Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
An excellent article about the history of the settlements, and how the Obama administration is turning against Israel in every particular when it comes to these settlements. Ralph Peters harshes on the myriad misconceptions and outright falsehoods peppering Obama’s Cairo speech. Torture: Maybe wrong, but definitely legal. Apropos torture, that’s
Continue readingI love the liberal’s ability to attack issues head-on with incisive argument. (That was sarcasm.) The conversation below started when I mentioned a product I’d heard about on the radio. Liberal: Don’t tell me — you were listening to talk radio?! Me: Yes. Liberal: I can’t believe you were listening
Continue readingGiven that Evan Thomas recently referred to Obama as a God (and he did so with a straight face), you must read the Anchoress’s take on the media’s sick relationship with Obama. You’ve got to admire prose that opens with this paragraph: Evan Thomas, that bellweather of media obsequiousness, who
Continue readingMy calendar for Saturday scares me. I’m going from 6:15 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. without pause. This is an open thread for (I hope) your enjoyment and delight.
Continue readingMany, even on the Right (this, for example), are applauding Obama for striking the correct tone with his Cairo/Muslim audience. I agree that one cannot simultaneously insult people and then expect them to listen, so it was appropriate for Obama to put a positive spin on as many things as
Continue readingLovely story, this. And here’s a little sample of his skills: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwjDLHX92w[/youtube] (By the way, that piece he’s playing after hearing only once is Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold).)
Continue readingSeasickness. It’s an utterly vile condition, worse, I think, than any other type of motion sickness. When you’re seasick, your entire body is rebelling against you. Worse, there’s no escape. You’re trapped in the middle of an endless ocean, feeling about as bad as it’s possible for a human to
Continue readingYou can read what I wrote about the speech here. Others have been writing too. The Anchoress, in addition to her must-read Ich bin ein Muslimer takedown of the speech, has a list of blogs thinking about what he said, which I’ll just copy wholesale: Andy McCarthy: Koranic text Obama
Continue readingThis is the substantive part of Obama’s speech (introductory language omitted), with my comments. Overall, I’d give the speech a C. He made some obvious points, he made some good points, and he made some idiotic and offensive points. It would be nice if his speech was effective in bringing
Continue readingI’m getting the kids off to school, and haven’t heard or read the speech. Bob Owens did: In rhetoric that bared a broad range of thought, from empathy and denial, to wishful thinking and sophomoric ideological fantasy, Barack Obama alarmed allies and confirmed for the nation’s enemies that he will
Continue readingFor your morning amusement (in a negative kind of way), check this out.
Continue readingI’ve always loved that quintessential little kid excuse: “But, Mommy, he hit me back first….” Even kids understand, although they don’t always appreciate, the notion of a preemptive strike. Lately, there’s more and more talk about Israel engaging in a preemptive strike against Iran (cheered by friends, feared by foes).
Continue readingThat would be NBC’s Brian Williams you see making his graceful little homage to the King . . . er, the President: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLYtHHxTTmc[/youtube] During the feudal era, the structure was king, high nobles, knights, everyone else. Obeisance was expected from the person in the lower position to the person in
Continue readingIt’s been two days since our Commander in Chief lost one of his own in an attack on American soil — and his silence is deafening. When an abortionist died, our CIC instantly issued a public statement and used federal marshals to beef up security at abortion clinics. When one
Continue readingI wrote a few days ago about the terrible tragedy here in Marin County, when a drunk motorcyclist sped through a cross-walk, killing a child and maiming her father. You can get a little more insight into that drunken lowlife here, both in pictures and words. The real shocker is
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