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As you know, the police report of Henry Louis Gates’ arrest, an arrest that involved black and Hispanic officers, as well as the white officer who got all the coverage, saw Gates instantly crying “race.”  His first words, after refusing to cooperate, were “Why, because I’m a black man in America?”  He then accused the [...]

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Orwell understood the totalitarian mindset.  That’s why he invented Newspeak, a language with the specific goal of making anti-governmental thought impossible.  The Wikipedia article on the subject sums it up nicely: Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell‘s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, it is described as being “the only language in the [...]

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Michelle Malkin puts it together:  the administration’s insistence that blind-folded science (untouched by greed or human feeling) will ensure the proper treatments in all situations plus the person who is the President’s voice for those “scientific” treatments.  If you recall Zombie’s expose about the new science czar, John Holdren, you’ll realize that the person setting [...]

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I appreciate and admire law enforcement.  Since I’m a nice, law-abiding, white female, I’ve never run afoul of the man and women in law enforcement (although I’m not so thrilled about meter maids).  These are people who do a very necessary job and, most of the time, do it with bravery, good cheer, discipline and [...]

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Being a police or other type of security officer is, by definition, a risky job.  It’s entirely possible to find oneself in a low risk situation, such as the town in which I live.  Crimes here tend to revolve around shoplifting, speeding, vandalism, etc.  I know of several young officers (and fire fighters) who sought [...]

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I know how I voted on the Watcher’s Council submissions this week.  How would you vote? Council Submissions The Glittering Eye – How Not to Argue Rhymes With Right – My Final Reason For Opposing Sonia Sotomayor Joshuapundit – Netanyahu And Lieberman Tell Obama: ‘Jerusalem Is Not Negotiable’ The Provocateur – Note to the Conservative [...]

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Apparently there is now an IQ test for Congressional Democrats.  If you test too high, you’re disqualified.  How else can one explain, in this day and age of alternative media, the Dems’ decision to prevent Republicans from sending out this chart, which is the Republican view of the current health care debate. Note that I [...]

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By now, you’ve all heard about the Henry Louis Gates incident:  a neighbor reported a possible break-in; cops came; they discovered that it was Gates trying to get in after being locked out; and, when things got heated, the cops arrested Gates.  Gates has cried racism; the cops claim a righteous arrest.  Since it was [...]

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Do you remember the words in my post title?  I sure do, and I wasn’t even very politically aware then.  That was George Bush, Sr., making a promise to the American people:  “Read my lips:  No new taxes.”  He broke that promise. It looks as if Barack Obama is readying himself to break that promise [...]

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I’ve got to work, but I still read a few things this morning, during my regular rounds of morning blog favorites, that I think you’ll find interesting too: Power Line on Obama’s bizarre approach to health care reform: “One would expect a leader, paricularly one who is considered highly cerebral by many, to carefully craft [...]

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As you may recall, I said that last week’s Watcher’s non-council nominations were the strongest batch I’ve ever seen.  I think that’s reflected in the vote spread.  I strongly recommend each and every one of the articles in the list below (and, as always, I recommend checking out the comments the Watcher leaves as he [...]

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This is one of the saddest stories I’ve seen in a long time, especially when looking at the before and after pictures.  Life can be very cruel.

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I remember him when he was just a baby — but now Phibian is five years old.  Please head on over to his blog and help him celebrate this momentous occasion.  If you’ve been there already, you know you’ll enjoy the trip; and if you haven’t been there yet, you’re in for a treat.

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My new Kindle = good The new Harry Potter movie = tired, but competent (the production values, I mean) Son = sick and going to the doctor Open thread = here and now UPDATE:  My son was diagnosed with a generic “virus.”  It might be swine flu, just as the flu he had a month [...]

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Don Parker nails both the costs and hypocrisy behind the mandate in the new health care bill that seniors be gently steered towards a cheap death. UPDATE:  Thanks to Old Flyer for reminding me of this, which fits in so perfectly with the new plan: UPDATE II:  A story from my dad’s old joke book. [...]

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Obama has now added to his roster more czars than ever ruled all of Russia through its long history.  But who are these people?  Terresa, at Noisy Room, decided to find out.  Without exception, it makes for very disturbing reading.  Start with this guy — the green jobs czar — and then look for links [...]

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It’s a totally unscientific poll, but there’s no reason not to let your voice be heard. UPDATE:  Welcome, Wizbang readers!  Since Kim was kind enough to give me a big link for a little blog post, I feel as if I ought to say more on the topic.  With regard to the poll itself, it’s [...]

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Bowing to Obama, U.S. Senate, in one fell swoop, destroys jobs and dramatically decreases American security.  Are the voters paying attention? Obama may not be reading the monstrous health care bill, but others are.  Current bad provisions are the destruction of private insurance, a point as to which Obama out and out lied; mandatory counseling [...]

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Kim Priestap has a superb post that (a) details some of the worst aspects of the current health care bill; (b) calls out Obama for lying about the CBO report; and (c) exposes the fact that Obama, despite his increasingly ferocious attempts to foist this bill on the American people, has no idea what’s in [...]

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A debate has been raging in my email forum about America’s true enemy:  Is it Islamism abroad or Obamism at home?  In some of the emails exchanged, people have drawn very bright lines, arguing that we are wasting energy that should be focused on fighting the “real” enemy (Islamism or Obamism), because we’re spending all [...]

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Or, never judge a book by its cover. Hat tip:  Maggie’s Farm

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On the subject of early 1980s silliness, this video speaks for itself: As does this one: My kids have no silly music.  It’s all so serious.  Poor things. UPDATE:  The quality is poor, but I’ve got the Purple People Eater for you.

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Pluto:

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One of the things I struggle to explain to my kids is that “the military,” in the abstract, is neither good nor bad.  Nor does size matter.  David and Goliath is an inspiring story, because we like to see the little guy win.  However, David also had right on his side.  As I’ve said time [...]

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Rusty Shackleford is spitting bullets about the fact that the Taliban have kidnapped Pvt. Bowe Bergdahl and are parading him for propaganda purposes.  Although it’s easy to get all tangled up about international law and whether the Geneva Convention should extend to these people, Dr. Shackleford gets to the core point, which is the fact [...]

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