Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
A friend sent me this powerful (non-exclusive) image from Michael Yon: Yon describes it as follows: A crew from the United States Air Force spent Saturday night and Sunday morning airlifting different groups of wounded soldiers from Kandahar to Camp Bastion to Bagram, back to Kandahar, then back to Bagram,
Continue reading[Posted earlier and moved to the top, because momentum is building.] Are Bay Area conservatives willing to emerge from their seclusion? Bay Area Patriots (“BAP”) certainly hopes so. On Sunday, March 7, 2010, in Mill Valley, California, BAP is hosting a Conservative Groupa-Palooza that BAP hopes will be the largest
Continue readingWinston Churchill wrote the following in a book published in 1899 about the Sudan. It is remarkably prophetic (emphasis mine): How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this
Continue readingIn my younger days, I could have danced all night. Now that I’m a big rickety, about 2 hours let me ready to call it a night. But what fun I had! This morning, as it’s Saturday, is devoted to family concerns and this afternoon, because it’s February in these
Continue readingI’m in a seriously foul mood. Several years ago, I read that high end designers were phasing out petite clothes. That didn’t bug me, because I don’t wear high end clothes. I wear jeans, and simple shirts. But what starts at the top, trickles down. The stores have now done
Continue readingHave at it my friends. I’m regrouping: reading news, thinking, and (gasp!) doing actual legal work. I do have a few suggestions, though: I’ve always known it’s an irrational way for me to think, but I’ve never been able to shake the feeling that there’s something symbolic about the Muslim
Continue readingFreedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FMhnl0__Vo[/youtube]
Continue readingAnother week, and another opportunity to read the stellar collection of material at the Watcher’s Council. As for that first one on the list, from Mere Rhetoric, I blogged about the Apache sales last May, when it was a mere rumor. Now, Omri blogs that the rumor is probably true,
Continue readingBill Whittle’s videos are wonderful. This one praises and explains the Tea Party movement, and then says that the Republicans should shape their goals to match Tea Party goals, ensuring electoral victory, rather than allowing the Tea Party to become a full-fledged competitor, dividing conservative votes, and ensuring a conservative
Continue readingRob Miller, who blogs at the stellar JoshuaPundit (and is a fellow member of the Watcher’s Council) had a mild heart attack on Monday, followed by surgery. His wife reports that he’s doing well and, while that alone is a reason for thanks, it doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t be
Continue readingTwo days ago, I brought to your attention the fact that the San Francisco School Board — despite facing a $113 million dollar budget shortfall over the next two years, despite its admission that it will be cutting summer school and academic programs, and despite the fact that there has
Continue readingMost if not all of us that follow and participate in the Bookworm Room agree that our country is in very serious trouble. Most of us would also agree that government is a cesspool of profligate waste. So, I would like to position us as solution providers. Can we put
Continue readingJames Taranto makes an interesting suggestion: In the coming months, Obama is going to try to make Republicans look good so that, in November, one-party rule ends and he can tack to the center, more or less guaranteeing himself a second term. What do you think? Does Taranto make a
Continue readingGMail was kind enough to have its server scan my mail, note its political content, and suggest that I visit a “support Barbara Boxer” website urging me to help defeat “Tea Baggers.” As you’ve noticed, that is now the only term by which the Democratic party refers to this grassroots
Continue readingThis is Sousa’s own band, under his direction. I find interesting how different his interpretation is from modern approaches, which tend to be brassier, crisper, faster, and a little more bombastic. This is almost relaxed compared to modern interpretations, with a stronger reed presence and less brass and percussion: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fpr5lYMz7LE[/youtube]
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