http://www.redstate.com/taralynn Just another RedState: Conservative News and Community weblog Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:08:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark Steyn wrote a love letter, or at least a respect letter, about Cary Grant recently. It's excellent, a winding tale of the man's humor and greatness, achievement and memorable moments. I'm a huge Cary Grant fan. You have no idea how huge. Thus, I had to send Steyn a response. ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/08/18/cary-our-suave-capitalist/ I try to laugh a lot of this stuff off. I really do. During an average day, I sporadically shut down all political information outgoing and ingoing, all to keep my emotions balanced. Basically, so I don't hurt quite so much. This man, however, bruised my heart. I never saw his ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/08/11/the-graphic-might-of-one-voice/ You look different, he said. It might have been the new shirt from Target. Or maybe it's the wind. Either way, despite my aversion to the word "change", I've had some. A friend of mine, and one of my blog readers, sent me a direct message on Twitter today about a ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/07/21/the-thrill-of-the-fight/ via TVguide.com I take it back. Her announcement I hoped was a political move. That was my initial reaction. Perhaps, it was optimism getting the better of me. But I was wrong. She's gone. She's really, truly gone. Over the last two hours I've been searching for every shred of information I ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/07/03/so-long-sarah/ The sunburn stops abruptly at an imaginary line long my shoulder, ending where my sleeves did double duty - clothing my nakedness and blocking the sun. When time mellows the red, all I'll have left is a farmer's tan and thicker freckles. I've heard of sunscreen. I simply chose to ignore ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/06/21/the-blundering-sunburned-freedom-fighter/ This spending cannot be sustained. Someone must stop Obama. And Obama is just the man to do it. President Barack Obama, calling current deficit spending “unsustainable,” warned of skyrocketing interest rates for consumers if the U.S. continues to finance government by borrowing from other countries. “We can’t keep on just borrowing from ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/05/15/obama-opposes-obamas-policies/ When I first read about the swing flu, my first thought was 'Oh dear.' My second thought was, 'Wait a minute.' The media feeds on whispers of pandemonium like a pig on slop: If it bleeds, it leads. Sensationalize the scandal. Sell the news. They are in the business, remember, of getting ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/04/30/this-little-piggy-had-swine-flu-this-little-piggy-had-none/ Journalism isn't dead. But I don't see it running any races. You could say it's still on life support, but even the chronically ill are fed oxygen. This appears to be asphyxiation on it's own propaganda. The corpse I see now more closely resembles Jeff Goldblum in the final scenes of the ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/04/16/the-suicide-of-journalism-excellence/ There’s just something about Texas. You can’t help it. Cross into the state and suddenly everyone’s driving faster, with purpose, with polite aggression. You have a mission. You are going…somewhere. And the journey is a competition of agility, quick lane changes, traffic openings, and efficient wheel manipulations. This is legendary country, producing ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/04/15/the-10th-commandment-dont-mess-with-texas/ “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” Tenth Amendment You could call them the winds of change, propelling individual states to rise from the burnt ash of federal control, like Phoenix ... http://www.redstate.com/taralynn/2009/04/13/you-say-you-want-a-revolution/