Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Speaking of 60s radicals/terrorists......
It seems that criticism of certain of these people may be considered racist by those with a certain world views, particularly as it applies to said radicals/terrorists relationships with that noted Chicago pol Barry O'Bama.
The Death of a Party: A 40 years on perspective
Bruce Walker:
"When people sense the sickness of American politics and government, what they sense is something missing for forty years from our national dialog: Sincere and patriotic partisan debate. There should be two political parties, both committed to the American Dream, both in love with their nation, both proud to defend her.
Instead, one party has accepted the lies told about America on the streets of Chicago in 1968. Too rich, too powerful, too confident, too comfortable -- this is what the rioters in Chicago thought of America then; this is what the heart of the Democratic Party thinks now, forty years after their political party died."
Indeed.
Read the whole thing.
"When people sense the sickness of American politics and government, what they sense is something missing for forty years from our national dialog: Sincere and patriotic partisan debate. There should be two political parties, both committed to the American Dream, both in love with their nation, both proud to defend her.
Instead, one party has accepted the lies told about America on the streets of Chicago in 1968. Too rich, too powerful, too confident, too comfortable -- this is what the rioters in Chicago thought of America then; this is what the heart of the Democratic Party thinks now, forty years after their political party died."
Indeed.
Read the whole thing.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Obama announces his choice for vice president!
Actually, the Dems would be better off if he had chosen Groucho or Harpo......
The Obama Cover up
Obama's relationship with known terrorist Bill Ayers was more than just an "association".
Much, MUCH more:
" Amazing. The mere possibility that a candidate for president worked closely, for years, with an unrepetentant terrorist on an issue of mutual concern, and that the terrorist himself could cause a university to cover it up -- that ought to be huge news, by any standard.
Kurtz:
"Although the press has been notably lax about pursuing the matter, the full story of the Obama-Ayers relationship calls the truth of Obama’s account seriously into question. When Obama made his first run for political office, articles in both the Chicago Defender and the Hyde Park Herald featured among his qualifications his position as chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a foundation where Ayers was a founder and guiding force. Obama assumed the Annenberg board chairmanship only months before his first run for office, and almost certainly received the job at the behest of Bill Ayers.
During Obama’s time as Annenberg board chairman, Ayers’s own education projects received substantial funding. Indeed, during its first year, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge struggled with significant concerns about possible conflicts of interest. With a writ to aid Chicago’s public schools, the Annenberg challenge played a deeply political role in Chicago’s education wars, and as Annenberg board chairman, Obama clearly aligned himself with Ayers’s radical views on education issues.
With Obama heading up the board and Ayers heading up the other key operating body of the Annenberg Challenge, the two would necessarily have had a close working relationship for years (therefore “exchanging ideas on a regular basis”). So when Ayers and Dorhn hosted that kickoff for the first Obama campaign, it was not a random happenstance, but merely further evidence of a close and ongoing political partnership.
Of course, all of this clearly contradicts Obama’s dismissal of the significance of his relationship with Ayers."
Obama himself may just be a well programed incompetent socialist, but those who influence him are dangerous, and in some cases, absolutely evil.
And then we have the story of the sudden and mysterious denial of access to the Annenberg challenge information:
"Weller stated that no one currently has access to the collection and added that: 'The Collection is closed because it has come to our attention that there is restricted material in the collection. Once the collection has been processed it will be open to any patron interested in viewing it.'"
.....and:
"It’s also puzzling that UIC now raises the absence of any formal agreement with the donor — and thus the absence of any formal restrictions by the donor — as a reason to deny access to a collection placed in library custody precisely to facilitate public access."
Imagine that!
Be sure to go to Joe Guarino's, where he discusses the double standard we've all come to expect from the media on issues like this.
Much, MUCH more:
" Amazing. The mere possibility that a candidate for president worked closely, for years, with an unrepetentant terrorist on an issue of mutual concern, and that the terrorist himself could cause a university to cover it up -- that ought to be huge news, by any standard.
As the saying goes, the coverup is worse than the crime. But if Diamond is right, what's being covered up might be pretty bad.
'Unfortunately for Senator Obama, what might only stink in Chicago - a relationship with an ex-terrorist who had an authoritarian agenda in mind for Chicago school kids - is far more damaging on the national political scene.'"
Kurtz:
"Although the press has been notably lax about pursuing the matter, the full story of the Obama-Ayers relationship calls the truth of Obama’s account seriously into question. When Obama made his first run for political office, articles in both the Chicago Defender and the Hyde Park Herald featured among his qualifications his position as chairman of the board of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a foundation where Ayers was a founder and guiding force. Obama assumed the Annenberg board chairmanship only months before his first run for office, and almost certainly received the job at the behest of Bill Ayers.
During Obama’s time as Annenberg board chairman, Ayers’s own education projects received substantial funding. Indeed, during its first year, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge struggled with significant concerns about possible conflicts of interest. With a writ to aid Chicago’s public schools, the Annenberg challenge played a deeply political role in Chicago’s education wars, and as Annenberg board chairman, Obama clearly aligned himself with Ayers’s radical views on education issues.
With Obama heading up the board and Ayers heading up the other key operating body of the Annenberg Challenge, the two would necessarily have had a close working relationship for years (therefore “exchanging ideas on a regular basis”). So when Ayers and Dorhn hosted that kickoff for the first Obama campaign, it was not a random happenstance, but merely further evidence of a close and ongoing political partnership.
Of course, all of this clearly contradicts Obama’s dismissal of the significance of his relationship with Ayers."
Obama himself may just be a well programed incompetent socialist, but those who influence him are dangerous, and in some cases, absolutely evil.
And then we have the story of the sudden and mysterious denial of access to the Annenberg challenge information:
"Weller stated that no one currently has access to the collection and added that: 'The Collection is closed because it has come to our attention that there is restricted material in the collection. Once the collection has been processed it will be open to any patron interested in viewing it.'"
.....and:
"It’s also puzzling that UIC now raises the absence of any formal agreement with the donor — and thus the absence of any formal restrictions by the donor — as a reason to deny access to a collection placed in library custody precisely to facilitate public access."
Imagine that!
Be sure to go to Joe Guarino's, where he discusses the double standard we've all come to expect from the media on issues like this.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Bottom line? McCain was superior at Saddleback
Byron York, on Rick Warren's astute handling of the forum:
"And his simple, direct, big questions brought out something we don’t usually see in a presidential face-off; in this forum, as opposed to a read-the-prompter speech, or even a debate focused on the issues of the moment, the candidates were forced to call on everything they had — the things they have done and learned throughout their lives. And the fact is, John McCain has lived a much bigger life than Barack Obama. That’s not a slam at Obama; McCain has lived a much bigger life than most people. But it still made Obama look small in comparison. McCain was the clear winner of the night."
Not that the truth will stop some of the babble from the Usual Suspects that McCain was tipped in advance about the questions.
Here's how Rick Warren answered:
"'A source at the debate tells me that McCain had access to some communications devices in the few minutes before he went on stage with you and that there was a monitor in his green room, in violation of the debate rules.'
"And his simple, direct, big questions brought out something we don’t usually see in a presidential face-off; in this forum, as opposed to a read-the-prompter speech, or even a debate focused on the issues of the moment, the candidates were forced to call on everything they had — the things they have done and learned throughout their lives. And the fact is, John McCain has lived a much bigger life than Barack Obama. That’s not a slam at Obama; McCain has lived a much bigger life than most people. But it still made Obama look small in comparison. McCain was the clear winner of the night."
Not that the truth will stop some of the babble from the Usual Suspects that McCain was tipped in advance about the questions.
Here's how Rick Warren answered:
"'A source at the debate tells me that McCain had access to some communications devices in the few minutes before he went on stage with you and that there was a monitor in his green room, in violation of the debate rules.'
'That's absolutely a lie, absolutely a lie. That room was totally free, with no monitors--a flat out lie.'"
Friday, August 15, 2008
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Obama and Energy: The Best of "Flower Power"
Under Obama, it will all get much, much worse.
Noteworthy:
"OBAMA IS RIGHT about one thing. His flower power "transformation" of the economy "will be costly." He will not pretend, he says, that it can be achieved, "without cost, without sacrifice, or without the contribution of almost every American."
What it will cost is the sacrifice of the standard of living of the middle class and working people."
All in the name of "Change We Can Believe In".......
Noteworthy:
"OBAMA IS RIGHT about one thing. His flower power "transformation" of the economy "will be costly." He will not pretend, he says, that it can be achieved, "without cost, without sacrifice, or without the contribution of almost every American."
What it will cost is the sacrifice of the standard of living of the middle class and working people."
All in the name of "Change We Can Believe In".......
Obama and his illegal foreign campaign contributions
Blogger Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) has the story.
Noteworthy:
Noteworthy:
"So here an intrepid blogger finds a keg of dynamite of dirty dollar donations to Obama and what does the media do? They ignore it. And when forced to confront it by the sheer newsworthiness of the story, what happens? They go after McCain. They punish McCain.
And that is meant to be a lesson to all of us, Whatever you find, whatever you discover about the Candidate of Mystery, they will blow it back in your face. And they did. Almost immediately."
And that is meant to be a lesson to all of us, Whatever you find, whatever you discover about the Candidate of Mystery, they will blow it back in your face. And they did. Almost immediately."
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
The Russo-Georgian War: Putin re-defines the status quo
Bottom line?
Russia has now fully returned to the Great National Power club.
Excerpt:
"This is not something that just happened — it has been unfolding ever since Putin took power, and with growing intensity in the past five years. Part of it has to do with the increase of Russian power, but a great deal of it has to do with the fact that the Middle Eastern wars have left the United States off-balance and short on resources. As we have written, this conflict created a window of opportunity. The Russian goal is to use that window to assert a new reality throughout the region while the Americans are tied down elsewhere and dependent on the Russians.
The war was far from a surprise; it has been building for months. But the geopolitical foundations of the war have been building since 1992. Russia has been an empire for centuries. The last 15 years or so were not the new reality, but simply an aberration that would be rectified. And now it is being rectified."
Observation: the Middle East is still far more important to US interests that the Caucasus.
Oh, one more thing........Bob Dole is right.
The Russo-Georgian War does not portend good things for Barry O'Bama on election day.
Russia has now fully returned to the Great National Power club.
Excerpt:
"This is not something that just happened — it has been unfolding ever since Putin took power, and with growing intensity in the past five years. Part of it has to do with the increase of Russian power, but a great deal of it has to do with the fact that the Middle Eastern wars have left the United States off-balance and short on resources. As we have written, this conflict created a window of opportunity. The Russian goal is to use that window to assert a new reality throughout the region while the Americans are tied down elsewhere and dependent on the Russians.
The war was far from a surprise; it has been building for months. But the geopolitical foundations of the war have been building since 1992. Russia has been an empire for centuries. The last 15 years or so were not the new reality, but simply an aberration that would be rectified. And now it is being rectified."
Observation: the Middle East is still far more important to US interests that the Caucasus.
Oh, one more thing........Bob Dole is right.
The Russo-Georgian War does not portend good things for Barry O'Bama on election day.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Bob Dole, Richard Burr,and the McCain Straight Talk Express
.....stopped by the Triad area today to celebrate the official opening of the "Victory Office" in High Point. A crowd of some 80 supporters, the usual media folks, and yours truly were on hand.
I made it there early in an express attempt to meet the 96 Republican presidential candidate, a man I have long admired. I was rewarded in my efforts with a solid 10 minute conversation with the Senator.
After expressing my admiration and thanking him for his long years of service to the country, we talked in general about policy, and it was clear that he has lost none of the acumen that was used during two terms as the Senate Majority Leader, particularly with his comment that "The conflict in Georgia probably favors McCain. Obama probably doesn't even known where Georgia is."
We were both in agreement that the nation was the only thing that mattered, above all partisan politics.
In his remarks to the crowd, he showed his prowess as a stump speaker, and came across better in person than he did for the cameras during his days at the top of the power structure in our nation's capitol.
Dole told us about his long relationship with John McCain, including the fact that he had worn a McCain POW bracelet while McCain was guest at the Hanoi Hilton, only telling the Arizona senator of that fact in the spring of 96.
He discussed Vladimir Putin ("When you hear his name, think KGB"), and mentioned the seriousness of the Georgia situation, and emphasized the need to "stand for freedom" in the current danger.
But the best line of the day came from Richard Burr, speaking about the national elections and the smugness of certain folks on the other side: "For those who think it's over, that's only the case if we coronate rather than elect."
How true.
How very, very true.
I made it there early in an express attempt to meet the 96 Republican presidential candidate, a man I have long admired. I was rewarded in my efforts with a solid 10 minute conversation with the Senator.
After expressing my admiration and thanking him for his long years of service to the country, we talked in general about policy, and it was clear that he has lost none of the acumen that was used during two terms as the Senate Majority Leader, particularly with his comment that "The conflict in Georgia probably favors McCain. Obama probably doesn't even known where Georgia is."
We were both in agreement that the nation was the only thing that mattered, above all partisan politics.
In his remarks to the crowd, he showed his prowess as a stump speaker, and came across better in person than he did for the cameras during his days at the top of the power structure in our nation's capitol.
Dole told us about his long relationship with John McCain, including the fact that he had worn a McCain POW bracelet while McCain was guest at the Hanoi Hilton, only telling the Arizona senator of that fact in the spring of 96.
He discussed Vladimir Putin ("When you hear his name, think KGB"), and mentioned the seriousness of the Georgia situation, and emphasized the need to "stand for freedom" in the current danger.
But the best line of the day came from Richard Burr, speaking about the national elections and the smugness of certain folks on the other side: "For those who think it's over, that's only the case if we coronate rather than elect."
How true.
How very, very true.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Looking for an alternative to Converge South?
Billy Jones has a plan.
He's having a little get together at his place Saturday, October 18, instead of attending Converge South.
I think it's a good idea, and deserves support.
I'll be there.
He's having a little get together at his place Saturday, October 18, instead of attending Converge South.
I think it's a good idea, and deserves support.
I'll be there.
Debunking the many "Global Warming" myths
"Do you ever wonder how communism could last for 70 years in Russia? Surely there was plenty of evidence, for decades, that the system was failing: food shortages, declining life expectancy, increased infant mortality, low standards of living, primitive hospitals, and sanitation facilities lagging far behind those in Western Europe and America — not to mention pollution far worse than in the West.
But to diehard communists, the facts did not matter. All the observable negatives of collectivism were trumped by ideology. The same is true of the ideology behind global warming."
Read the rest here.
Hat tip: ICECAP.
But to diehard communists, the facts did not matter. All the observable negatives of collectivism were trumped by ideology. The same is true of the ideology behind global warming."
Read the rest here.
Hat tip: ICECAP.
Obama: Clueless about American History
Betsy Newmark has details.
Excerpt:
Excerpt:
"But I think his remark when the little girl asked him why he decided to run for president and he gave this response.
'America is …, uh, is no longer, uh … what it could be, what it once was. And I say to myself, I don’t want that future for my children.'
As you watch the video, it’s clear that he formed his words carefully and was thinking about how to answer the little girl.
I’m wondering when is the time that Obama thinks that we were what we could be. It couldn’t have been when we had slavery. So that takes us to 1865. Itcouldn't be when we had states divided by terrible Jim Crow laws that segregated society and disenfranchised an entire race. So that takes us to the mid-1960s. It probably wasn't when we were divided and torn apart by the Vietnam War and racial violence. So that takes us to the 1970s. I doubt that it was when we were suffering devastating stagflation and seeing our hostages being paraded in front of the cameras. So that takes us to 1980. We’re left with the Reagan-Bush years. Is Obama yearning for Morning in America? Many conservatives remember that period with nostalgia; does Obama share that feeling? No, certainly not the 1980s, that decade of greed."
It's just one more element added to the overflowing amount of evidence why Obama is a terrible choice for President.Regardless of what Obama or his apologists say, his plan WILL raise taxes for the middle class
The American tells us how, and also tabulates the end results:
"As the chart shows, Obama’s give-and-take tax policy results in marginal tax rates of 34 percent to 39 percent in the $31,000 to $45,000 income range for this family. That’s an increase of 13 percentage points or more from the current rates.""
"While Obama has publicly embraced a tax rate of 40 percent for couples earning over $350,000, his tax policies would result in a staggering 45 percent effective marginal rate in the $110,000 to $120,000 income range for this family. That is 11 percentage points higher than under current law."
"Unfortunately, Senator Obama’s proposed 'tax cuts for the middle class' are actually marginal rate hikes in disguise."
"As the chart shows, Obama’s give-and-take tax policy results in marginal tax rates of 34 percent to 39 percent in the $31,000 to $45,000 income range for this family. That’s an increase of 13 percentage points or more from the current rates.""
"While Obama has publicly embraced a tax rate of 40 percent for couples earning over $350,000, his tax policies would result in a staggering 45 percent effective marginal rate in the $110,000 to $120,000 income range for this family. That is 11 percentage points higher than under current law."
"Unfortunately, Senator Obama’s proposed 'tax cuts for the middle class' are actually marginal rate hikes in disguise."
So why isn't Obama leading by double digits?
The Architect tells us why.
Notice how Schieffer keeps saying "But what about John McCain?", as if he felt an obligation to stick to the script, and not let Rove point out the painful truth that's got Dems worried?
Too funny!
Notice how Schieffer keeps saying "But what about John McCain?", as if he felt an obligation to stick to the script, and not let Rove point out the painful truth that's got Dems worried?
Too funny!
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Further updates on the former future President and all around "Man of the People", and his current state of affairs
Old Media Dethroned.
"But what's really significant here is the cone of silence the nation's major newspapers -- including The Times -- and the cable and broadcast networks dropped over this story when it first appeared in the tabloid during the presidential primary campaign. Next, the Enquirer reported that the unmarried Hunter was pregnant. Still no mainstream media interest. Indeed, never in recent journalistic history have so many tough reporters so closely resembled sheep as those members of the campaign press corps who meekly accepted Edwards' categorical dismissal of the Enquirer's allegations."
You will note that our local Old Media Denier in Chief STILL doesn't get it.
Why are we not surprised?
The End of John Edwards
"Edwards' political appeal was rooted in his ability to turn a policy matter into a moral issue and to rouse his audience into action. That's all gone now."
Collateral Damage in the Edwards' Confession
Dallas Attorney Admits Paying Edwards' Mistress
Why Edwards' Denial about Paternity Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
The AP on John Edwards and Integrity
"But what's really significant here is the cone of silence the nation's major newspapers -- including The Times -- and the cable and broadcast networks dropped over this story when it first appeared in the tabloid during the presidential primary campaign. Next, the Enquirer reported that the unmarried Hunter was pregnant. Still no mainstream media interest. Indeed, never in recent journalistic history have so many tough reporters so closely resembled sheep as those members of the campaign press corps who meekly accepted Edwards' categorical dismissal of the Enquirer's allegations."
You will note that our local Old Media Denier in Chief STILL doesn't get it.
Why are we not surprised?
The End of John Edwards
"Edwards' political appeal was rooted in his ability to turn a policy matter into a moral issue and to rouse his audience into action. That's all gone now."
Collateral Damage in the Edwards' Confession
"Barack Obama and the MSM -- especially the NYT -- will suffer significant collateral damage from the Edwards fallout.
A BIG Democrat, one of Obama's peers as candidate for president, is a phony. How big a phony remains to be seen, but the signs do not favor a quick and clean resolution of the matter.
The archetype of the phony populist, master manipulator of suckers, gets recharged, big time."
Dallas Attorney Admits Paying Edwards' Mistress
"So let's get this straight:
John Edwards has an affair with a staff member and lies about it to the American public. He gets caught by the National Enquirer, photographed even, and still lies about it. He says he never loved Hunter, and that the affair happened while his wife's cancer was in remission. He says he couldn't be the father because of the timing of the baby's birth, and denies giving money to her to keep her quiet. Two former staff and good friends of Edwards take the fall - Baron says he paid off Hunter, and Andrew Young says he's the actual father of the baby.
Something is a little fishy here."
Ya think?
And finally, Patterico has several posts of interest:
Why Edwards' Denial about Paternity Doesn't Pass the Smell Test
"Oh wait, there’s more…
'Edwards denied paying any money to Hunter to keep her from going public but said it was possible some of his friends or supporters may have made payments without telling him.
He said he would ask questions about any possible arrangement.'
Ok there…..
So I guess we are supposed to now believe that Edwards had an affair with Hunter that somehow ended. Then AFTER the affair with Edwards ended, Hunter had ANOTHER affair with Edwards’ (married) aide Andrew Young, and managed to get pregnant by Young."
The AP on John Edwards and Integrity
"Now let’s apply these criteria to the rumors about John McCain and Vicki Iseman:
The New York Times’ article on John McCain and Vicki Iseman was a potentially career-ending scandal based on rumors. In fact, the New York Times’ Public Editor later criticized the report for its lack of independent proof.
That didn’t stop the New York Times from breaking the story or CBS/AP from repeating it with McCain’s denial, nor did it prevent the AP from lumping Cindy McCain in with other “political wives who stood by their men in the face of rumored or alleged marital infidelity.”
But it’s true the New York Times is not a popular but trashy supermarket tabloid. Its declining advertising revenues and circulation show it’s not that popular."
Friday, August 08, 2008
There's no need for me to say more about the continuing trials and tribulations of our very own John-Boy
Thursday, August 07, 2008
BDS: One of the Looney Toon Left's Articles of Faith
Jeremy Rabkin is right.
Saying the House Judiciary Committee's display of Bush Derangement Syndrome two weeks ago were "slightly demented" is an understatement
There is some solace to be had, however:
"So I'm left with a horrifying thought. The acolytes of 'Bush lied!' won't go away when Bush leaves the White House. But they won't become terrorists, either. They will settle into one of those domesticated cults, mixing apocalyptic claims with genial demeanor: 'The End of the World is Upon Us--Please Give Generously.' Even our darkest obsessions may end with 'Have a nice day.'"
Sounds about right to me.
Saying the House Judiciary Committee's display of Bush Derangement Syndrome two weeks ago were "slightly demented" is an understatement
There is some solace to be had, however:
"So I'm left with a horrifying thought. The acolytes of 'Bush lied!' won't go away when Bush leaves the White House. But they won't become terrorists, either. They will settle into one of those domesticated cults, mixing apocalyptic claims with genial demeanor: 'The End of the World is Upon Us--Please Give Generously.' Even our darkest obsessions may end with 'Have a nice day.'"
Sounds about right to me.
The Hillary Comeback
Dennias Keohane thinks it may be in the works.
Key point:
National polls show not only a tightening of the Obama-McCain race to a statistical dead heat but momentum toward a McCain lead, something inconceivable only weeks ago. The specter of an Obama collapse has to haunt more than a few super delegates."
No big surprise in hearing that, is there?
The ego, the arrogance, the gaffes, and the cultish hero-worship, plus the policy issue problems are causing many level headed Dems (and some of the Screwballs) to have second thoughts.
Key point:
"Many people, including no doubt a goodly number of nervous Democrat super delegates, are asking themselves the David Brooks 'question about Obama's standing in the polls: "Where's the landslide ?" After evaluating him for several months, voters in the middle still aren't ready to embrace him.
National polls show not only a tightening of the Obama-McCain race to a statistical dead heat but momentum toward a McCain lead, something inconceivable only weeks ago. The specter of an Obama collapse has to haunt more than a few super delegates."
No big surprise in hearing that, is there?
The ego, the arrogance, the gaffes, and the cultish hero-worship, plus the policy issue problems are causing many level headed Dems (and some of the Screwballs) to have second thoughts.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Hey JR! Mickey Kaus says you're WRONG about the Edwards scandal
Mickey Kaus says people like JR, and the Edwards sycophants over at Cone's reasons for their "no coverage" lattitude regarding the Edwards scandal don't hold up under scrutiny.
Kaus:
"The only legitimate reason not to cover this scandal, it seems to me, is simple sympathy for Elizabeth Edwards--and I've gotten enough emails from anguished and angry members of the MSM to conclude, with Estrich, that it's the prime reason for the MSM blackout. True, I also suspect that if Mrs. Edwards were a conservative Republican, or even an unbeloved Democrat, the MSM might somehow find a way to overcome this compassionate sentiment."
However, it's pretty clear that the legitimate reasons FOR covering this story outweigh the sole weak legitimate reason for NOT covering the whole thing.
In JR's case, his reasoning that he "didn't have anything from a credible source" on the story is just not true.
We won't even begin to discuss the N&R's editorial stance on this subject, will we?
Kaus:
"The only legitimate reason not to cover this scandal, it seems to me, is simple sympathy for Elizabeth Edwards--and I've gotten enough emails from anguished and angry members of the MSM to conclude, with Estrich, that it's the prime reason for the MSM blackout. True, I also suspect that if Mrs. Edwards were a conservative Republican, or even an unbeloved Democrat, the MSM might somehow find a way to overcome this compassionate sentiment."
However, it's pretty clear that the legitimate reasons FOR covering this story outweigh the sole weak legitimate reason for NOT covering the whole thing.
In JR's case, his reasoning that he "didn't have anything from a credible source" on the story is just not true.
We won't even begin to discuss the N&R's editorial stance on this subject, will we?
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Obama and the Race Card: Inexperience and hubris
The self-destructiveness of Obama is evident:
"Inexperience and hubris—the same overconfidence that makes him say we need a Pentagon-sized new civilian aid department, to inflate our tires to avoid drilling, and must stop merely talking about reparations and starting doing something about them. His handlers need to return to the teleprompter, since all these incidents have in common the impromptu moment."
-- Victor Davis Hanson
"Inexperience and hubris—the same overconfidence that makes him say we need a Pentagon-sized new civilian aid department, to inflate our tires to avoid drilling, and must stop merely talking about reparations and starting doing something about them. His handlers need to return to the teleprompter, since all these incidents have in common the impromptu moment."
-- Victor Davis Hanson
Here's the best economic advice you're likely to hear for some time
Steve Chapman: "Suck It Up".
Key point:
"In the long run, we will adapt to the new realities, the economic impact will moderate, and the pain will fade. Till then, our least destructive option is to do something no politician would dare suggest: Suck it up."
But as we are all aware, the Usual Suspects will be quick to slimeball those who espouse this philosophy as "cruel, evil, knuckle dragging cretins" for telling the truth.
Key point:
"In the long run, we will adapt to the new realities, the economic impact will moderate, and the pain will fade. Till then, our least destructive option is to do something no politician would dare suggest: Suck it up."
But as we are all aware, the Usual Suspects will be quick to slimeball those who espouse this philosophy as "cruel, evil, knuckle dragging cretins" for telling the truth.
Recaping the Dem/Pelosi ploy to keep the House from voting or debating energy policy
Pelosi's disgraceful political stunt got some new media coverage, despite her bizarre shutdown of the House.
Noteworthy:
"For weeks before this adjournment, Congress voted on the naming of Post Offices, proclaimed The Year of Astronomy 2009, and outlawed already outlawed lead in children's toys. Congress also stealthily passed a multi-trillion $ porked-up bailout for the mortgage industry. Speaker Pelosi kept any motion to debate drilling for oil and gas from not only being debated on the House Floor; she did not allow any such debate to take place within Committees. She was busy letting the clock run out on any opportunity to debate solutions to the energy crisis before this 5-week adjournment. Her plan to release the Strategic Petroleum Reserves sometime before the upcoming election was obviously her assumed ticket to a Democratic Party rout of Republicans that would return complete political control of The United States to the Democratic Party forever. She might have succeeded with the plan, if not for New Media technology"
As I have said previously, energy is the prevailing issue of this campaign, whether the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" like it or not. Their attempt to turn focus away from their usual agenda related demagoguery and their well documented decades-long obstruction of production of new energy product is too transparent.
The American public is not as stupid as our Usual Suspects need them to be.
Noteworthy:
"For weeks before this adjournment, Congress voted on the naming of Post Offices, proclaimed The Year of Astronomy 2009, and outlawed already outlawed lead in children's toys. Congress also stealthily passed a multi-trillion $ porked-up bailout for the mortgage industry. Speaker Pelosi kept any motion to debate drilling for oil and gas from not only being debated on the House Floor; she did not allow any such debate to take place within Committees. She was busy letting the clock run out on any opportunity to debate solutions to the energy crisis before this 5-week adjournment. Her plan to release the Strategic Petroleum Reserves sometime before the upcoming election was obviously her assumed ticket to a Democratic Party rout of Republicans that would return complete political control of The United States to the Democratic Party forever. She might have succeeded with the plan, if not for New Media technology"
As I have said previously, energy is the prevailing issue of this campaign, whether the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" like it or not. Their attempt to turn focus away from their usual agenda related demagoguery and their well documented decades-long obstruction of production of new energy product is too transparent.
The American public is not as stupid as our Usual Suspects need them to be.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Energy is the issue that should propel McCain to the win in November
Dems are too stupid obstinate and arrogant to realize the damage they are causing themselves.
Here's why:
"Democrats are avoiding bringing up the bills, and have since late June, to prevent a series of votes on energy issues designed to open new areas for oil exploration. With gas prices hovering near $4 a gallon, Republicans pushing what they call their 'all of the above' energy plan think they have found a political issue that works to their benefit.......
......Instead of taking the votes, on which Republicans likely would have prevailed, Obey adjourned the committee, and he has not answered repeated questions about when, or if, the hearing would continue. 'This is the meat of our legislative responsibility here in Congress,' said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner. 'They have shut down the process based entirely on their fear that we would get a vote on energy issues.'
Since then, Obey has not brought up measures on which Republicans could offer similar amendments, intent on avoiding similar votes. When Lewis offered to refrain from trying to amend other appropriations bills in exchange for a vote on the Interior measure, Obey did not respond."
The result of all this will be the artificial support Dems will provide for keeping gasoline from falling even further. Just the suggestion that we are serious about our drilling needs will continue the current downward trend.Once the current process comes to a leveling off point because the Dems have prevented further progress, McCain will (rightly) campaign on the high cost of Obama/Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" energy policy lunacy.
The public is a lot smarter than the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" would like for them to be. Voters will quickly pin this particular tail on the Donk's asses. The Democrat party will OWN the wrong side of this issue in November.
Although this won't allow the Republicans to reverse their minority in Congress, it will stifle any meaningful gains Dems could make in increasing their majority. And it may well be just the issue which will keep Barry O'Bama in his position as the ineffective junior senator he really deserves to be.
Here's why:
"Democrats are avoiding bringing up the bills, and have since late June, to prevent a series of votes on energy issues designed to open new areas for oil exploration. With gas prices hovering near $4 a gallon, Republicans pushing what they call their 'all of the above' energy plan think they have found a political issue that works to their benefit.......
......Instead of taking the votes, on which Republicans likely would have prevailed, Obey adjourned the committee, and he has not answered repeated questions about when, or if, the hearing would continue. 'This is the meat of our legislative responsibility here in Congress,' said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner. 'They have shut down the process based entirely on their fear that we would get a vote on energy issues.'
Since then, Obey has not brought up measures on which Republicans could offer similar amendments, intent on avoiding similar votes. When Lewis offered to refrain from trying to amend other appropriations bills in exchange for a vote on the Interior measure, Obey did not respond."
The result of all this will be the artificial support Dems will provide for keeping gasoline from falling even further. Just the suggestion that we are serious about our drilling needs will continue the current downward trend.Once the current process comes to a leveling off point because the Dems have prevented further progress, McCain will (rightly) campaign on the high cost of Obama/Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" energy policy lunacy.
The public is a lot smarter than the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives" would like for them to be. Voters will quickly pin this particular tail on the Donk's asses. The Democrat party will OWN the wrong side of this issue in November.
Although this won't allow the Republicans to reverse their minority in Congress, it will stifle any meaningful gains Dems could make in increasing their majority. And it may well be just the issue which will keep Barry O'Bama in his position as the ineffective junior senator he really deserves to be.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
The Failure of the Lefties' "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention" Propaganda Meme
Encouraging people to "be angry" isn't proving to be such a great idea.
Key point:
"But most of us are reasonable people, and can see the difference between correctable problems within a strong system of democratic capitalism and the kind of catastrophic failure that justifies real outrage.
Key point:
"But most of us are reasonable people, and can see the difference between correctable problems within a strong system of democratic capitalism and the kind of catastrophic failure that justifies real outrage.
For the nonoutraged majority, here's what the bumper sticker ought perhaps to say: 'If you're not grateful to live in America, you're not paying attention.'"
On the other hand, it's highly debatable that a great many of our Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" citizens can be considered "reasonable".We see evidence of that right here in our local blahgosphere.
Barry O'Bama: Covering dishonesty with more dishonesty regarding Iraq
It's clear that the Anointed One has been and most likely will continue to be intellectually dishonest about Iraq.
Excerpt:
"Obama has not only turned out to be a practitioner of the 'old politics'; he has, as a young, first-term senator, come to embody it. He has fallen into seemingly every trap he said he would avoid.
All the hype, all the promise, all the high-minded words have turned out to be a mirage. And for those of us who were once impressed with Obama, even as we strongly disagreed with his political ideology, it has been both a fascinating and unsettling thing to witness. Watching a man become what he preaches against often is."
Actually, we shouldn't be surprised that Barry O is trying to have it both ways on Iraq.
Most of his Fellow Travelers in the Dem/Lefty/"Progressive"/Nutroot community are equally guilty of that sort of thing.
Excerpt:
"Obama has not only turned out to be a practitioner of the 'old politics'; he has, as a young, first-term senator, come to embody it. He has fallen into seemingly every trap he said he would avoid.
All the hype, all the promise, all the high-minded words have turned out to be a mirage. And for those of us who were once impressed with Obama, even as we strongly disagreed with his political ideology, it has been both a fascinating and unsettling thing to witness. Watching a man become what he preaches against often is."
Actually, we shouldn't be surprised that Barry O is trying to have it both ways on Iraq.
Most of his Fellow Travelers in the Dem/Lefty/"Progressive"/Nutroot community are equally guilty of that sort of thing.
Krugman the Klown plays the Race Card
Luskin says that K the K's intellectual deck is all dealt out; hence, the move to the race card tactic.
Meanwhile, William Anderson, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute tells us about K the K's Krugpot Economics.
Noteworthy:
"One hates to break it to this perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize, but the problem is not 'unregulated free markets.'
For one, financial markets are heavily regulated by government. Second, the real problem has been the belief that government can act as the backstop for every financial failure.
In fact, the various guarantees, bailouts, loans, and the other measures taken by the government to prop up failing markets have served not only to lengthen the coming recession, but also to block the recovery. One cannot simultaneously have free and wide-open financial markets and government guarantees to back failures, which economists recognize as a moral hazard."
"Perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize"?
Well, why not?
The award to algore set the stage for wholesale American embarrassment that that particular House of Cards continues to produce.
Why should Krugman the Klown's House of Cards be any different?
Meanwhile, William Anderson, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute tells us about K the K's Krugpot Economics.
Noteworthy:
"One hates to break it to this perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize, but the problem is not 'unregulated free markets.'
For one, financial markets are heavily regulated by government. Second, the real problem has been the belief that government can act as the backstop for every financial failure.
In fact, the various guarantees, bailouts, loans, and the other measures taken by the government to prop up failing markets have served not only to lengthen the coming recession, but also to block the recovery. One cannot simultaneously have free and wide-open financial markets and government guarantees to back failures, which economists recognize as a moral hazard."
"Perennial candidate for the Nobel Prize"?
Well, why not?
The award to algore set the stage for wholesale American embarrassment that that particular House of Cards continues to produce.
Why should Krugman the Klown's House of Cards be any different?
Here's how a typical conversation about energy with a Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" usually goes
The typical rhetoric we get from our "friends" on the other side on this issue resembles the old Abbott and Costello routine "Who's On First?"
My favorite passage:
"Q: What’s your solution, then?
A: Don’t worry. Obama promised 'change.' He’ll figure it out, just trust him."
My favorite passage:
"Q: What’s your solution, then?
A: Don’t worry. Obama promised 'change.' He’ll figure it out, just trust him."