Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
From the Heritage Foundation: According to best estimates, the collapsed Deepwater Horizon oil rig is pumping about 210,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico every day. But don’t worry, President Barack Obama has appointed an “independent” commission to investigate the spill. Our federal government will post an estimated
Continue readingOne of my ideas, for better or worse, is to see whether there’s any mileage in consolidating my longer posts into a book format. I’ve therefore been going through all my old posts, and I have discovered something disheartening: Starting in December 2006, and continuing at least into January 2007,
Continue reading[To keep things clear, unless I explicitly preface a statement by saying “Bob said” or “Bob pointed out,” or something similar, the opinions expressed in this post are mine, and reflect my understanding of Bob Stephen’s approach to governance, as well as my view about California’s myriad problems.] I went
Continue readingThe AP squiblet, from 14 minutes ago: Republican Charles Djou wins special election to U.S. House from Hawaii District 1, where Pres. Obama was born – AP This, my friends is BIG. Hawaii! Ultra liberal Hawaii. Woo-hoo! UPDATE: Not only did Djou win, he won by a significant margin: Djou
Continue readingPeriodically, when my children learn about a major historic figure, if that person changed the world for the better, they’ll ask “was so-and-so a good person?” What’s interesting is how often that question is difficult to answer. The Founders, for the most part, seem to have been surprisingly good human
Continue readingJudy had just turned 14 when she recorded “Stompin’ at the Savoy”: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiMykEc5qzI[/youtube] Not my favorite version of this song, but still an amazing piece of music.
Continue readingJonah Goldberg may be a bit too generous to Obama, but he sure is funny: I was on Fox News recently and was asked to debate the proposition that Obama’s candidate endorsements are the “kiss of death.” My response: No, they aren’t the kiss of death, but they certainly aren’t
Continue readingIf life hands you lemons, make lemonade, right? That’s what I’m working on now. It’s not a big lemon, actually, but a somewhat weird one. You see, I spend way too much time blogging. I probably fall neatly in the category of obsessive behavior. I love the blogging, I love
Continue readingSadly, I can’t vote for all of them. I can only vote for two in each category. You, however, can read all of the submissions, and get as much pleasure and acquired knowledge as I did: Council Submissions Joshuapundit – Update On UCSD MSA Member Who Admitted She Wants A
Continue readingIn a couple of posts, I’ve opined that the liberal/statist/Progressive/Democratic pro-immigration crowd is, in practical effect, horribly anti-Hispanic. My reasoning has been that illegal immigration allows corrupt South of the Border governments, especially Mexico, to siphon off to America its unemployed and its criminals. In return, these people, none of
Continue readingRobin of Berkeley hits a home run — actually, she hits it right out of the park — in this post explaining the two different types of Jews who support Barack Obama. One type is the type I used to be, an unthinking liberal, who actually loves America and strongly
Continue readingI confess that I really like Book’s aphorism, “Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.” I like it because it works. I have used it numerous times with Liberal-Lefties and I could see that it (miraculously) forced them to think. Another one
Continue readingSometimes, to their creator’s dismay, ideas take on a life of their own. In the wake of Comedy Central’s decision to censor a South Park episode that didn’t actually draw Mohamed, but merely suggested the possibility of doing so, Molly Norris came up with the idea of “everybody draw Mohamed
Continue readingMichelle Obama’s fashion advisors must really hate her. Otherwise, how do you explain a dress that is so incredibly unflattering? First rule of women’s fashion — never, never wear clothes that give you the underarm equivalent of a muffin top. Also, referring to my post yesterday, my friend is right,
Continue readingGentleman of the old school might confirm Kagan. Americans who believe in the Constitution and its freedoms must not: Those [traditional Senate] rules [for confirming Supreme Court Justices] might be summarized as follows: (1) The president is entitled to an appointee who generally shares his views (i.e., a liberal president
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