Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I just went to get my (overdue) haircut at the hair salon, deep in that hardcore-Democrat lair that goes by the name of Cook (“Crook”) County, Illinois. The woman who has cut may hair for the past 20+ years works in a working-class hair salon that tends to employ lower-middle
Continue readingSo why would the Obama administration overtly lie about what transpired in Libya? Because, on the anniversary of 9/11, Al Qaeda won a “battle” and this administration could only pretend otherwise. What most of the pundit media seems to have missed, including the inestimable Mark Steyn and John Bolton, is
Continue readingWhilst driving the upper Mississippi valley recently with my brilliant spouse, she asked me the most trenchant question of this election season: can anyone think of a single foreign or domestic program enacted by Barack Obama that has been successful…at least, from the perspective of the people of the United
Continue readingSo, will Obama follow Sarah Palin’s advice and ask Hillary to be his running mate? Hmmm…consider this Hillary-ous political ad that disproves once and for all the ridiculous notion that conservatives do not have a sense of humor. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfjn4BpmirU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]
Continue readingThe news today that a “Gay Marriage” advocate attacked the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., shooting a security guard in the process, got me to pondering this question: has any act of political violence in the U.S. ever been associated with conservatives or Republicans? On the Democrat /Progressive side,
Continue readingDavid Foster just posited that “We should have a discussion thread on the sources of the emotional/intellectual appeal of “progressivism” and how, if at all, these factors can be countered.” Bookworm’s aficionados have been all over this issue in a multitude of scattered comments, but let’s let all hang out.
Continue readingBasically, these volcanic events have to do with the puzzling appearance and disappearance of hot water masses in the Pacific Ocean that affect the flow of currents and, consequently, air masses that affect our global climate.
Continue readingI met a semi-retired petroleum engineer in Alberta that was working on the Canadian tar sands development. I asked him what he had heard regarding the size of the Bakken oil field. He indicated that, pessimistically, it contained 1x the reserves of Saudi Arabia, while the optimistic projection was 3x the Saudi oil reserves.
Continue readingDQ and Bookworm have started something here, between their recent posts on “thoughts for the day” and how to instill values in children. I look at so many of the really nice kids that I meet in our neighborhood and in our church and they are, to put it simply,
Continue readingHelp! I sent someone (a committed Liberal) and article wherein noted anti-Jihadi crusader, Andrew McCarthy, made the charge that the U.S. was now funding Hamas through its aid program to the Palestinians. My Liberal friend posed that this is a pretty serious charge…can it be proved? I’m stuck in the
Continue readingthe government will screw up through indifference and people will die. Not because government is “bad” or that the people in government are “bad”, but because people are people and government can never be better than our collective human nature.
Continue readingIs the media to blame for the Aurora shootings? I would like to make the case that it is, not for any specific action that any specific media outlet has taken, but by its very nature. In 1970, Alvin Toffler published his seminal work, Future Shock, in which he predicted
Continue readingYears ago, the Bookworm Room took a leadership position in challenging man-made global warming dogma and I would comfortably assert that we have been winning the arguments. However, the battle is far from over. Today’s Chicago Tribune posted a column published by two credentialed climate scientists from the U. of
Continue readingDQ raise very important points about the power of language. The examples of “austerity” and “stimulus” certainly need to be addressed. But, let me address another problematic term: “government spending”. Far too many people seem to equate government spending (syn. taxes, benefits, welfare, rebates, investments, stimuli, grants, outlays, funding, etc.)
Continue readingWe recognize the narcissism of our Commander-in-Chief. It has been the subject of many an article by his detractors. Here, for example, is a harsh assessment of the depth of his pathological disorder by a purported MD psychiatrist (I say “purported”, because the identity of the author is hidden and
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