dialog ensued: Me: That’s where Sarah Palin spoke. Mr. Bookworm: Really? Are you still going to tell me that
Continue readingIt’s a pretty sorry statement about my cultural life that, when I hear Rossini’s Barber of Seville, this is the first thing that pops into my head: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxzusRY55Rc[/youtube]
Continue readingAccording to List Universe, the first official slave owner in Virginia — the one who brought a lawsuit that made slavery a recognized practice in that state in 1654 — was a black man who contended that his black indentured servant was, in fact a slave. This tidbit shouldn’t really
Continue readingBefore there was YouTube, there were still venues for really bad singers. One of the most famous of all times was Flora Foster Jenkins (1868-1944), a woman who ended up playing Carnegie Hall, much to the delight of her fan, amongst whom was Enrico Caruso. Wikipedia has a nice summary
Continue readingFor those who followed him, I’m very sorry to say that fairly good authority reports that Bill Faith, who blogged at Bill’s Bites and Old War Dogs, passed away. I’m hoping that, as with Mark Twain, reports of Bill’s death have been greatly exaggerated, but he was in ill health,
Continue readingThe San Francisco Boys Chorus and the San Francisco Girls Chorus are heading to D.C. to sing at the inauguration. I had the opportunity to hear them perform yesterday at San Francisco City Hall, and their singing is just beautiful. They look lovely too, in their crisp uniforms — although
Continue readingIn my post about Obama’s hubris, David Foster left this great comment: Aviation analogy: Here we have a guy who once flew a Cessna 152 around the pattern, on a sunny day, with an instructor sitting right beside him. Now he has somehow become pilot in command of a large
Continue readingMy Sister Eileen could have been a good movie, but it isn’t. However, it does have one marvelous dance scene with Bob Fosse and Tommy Rall, a dance few see because it’s buried in a bad movie. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBBoQxLQ9Rk[/youtube]
Continue readingA lovely juxtaposition of quotations from Obama: “When John McCain said we could just ‘muddle through’ in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden
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