Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I feel I should say something, so I will. Being me, of course, what I say will be discursive. Re McChrystal: An excellent general who didn’t hit it off with Obama from the git-go (blame lies, I believe, with Obama), and who failed utterly in the diplomatic discretion category —
Continue readingOne of the highlights of my life since I joined the Navy League is Fleet Week, held every October here in San Francisco. This isn’t because I have such a pathetic life that anything out of the ordinary is exciting. Nooo. It’s because Fleet Week, which is always a great
Continue readingFirst, Martin Berman-Gorvine has come up with a key for decoding Times-speak. It’s written as satire, and it definitely works well at that level, but the truth behind it rather leeches away some of the humor. Second, if you’re in the market for tools, CHANNELLOCK® might be just the company
Continue readingNeo-Neocon spells out clearly and explicitly how the ugly tyranny of the current Democratic majority may continue, even if voters throw “da bums” out of office.
Continue readingI’m the meat in the middle of the sandwich of the sandwich generation. Tired.
Continue readingObama has been in office roughly a year and a half. That’s long enough to get a handle on what motivates our president. He’s pretty binary. When he’s not partying with rock stars, he’s either apathetic or angry. Here, in no particular order, is a little list of Obama’s responses
Continue readingI’m deeply suspicious of overreaching government; my neighbor is deeply suspicious of overreaching corporations. The result: Both she and I are strongly opposed to the new “smart meters” that PG&E, working with California’s notoriously corrupt PUC, wants to install in people’s houses. Neither of us likes the idea that an
Continue readingIn today’s voting world, the fact that Rep. Etheridge behaved like an ass and a thug isn’t necessarily going to be sufficient to drive North Carolina voters away from him. Fortunately, Renee Elmers has put together a list of the top ten reasons why they should vote for her, not
Continue readingThe Washington Post has a piece that ostensibly educates WaPo readers about the true nature of today’s terrorists. Interestingly (or do I mean typically) it tries to erase Islam from the equation: 3. Al-Qaeda is made up of religious zealots. To the contrary, rank-and-file terrorists who claim to be motivated
Continue readingU.S. home sales, which were expected to rise, sink 2.2 percent despite help from federal tax credits – AP In which collapsing economic universe did the AP expect home buyers to put their financial lives on the line because of a tax credit? People know their taxes will rise, people
Continue readingTo: American Citizens From: Your Government Date: Today It has come to our attention that citizens on your side of the aisle (“WN’s”, aka Wing Nuts) are doing a lot of talking. What in the world are you gabbing about? Talk Radio, talking amongst yourselves, chatting on the Internet.
Continue readingJustice Scalia states more eloquently than I ever could the difference between feelings and morality. [Sorry about this — while I was in the midst of editing a longer, pre-existing post, Comcast service died completely and deleted everything I’d written after the above sentence. Sigh. Nine hours later, Comcast is
Continue readingFriends of Israel, an organization started by such pro-Western figures as John Bolton and former Spanish Prime Minister José María Aznar, has authored a petition that you can sign. It’s a strange petition, not in what it says — is is honest, logical, factual and moral — but in that
Continue reading[Prepare yourself; this is a long one. Long-time readers may also recognize that I’ve cannibalized old posts in the service of a new point.] A friend sent me a link to a 1951 video, showing a popular American singing group celebrating the creation of the State of Israel, something that
Continue readingA big issue in Marin is low income housing. Marin liberals feel guilty that they don’t have poor people living near them. Rather than hauling themselves into a nice slum, what they do is use legislative fiat to put poor people into the middle income neighborhoods of Marin. (Interesting, none
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