Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford has been investigating the myriad smears that sprang into life instantly the moment Palin arrived on the political scene. The smears appeared to be the result of grass roots efforts from concerned citizens. Shackleford’s research shows that the opposite is true — that a PR firm has
Continue readingThe current “scandal” is that a poll shows that one third of white Democrats harbor racist views towards blacks. I have two problems with this poll’s approach and two questions about whether its conclusions have any real meaning. My first problem is the poll’s underlying assumption, one that reveals entirely
Continue readingThis is one of those days where I’m so tired the only thing that’s sustaining me is boasting rights about how tough I am to function through this fatigue. The last two days have been non-stop from dawn to the wee hours of the morning, with almost no sleep, way
Continue readingI’m not telling you anything new when I say I’ve always considered Obama a pompous bloviator. That’s unsurprisng, I guess, when you consider what serious, condescending business it is when you’ve allied yourselves with the Gods. At Forbes, Peter Robinson considers whether Obama’s humorless, thin-skinned personality is itself a recipe
Continue readingIt’s Saturday and I’m posting at McCain-Palin 2008. As always, since I think it’s a wonderful cooperative blog, I’d like to get more traffic headed its way and, therefore, I’m publishing the beginning of my post here in the hope that you finish reading the rest of it there: Biden
Continue readingMany years ago, courtesy of Turner Classic Movies (my favorite TV station), I watched The Farmer’s Daughter, a 1947 film starring Loretta Young and Joseph Cotten. Over the years, I’ve carried a strong memory of liking the movie a great deal, and no memory at all of the plot. So,
Continue readingAnd from my point of view, it was a very nice little statement the Council made. This week’s winners are: First Place with 2 2/3 Votes – Bookworm Room – False Syllogisms Second Place with 2 Votes – Wolf Howling – McCain, Fannie, Freddie & Obamafuscation Third Place 1 Votes
Continue readingYes, Minister! was a very, very funny British TV show from the 1980s, before Britain (and the BBC) went completely round the bend. There is no better argument for school choice and non-socialized medicine than this funny clip from that show: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLDb2V86Ei0&eurl=http://www.iwf.org/inkwell/[/youtube] Hat tip: IWF
Continue readingMary Katherine Hamm reminds us that yesterday was the Air Force’s 61st birthday, so let me add my belated birthday wishes, with a little suitabley martial help from Irving Berlin: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWMiA_UAj3c&feature=related[/youtube] By the way, all of the performers you see in the video were in the military.
Continue readingThere’s a good news article in the SF Chronicle today, and one that also has a one interesting point and one missing point. First, the good news: A local Marine battalion just returned home yesterday, safe and sound, from its fifth tour of duty: Number five was relatively easy. The
Continue readingInstead, Lauren Booth, Tony Blair’s sister-in-law, is a useless idiot — and I say this because, unlike the situation with the normal apologists for foul regimes, the obvious and known facts are so at variance with her pronouncements that no one can believe her. (Having said that, I know that
Continue readingEngland has become the ultimate Nanny state, and it’s a reminder of what’s to come if the Democrats get total control over American government. The latest insane Nanny state story out of Britain is from a public pool that is refusing to allow a man to wear his goggles: He’s
Continue readingGovernments tax people. They always have. A good question to ask, though, and one we haven’t seen asked lately is — what’s that money for? The Founders had an idea about what taxes were for. In the Constitution Art. I, Sec. 8, they spelled out the purpose behind taxes: The
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Continue readingAt Iowa, McCain “gets in your face” mano a mano (that is, he doesn’t delegate his surrogates, but gives a speech to America, Obama included), and he focuses on the facts. This is a very concrete speech, which appropriately boasts his virtues and clearly exposes Obama’s failings: U.S. Senator John
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