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John Hinderaker, in writing about the kvelling the media has engaged in regarding Obama’s “gutsiness” when he ordered the bin Laden hit, nails something –  the shrieking reveals that, despite the media’s slavish devotion to the man, in their own (white, racist) minds, they’ve been holding him to the lowest standards, and are therefore mightily [...]

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I have to confess that I couldn’t care less about Mother’s Day.  For me, every day is Mother’s Day:  I wake the children, feed the children, ferry the children, educate the children, clean up after the children, nurture the children, cuddle the children, etc.  When they’re not grumpy, they reward me in real time with [...]

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Several people, knowing my fondness for the Navy (think Navy League), sent me links to a Wall Street Journal article that Lt. Cmdr. Greitens, a Navy SEAL, wrote about what goes into making a Navy SEAL.  Of course, it’s not just the training; it’s the man behind the training.  No man who is afraid of [...]

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Here’s why I think the Obama-bots disposed of bin Laden’s body so quickly:  because they were so paralyzed by multiculturalism, all they could think of was the Islamic imperative to bury the body within 24 hours.  That’s it.  I don’t think they thought beyond PC. Here’s the problem:  My husband got his hair cut today.  [...]

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I’ll be gone tomorrow from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., so blogging will be impossible.  I did want to leave you with some food for thought, because I’d be interested in your comments on the two passages I quote below, both from James Kaplan’s Frank: The Voice. The first quotation describes trumpet player and band [...]

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Perfect: [T]his bizarre obsession with race cannot be fully understood without treating it as a psychological symptom. Increasingly a liberal is someone who looks at an inkblot and sees only that it is black.

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In the past week and a half, I’ve had a couple of vigorous go-arounds with Jesse Kornbluth regarding his sycophantic Andrew Sullivan article in the Harvard Rag, er, Mag.  My take was that Kornbluth either carelessly missed or, worse, actually supported Sullivan’s shoddy journalism.  Kornbluth, as you may recall, anointed Sullivan as the world’s “best [...]

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Jon Stewart attacks Republicans.  Jay Leno lightly attacks all politicians and, occasionally, pulls out the really funny guns for real enemies:

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The server was down this morning.  It’s back, but I’m heading out in a few minutes, so I don’t have the luxury of blogging.  Meanwhile, though, I have a couple of posts to recommend. The first came courtesy of Danny Lemieux, who is traveling today and doesn’t have the luxury of posting himself.  It’s about [...]

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This is what I’m reading right now.  Come join me, and fill your mind with wonderful things: Council Submissions The Colossus of Rhodey – Progressive hypocrisy and the death of bin Laden New Zeal – Bill Fletcher, Jr. – Leading Socialist Calls for Mass Actions, Law Breaking, to Re-Elect Obama in 2012 Simply Jews – [...]

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I’ve received a few behind-the-scenes emails politely commenting that, sometimes, our comments are getting less than polite.  One of the great virtues of Bookworm Room is that we feel passionate about the topics that get discussed here.   The downside of passion, though, is that it can sometimes lead to intemperate conduct.  No one here has [...]

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I can’t play chess.  I never learned how, nor have I ever wanted to learn how.  I’m more of an analyst, than either a strategist or a tactician.  But I do know one thing about chess:  The word “checkmate” comes from the Persian phrase “shah mat,” which translates as “the king is dead.”  Kill the [...]

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Legal work is going to keep me busy this morning, as I have a filing deadline.  Before I open this open thread, though, I just have to bow down before jj, whose lovely listing of the inconsistencies in the Administration’s bin Laden stories got me more links than I can count. As often as not, [...]

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While the media swoons about Obama’s having, apparently quite reluctantly, made the right decision (and it was the right decision), Greyhawk tells of a terribly wrong decision that the media just can’t seem to wrap its head around (i.e., it ignores entirely). UPDATE:  Greyhawk sent me all the links in the series: http://www.mudvillegazette.com/033864.html http://www.mudvillegazette.com/033879.html http://www.mudvillegazette.com/033882.html [...]

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A charming and pointed reminder about Obama’s game-playing with our money: Hat tip:  Long-time blog friend judyrose.

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Usually when governments use misinformation, they use it to make themselves look good.  The Obama Administration gets points for originality, insofar as it’s been using disinformation and misinformation to make itself look arbitrary, unlawful, helpless and stupid.  Here’s jj’s great summary: Okay, what do we have here: 1) There was a firefight. 2) There was [...]

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This is right on the money: What I expected on Sunday evening as I waited for Obama to finally appear on television was a more detailed explanation of what transpired, beginning with a brief summary of the intelligence leading up to the operation and ending with photos of the compound and bin Laden himself. Rather [...]

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Jesse Kornbluth, whom I took to task for his Sullivan hagiography, has responded to my rebuttal to his defense of that same hagiography.  True to my lawyer’s credo, I’m trying here to have the last word, although I certainly don’t mean to preempt Kornbluth from doing the same, if he is so inclined.  As I [...]

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Ironically enough, I was planning this Saturday to write a post about leadership, since an experience with one of my children’s sports reminded me how important leadership is.  I’ve been involved with this particular sport and this particular team for several years now.  It’s a nice team and always has been.  The kids’ coach is [...]

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The narrative about a maddened Osama racing out firing an AK47 is starting to unravel.  The truth, one that the Obama White House didn’t want the base to hear, is that the Navy SEALS had orders:  kill Osama. The question is why kill him?  Why not capture him and get information out of him?  Why [...]

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The administration’s newest scheme to slow the recovery and, just coincidentally I’m sure, to put monitoring ankle bracelets on all citizens:  Make all possible roads toll roads, and mandate that drivers have toll reading devices on their cars (which are, after all, tracking devices): The White House last week began circulating its legislative proposal for [...]

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But for the Navy SEALS, Osama would still be waltzing around Pakistan, hiding behind his wife.  The SEALS did an extraordinary job, right down to the incredibly accurate shooting that eventually sent Osama to, I hope, some place that is permanently fiery and painful. May I again suggest a contribution, no matter how small, to [...]

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I’ve been reading a lot about Osama’s death, including a bunch of emails from friends who are wondering about peculiarities and anomalies in the story that Obama, his White House, and his lap dog press are releasing to the public.  My thoughts: Our questions and concerns about the details of this story are, of course, [...]

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I’m getting afraid to write big posts.  Every time I lavish much time and effort on a post, as I did with the Kornbluth rebuttal, some enormous news story comes along and completely overshadows my efforts.  Incidentally, the stock market also drops when I buy, and rises when I sell.  I have karma.  It’s just [...]

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On the subject of Osama’s death, I send you to Bruce Kesler and add “what he said.”  I’m with those who think it’s ironic that Osama was killed on Obama’s watch, because, aside from continuing Bush’s policies, he’s had nothing to do with the hunt for Osama, and has been back-tracking as fast as possible [...]

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