Quick hits
No deep thoughts today (at least, not yet), so I’ll just piggy-back on the deep thoughts of others:
It says something about the pent-up demand for intelligent conservative thought in today’s America that conservative books cling tenaciously to the top of the best seller lists, despite the MSM’s equally resolute cold-shoulder to the books’ authors.
Say what you will about Sarah Palin (as you know, I like her), she is absolutely splendid at articulating bottom line points about both the proposed health care plan getting so much media time, and the market-based alternatives that the media is ignoring entirely. Apropos Sarah, Confederate Yankee says what we’re all thinking.
Despite a summer of strong protests and polls showing that Americans, by a significant majority, detest the Democrats’ health care plan, do I detect a strong “F*** you!” from the Democratic leaders to the American people? Otherwise, how do you interpret this, this and this?
Oh, about those people to whom the Democratic leadership is giving the finger? Lloyd Marcus gives us an up close and personal look at their angry racism. (And I know they’re racist because a liberal commenter I read on facebook said, without a scintilla of evidence, that the hostility to the president can only be because of his color. I actually agree. To the extent he’s red to the bone, I dislike him.)
What it is with Democratic leaders and their obsessive need to confess their personal practices? First it was Clinton’s underwear and now it’s the Obama’s diet. You know what? If I had a full time chef, I’d eat a healthier diet too. Go away avatar of the Nanny State. Go away!
John Stossel thinks Obama is addressing the wrong crisis. While I agree that there is no health care crisis (although Palin’s suggested market fix would be a good idea), there is an economic crisis. The only thing is that we’ve already had a taste of Obama’s idea about how to fix the economy, and it’s probably better if he keeps his attention away from it entirely.
The Marin IJ must have looked hard to find students who weren’t eye-rollingly, mind-numbingly bored by the President’s 20 minute in loco parentis lecture. The kids and parents to whom I spoke were unanimous: BOORRRINNNGG.
I’ve never been to Honduras, but I’m remarkably developing a strong affection for that little nation. In the face of the Obama’s Administration’s pro-dictatorship bullying, bullying that is backed by a huge economic stick, Honduras is standing firm. If I had any idea what protects Honduras exports, I’d go out and buy them. Honduras now joins that ranks of another democracy losing faith in and becoming hostile to America.
More than thirty years ago, I had a memorable teacher who started with antisemitic remarks, graduated to sexually explicit remarks to 13 year olds, and ended by attacking a student and throwing a movie projector out the window. He was put on fully paid leave. Five years later, he was still on fully paid leave. The situation hasn’t gotten any better, and it’s one of the reasons that, no matter how much money we throw at our school systems, they’re still bad.
If inspiration hits, I’ll write more, but this is certainly a good start if you’re looking for food for thought.
