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I think I blog, at least sometimes, because it’s the emotional equivalent of going on a bender when the other things in my life are overwhelming.  I should be working now, but I’m at my Mom’s place because she isn’t feeling well.  I’m not actually sure I should be worried.  My sister and I define [...]

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NewsFifty is a nifty new site that collects headlines from the 50 states.  In addition to a home page that aggregates lead headlines from all the states in one place (sort of like an all-American Drudge), it also has links that easily take you to much more detailed headlines for each individual state.  Every time [...]

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I’m a libertarian and a child of San Francisco in the 1970s.  What this means is that I believe, very strongly, that people should be allowed to engage in same sex relationships.  I also believe that people who are homosexual (and any subset of that, such as lesbian, bisexual, etc.), should not be harassed or [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, I included in a post the statement that Barack Obama is anti-American.  A dear and respected friend suggested that I was exaggerating.  Obama may have a different vision of or goal for America, he said, but that’s scarcely the same as being anti-American.  I’ve been thinking that over for a [...]

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Almost too accurate to be funny, but still really funny. Hat tip:  Power Line

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I’d rather be dancing:

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I must have been tired, since I slept for almost 11 hours.  Not surprising, I guess, considering the chronic insomnia that plagues me and the usual 5-6 hour nights.  I’m feeling quite good right now, although I have a little bit of a sleep hangover.  It would be a great day for blogging, but for [...]

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Don’t let the poor video quality deter you.  The dancing in this Bill Hailey video is incredible: Hat tip:  Sadie

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I’m feeling demoralized today.  I think the news is getting to me — or maybe it’s just the inevitable return to earth after the giddy pleasures of Fleet Week.  Regardless, I could use some cheering up. I started the work of cheering myself up with a Spengler article pointing out that, propaganda aside, the “downtrodden” [...]

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Diversity Lane, A Liberal Family Saga, isn’t really a cartoon “strip,” because it’s a single daily cartoon, not a daily series of panels.  Nevertheless, it always involves the same set of characters and their comments on the political scene — kind of like Doonesbury.  The only difference is that, unlike Doonesbury, I don’t see any [...]

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Obama’s media attack dog, Anita Dunn, was caught saying that Chairman Mao is one of her two favorite political philosophers, with Mother Teresa occupying the other spot: Dunn is now claiming, in effect, that, “Hey, I was only joking to make a rhetorical point.” A joke, huh?  Well, if that’s Dunn’s idea of a joke, [...]

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I happen to know, because I gave notice here at this blog and because I’m in touch with the organizers, that large numbers of conservatives and independents were planning on protesting Barack Obama’s appearance in San Francisco.  I also know, again because I noted it here, that Obama was afraid to show his face in [...]

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I’m going to jumble into a single post what won last week and what I’m reading this week.  First, last week’s wonderful winners:

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In line at a Whole Foods in San Francisco, I found myself behind a gaggle of giggling girls wearing “stop global warming” t-shirts and backpacks festooned with buttons celebrating the fact that they are “proud community activists,” and socially responsible vegetarians (“meat isn’t green”). They were also flaunting Che buttons (I guess mass murder is [...]

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Please remind me what the 250 million Muslims pressing down on, and anxious to destroy, Israel have accomplished.  I can’t remember.  Israel, however, has generated more life-improving inventions than one can shake a stick at, and they’ve just added an another one to that lengthy roster.

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In a lucid 3:48 long speech, Rep. Rogers tears about the health care plan, and talks about American freedom and initiative: Although the camera didn’t show it, I’m pretty sure many of the Democrats were sitting there with their fingers in their ears, singing “la, la, la” in an effort to ignore him. Hat tip:  [...]

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Kevin Jennings, as you recall, is Obama’s Safe Schools Czar.  He’s the one who came under fire because (a) he boasts in his autobiography about giving a 15 year old gay boy safe sex advice regarding a sexual relationship with an adult man, as opposed to dealing with a statutory rape problem and possible child [...]

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Sadly for those of us trying to raise children, we live in an era in which the boundaries for polite behavior seem to have vanished.  In no other era in modern times would popular culture be bombarded with this kind of stuff: A presidential administration that is so foul-mouthed, its obscenities alone are newsworthy. Newscasters [...]

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In a post a week or so ago, I accused Burberry’s of using bisexuality to sell raincoats.  Having driven by the ad again, I learned I was very wrong.  It wasn’t Burberry’s, but another company, the name of which I am struggling to remember.  I’ll remember it eventually, or I’ll drive by the billboard again [...]

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Just curious, but isn’t this precisely the kind of behavior that got America into trouble in Iran in the 1950s, a trouble that has never gone away? [T]he U.S. is trying to force Honduras to violate its own constitution and is also using its international political heft to try to interfere with the country’s independent [...]

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Even some of Norway’s ruling class choked when it came to awarding the Nobel to Obama.

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My Dad was in the RAF during WWII.  This song and Lili Marlene were a permanent part of his brain.  I know he wasn’t at this performance, but I bet he wished he had been:

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You’ve already heard about the fact that, in order to block any chance of Rush having an ownership interest in an NFL team, liberal talking heads (including Al Sharpton) and the MSM attributed manifestly false quotations to Rush, in order to accuse him of being a grotesque racist.  However, before visiting PowerLine, I hadn’t seen [...]

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I don’t think I need to offer much comment on this story, which is one more indictment of the danger of over-regulation that always follows in the wake of Big Government: Ambulance paramedics battling to save a nine-year-old car crash victim were told the nearest back-up crew could not help as they were on their [...]

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The Republican Party could learn a thing or two about powerful videos from Keep America Safe.  You and I know everything that’s in this video, but seeing it all put together highlights what a deeply dishonest, dangerous man Barack Obama is: As for Keep America Safe, if you want a sign that it’s going to [...]

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