http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier Just another RedState: Where the VRWC Conspires Online weblog Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:06:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en No, this isn't a commentary on last night's interesting play calling at the end of another instant-classic Colts-Patriots game, but rather the astonishingly bad? ... dumb? ... pointless? ... idiotic? ... silly? ... sorry, I'm just trying to pick out the right deprecative adjective for the idea presented in a ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/11/16/this-is-what-we-now-refer-to-in-indiana-as-belichick-stupid/ As have many of you, I've been appalled, sickened and disheartened by what I've read about what was known-- and not acted upon-- before Hasan's act of war against the United States last week. A lot of questions roll through your mind trying to wrap your head around the, for ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/11/12/brought-up-short/ A couple of minutes ago I broke away from the electronic vineyard to make a Starbucks run. While waiting for my beverage, I was reading the 'Starbucks Mission Statement' hanging on the wall. Since my eyes don't work as well as they used to, about all I could read without ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/11/11/when-investing-follow-the-stupak-rule/ Thank goodness the 2d shift manager at McDonald's can still get into that McMansion he's been lusting after. From today's Washtimes: While private lenders learned a lesson from the mortgage crisis and are shying away from easy-money loans, the FHA has stepped into the breach. The agency has provided backing for ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/10/19/well-now-thats-a-relief/ I feel like an even bigger chump today than I did a few months ago. I wouldn't have thought it possible, but in hindsight, I should have known that it was inevitable. Back in the spring when The One first started wrecking the economy and throwing away our hard earned money ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/10/17/im-a-chump/ All Nippon Airways. This is so dumb I'm having a hard time actually believing it's not actually a hoax, but according to this story, as an experiment, the geniuses at ANA are going to save the planet by having you urinate before you board the plane. Given this is Japan's domestic ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/10/08/todays-idiot-with-a-calculator-award-goes-to/ I see Fiat's Folly, a.k.a. Chrysler, is tossing their hand picked management team overboard already. According to AP, one guy has "has resigned to pursue other interests" and another one "has resigned for personal reasons." I think that's press release code for escorted-out-by-security. They've taken the step to spin off ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/10/06/the-real-title-should-have-been-crash-for-clunkers/ Reading about Iran's thumb-in-the-eye rocket tests this morning, I was thinking about how hopelessly over-matched Little Lord Fauntleroy ... er, The One ... is in dealing with the thugs running Iran (and Russia, Venezuela, Afghanistan, North Korea, and on and on). The question is, why is he over-matched? It's because ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/09/27/preaching-to-the-converted/ Well, for once, I felt vindicated reading an editorial, 'Democrats failed on digital divide, too.' When this "problem" first surfaced ten years or so ago, it really boiled me, partially because the whole issue-- assuming there is an issue-- is so obviously not the province of government, but more so ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/09/19/another-problem-fixed-or-not/ I was reading Billy Beer's namesake's brother's silly remarks yesterday in today's Washtimes and thought, this is some typically thin gruel, even for him: Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act "based ... http://www.redstate.com/derhoosier/2009/09/16/give-the-man-credit-at-least-hes-consistent/