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Daily Links – August 22, 2012

By: Caleb Howe (Diary)  |  August 22nd, 2012 at 04:15 PM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

Today is August 22nd. • On this date in 1902, Teddy Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to ride in an automobile. The car was a Columbia Electric Victoria Phaeton. After the ride, Roosevelt famously told the manufacturer “you didn’t build that.” • On this date in 1906, the first Victrola, manufactured by the Victor Talking Machine Company, was sold. The company’s motto was “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” • On this date in 1862, composer Claude Debussy was born. Most famous today for his “Claire de lune”, he was also famous at the time for his catch phrase “let’s get down and get duuuuuuuubusy!” • And finally, today is National Pecan Torte Day, when pecans across the nation file claims seeking damages. Consider this an Open Thread.


Labor Spends Stimulus Funds Running Ads On Olbermann, Maddow | Ace of Spades HQ
“The contract noted that — zero jobs created. So what were stimulus funds doing plumping Maddow’s and Olbermann’s show’s ad buys?”

Another media belly-flop over skinny-dipping ‘scandal’ | Washington Times
“Boy, these people really need to climb out of their television sets, get some fresh air and maybe get out of town a little.”

BUSTED: Obama caught lying about Romney position on classroom size | Right Scoop
“But nowhere in this clip did Romney say anything even close to “class size don’t matter.” And he also used good grammar to boot.”

Biden Returns, To The Sound Of Squealing Pigs | Human Events
“After being kept under wraps by the panicked Obama campaign for a long weekend, Vice President Joe Biden has been carefully released back into the wild.”

Local atheist billboards attack Christian, Mormon religions | WCNC.com
“Two controversial billboards dot the Charlotte skyline just in time for the Democratic National Convention. The two signs appear to attack the Christian and Mormon religions.”


The Hill calls Obama’s “clinging to their guns and religion” comment a “gaffe” by Paula


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  • jakeofalltrades

    The religion of Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

    No wonder atheists are so upset. Besides living in denial (Romans 1), they also have the toughest sell to make in all of history.

    • aesthete

      their affable personalities and respect for the intelligence of religionists should make them friends in no time.

      Good thing they’re not smug jerks. That would make their mission really tough.

    • acat

      it’s harder to believe than to reject.

      Let’s start with the various Roman-era forced conversions, the various Crusades, the various religious (Christian on Christian, I’ll note) wars .. don’t forget good ol’ Ollie Cromwell …

      Hitler, Stalin, and Mao are, assuming your hell exists, in company with some heavy hitters from Christendom.

      Most atheists, and most Christians, seem to have figured out how not to be douchebags. I’ll suggest you sign up for remedial lessons.

      Mew

      • jakeofalltrades
        • acat

          You see a factual error, or just proving me right?

          Mew

          • jakeofalltrades

            Fully fisking it would require an essay.

          • acat

            I do not offer a remedial course in not being a douchebag. Please take your business elsewhere.

            Mew

          • jakeofalltrades

            As for my business and where I take it, that is none of your business.

            Butt out.

          • acat

            Put down the shovel.

            Mew

          • jakeofalltrades

            You’re now on my Hinz list.

            Have a nice day.

          • acat

            .

          • bag12962

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            Breast out crows the same way you would a dove.
            Soak the breast in water with a tablespoon of salt for 30 minutes to draw out some of the blood.
            Marinate the breast for 20 minutes in Dale’s Steak
            Sauce or other soy based sauce.
            Red wine also works well but needs to soak overnight.
            Drain off the marinade and place the breast on a hot grill with wet
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      • CincoSolas_del_Bronx

        We’re at two in 26 hours.

        Actually, in the semper reformanda model, the reminders of historical stenches like OC’s* provide sad-but-necessary opportunity to highlight deviation from the Scriptural model. The 2-kingdoms model we have discussed at times was hammered out largely in response to such occasions, not unlike the early credal formulae in response to certain heretics.

        * Full disclosure: I’m presbygationalist, in theology-polity order.

        • CincoSolas_del_Bronx

          the bold. sorry.

          • acat

            I think Ollie’s lost his touch.

            Mew

  • evilbloggerlady
  • acat

    Consider. All three men shoved their wing-tips quite far down their throats on social values issues.

    None of these men seemed interested, let alone capable, of removing his feet.

    To borrow from Ian Fleming, if once is chance and twice is coincidence, does Akin represent enemy action?

    If so, who could be deliberately foisting such dreadful religious-right candidates onto the GOP?

    Mew

    • lineholder

      ,

      • acat

        Someone or some group is deliberately providing lousy candidates to the GOP.

        These candidates are not lousy because they hold social conservative views, nor because they pray, nor because they encourage others to do so. Did Rick Perry not do the same?

        These candidates, specifically Huckabee, Santorum, and now Akin, are not lousy because they are religious. They are lousy *political candidates* because they cannot *defend* their religious views in the *political* arena. (unlike Rick Perry, who did a decent job at it)

        I am not anti-religious, although I don’t agree with y’all on the point. I am, however, quite adamant that a political candidate must be able to offer a non-religious-based defense for their views, *regardless* of the origin of those views.

        So.

        Why do we keep ending up with these lousy candidates?

        Mew

        • Caleb Howe

          What office is former Gov. Huckabee a *candidate* for?

          • civil truth

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          • acat

            … one of the major supporters behind Akin, encouraging him to stay in.

            Mew

          • checkmate2012

            to stay in the race?

            Sorry I’m behind on the news and definitely Huck radio (don’t even know if I get it here).

          • jimmyg

            I think he did not tell him to get out.
            http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/19331730/rep-todd-akin-staying-in-missouri-senate-race

        • Melody Warbington (rwm52)

          That is, some of them are lousy. Boehner. Mcconnell. They may talk a good game but they don’t vote accordingly. How much has their bad votes cost us? And yet they keep getting elected.

          • aesthete

            considers either of those two people fiscal/small-government conservatives?

            I would be surprised to find any fiscal/small-government conservative who supports either of those lackwits, and imagine that their base of support is both establishment, and draws equally from social conservatives and fiscal conservatives. The fact of the matter is that at the present time, it’s not small-government conservatives who foist terrible candidates onto us in elections. While social conservatives are more prone to this phenomena than small government conservatives, they are not the biggest culprits.

            Rather, it is a union of establishmentarians, “moderates”, neo-conservatives (not as a pejorative but as a niche movement), and big government frauds without affiliation who have fooled people into believing that they are conservatives by simple virtue of the fact that they are not Democrats. Such deceivers in the past have carried the surnames Bush, Dole, Delay, Frist, and Quayle, and their tradition lives on McConnell and Boehner. They are unified only by a desire to gain power for their ends and by a mutual hatred of small government conservatives, and generally by a disdain for smallfolk in general. They are no one’s idea of a conservative, and are the forces that lovers of liberty should be aiming their fire on, to the extent that an intra-party purging is necessary (and sometimes it is).

          • demsaresatanic

            you nailed it well.

          • checkmate2012

            sadly. Boehner/McConnell aren’t willing to hear or heed the voices of the people (i.e. Americans a la TEA Party) as it would damper their sad aspirations. It’s disgusting this get along to get along crap.

            An old song was power to the people- now it’s how can I keep my job.

          • Melody Warbington (rwm52)

            that’s what I was trying to say. Lousy candidates all around, not just socons. And by the way, I think I’ve made it clear before that Huckabee, Santorum and the like do not speak for me any more than Boehner or McConnell do.

            It’s been a long, hard day, and I’m kinda all over the place, so I’m out. Thanks as always for making clear points all around.

          • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

            nt

          • acat

            ..back when Murkowski hung onto her inheritance.

            I was vocal about that, too.

            Mew

        • http://impudent.edublogs.org/ kyle8

          I was once a big religious conservative, I attended an evangelical mega-church and bought in to every argument.

          Later I realized that a lot of the things pushed by the movement, and especially a lot of the candidates were counter-productive. As a result I moved more and more towards a libertarian viewpoint, not because my convictions changed, but because I became convinced that the way to change things on the social issues was to first change hearts and minds.

          The mindset of the religious conservative is, however, stuck in three negative areas. (1) Us vs them. They will support anyone who claims to be for their issues because it is us vs them, This leads them to be less than discerning among candidates. (2) Faith – Faith is a great thing to have but if you think that your candidate will win because of God’s will, then that changes your actions. (3) Ignorance – I hate to say it but I see it too often, They may be very knowledgeable about a few issues, but seem to concentrate either on religion, job, or family, and so learn very little about other things like science, medicine, economics, and foreign affairs.

          Don’t mean to step on toes, but those are my honest observations.

        • davenj1

          that in my original incarnation on redstate.com, before I dropped away and came back, I was raked over the coals for asserting that social conservatives were killing the Republican brand and costing conservatives in general seats in Congress. Part of that is due to the characterizations by the media of socons. BUT, a lot of it is self-inflicted.

          There is a place for people like Akin and his views in the GOP just as, I believe, there is a place for an Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins. If nothing else, it demonstrates greater tolerance for alternate views than goose-stepping along to the Obama-Pelosi-Reid troika like we see with Democrats.

          The first goal is to get elected and if that means that sometimes people like Akin have to parse their words, then so be it. This guy has been in Congress and is not ignorant of a press out for their “gotcha” moment. In a way, those moments are a decent tool in the weeding out process. Unfortunately, Akin’s refusal to drop out or to give a detailed defense of his statement and views have allowed a Democrat on electoral life support to creep back in a race she had little chance of winning. And here is the best part: either John Brunner or Sarah Steelman would have wiped up McCaskill’s arse in the general election. I don’t see Akin standing on principle; I see a politician hell-bent on higher office and personal aggrandizement.

  • 6eorge Jetson
  • checkmate2012

    I don’t know how you photoshop all the stuff you post but no matter- it makes me laugh and we all need a good laugh these days- thanks GJ!

  • lineholder

    #blackconservativesforromney set up a twitter feed yesterday in the response to the NBC/WSJ poll showing 0% percent support for Romney from the black community. The left, especially Toure, are trying to make a big deal out of this.

    They also have a dual twitter feed at #wearethezeropercent

    Joining in are #latinosforromney and #jewsforromney

    Start of the new day on a bright note. Let them know we all stand behind Romney for the win in November!

    • lineholder

      The people who have initiated these feeds are trying to break through a leftist/Dem narrative by getting blogs, radio shows, newpapers, television…any one who is willing to report that there are indeed people in both the black and latino communities who want freedom, liberty, economic opportunities…and that they do not support Barack Obama.

      Glenn Beck has picked them up. So has Herman Cain. A few other orgs are now starting to respond.

      I hope they succeed in this. I hope it grows great big hairy legs and walks all over the old narratives and old perceptions.

      I’m going to focus on building alliances today, and this is a good chance to do it, too!

      • tnfriendofcoal101368

        I am sure Herman Cain and Artur Davis are shocked to learn that the hacks at MSNBC have a poll that says they are no longer African-American. Then I figured “what’s the point”? Isn’t that obvious to any person who is not currently employed by MSNBC or one of their 15 viewers?

  • westcoastpatriette

    in this unambiguous piece.

    • runner12

      And Napolitano is not necessarily a big socon. He is a libertarian.

    • proudmarinemom

      (not the one who wears nun shoes, the other one) for his ability to focus on the point.

      Extra credit for the use of the word “antediluvial” Just toss that out during your next debate, “Ugh! You are SO antediluvial!” and raise your glass to your lips casually as they scramble to find Free Online Dictionary on their “smart” phones. Ha!

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