Civil War open thread
I won’t be blogging tomorrow (Sunday), because I’ll be at a Civil War reenactment. It’s wonderful fun and has become a summer tradition for us. Consider this an open thread.
Continue readingMonth: July 2009
Why I can’t rouse myself to mourn Cronkite’s passing
I grew up watching Walter Cronkite. He was a fixture on the TV in my household and, in our little world, had a great deal of credibility. Had he died 20 years ago, I would have mourned him sincerely as the passing of a childhood icon. I know better now,
Continue readingMust read about health care myths
Stumbling On Truth has an amusing and devastating deconstruction of the myths fueling the Democratic side of the health care debate. (Hat tip: gpc31) Here’s just a small sample of this longer article: Myth #1 Health Care Costs are Soaring No, they are not. The amount we spend on health
Continue readingBad times deserve bad jokes
With the news being unrelentingly depressing (especially news, not of things as they are, but as the Dems plan them to be), I thought this would be a good joke: Four little old Jewish ladies are sitting around the table. “Oy,” sighs the first. “Oy, vey,” moans the second. “Oy,
Continue readingNo excuses, and things that are inexcusable *UPDATED*
I really like this article from the Anchoress about the need to hold ourselves to high standards (a need, surprisingly that Obama articulated to the NAACP), and Babs Boxer’s grotesque demonstration of what happens when we hold certain segments of our society to low standards. The Anchoress also has a
Continue readingSwine flu and Britain
Here, at home, it’s barely news. In England, it’s a true epidemic, with the current spread and death rate hinting at up to 65,000 deaths as the disease runs its course. Are we in the U.S. hit less hard? Are we hearing less about how hard we’re hit? I’m asking,
Continue readingThe best anti-Obama ad is . . . Obama himself.
The GOP did a great job with this one (although, frankly, they had a lot of good material at hand): [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MjQ17kDng[/youtube] I wrote to all my Congress women today telling them that, if they vote for the health care bill, they can count on a no vote from me next
Continue readingWise Latina in on the Supreme Court
It was a foregone conclusion, but it’s still irksome that the RINOs piled on for Sotomayor. It’s not just that she’s a judicial activist who dislikes self-defense, lies about her record, and shilled for a radical Puerto Rican group. It’s that the hearings showed something very, very specific about her:
Continue readingSomeone needs a class in remedial thinking
I can just hear the wild screams of laughter, and the front page coverage, if a Republican president had said something this stupid (at about 45 seconds): Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Hey, I’d like to make a change to change, too. Hat
Continue readingContext can be so amusing
My home page is BNO News on Twitter, which is a headline aggregator. This morning, I was greeted with this series of headlines: AP: Obama adviser says US has come substantial distance back from the abyss of economic disaster.about 1 hour ago from BNO Headquarters Michigan’s unemployment rate in June
Continue readingA bombing in Indonesia. I wonder who’s behind it?
I’m away from my computer for a few hours and return to find the headlines filled with stories of a terrible bombing at two luxury hotels in Jakarta. I’m going to guess that Catholics are not behind the bombing. I’m also going to guess that Hindus, Jews, Protestants, animists, Wiccans,
Continue readingBest Watcher of Weasels submissions evah!
I say that every week, but this time I really mean it. Usually, I open up all the submissions in tabs and read them one after the other. If an article doesn’t take my fancy, I close the tab immediately. I consider only the open tabs when casting my vote.
Continue readingOnly I can own me! — by guest blogger Danny Lemieux
This clip of today’s Sotomayor hearings may just have hit upon the most important constitutional question that faces us all as we confront our devolution into the Obamatopian State. In this segment, Senator Tom Coburn (R., OK) asks Judge Sotomayor whether she agrees that Americans have a basic right to
Continue readingObama’s lying again
Obama’s lying again, which is always fascinating, because his lies fall into the “who are you going to believe — me or your lying eyes?” category. That is, it’s not as if he has a guilty little secret, and is lying. Nor is it a simple he said/she said scenary,
Continue readingBoxer wonders where that new hole came from
I have no idea who he is, I have no idea what this is about, but I sure do love seeing someone exposing in Barbara Boxer the condescending racism that is a global characteristic of liberal whites: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE_jGD5nZ6U[/youtube]
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