A video you’ll want to see; a petition you’ll want to sign
They come from differing religious and political perspectives, but they come together for this: indict Ahmadinejad.
Continue readingMonth: September 2010
Too smart to be cool
I wonder if this resonates with any of you. It certainly did with me, although my high school was an academic high school, so there were people there who were smart enough that they managed to combine brains and popularity. I was not that smart.
Continue readingPeter Wehner on our commander-in-chief
Can’t get better than this analysis of Commander-in-Chief Barack Hussein Obama: It is quite revealing that this most profligate of presidents — whose spending is nearly limitless when it comes to health care, stimulus packages, bailouts, and non-defense discretionary program — has found his inner Barry Goldwater when it comes
Continue readingA futile search for logic on the Left
If you look for logic on the Left, you’re bound to be disappointed.
Continue readingMy mid-life crisis
I woke up the other day and realized that I’m having a mid-life crisis. I hadn’t recognized that before, because I’d always assumed that a mid-life crisis had to do with fear of death. Someone I know, for example, had a mid-life crisis when he realized that his grandfather and
Continue readingA really powerful get-out-the-vote video
This video ought to combat the “plague on both your houses” mentality that prevents people (especially independents) from voting entirely, or that keeps lukewarm Democrats still checking off the Democrat box on their ballots: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H64N_uYA35Y[/youtube] Hat tip: American Thinker
Continue readingWinston Churchill — freedom fighter *UPDATED*
Yesterday I staged an imaginary Obama/Churchill match-up. Today I want to add a little commentary. As you had probably already figured out, I greatly admire Churchill. I understand that he was a difficult person (often); that he could be nasty; that he was more willing to let his own people
Continue readingLoretta Sanchez launches racist attack against the Vietnamese *UPDATED*
Loretta Sanchez (D – Cal.) was caught bad mouthing both Vietnamese and Republicans: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyTDAHdZFNk[/youtube] What’s so funny about the video is the part when Sanchez attacks Van Tran, a Republican, as “anti-immigrant.” Sanchez was born in California; Tran was born in Vietnam, and immigrated to this country in 1975. For
Continue readingA “Deadliest Warrior” match-up between Churchill and Obama
My kids — indeed all the kids I know — are enthralled by a show called “Deadliest Warrior.” In every episode, the show takes two types of warriors (Israeli Commandos v. Navy SEALS; Al Capone v. Jesse James; etc.), and compares their weapons and techniques to determine which will be
Continue readingPolitics hits pop radio
I’m driving in my car, I hear something unexpected, and I instantly make a voice recording. So cool. (Not the recording itself; just the fact that technology allows me to record in my car, download to my computer, upload to YouTube, and present to you.) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvXcEPqyLUc[/youtube]
Continue readingJust a little more Irving Berlin
In my brief round-up of wonderful lyrics yesterday, I forgot to include this perfect line from Irving Berlin’s “Ladies of the Chorus”: “I was a farmer, potato embalmer….” They don’t write like that anymore. And that was from a guy whose formal education stopped when he was 13 years old.
Continue readingThe new breed of nouveau riche who try to rule our lives
Although I grew up without money (we lived a very marginal existence, to say the least), my mother came from old, old money. On both parents’ side, the family wealth went back to the late Middle Ages. There was nothing nouveau riche about my mom’s approach to wealth, and she
Continue readingAnother powerful ad, this one from Renee Ellmers
Renee Ellmers is saying what others should be saying, but aren’t: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R4yTdsCktw[/youtube] If you’re in North Carolina, and you’re in Bob Etheridge’s district, you have a real alternative this November.
Continue readingIt’s all the Republicans’ fault because they hate gays (or so the media would have us believe)
The media is very disappointed that a defense spending bill went down in flames, not over the question of spending, but over the issue of DADT. The headline at Politico says it all: Senate Republicans block ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal. You see, Republicans hate gay people. Really, really hate
Continue readingWatchers Council winners for 9/17/10
I can’t believe I forgot to post last week’s winners. The submissions were extraordinarily good. If you haven’t already read them, you should: Council Winners *First place with 2 2/3 votes ! – The Colossus of Rhodey – Gotta love the hypocrisy Second place with 1 2/3 votes – Right
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