I have a deal that you just might be interested in. No – not a lame try like that “From 52 To 48″ garbage, which was essentially an “OK, we won – would you play nice and roll over now?” plea. This is something real, something that I am willing to go to the mat to support Obama over. You heard right – I will | Read More »
Last Sunday, Stalin Felipe was one of five men falsely accused of raping a college freshman, Danmell Ndonye, at Hofstra University in New York. Were it not for a cell phone video that showed that the woman was engaged in consensual sex with several men in her dormitory bathroom, it is likely that Felipe would have spent six to eight months in jail, awaiting trial. | Read More »
In the recent comments characterizing opposition to Obama’s healthcare reform plan as racism, we are seeing the fallacy noted in the title – when side A’s argument degenerates to a point where they accuse the opposing side of racism, side A not only has lost the argument but has also explicitly conceded defeat. This is also closely related to argumentum ad misericordiam, which introduces pity or guilt as a valid argument for one | Read More »
My children won’t have the opportunity to hear Barack Obama’s speech on Tuesday. They’ll be educated for the period of time the speech will take, but it will be by me (probably at an ice cream shop – who says school has to be boring?). I’ve been called bat crap crazy, “silly”, by both Robert Gibbs and whoever is in charge of the Department of Education, | Read More »
This is just incredible. From Fox News Online: Besieged by leaks of several closely held secrets, the CIA has asked the Justice Department to examine what it regards as the criminal disclosure of a secret program to kill foreign terrorist leaders abroad, The Washington Times has learned. Two U.S. intelligence officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named because of the sensitivity | Read More »
When I was in high school, I was a pretty good baseball player. We had an away game on a Tuesday my senior year, and we were playing a Catholic school with a pitcher whose arm had rapidly become legendary. Our players were whispering about it on the bus – how fast he threw, the no-hitter the last game he pitched, how the fans loved him and how | Read More »
From Fox News online: WASHINGTON — Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge claims in a new book that he was pressured by other members of President George W. Bush’s Cabinet to raise the nation’s terror alert level just before the 2004 presidential election. Ridge says he objected to raising the security level despite the urgings of former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and then-Attorney General | Read More »
I’ll keep this brief, because I know you are busy redefining “Republican”, but I have a question to ask. Actually, first I have a brief bit of history to share – something that happened after the Gulf War in 1991. I believe you were involved in that, no? Anyway, some background courtesy of a Congessional Research Service Report dated October 7, 2003 – background with which I | Read More »
Somone shared this with me yesterday: While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and the fact that he is our President. The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, Obama is a ‘post turtle’. Not | Read More »
This is almost too good to be true. I’ll just post an excerpt from an entertainment column from Fox News online, detailing some of the boorish behavior of the Real Housewives. Some things, however, are beond the pale: Meanwhile, Zarin mouthy co-star Kelly Killoren Bensimon, who’s celebrating her 41st birthday at The Gates tonight, continues to push buttons. In addition to squabbling with Bethenny Frankel | Read More »
Arlen Specter and the left may not realize it, but they received a prescient and firm condemnation from Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi many years ago. Since Christianity is the only religion not really included in multicultural curriculum and discussions these days, I was forced to look for something that liberals could reference and understand as I pointed out their moral deficiencies. Hinduism came to mind, and | Read More »
Today on “Face The Nation”, David Axelrod said one of the most sinister things anyone in the Obama administration has said thus far. From Fox News online: Axelrod was asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” for his opinion on what the show’s host described as “this spreading and very public disaffection with not only the government, but especially the Obama administration.” Axelrod replied: “I think | Read More »
I was looking for transcripts for Olbermann’s show tonight, because as I was flipping by I thought I heard him say “executed the teenagers.” It was probably a reference to the Somali pirates, and I was interested in the latest machinations of the Obama supplicants. What I found on the front page of Olbermann’s website was this: GOP’s taste for teabagging While the anti-tax “tea | Read More »
From the San Fransisco Chronicle: (03-25) 20:36 PDT Oakland — About 60 people marched and rallied in Oakland on Wednesday to condemn the police and honor Lovelle Mixon, who was killed by Oakland police after he fatally shot four officers Saturday. “OPD you can’t hide – we charge you with genocide,” chanted the demonstrators as they marched along MacArthur Boulevard, near the intersection with 74th | Read More »
Barack Obama has demonstrated far more knowledge of NCAA basketball than any other issue he has been confronted with since assuming the role of President. He had exactly the same final four picks as I did, until I hastily re-did my brackets. He also made some late revisions to his own picks, putting the University of North Carolina as his champion. A certain coach down | Read More »
I must admit that I do not share the same amount of deference and admiration for Warren Buffett as, well, everyone else on the planet. He seems to me to be a Solari, fabulously rich but relying on the Mozarts of the companies he invests in for his fortune. At other times he circles above dying prey, waiting to negotiate / extort a deal that no | Read More »
I know the term “Orwellian” has probably been overused lately, but it is truly applicable. When someone says what he actually means like Rush Limbaugh did a few weeks ago, people are somewhat confused. I have some advice for us all. Let’s take a look at a familiar phrase: “I am personally against abortion, but I don’t want to impose my beliefs on others.” See | Read More »
As I write this, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is at its lowest point since 1997. It has fallen 269 points so far, and stands at around 6793. Again, the lowest point since 1997. Now I am the first to say that I am not an expert in finance. I know enough to speak intelligently about it, to understand my investments and to understand the | Read More »
I am trying to understand why an economic crisis that was brought about by excessive debt and uncontrolled spending will be solved by excessive debt and uncontrolled spending. This may prime the pump, but the well is dry. This pork bill is as simple as it gets – pure Chicago politics, with payoffs to liberal constituencies and solidifying the position of the henchmen (like unions and | Read More »
From the diaries by Erick. I want to teach a course called “Foundations of Conservative Thought”. I need a syllabus and a reading list. Sad to say, and as conservative as I am, I do not have a very good idea where to start. Conservatism has always made sense and come naturally to me, and as a result I have not put together a comprehensive | Read More »
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