Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Here’s what I see going on and, please, correct me if I’m wrong: Reconciliation is a red herring. Right now, the House is being promised that, if it votes on the Senate bill, the Senate will fix differences between the two bills through reconciliation. So everyone is focusing on whether
Continue readingOkay, awkward post title, but I just felt like writing something different and the options are limited. It was a good week at the Watcher’s Council, though, with some overwhelmingly good posts in the running, with the result that some overwhelmingly good posts won: Winning Council Submissions First place with
Continue reading[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tcahn7PwQU[/youtube] Baseball Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingThe Group-Palooza that I blogged about here is taking place in Marin today. There are 400 attendees plus a long waiting list. The local Organizing For America (the Obama activist organization) is getting nervous, and sent an emergency email out to its followers saying that it would be “embarrassing” if
Continue readingWe’re trembling on the precipice, and Nancy Pelosi, who has balls of steel and no moral compass, will push us over. UPDATE: Quin Hillyer on the profound disrespect Obama and Co. have for Americans.
Continue readingWe’ll be heading off to Vegas in a few weeks and I wondered if you, my readers, had any suggestions for: 1. Hotels 2. Shows 3. Activities (Hoover Dam, Mt. Charleston, Area 51, swimming pools, etc.) 4. Dining Keep in mind that we’ll be traveling with two children and intend
Continue readingAs you might have guessed, despite his self-identification as a Democrat, his Bush-loathing and his Truther beliefs, the MSM is characterizing the Pentagon shooter as a “right-wing extremist.” Allahpundit asks almost the right question: Is it possible to be a “left-wing extremist” anymore or do nuts who embrace some lefty
Continue readingI’m not in a blogging mood today — as you can see from my previous posts, I’m disheartened, which slows me down — but I was impressed by a few powerful posts at David Horowitz’s Newsreal blog: Marxist Andy Stern Calls For Destruction Of American Society As We Know It
Continue readingHealth care “reform” is the beginning, not the end. This is how it goes: 1. Health care “reform” passes. 2. America’s wealth collapses. 3. America’s military, because it’s unfunded, collapses. 4. Radical Islamists see their opening. Ladies, buy your burqas now. By the way, apropos my earlier post about the
Continue readingI believe more and more strongly that reconciliation is a red herring, meant to induce the House to pass the Senate bill. Once that’s done, this so called “reconciliation,” an alleged second bill that will smooth away the differences between the two chambers (especially the House’s demand that abortion, which
Continue readingFor your (and my) consideration this week: Council Submissions Wolf Howling – Public Sector Unions: A Toxin, A Crisis & An Opportunity The Provocateur – Glenn Beck: Are You Serious Mere Rhetoric – Syria Responds To Obama’s Engagement, Publicly Mocks Clinton And Embraces Iran The Colossus of Rhodey – Lessons
Continue readingI’ve never understood what the big deal is with inert landfill. Whether what lies under the ground is a pile of dirt and rocks, or some inert garbage seems to me to be perfectly irrelevant. I understand that, if the garbage creates toxic byproducts, that should be addressed (and it
Continue readingBack in January, I blogged about the fact that my daughter’s Spanish class sat through La Misma Luna — which is a movie that uses the travails of a charming and pathetic little boy to make the case that our laws against illegal immigrants are cruel. That’s not just my
Continue readingI found the following paragraph, culled from the San Francisco Chronicle, fascinating (emphasis mine): From top congressional leaders to online activists, liberals have sought the wisdom of UC Berkeley linguistics Professor George Lakoff for years. They ask him to teach them to do something that conservatives traditionally have done better
Continue readingMike Volpe, at The Provocateur (he’s a fellow Watcher’s Council member), sent this one: Two Radical Arab Terrorists boarded a flight out of London. One took a window seat and the other sat next to him in the middle seat. Just before takeoff, a U.S. Marine sat down in the aisle seat.
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