Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Here’s an old joke from the Soviet era: Rumor in Moscow has it that the grocery store has cans of meat. Despite the fact that it’s a very cold day, a long, long line instantly forms outside the store. After a couple of hours, a Communist official comes out of
Continue readingNo comment: Paper or plastic? Not anymore in San Francisco. The city’s Board of Supervisors approved groundbreaking legislation Tuesday to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year. The ordinance, sponsored by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, is the first such
Continue readingThe title of my post is reflective of what’s been going through my mind since I saw the Drudge headline announcing that the U.S. Senate, led by Democrats, has joined the surrender brigade. In what war in history, I ask you, has a country, with victory still more than possible,
Continue readingThis video pretty much speaks for itself: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAtNILh6uY] Hat tip: American Thinker (where Thomas Lifson notes that it’s not well rated, something you can change by logging into YouTube and casting your vote, here). del.icio.us | digg it
Continue readingJonah Goldberg’s analysis of Gore’s approach to climate change sounds entirely accurate given the way in which Gore is presenting the problem and the changes he’s demanding: Indeed, he wants to change attitudes about government as much as he wants to preach environmentalism. Global warming is what William James called
Continue readingI don’t think I’ve ever written “pork” and “surrender” in the same sentence, but needs must. The necessity in this case is to bring increased attention to the really vile bill the greedy surrender monkeys in the House have cobbled together in an effort to position themselves to win the
Continue readingThe title of this post describes how I felt when I read this fawning article in the SF Chronicle about Bore’s appearance on Capitol Hill, especially since its ultimate paragraphs have Babs Boxer practically eulogizing Bore without his having to go through the bother of dying first. This is not
Continue readingA Best of the Web reader makes mincemeat of Bore’s fever analogy (“the earth has a fever” and it’s going to die unless everyone but Al gives up fuel consumption): Reader Scott Jacobson questions Gore’s premise: Some great news for Daddy Gore: Little baby Earth does not have a fever.
Continue readingAs you’ve probably guessed, I’m incredibly pressed for time today, so can only blog in minute snippets. To that end, let me just direct you to the WSJ editorial regarding the fake scandal over the 8 U.S. attorneys the administration fired. I agree in every particular, whether it’s about executive
Continue readingCommon sense from a man who has seen Marxism’s ugly hand: Czech President Vaclav Klaus said on Wednesday that fighting global warming has turned into a a ‘religion’ that replaced the ideology of communism and threatens to clip basic freedoms. The right-wing president, a free-market champion, wrote to the U.S.
Continue readingOne of the things that irritates and amuses me in equal parts is the Left’s habit of crying “censorship” whenever someone disagrees with them. They deliberately (I think) confuse the distinction between government acts shutting down debate and mere disapprobation. Nothing shows the difference more clearly than this story about
Continue readingYa say you want a Revolution, We-ll-ll, you know . . . Apparently you’ll have to wait a while. According to Michael Fumento, who was there, what happened at the much heralded (from the anti-War movement) March on the Capitol was plenty of nothing. The photos he took give you
Continue readingHere’s the lady’s bio, which reads like a nightmare or a free spirit’s life, depending on your world view: Left to her own devices by parents she thought were preoccupied with their careers, Rebecca Walker experimented with drugs, had sexual encounters with men and women, and had an abortion at
Continue readingEveryone one in my liberal, environmentally conscious community wants a Prius. The only reason Mr. Bookworm didn’t buy one when his last car gave up the ghost was because it was too small for him to sit comfortably. The first of our neighbors to get the Prius was congratulated by
Continue readingSeraphic Secret gets to the heart of the insanity behind the Democrats’ decision to hide from Fox TV: So let me get this straight. According to the Democrats, Israel is supposed to sit down and chat with Hamas, a terrorist gang dedicated to Israel’s annihilation. According to the Democrats Israel
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