Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Caroline Glick spells out what Obama has done: Obama’s ultimatum makes clear that mediating peace between Israel and the Palestinians is not a goal he is interested in achieving. Obama’s new demands follow the months of American pressure that eventually coerced Netanyahu into announcing both his support for a Palestinian
Continue readingI feel dragged down today — no need to tell you why — and have just found some temporary relief reading a delightful post by Leo Grin about Ian Fleming, famed creator of James Bond. I feel mentally refreshed right now. Thanks, Leo!
Continue readingOne of my conservative friends (yes, there are other conservatives here in Marin) commented on the fact that Pelosi and Co. keep saying the health care vote will be “historic,” as if that’s automatically a good thing. Herewith a short list of historic events (in no particular order) that I’d
Continue readingIs this what it will look like after tomorrow? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZPBBmKfBnw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Continue readingStupak’s going to make his much awaited statement while I’m off working out. So far, he’s had a spine and has distinguished himself from other Democrats by actually letting a principle guide him. I suspect, though, that his 11:00 press conference will be a weasely explanation of why he’s caved
Continue readingI’ve always appreciated the sentiments behind this song: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv54nLzBtLI[/youtube]
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Continue readingVictor Davis Hanson sums everything up in one paragraph: The president is pushing legislation that a clear majority of the people dislike, and whose details neither he nor his supporters can explain in simple language. Its ends-justify-the-means passage will require legislative gymnastics that border on the unconstitutional, and in Orwellian
Continue readingEd Whelan, writing at The Corner, has a list of Congresspeople whom you may want to contact before Sunday’s vote: The “(S)” means that the member voted for the Stupak amendment last fall. The full House phone directory is here. “Yes” on Obamacare Last Time but Might Want to Switch:
Continue reading[I’ll be updating over the course of the day, so check back in. Last updated at 2:55 p.m. Pacific Time, daylight savings version.] John Hawkins assembles a damning collection of quotations about the health care bill . . . from Democrats! Amazing, really amazing, cakes. Thomas Lifson finally says it:
Continue reading“Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as ‘yellow, slant-eyed dogs’ that believed in different gods,” he told the magazine. “They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar,
Continue readingAn anarchist who believes in militant action was deeply offended when that action landed on her own doorstep (emphasis mine): An ex-vegan who was hit with chili pepper-laced pies at an anarchist event in San Francisco said Tuesday that her assailants were cowards who should direct their herbivorous rage at
Continue readingLouis XIV, a despotic monarch, famously said L’etat c’est moi — I am the state. Obama is inching in that direction. He clearly does not see himself as part of a constitutional republic. Instead, he views America’s “winner takes all” approach to elections, not as a two party process that’s
Continue readingA friend sent me the following email, one that he in turn received from someone else. What do you think of this proposal? My problem is that I think there are some incumbents we should hang on to at all costs (Cantor and Ryan spring most readily to mind), but
Continue readingI needed to take care of family business this morning, and am only now indulging myself with news and blogging. As a wonderful place-holder, please read Soccer Dad’s take on a subject I’d actually asked him about: the belief amongst Democratic, but pro-Israel people (such as Jeffrey Goldberg, at the
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