Michele Bachmann on Israel: not just a pretty face
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y0nN_hAiWY[/youtube] Hat tip: Power Line, who got it from Pamela Geller
Continue readingMonth: June 2011
More on the President and the military
We’ve had presidents who were not in the military, but nevertheless deeply respected it. I don’t know that we’ve ever before had a president who just isn’t into the military and who may even dislike it intensely. I commented on that in connection with Obama’s inability to understand the warrior
Continue readingThe psychology of war and warriors *UPDATED*
Peter Wehner writes about Obama’s decision to draw down troops in Afghanistan, something that (just coincidentally, of course) will take place right before Obama’s reelection bid. Wehner is appalled, and he explains that this gross political calculation isn’t the way it needs to be: I have the advantage of having
Continue readingA lost, classy culture
I was watching You Were Never Lovelier, and my 12 year old son walked in the room just as Rita Hayworth launched into the song below. “Pretty?” I asked. “Beautiful,” he replied, in an awed voice. For a generation raised on Lady Gaga, this is like watching angels: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYXHeP9PydQ[/youtube]
Continue readingWhat 100 years old can look like
My children were utterly charmed by this 100 year old lady. I bet you will be too: It’s a rather poignant video for me, because two of my aged relatives, both younger than this gal, although not by much, are struggling. One hates life, but fears death; the other enjoys
Continue readingBumper sticker of the day
“Feminists for animal rights.” Supply your own punch line.
Continue readingIdle thought for the day
Does anyone find it ironic or peculiar that Obama continues to push for our engagement in Libya, even as he draws down our presence in Afghanistan (next door neighbor to Pakistan)?
Continue readingWhat would a Michele Bachmann presidency look like?
If Michele Bachmann becomes the Republican presidential candidate, I have a few questions for you: 1. Who should be her running mate? (Think about John Bolton, perhaps, because of his foreign policy chops.) 2. What do you see her presidency looking like, taking into consideration her pro-life stance, her national
Continue readingA few imaginative Jews change the narrative
Two can play at the refugee game. Read this delightful post (h/t: Sadie) to learn why.
Continue readingSometimes a smile is all that gets you through the day
This week has been death by a thousand small errands and demands. Sometimes, all that gets me through the day is a goofy grin:
Continue readingCBO consults with Bookworm Room, revises forecasts!
Oh dear, it appears the CBO has turned a tad pessimistic about its earlier prognostications on the economy, stimulus and ObamaCare, heralded as dogma and chiseled in stone tablets on the alters of the Left’s Temple of Orthodoxy. Drinks all around for the Bookworm Room denizens that correctly anticipated
Continue readingSocialism’s cul-de-sac: how will America respond?
EUrope sits on the cusp of a revolution. Between unsustainable social welfare costs and demographic collapse, EUrope’s unavoidable question will be how to address what happens, as Margaret Thatcher so memorably wondered, when socialism runs out of money. http://spectator.org/archives/2011/06/22/europes-not-so-revolutionary-y For EUrope, we see the results in mass demonstrations
Continue readingNemesis and the elitism of the elites
Much has been written about playwright David Mamet’s coming-out as a conservative and his reasons for so doing, but there is still much gold to be mined from Mamet’s mind. Today’s National Review Online revisits Mamet in this stellar piece by Matthew Shaffer that contains this one gem that
Continue readingConnecting the dots re Huma Abedin *UPDATE*
Just the facts, and you get to reach your own conclusion: Huma Abedin spent her formative years in Saudi Arabia. Huma’s mother is a member of the female branch of the Muslim Brotherhood While Huma was growing up, her father was a member of an organization closely linked to the
Continue readingWhy is it always the ugly people who get naked?
Why? Why? Why? And thank goodness I didn’t take my kids into the City on June 11 for Dim Sum. We would have driven right by this sight.
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