Ralph Peters rips the Left (and Hamas) a new one
Peters has said everything I’d like to say.
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I’m fairly disinterested in Prince Harry. He strikes me as an unexceptional young man who grew up in an unpleasantly rarefied atmosphere, but who is finally finding meaning and purpose in his life through military service. He keeps forcing attention on himself, though, by having foot (or costume) in mouth
Continue readingHow liberals would fight wars *UPDATED*
Vacation is over and I’m back to my work schedule, which means no more morning blogging (not that I was very inspired in the morning during vacation). Still, I had to share this gem with you. I spoke with a liberal friend yesterday, who is lukewarm about Israel, and he
Continue readingPlus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
The Pulitzer Prize committee recently announced that it’s going to be very 21st Century and include on-line only publications for Prize consideration. I have a little rumination here regarding my suspicion that this is a superficial change that will not touch upon the fine investigative journalism emanating from the right
Continue readingThe Fairness Doctrine
As you are, I’m worried about an all Democratic D.C. passing a new “Fairness” Doctrine. I have an idea: if Democrats are worried that liberals aren’t getting their message out over the radio airwaves, why don’t they use taxpayer dollars to fund a station devoted to Democratic messages, and one
Continue readingObama wants the government to redistribute wealth *UPDATE*
Traditionally, Americans conceived of taxes as a way in which citizens paid for basic government services that benefited all (such as defense, infrastructure, etc.). With socialism, the notion arose that the government was to take from the rich (as defined by the government) and give to the poor (as defined
Continue readingThis is the New York Times reporting
I got this joke in the mail today: A biker is riding by the zoo, when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of
Continue readingApparently it only hurts sometimes
In today’s New York Times, there’s a lengthy article about the humiliation routinely visited on elderly people who are called “dear” or “sweetie.” The message conveyed by those terms is demeaning, implying that the person on the receiving end is incompetent, and definitely placing the person in the “one down”
Continue readingA little perspective
The worst may be yet to come, but before the panic reaches an altitude from which there is no recovery, keep the following in mind (with thanks to Mike Devx, who gave me the idea). Re 1997, from Wikipedia: In financial markets, Black Monday is the name given to Monday,
Continue readingBiden’s “facts”
I don’t know whether this Churchill story is true. I first read it about 30 years ago in a book printed about 50 years ago. It doesn’t sound like the man, but it’s a good story anyway for my purposes. Churchill was asked to give a speech to a trade
Continue readingBiden’s Lies, the Short List
Charles Johnson, at LGF, is getting hacked off. As we could have predicted (and I’m sure he did too), the media is completely ignoring that, on multiple occasions, Biden lied through his teeth. Johnson took the five biggest lies — and the ones that are proven to be lies by
Continue readingThe debate
I haven’t watched the debate yet. I’ve been doing volunteer work (yes, we selfish conservatives sometimes give generously of our time), getting food, preparing dinner, and wrapping up a brief that needs to be filed tomorrow. What I thought I’d do, therefore, is reprint here a prediction I made about
Continue readingThe fix is in
I don’t think Glenn Reynolds will mind my reprinting this in its entirety, since it deserves to be read as widely as possible. Send it along to your friends — and, maybe, to your local newsroom: A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: “Off the record, every suspicion you have
Continue readingThe McCain campaign is loaded for bear
This, directly from the McCain campaign, deserves to be reprinted in its entirety: Today the New York Times launched its latest attack on this campaign in its capacity as an Obama advocacy organization. Let us be clear about what this story alleges: The New York Times charges that McCain-Palin 2008
Continue readingThe media and this election
I haven’t gotten up to speed yet this morning for blogging, but my fellow bloggers have, and they’ve already posted some good stuff. The Anchoress has noticed that, as the debates draw near, the MSM is working diligently to prepare the American audience . . . by lowering expectations. Obama,
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