Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Orwell understood the totalitarian mindset. That’s why he invented Newspeak, a language with the specific goal of making anti-governmental thought impossible. The Wikipedia article on the subject sums it up nicely: Newspeak is a fictional language in George Orwell‘s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, it is described as being
Continue readingThe National Republican Senatorial Committee puts out this timely public service announcement: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI3QM_p73oI[/youtube] I’ll echo Laer, at Cheat-Seeking Missiles (which gets the hat tip for this video): “Yeah, I know the GOP is hardly perfect and has a ton of lessons to learn, but I have to say, this message
Continue readingThe Democrats, corrupted by power, are now seeking absolute power. Here’s the story from the horse’s mouth, the horse in this case being Minority Whip, Eric Cantor: In a completely unprecedented fashion, House Democrats have used their power as the majority party to shut out floor amendments from the minority party
Continue readingThe Politico headlines reveal that the Dems are picking a direct fight with the CIA. Pelosi says they lied to her, while the Dem leadership is accusing the CIA of breaking laws. My idle question is this: Is it wise to pick a fight with those who ferret out and
Continue readingI’m always amazed that the Democrats can, with a straight face, present themselves as the party of the little people and as opposed to big business. I guess their deal is that, as long as a corrupt capitalist system exists, they should exploit it to the max, all the while
Continue readingIn the old days, when someone was a substance abuser, the entire onus for the abuse lay with that person. At a certain point, however, someone figured out that, in many relationships, the abuser’s partner was part of the dance of drug or alcohol dependency. A new term entered the
Continue readingMary Katharine Ham caught John Kerry finally admitting what Democrats fear most of all: that people will take control over their own destinies, without the elite in government dictating how their hard earned money should be spent. Perhaps if Kerry had ever held a real job and earned the money
Continue readingFrom Minority Leader John Boehner, a little information about the House Democrats’ $825 billion “stimulus” bill. A Dozen Fun Facts About the House Democrats’ Massive Spending Bill 1. The House Democrats’ bill will cost each and every household $6,700 additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren. 2. The
Continue readingAlan Dershowitz gives us some insights into the evil that is Hamas (and I use the word evil deliberately and without any artistic hyperbole), and then explains how, under international law, the concept of “proportionality” properly works in the face of that kind of evil. Incidentally, it’s not far from
Continue readingAs I do, my in-laws, all of whom are McCain supporters, live in a liberal community. They periodically get together with their conservative friends and bemoan the fact that lawn signs are stolen or despoiled, or that cars bearing McCain-Palin bumperstickers are targets of vandalism (keying, smashed windows, etc.). Along
Continue readingSteve Schippert’s focus has been on national security (he was one of the founders of ThreatsWatch.org), so for that reason alone he’s viewed the Obama candidacy and the Democratic ascendancy with dismay. He’s now concerned that even more may be at stake, as an Obama presidency threatens to undermine completely
Continue readingWhat do I get? I get why people are voting Democrat. It’s all explained in this clever little film: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU-EpU13K_o[/youtube] And be sure to visit VerticalBlu’s website, if for no other reason than to show that a company that manages to put together a great little video like that deserves
Continue readingIn the “I wish I’d said that” department is this truly excellent post from Power Line, pointing out that this crisis (a) establishes that McCain, not Obama, is a leader and (b) that the Democrats cannot possibly be telling the truth when they try to blame McCain for the House’s
Continue readingI’m no Sondheim fan, but he did get the psychology of blame down well in a song from Into The Woods that has the constant refrain “It’s all your/his/her fault.” It’s human to assign blame. Sometimes, though, assigning blame is easy, and with the current economic crisis, history shows us
Continue readingOne of the things that’s been playing through my head lately is the distance between the liberal worldview and actual reality. The media arguments directed at Palin, especially those that deal with women’s issues, really highlighted that divide for me. Let’s begin with the way in which liberals distinguish themselves
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