Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Okay, this is seriously NSFW, since Carolla is exceeded only by Jon Stewart when it comes to F-bombs (except without the little “beeps” that let people pretend Stewart isn’t really swearing). If you can, though, ignore Carolla’s language and listen to it when you get the chance. Adam Carolla applies
Continue readingFact: The Tea Party, when it held three protests in the City of Richmond, applied for permits, and paid $10,000 for permits, potties, police, etc. Fact: The OWS protesters in Richmond simply plunked themselves down, paying nothing (and, I’m guessing, incurring significantly greater police and janitorial charges than did the
Continue readingMaybe what we see today is a final struggle for America between those that want to be free and those that don’t.
Continue readingThe OWS people have made much of their pathetic status compared to the “wealthy 1%.” As I’ve mentioned before, this is a completely spurious argument, because it makes the 99% sound like a single homogenous lump all similarly situated to medieval serfs. Nothing could be further from the truth. In
Continue readingFrom Zombie, who comments on the gaggle of giggling girls who gleefully relive their pepper spray experience, and From Castra Praetoria, who’s been pepper sprayed a few times himself (but all in the line of duty), and also From James Taranto, who notes that a lack of actual aggression doesn’t
Continue readingI can’t remember if I wrote it here, but I know that, in lunches with Don Quixote, I’ve discussed the parallels between the OWS protests and the Chicago convention in 1968. Rather than gather my slightly fragmented thoughts, I’ll just pass the baton to Bruce Kesler, who ably discusses the
Continue readingOWS may not have an intelligible platform, but it has a goal. Zombie makes that point perfectly clear.
Continue readingThis is as pithy a summary as any I’ve seen about the antisemitism permeating Occupy Wall Street, and binding together the Left, the Islamists, and the White Supremacists: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmTMIjkMoLk[/youtube] (If the video isn’t showing up, watch here.) By the way, why is no one commenting on the fact that the
Continue readingYou and I have long known that the Occupy movement is destructive, not constructive. The MSM, however, was very excited, largely because they too knew it was destructive. Their problem was that they assumed it would destroy “Wall Street.” By the way, there’s an amorphous concept if ever I heard
Continue readingI’m noticing signs of “Occupy” ennui. Even those who were enthusiastic about the movement at first seem to be getting bored. On the “real me” facebook, there’s been (at a guess) a 75% drop-off in posts from limousine liberals applauding the 1%. Was it the endless, self-serving demands that the
Continue readingBy the time I returned from the pool yesterday, I was too tired and cold even to turn on my computer, let alone write anything. I’m leaving in a couple of minutes for another cold day — although, having learned my lesson, I’ve doubled my supplies. I should be more
Continue readingThoughts during a busy day: Idle thought 1: I want to have Mewt Gingney for my candidate. Newt Gingrich is a completely principled conservative with, in his past at least, an unprincipled private life. Mitt Romney is an unprincipled conservative with, from the past to the present, what appears to
Continue readingWith an increasing number of stories about rapes and other sexual assaults at the Occupy encampments, more and more conservatives are saying that it’s time for the mayors of any given city to shut the Occupiers down. Example: It’s time for New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to pull the plug
Continue readingI’ve been having a very interesting email exchange with FP, a friend who sent me the Peter Schiff video that’s now making the rounds: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28yFxLydzU[/youtube] As you can see, Schiff makes logical points grounded in reality, and the protesters come back with mere protest tactics, rather than making any attempt
Continue readingThis showed up in Chicago (click on image for full sized view):
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