Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
It’s such a little thing, but it’s such a big reminder that Obama, hectorer in chief, really does feel that he is above all the things that he tells the little people to do: President Obama took a bike ride with his family today in Aquinnah, on Martha’s Vineyard. The
Continue readingObama’s back is against the wall so, with his lackeys’ announcement about 90,000 potential H1N1 deaths, it looks as if he’s deflecting attention, rather than passing on useful information. Given Obama’s manifest motives, the numbers may or may not be true. We know he predicts budget numbers down when it
Continue readingHere’s Mark Steyn on Obama’s “brilliant” plan and American fear: It’s a good thing he’s the smartest president of all time and the greatest orator since Socrates because otherwise one might easily confuse him with some birdbrained Bush type. But, if we take him at his word, then a trillion-dollar
Continue readingHawaiian Statehood and the President are about the same age and both come with a checkered historical past. Did Obama transfer the mantle and memory of Queen Liliuokalani to himself? We all know where he spent his first ten years. Were the next ten tinged with demonstrations and the legitimacy
Continue readingOne of the brightest lines in America, a line that goes back to our Founders and the Constititution, is the imperative rule that the American government stay out of religion. That does not mean that people in politics cannot be religious or that their values cannot be informed by religion.
Continue readingI was thinking about the fact that, despite the disastrous start the Clinton administration had (“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”; Hillary Care), Clinton nevertheless managed to pull out a two term presidency. That thought, inevitably, led to me asking myself whether Obama can do the same. I don’t think so, for
Continue readingAlthough I can’t track it down now, I vividly remember reading a New York Times story about Obama in which a colleague said that Obama had the knack, at meetings, of making everyone in the room think that he agreed with them, even if the meeting was divisive. That is,
Continue readingHow’s this for a perfect piece of dialogue for our modern era? Dad: Who knows which of our presidents is the only president born in Hawaii? [Long silence] Son: Obama? Daughter: No, it wasn’t. Son (10): Yes, it was. Daughter (11): No. Obama was born in Africa. [At which point
Continue readingThe Heritage Foundation dispels the out-and-out lies and the stretched truths in Obama’s “townhall”: “I have not said that I was a single-payer supporter.” This is directly contradicted by candidate Barack Obama’s own website which quotes Obama at a rally in Ames, Iowa form 2008: “If I were designing a
Continue readingBookworm is right that I’ve been on vacation from all things blog-related for some time now, but I’m happy to come back and see what interesting discussions we can stir up while she’s on a well-deserved vacation. As always, I’ll just throw topics out there and rely on the Bookwormroom’s
Continue readingBruce Kesler, one of the most levelheaded guys I know in the blogosphere, thinks we’re nearing a flashing point: During the past week, I’ve had conversations with old friends – leftist, centrist, and conservative – with whom I experienced the political battles of the 1960’s. All of us have a
Continue readingIt’s beach reading because it’s well-written, in plain (often sharp and amusing) language. It’s for thoughtful people, because it describes the collection of rogues and crooks in Obama’s wake, all desperate for power and your money: Other People’s Money By Bookworm Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax
Continue readingMy blog slogan is “Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.” In a scathing article at PJM, Jennifer Rubin details one area after another in which the Obama administration announces a conclusion, markets it as a fact, and spends all of the
Continue readingA few days ago, I quoted from some representatives saying that those attending town halls are an ill-informed mob that must be ignored. The editors at National Review nicely sum up the Democratic party attitude and its profoundly anti-democratic meaning (links omitted): President Obama likes to pose as the tribune
Continue readingWith his typical clarity, Karl Rove explains that it is impossible for President Obama to stick to his “no new taxes” promises if he continues on this ruinous path of government spending: The campaign team is intent upon protecting a pledge driven by its 2008 campaign polls: Mr. Obama promised
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