By: bantamwait (Diary)  |  October 18th at 11:04 AM  | 

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By: bantamwait (Diary)  |  August 30th at 04:21 PM  | 

A few months ago, George Will had at blue jeans in a curious column.  He thinks they’re shabby:  ”Denim is the clerical vestment for the priesthood of all believers in democracy’s catechism of leveling — thou shalt not dress better than society’s most slovenly.” Personally I don’t care how Levi’s look, but I’m alarmed by their militant activism.  The company has a full-page ad in today’s | Read More »

By: bantamwait (Diary)  |  November 4th at 01:42 PM  | 

Thiswas on AOL News this morning: “Bill Ayers (R), co-founder of the organization Weather Underground, chats with other voters after casting his vote in the U.S. presidential election at the Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School in Chicago, November 4, 2008. Ayers cast his vote within half an hour of U.S. democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama at the same polling place.” Still think there’s no continuing connection? | Read More »

By: bantamwait (Diary)  |  October 8th at 09:47 AM  | 

(UPDATE: Apologies for the double posting. And no, it’s not because of the “new RedState”–it’s due to my own limited competence.) Am I the only conservative who felt a sickening feeling when McCain proposed socializing America’s “troubled mortgages”?

By: bantamwait (Diary)  |  October 8th at 09:47 AM  | 

Am I the only conservative who felt a sickening feeling when McCain proposed socializing America’s “troubled mortgages”?