Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Real Clear Politics, Sunday, September 30, 2012: I’m excited not only for myself, but for Laer Pearce, whose book, Crazifornia: Tales from the Tarnished State – How California is Destroying Itself and Why it Matters to America, is the subject of the post that RCP picked up. It’s a great
Continue readingYesterday, I posted about the result of California’s open primary in Marin: two Democrats running against each other for the California Assembly. My post was about the problem that this creates for those people whose party has been shut out of the election. The net effect of open primaries is
Continue readingThe theory behind Open Primaries is that it will encourage moderation in districts that are extremely Democrat or extremely Republican. Without Open Primaries, minority opposition votes are symbolic throwaway votes. Whoever is the majority candidate wins, regardless of the details of that candidate’s platform. With Open Primaries, which inevitably result
Continue readingThe Council has spoken, and it is good: Council Winners *First place with 3 1/3 votes! Joshuapundit – Shoot The Messenger – US State Dept Blasts CNN For Revealing Its Misrepresentations On Libya Attack Second place with 2 votes –Simply Jews– Lying again, Ms Clinton? Third place with 1 1/3
Continue readingCould there be a better “compare and contrast”? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-lDL9_qDDs&sns=em[/youtube]
Continue readingCourtesy of Noisy Room, an excellent video that looks, not at what the candidates promise to do, but at what one candidate has already done.
Continue readingIn the immediately preceding post, I comment on the vast chasm in American politics. It is, perhaps, every bit as unbridgeable as the one that America saw before the Civil War. People don’t just have differences of opinion, they have profoundly different moral compasses. It is in that context that
Continue readingBack in 2004, when George Bush was president, Michael Moore compared al Qaeda terrorists to American Minutemen: The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not “insurgents” or “terrorists” or “The Enemy.” They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win.
Continue readingAnother American Crossroads ad in a James Bond style, this one attacking Obama’s inflationary policies: It’s clever, funny, and understandable, so please consider sharing it with others. The election clock is ticking, and it’s up to citizens to counter the media’s all-out push for Obama.
Continue readingDeroy Murdock savages Obama’s do-nothing habits. We’ve heard that before from many Obama critics, but Murdock column is particularly good, because he gives a perfect metaphor regarding Obama’s decision merely to read his national security briefings, rather than to attend that actual meetings (and that’s assume Obama really does read
Continue readingWe all remember Obama meeting Bibi. Obama managed to look as if he was sucking on a lemon while having a poker shoved up his derriere. The Anchoress caught quite different body language when Bibi and Mitt met.
Continue readingA lot of people have been writing to explain that the polls are heavily weighted in favor of Democrats, showing a Democrat voter turnout even higher than in 2008. Many people think that this is a psy-ops effort aimed at depressing Republican voter turnout. Zombie says we shouldn’t get our
Continue readingSome people do spring cleaning. I do fall cleaning. Over the past few weeks, I’ve cleaned out drawers, closets, and cupboards. That was the easy part. For the past couple of days, I’ve been cleaning out my Quicken program. I am not a natural born accountant, and I’ve managed to
Continue readingI galloped through Laer Pearce’s Crazifornia: Tales from the Tarnished State – How California is Destroying Itself and Why it Matters to America, which is a great book. My review is at PJ Lifestyle: Reading my friend Laer Pearce’s book Crazifornia: Tales from the Tarnished State – How California is
Continue readingAccording to Gallup, Romney has slipped from dead even to 6 points down in the last four or five days. It is debatable whether these day-to-day changes mean anything at all, but such a quick shift is pretty dramatic. It raises at least two questions, which I’m eager to hear
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