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Bookworm on May 29 2013 | Filed under: Hillary Clinton
Tweet The National Enquirer led off this story with the news that Hillary will finally admit she’s lesbian. I found more interesting the fact that she might be exposing the Obama White House’s secrets, everything from alcoholism and martial woes, to Valerie Jarrett’s tight control. Here’s the post I did at Mr. Conservative about the [...]
Bookworm on May 07 2013 | Filed under: Military
Tweet Truly proving that stupid is as stupid does, Lt Col Jeff Krusinski, 41, the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response boss, was arrested for drunkenly assaulting a woman who successfully fended him off. We don’t know why he ended up so battered, but I’d like to think that his intended victim savaged him. [...]
Bookworm on Apr 09 2013 | Filed under: Military
Tweet (I wrote this for Mr. Conservative, but it’s pure Bookworm in word and thought, so I’m republishing it here. Frankly, I’m spitting mad, because regular readers know exactly how much I love Fleet Week.) Sequester or not, there always seems to be money for the Obamas to live the lush life. As for the [...]
Bookworm on Apr 07 2013 | Filed under: African-Americans, Anti-Americanism, Education, Leftist morality, Race
Tweet I’ve written before about one of my favorite writers, Paul Fussell. He wrote a wonderful essay entitled Thank God for the Atom Bomb, about the righteousness of dropping the atom bomb. He was in the Army when Truman dropped the bomb, so Fussell wholeheartedly approved — and had the data to back up his [...]
Bookworm on Mar 24 2013 | Filed under: Morality
Tweet Libertarians have it right when they say it’s not the government’s responsibility to legislate morality. It’s the people’s responsibility to be moral. Government’s job is to have “few laws, but unbreakable,” all directed at a stable, just (not fair, but just), constitutional society in which citizens have the best opportunity to live free and, [...]
Bookworm on Mar 09 2013 | Filed under: Culture, Sex
Tweet I overheard two women talking the other day. One told the other that her teenage son was looking at internet porn. Worse, her husband wouldn’t help her stop this behavior because, as he said, “I used to read Playboy when I was his age, and it didn’t hurt me.” Is it really possible for [...]
Bookworm on Feb 02 2013 | Filed under: Open Threads
Tweet Whew! I’m finally current on my email, a pleasant state of things that should last at least two days, or maybe four. I’m sufficiently self-aware to know that my chronic procrastination damages my life, not to mention my relationships. Despite that knowledge, though, I still procrastinate. It’s very frustrating to me that I can’t [...]
Bookworm on Oct 09 2012 | Filed under: California, Gay marriage, Immigration
Tweet I thought I’d share with you some of the things my friends have posted on Facebook. First, a cartoon that’s obviously meant to support the Progressive open border policy, but that just as obviously proves the opposite: I understand that you’re supposed to read the cartoon to mean that, without the Native American’s open [...]
Bookworm on Aug 26 2012 | Filed under: Democrats
Tweet The Democrats are kvelling about Todd Akin. Indeed, at the New York Times, one enterprising writer has put together a list of a handful of Republicans who hold views that are outside of the mainstream (or who articulate arguably valid views in invalid ways). A cartoonist has also put together a crude cartoon that [...]
Bookworm on Jul 03 2012 | Filed under: Hollywood, Occupy Wall Street
Tweet I am reading a delightful book about Fred and Adele Astaire, one that offers a little insight into a long-vanished world. Along the way, the book mentions Eddie Cantor. That reference reminded me of a song I always liked: We Can Build A Little Home, from 1933′s Roman Scandals. As was the case for [...]
Bookworm on Jun 29 2012 | Filed under: Constitution, Government, Judges
Tweet [UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, there is now reason to believe that Roberts issue his opinion for the wrong reasons, not the right ones. If I were to rewrite this post today, I would be less charitable to the man. Nevertheless, putting aside Roberts' motives, I stand by the substance of my post, [...]
Bookworm on Jun 05 2012 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Tweet I was speaking with my sister about a friend of hers, who belongs to the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, in Oregon, although he does not live in tribal land. He’s a recovering alcoholic, and lives a fairly marginal existence. Sadly, his is not a unique experience for Native Americans. Statistics for the United [...]
Bookworm on May 31 2012 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Tweet I’ve never thought of myself as a libertarian. Instead, I would characterize myself as a conservative with libertarian tendencies. Why the distinction? Because viscerally I viewed libertarians as fringe nutcases and because intellectually I did not, and do not, like libertarian foreign policy, especially when it comes to Israel. Watching Progressives/Liberals/Democrats at work, though, [...]
Bookworm on Mar 21 2012 | Filed under: Socialism
Tweet Paul Harvey recorded this in 1965: Here’s the transcript (which I haven’t personally vetted): If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths [...]
Bookworm on Mar 21 2012 | Filed under: Hollywood
Tweet In 1990, the movie Pretty Woman took the country by storm and turned Julia Roberts into a major star. It was a “new age” Cinderella story, one that saw a prostitute, through her soulful innocence, redeem a corporate raider. I was not charmed. To me, corporate raiders are useful people, while prostitutes are very [...]
Bookworm on Mar 03 2012 | Filed under: Education
Tweet [My friend Lulu wrote this post. Now you'll know what I already know about her: she's extremely bright, well-informed, analytical, and morally centered.] Andrew Breitbart didn’t just try to fix the existing problems. He challenged the entire narrative as presented to us by the Left. In my small way I will attempt to do [...]
Bookworm on Feb 01 2012 | Filed under: Health
Tweet Because our government isn’t yet doing enough, or costing enough, or interfering sufficiently in our lives, three researchers at the University of California San Francisco now recommend that the government should regulate sugar, just as it does alcohol and tobacco: A new commentary published online in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature says sugar is just [...]
Bookworm on Jan 10 2012 | Filed under: Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
Tweet Yes, Nietzsche ended up insane, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t occasionally hit the nail on the head. Although it isn’t true in all cases that “what does not destroy me makes me stronger,” it is true in many cases. In the case of Newt Gingrich’s most recent attack against Romney, James Taranto says [...]
Bookworm on Jan 02 2012 | Filed under: Hollywood
Tweet I watched a dreadful movie last night, really dreadful. But here’s the interesting thing: even though it was a terrible movie, with a creepy plot, I didn’t turn it off and walk away. Instead, I watched it from beginning to end. Why? Star power. The movie was a Rock Hudson/Doris Day classic from 1961 [...]
Bookworm on Dec 08 2011 | Filed under: Media matters
Tweet I didn’t bother to read the entirety of an endless article about a bad thing happening in Mexico. No, I’m not talking about drug cartels or about Mexican citizens being slaughtered by guns sent over courtesy of a Democrat Department of Justice attempting to prove that guns hurt people. I’m talking about plants that [...]
Bookworm on Nov 18 2011 | Filed under: Parenting, personal responsibility
Tweet 11B40 asked a good question, which is why I’m so focused on McQueary, when it was Sandusky who committed the crime. It’s because I have no fellow feeling with Sandusky who, if the allegations are true, is a perverted monster. I therefore don’t need to analyze my behavior or parenting decisions with regard to [...]
Bookworm on Nov 16 2011 | Filed under: Military
Tweet Dan Abrams, who’s some sort of ABC talking head, has weighed in about Mike McQueary. Because I’ve already flogged the topic to death in other posts, I won’t explain here why I strongly disagree with his argument that McQueary really didn’t do anything that wrong. What intrigued me in the article was a point [...]
Bookworm on Oct 28 2011 | Filed under: Occupy Wall Street
Tweet The City of Oakland suffered a black eye when its attempt to rout the Occupy Oakland not only failed to move the protest, it managed to create the first martyr, an antisemitic ex-Marine who hates the Marines with an abiding passion. I’m sorry that Oakland made the effort. If I were in charge, I [...]
Bookworm on Oct 21 2011 | Filed under: Occupy Wall Street
Tweet I have to admit that I don’t understand the “I am the 99%” shtick coming out of OWS. If these people are saying that 99% of the country is poor, with only 1% holding the wealth, perhaps I don’t understand poverty as well as I should. When I think of poverty, I think of [...]
Bookworm on Sep 13 2011 | Filed under: Watcher of Weasels
Tweet I haven’t forgotten that the Watcher’s Council’s latest round of votes came out on 9/9/11. I just hadn’t posted those results yet, an omission I correct today. Here they are: Council Winners *First place with 2 2/3 votes! Joshuapundit–-The Secret Blue State Plan To Steal The 2012 Elections Second place with 2 1/3 votes [...]
