Isn't it amazing that the Usual Suspects who love to demagogue the "Oil Company's Obscene Windfall Profits" never seem to get around to discuss this aspect of those "profits."
Noteworthy:
"If you had bought one share of Exxon at the beginning of the year, you would have paid $94, and you would have received a $0.35 dividend in February, and $0.40 dividends in May and August, for a total of $1.15 in dividends this year. Exxon is now selling for $80 (see chart above), so your annual return this year from holding Exxon stock would be -13.7%, and a $1,000 investment in Exxon on January 1 would now be worth only $863. Seems like more of a windfall loss than a windfall gain for Exxon shareholders."
Sunday, August 31, 2008
So the Dems want to dismiss the impact of Sarah Palin on Hillary supporters?
They haven't learned anything, have they?
Noteworthy:
"Few people claim to understand the dynamics of the Clinton vote. In the most recent New York Times/CBS News poll, conducted Aug. 15-20, 22 percent of voters who said they had voted for Mrs. Clinton in the primaries say they now support Mr. McCain, while 61 percent back Mr. Obama. Among the women who voted for Mrs. Clinton, 17 percent say they support Mr. McCain, and 63 percent Mr. Obama. (The rest were undecided.)"
Those numbers represent a HUGE loss for Obama, and they were compiled BEFORE Palin's impact.
Noteworthy:
"Few people claim to understand the dynamics of the Clinton vote. In the most recent New York Times/CBS News poll, conducted Aug. 15-20, 22 percent of voters who said they had voted for Mrs. Clinton in the primaries say they now support Mr. McCain, while 61 percent back Mr. Obama. Among the women who voted for Mrs. Clinton, 17 percent say they support Mr. McCain, and 63 percent Mr. Obama. (The rest were undecided.)"
Those numbers represent a HUGE loss for Obama, and they were compiled BEFORE Palin's impact.
Did Obama and Ayers bankroll Wright and Islamic terror?
No, the relationship between Obama and Ayers was "no big deal", right?
And the relationship between Obama and Jeremiah Wright was just one of a "pastor and church member".
Yeah, sure they are!
Yet not a word from our Lame Stream In the Tank Media, or the Usual Suspects/Nutroots and their Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" friends.
Why are we not surprised?
(HT: Ticker)
And the relationship between Obama and Jeremiah Wright was just one of a "pastor and church member".
Yeah, sure they are!
Yet not a word from our Lame Stream In the Tank Media, or the Usual Suspects/Nutroots and their Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" friends.
Why are we not surprised?
(HT: Ticker)
Saturday, August 30, 2008
The Torrecelli Gambit
Jim Geraghtey thinks the Dems just might get desperate enough to pull a repeat of their famous New Jersey tactic of a few seasons ago.
Meanwhile, the pouting, posturing and pettiness from our Usual Suspects continues unabated....
Meanwhile, the pouting, posturing and pettiness from our Usual Suspects continues unabated....
Are You Experienced?
"If you can just get your mind together
Uh-then come on across to me
We'll hold hands and then we'll watch the sunrise
From the bottom of the sea."
(HT: LGF)
Pssst! Have you figured it out yet, Dems? It's bait....
And McCain has hooked all of you with it.
Key points:
Key points:
"I can't help wondering if this is a trap. The McCain camp watched and learned as Obama supporters offended Hillary supporters by their treatment of her. The McCainiacs had to know that this group is incapable of behaving, that Palin would bring out their worst instincts.
One top Republican said to me: 'Just wait until she is debating Joe Biden and he starts attacking or condescending to her. Hillary voters are going to say, "Oh yeah, I remember this" ' "
...and:"The other potential trap is luring the Obama campaign onto the "experience" field. The early conventional wisdom says McCain's pick was boneheaded because it takes the experience issue off the table. But it seems that it has done the opposite: The importance of experience is the topic of the day.
The more Democrats complain about this, the more Republicans can turn it on them and say, 'If you are so concerned about the amount of experience of the vice president, what about the top of your ticket? '"
Hook.Line.
Sinker.
Friday, August 29, 2008
More reasons why Palin is a good choice
Noemie Emery adds to the ever-growing list of reasons why Sarah Palin as Republican VP choice is a great idea.
Here are some of the new reasons:
1. Steps on the story of Obama’s speech (and convention), and possibly the bounce coming from them, and wipes them off the news cycle. The Sunday news shows will be all-Palin, all of the time.
9. Revives some of the double-edged nature of the Democratic primary, which featured a black vs. a female trail-blazer, and put both sides on notice on sensitivity issues. Democrats used to raising charges of racism against Obama’s critics may face charges of sexism and/or condescension if they try to diss her.
14. Counter-intuitively, makes the issue of Obama’s light resume more potent than ever. Her lack of experience is no more than his is. And he’s--to use a term from Alaska, and the Iditarod--their lead dog.
Here are some of the new reasons:
1. Steps on the story of Obama’s speech (and convention), and possibly the bounce coming from them, and wipes them off the news cycle. The Sunday news shows will be all-Palin, all of the time.
9. Revives some of the double-edged nature of the Democratic primary, which featured a black vs. a female trail-blazer, and put both sides on notice on sensitivity issues. Democrats used to raising charges of racism against Obama’s critics may face charges of sexism and/or condescension if they try to diss her.
14. Counter-intuitively, makes the issue of Obama’s light resume more potent than ever. Her lack of experience is no more than his is. And he’s--to use a term from Alaska, and the Iditarod--their lead dog.
Sarah Palin is McCain's VP choice
And it's a brilliant one.
The Usual Suspects are in full babble, dribble, drool, and spew over it, as is amply exhibited here
The noise from the Dem/Lefty/"Progressive side is purely a result of to a HUGE fear factor the choice creates for them. They know the tide is turning against them.
Why?
That's easy, for those who are paying attention.
Palin's choice creates a wedge within the ranks ranks of Hillary diehards, especially her women supporters. Many of Hillary's crowd have already vowed NOT to support the Dem ticket, and this move by the McCain team will make those numbers increase dramatically.
Although the important focus is actually on the top of the ticket, the Dems can't attack Palin for "lack of experience". Palin has MORE executive experience than Obama, without a doubt.
Obama and Biden can't pick on her without risking the alienation of women voters of ALL kinds. I can just see Jaw Bone Joe saying something REALLY STUPID about Palin.
Palin gives the ticket some real world, down-to-earth identity that most Americans can relate to. She will energize the conservative base.
From just about any standpoint, the addition of Palin to the ticket gives the Republicans a solid boost, whether anybody likes it or not.
And, as the link quoted at Spag's says, she won't wilt under pressure, and will give as good as she gets.
The Backroom Boys over at Dem Central have a problem.
Once again, I LOVE IT when a plan comes together!
The Usual Suspects are in full babble, dribble, drool, and spew over it, as is amply exhibited here
The noise from the Dem/Lefty/"Progressive side is purely a result of to a HUGE fear factor the choice creates for them. They know the tide is turning against them.
Why?
That's easy, for those who are paying attention.
Palin's choice creates a wedge within the ranks ranks of Hillary diehards, especially her women supporters. Many of Hillary's crowd have already vowed NOT to support the Dem ticket, and this move by the McCain team will make those numbers increase dramatically.
Although the important focus is actually on the top of the ticket, the Dems can't attack Palin for "lack of experience". Palin has MORE executive experience than Obama, without a doubt.
Obama and Biden can't pick on her without risking the alienation of women voters of ALL kinds. I can just see Jaw Bone Joe saying something REALLY STUPID about Palin.
Palin gives the ticket some real world, down-to-earth identity that most Americans can relate to. She will energize the conservative base.
From just about any standpoint, the addition of Palin to the ticket gives the Republicans a solid boost, whether anybody likes it or not.
And, as the link quoted at Spag's says, she won't wilt under pressure, and will give as good as she gets.
The Backroom Boys over at Dem Central have a problem.
Once again, I LOVE IT when a plan comes together!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Dems: "Electing McCain would be a 3rd Bush term
Let's hope they don't wake up and discover how stupid a political meme that is.
Dick Morris tells us why:
"The more they respond to Obama's and Biden's attacks on Bush by saying 'It ain't me, babe,' the more he will moot the entire purpose of the Democratic convention. It is a rare opportunity to nullify the entire Democratic line of attack and McCain should seize on it."
Dick Morris tells us why:
"The more they respond to Obama's and Biden's attacks on Bush by saying 'It ain't me, babe,' the more he will moot the entire purpose of the Democratic convention. It is a rare opportunity to nullify the entire Democratic line of attack and McCain should seize on it."
More bad news for the "Recession! Recession! We're all So Screwed" Usual Suspects
Courtesy of Mark Perry:
Real GDP grew 3.3% in the second quarter.
" But...but....but....but real personal income is down!"
By what (and whose) measure?
"But EVERYONE knows that home values are WAY down!"
Not in 30 out of the 50 states.
Excerpt:
"The way it gets reported in the media, you would think the entire national real estate is crashing, with home prices everywhere in 'free fall,' when the reality is slightly different: Over the last year, there have been significant home price corrections in only 4 states of between -9 and -16%, moderate price declines of between -2 to -5% in 9 states, and price increases in 30 states of between +0.56% and +4.93%."
There is so much more to talk about regarding the Doom and Gloom scenarios that certain people delight in talking about, but the reality is that all that type of hot air is designed to indoctrinate the voting public into voting for the now officially anointed messiah and his priestly contingent of congressional fools this November.
Real GDP grew 3.3% in the second quarter.
" But...but....but....but real personal income is down!"
By what (and whose) measure?
"But EVERYONE knows that home values are WAY down!"
Not in 30 out of the 50 states.
Excerpt:
"The way it gets reported in the media, you would think the entire national real estate is crashing, with home prices everywhere in 'free fall,' when the reality is slightly different: Over the last year, there have been significant home price corrections in only 4 states of between -9 and -16%, moderate price declines of between -2 to -5% in 9 states, and price increases in 30 states of between +0.56% and +4.93%."
There is so much more to talk about regarding the Doom and Gloom scenarios that certain people delight in talking about, but the reality is that all that type of hot air is designed to indoctrinate the voting public into voting for the now officially anointed messiah and his priestly contingent of congressional fools this November.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
More about Obama's involvment in "ethics" legislation
...or lack thereof while a political street hack in the Illinois senate:
"As it happens, that provision was part of a famed ethics bill for which Senator Obama sometimes takes credit, wildly exaggerating his role in its passage. As Jones’s story demonstrates, Obama’s supporters are also exaggerating the law’s positive effects.
This ethics bill — which passed in a not-so-close 52-4 vote in the Illinois senate — did not clean up Illinois politics. It did at least bar political fundraising on state property. It blocked lobbyists and contractors from giving personal gifts to legislators. But it did not stop them from giving contributions in the so-called “pay-to-play” game. It did not prevent major political donors like Tony Rezko from influencing the makeup of the powerful boards that control the state’s pension funds, filling them with crooked allies who would help him steal. It did not prevent incumbent legislators from rolling campaign funds into their personal bank accounts."
Imagine that!
But do we ever hear about this from the Cult members, or the slobbering fools in the media?
Of course not.
There's a Libthink Agenda to be fulfilled in this election.
"As it happens, that provision was part of a famed ethics bill for which Senator Obama sometimes takes credit, wildly exaggerating his role in its passage. As Jones’s story demonstrates, Obama’s supporters are also exaggerating the law’s positive effects.
This ethics bill — which passed in a not-so-close 52-4 vote in the Illinois senate — did not clean up Illinois politics. It did at least bar political fundraising on state property. It blocked lobbyists and contractors from giving personal gifts to legislators. But it did not stop them from giving contributions in the so-called “pay-to-play” game. It did not prevent major political donors like Tony Rezko from influencing the makeup of the powerful boards that control the state’s pension funds, filling them with crooked allies who would help him steal. It did not prevent incumbent legislators from rolling campaign funds into their personal bank accounts."
Imagine that!
But do we ever hear about this from the Cult members, or the slobbering fools in the media?
Of course not.
There's a Libthink Agenda to be fulfilled in this election.
Barack The Hack
When you closely examine Obama's political history, it becomes obvious to anyone but the most deluded Obamarama cult members that the putative saviour is nothing more than a common Chicago political street hack.
It will only get worse for the Obama campaign as new information about the less than impeccable record and reputation of the candidate comes out. When you combine this with his total lack of qualification for the presidency, the situation does not bode well for Dems in the general election
Expected the volume of the "Racism!" and "Smears!" invective to increase with each new revelation.
It will only get worse for the Obama campaign as new information about the less than impeccable record and reputation of the candidate comes out. When you combine this with his total lack of qualification for the presidency, the situation does not bode well for Dems in the general election
Expected the volume of the "Racism!" and "Smears!" invective to increase with each new revelation.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sunday, August 24, 2008
When the "settled science" on "anthropogenic global warming" isn't
"When is that?" you might ask.
It's whenever someone suggests that the uncounted billions wasted for "global warming research" might be put to better use.
Noteworthy:
"The science of AGW is settled . . . unless, that is, you suggest that the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for climate-related research might be used in more productive ways (say, by letting taxpayers keep it). Then the story becomes: no…no, we desperately need billions more to look into the grave uncertainties.........
..... This turns out to mean insulate the climate modeler economy from their own shrieks of “settled science!" — keeping them comfortably employed and expensed while they burn billions of dollars developing models that fail every test to which they are put."
The article calls it "double talk".
I call it the babble, dribble, drool, and spew that we ALWAYS get when a cherished Libthink agenda item needs to be defended from the burden of actual proof of factual analysis.
It's whenever someone suggests that the uncounted billions wasted for "global warming research" might be put to better use.
Noteworthy:
"The science of AGW is settled . . . unless, that is, you suggest that the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for climate-related research might be used in more productive ways (say, by letting taxpayers keep it). Then the story becomes: no…no, we desperately need billions more to look into the grave uncertainties.........
..... This turns out to mean insulate the climate modeler economy from their own shrieks of “settled science!" — keeping them comfortably employed and expensed while they burn billions of dollars developing models that fail every test to which they are put."
The article calls it "double talk".
I call it the babble, dribble, drool, and spew that we ALWAYS get when a cherished Libthink agenda item needs to be defended from the burden of actual proof of factual analysis.
Drill for Oil, Protect Mother Nature
Santa Barbarians make the case for drilling.
Noteworthy:
Noteworthy:
"The group was founded several years ago as Bring Oil Back, a direct challenge to Get Oil Out, a prominent local environmental group. Its members, many of them self-described environmentalists, argue a range of issues to support their view: the improved safety record of the oil industry, the dangers of dependence on foreign oil and the impact of revenue from increased oil production.
Publicly, the group focuses on a particularly local issue: oil seeps, natural emissions that leave a sheen on the ocean surface and balls of tar on the sandy beaches. Now named Stop Oil Seeps California, the group touts a 1999 University of California at Santa Barbara study suggesting that oil production could reduce the emissions by relieving pressure in undersea oil fields."
Oh my!THAT sort of isn't helpful at all, is it, True Believers?
Saturday, August 23, 2008
WaPo's Richard Cohen on Joe Biden
January 12, 2006:
"The only thing standing between Joe Biden and the presidency is his mouth. That, though, is no small matter. It is a Himalayan barrier, a Sahara of a handicap, a summer's day in Death Valley, a winter's night at the pole (either one) -- an endless list of metaphors intended to show you both the immensity of the problem and to illustrate it with the op-ed version of excess. This, alas, is Joe Biden."
Thus will it ever be for Jawbone Joe Biden....
"The only thing standing between Joe Biden and the presidency is his mouth. That, though, is no small matter. It is a Himalayan barrier, a Sahara of a handicap, a summer's day in Death Valley, a winter's night at the pole (either one) -- an endless list of metaphors intended to show you both the immensity of the problem and to illustrate it with the op-ed version of excess. This, alas, is Joe Biden."
Thus will it ever be for Jawbone Joe Biden....
Here's what Obama's advisors should tell him
"Barack! You are running for the top job in America, so when you mention the U.S., or its history, just dispense with the Harvard qualifiers, the howevers and buts, the oppression studies talking points, the morally equivalent cute examples, the tangled legal nuances, and professorial huffing, and simply say nice things about your country, and if you can't, don't say anything at all about it. The voters know that you believe America is not perfect, but they don't know whether you believe it is good."
As suggested by VDH.
It will never happen, Professor Hanson.
The big ego and the big dogma always gets in Barry O's way. And I think it's pretty clear to most of America in regard to whether the Chicago machine pol thinks America is good or not.
As suggested by VDH.
It will never happen, Professor Hanson.
The big ego and the big dogma always gets in Barry O's way. And I think it's pretty clear to most of America in regard to whether the Chicago machine pol thinks America is good or not.
Here's a little background on the Annenberg Challenge, the Annenbergs themselves, and the connection between Barry O and Wild Bill Ayers
Just a little trip down memory lane to help us understand the Chicago political environment that gave Mr. Wonderful his start.
Noteworthy:
"But, first some context! Progressives whine for context! Here's context.
Law Professor Steve Diamond is on to Billy Ayers and his odious Old Lady Bernadine. Prof. Diamond is also raising questions about Senator Obama's debts and obligations to Ayers - Obama's Chinaman - or Rabbi - or Mentor.
This Professor of Law at University of California at San Jose is well up on Billy Ayers and the radical leftist academics who work very closely with him. Ayers has addressed Hugo Chavez's Revolutionary Educators in Caracas on a number of occasions - most recently 2006.Ayers states that education is the key to revolution
Obama was hired by Billy Ayers when The Bomber directed the Annenberg Challenge in the 1990's. Billy Ayers Daddy, Thomas Ayers, CEO of ComEd and Pan-Philanthropy Big Shot, had bleached his terrorist lad's resume. Not only that, Billy Ayers plucked the plum from Annenberg's loot - Ayers was Chairman and Director."
....and:
"The more one asks, the more one gets to learn. The Chicago Media ain't asking. Obama's Myth and Ayers cocooned life is safe with the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times: Max and Moe would be proud!"
Add to this the question of whether O'Bama is disqualified constitutionally from being elected President
Key point:
"This filing comes less than two weeks after an AP photo was revealed of the school register of a child then known as Barry Soetoro, now known as Barack Hussein Obama, whose citizenship was listed as 'Indonesian' and whose religion was listed as 'Islam.' The photo strongly contradicts the Obama camp's claim that he was not a Muslim, and is said to confirm he is a national of at least one other country. The AP has confirmed the authenticity of the photograph."
(hat tip: jaycee)
This is going to get real good before it's over.
Noteworthy:
"But, first some context! Progressives whine for context! Here's context.
Law Professor Steve Diamond is on to Billy Ayers and his odious Old Lady Bernadine. Prof. Diamond is also raising questions about Senator Obama's debts and obligations to Ayers - Obama's Chinaman - or Rabbi - or Mentor.
As my readers are aware I have pointed to the joint participation of Senator Obama and Professor Bill Ayers in the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, an education reform project, as evidence of an older and deeper relationship between Ayers and Obama than the Senator has acknowledged. Because the political views, as well as the past criminal behavior, of Professor Ayers represent, in my view, an authoritarian approach to education and society as a whole, I believe that it is important for the public to have as complete an understanding of the Ayers-Obama relationship as possible
This Professor of Law at University of California at San Jose is well up on Billy Ayers and the radical leftist academics who work very closely with him. Ayers has addressed Hugo Chavez's Revolutionary Educators in Caracas on a number of occasions - most recently 2006.Ayers states that education is the key to revolution
Obama was hired by Billy Ayers when The Bomber directed the Annenberg Challenge in the 1990's. Billy Ayers Daddy, Thomas Ayers, CEO of ComEd and Pan-Philanthropy Big Shot, had bleached his terrorist lad's resume. Not only that, Billy Ayers plucked the plum from Annenberg's loot - Ayers was Chairman and Director."
....and:
"The more one asks, the more one gets to learn. The Chicago Media ain't asking. Obama's Myth and Ayers cocooned life is safe with the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times: Max and Moe would be proud!"
Add to this the question of whether O'Bama is disqualified constitutionally from being elected President
Key point:
"This filing comes less than two weeks after an AP photo was revealed of the school register of a child then known as Barry Soetoro, now known as Barack Hussein Obama, whose citizenship was listed as 'Indonesian' and whose religion was listed as 'Islam.' The photo strongly contradicts the Obama camp's claim that he was not a Muslim, and is said to confirm he is a national of at least one other country. The AP has confirmed the authenticity of the photograph."
(hat tip: jaycee)
This is going to get real good before it's over.
Joe Biden: The political gift that keeps on giving
It won't be too difficult to establish that Joe Biden is a huge negative for the Dems as their VP nominee.
Scott Johnson has some details.
There's other considerations about Biden's financial affairs, as Byron York tells us.
Key point:
What's the right answer for that?"
With a ticket having one candidate being nothing more than a caricature of a leader, and the other being a big mouth fool with moral and ethical challenges, this presidential campaign has all the earmarks of a disaster in the making for the Democrat Party.
That really breaks my heart......
Scott Johnson has some details.
There's other considerations about Biden's financial affairs, as Byron York tells us.
Key point:
"In 1993 Joe Biden, along with fellow senators John Kerry and Bill Bradley, sponsored a campaign finance bill that would have, among other things, sharply limited the influence of political action committees and the practice of bundling. In March of that year, Biden appeared before the Senate Rules Committee to testify on behalf of his proposed reforms. He was openly critical of other bills that would have imposed less severe restrictions. Such moderate measures, Biden said, were 'like moderate chastity. There ain't no such thing.'
Then Biden told the committee about an experience he had in 1972, during his first run for the senate. He was just 29, with a chance to become the second-youngest senator in American history. But he needed some quick cash for campaign ads. Looking for support, he visited a group of rich businessmen.
Biden said they asked him, 'Joe, what's your position on capital gains?' Biden said he knew what to say to get the donations he desperately needed.
'I knew the right answer for $20,000,' Biden said. 'I knew the right answer for $30,000. I knew the right answer for $40,000." But as Biden tells the story, he wouldn't say what the fat cats wanted to hear, and went away with nothing. It was a tough call, one that could have cost him the electi'n. But Biden said he learned an important lesson about 'the manner in which money corrupts."
It might be interesting to hear the young Joe Biden's reaction to a case that would arise twenty-five years later. A top executive of a rich and spendthrift company buys the home of a financially strapped senator, paying a generous price. After that, virtually the entire top management of the company gets together in a coordinated campaign to donate money to the senator, getting around campaign contribution limits. And then, after the senator is re-elected, the company hires the senator's son.What's the right answer for that?"
With a ticket having one candidate being nothing more than a caricature of a leader, and the other being a big mouth fool with moral and ethical challenges, this presidential campaign has all the earmarks of a disaster in the making for the Democrat Party.
That really breaks my heart......
Barone: The Obama narrative is predictable
The narrative of this year's Democratic National Convention can be forecast with some assurance.
Barone is too generous in that description.
Key points:
"There is a difference between the two parties, however. The Democrats can usually depend on the mainstream media accepting their narratives uncritically, while the Republicans can expect them to punch holes in their storylines."
Hmmm....Barone is telling us something that everybody (except the most naive of the Usual Suspects) already knows.
"An interesting question is whether mainstream media have any appetite for undermining this undeniably attractive narrative. Of 'the whole Obama narrative,' one reporter told The New Republic's Gabriel Sherman, 'like all stories, it's not entirely true.'"
"Not entirely true" is a real stretch of the facts.
"Obama backers dismiss attempts to undermine his narrative as distractions or as racism, beyond the bounds of reasonable discourse. Most of the mainstream media tend to agree."
And of course, our local Usual Suspects are quick to use "smear" and "ridicule" as phony issues with which to to deflect the public's attention from their candidates' indefensible stance on the actual issues.
Barone is too generous in that description.
Key points:
"There is a difference between the two parties, however. The Democrats can usually depend on the mainstream media accepting their narratives uncritically, while the Republicans can expect them to punch holes in their storylines."
Hmmm....Barone is telling us something that everybody (except the most naive of the Usual Suspects) already knows.
"An interesting question is whether mainstream media have any appetite for undermining this undeniably attractive narrative. Of 'the whole Obama narrative,' one reporter told The New Republic's Gabriel Sherman, 'like all stories, it's not entirely true.'"
"Not entirely true" is a real stretch of the facts.
"Obama backers dismiss attempts to undermine his narrative as distractions or as racism, beyond the bounds of reasonable discourse. Most of the mainstream media tend to agree."
And of course, our local Usual Suspects are quick to use "smear" and "ridicule" as phony issues with which to to deflect the public's attention from their candidates' indefensible stance on the actual issues.
The Biden selection for the Democrat VP nomination
Yeah, that's "change we can believe in", right?
Marc Ambinder:
"Biden premised his presidential candidacy on the notion that Obama was unqualified and not ready from day one. You can expect that the McCain campaign or the RNC will run a national television advertisement featuring Biden’s many and various quotations to this effect. . . That Obama (apparently) picked him demonstrates a recognition that the Democratic ticket ought to be more than just about Obama’s personality… or a statement of bipartisan pragmatism… it’s easy to float on gossamers when the world is safe, but when it’s burning down, a guy like Biden is just the ticket."
John Podhoretz:
"I think the nation should offer profound thanks to Barack Obama for the Biden choice because of the real possibility that there will be unexpected moments of comedy between now and Election Day. For the thing is that Biden doesn’t just have a big mouth. He actually has an identifiable problem. It’s called logorrhea. When he starts speaking, it is nearly impossible for him to figure out how to stop. Almost every blunder he has made in the past decade is due to the free associating that is the ancillary effect of his prolixity."
What a disaster for the Dems!
I LOVE it when a plan comes together!
Marc Ambinder:
"Biden premised his presidential candidacy on the notion that Obama was unqualified and not ready from day one. You can expect that the McCain campaign or the RNC will run a national television advertisement featuring Biden’s many and various quotations to this effect. . . That Obama (apparently) picked him demonstrates a recognition that the Democratic ticket ought to be more than just about Obama’s personality… or a statement of bipartisan pragmatism… it’s easy to float on gossamers when the world is safe, but when it’s burning down, a guy like Biden is just the ticket."
John Podhoretz:
"I think the nation should offer profound thanks to Barack Obama for the Biden choice because of the real possibility that there will be unexpected moments of comedy between now and Election Day. For the thing is that Biden doesn’t just have a big mouth. He actually has an identifiable problem. It’s called logorrhea. When he starts speaking, it is nearly impossible for him to figure out how to stop. Almost every blunder he has made in the past decade is due to the free associating that is the ancillary effect of his prolixity."
What a disaster for the Dems!
I LOVE it when a plan comes together!
Who's next on Putin's list?
The Ukraine?
Or will he cut straight to the chase and target Poland?
It's time to wake up, and pay attention to whom we entrust to occupy the highest office in the land, because the implications reach far beyond the obvious:
Here's a hint: Obama (and Biden, as well) would clearly be in over his head regarding scenarios like this.
As well we know, Obama thinks people like Assad, Chavez, and Putin can be controlled by rhetoric, schmooze, and Obama's "star power".
What a dangerous venture that sort of thinking would set our nation upon!
Or will he cut straight to the chase and target Poland?
It's time to wake up, and pay attention to whom we entrust to occupy the highest office in the land, because the implications reach far beyond the obvious:
"Venezuela, Syria and Iran are aligning themselves with Russia. President Assad has said that Israeli assistance to Georgia shows that Russia and Syria should bolster military cooperation. Venezuela's Chavez is also aligning himself with the Russians. Chavez said at the weekend that Russian President Dmitri Medvedev wanted to send a Russian naval fleet to visit Venezuela and that the Russians naval fleet would be welcome in Venezuela. Venezuela has been seeking closer relations with Moscow, in part to buy military hardware, including 24 Russian Sukhoi fighter jets recently delivered.
Geopolitical risk is higher now than at any time since the end of the Cold War and looks set to remain heightened in the coming months."
As well we know, Obama thinks people like Assad, Chavez, and Putin can be controlled by rhetoric, schmooze, and Obama's "star power".
What a dangerous venture that sort of thinking would set our nation upon!
Shazzam! The Annenberg Challenge records will now be made available!
Imagine that!
It was just a "big misunderstanding".
Excerpt:
Yeah, right.
The "big misunderstanding" undoubtedly gave the partisans enough time to scrub the material clean of the truth about the Obama/Ayers relationship.
It's to be expected, however.
This sort of stunt is typical of what we've come to expect from Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" sources, who never fail to find a half-truth or a misrepresentation that can't cover up their dishonesty.
It's just the national version of the "business as usual" theme that is undermining the principles of good government here locally.
It was just a "big misunderstanding".
Excerpt:
"On Tuesday, the university said that there had been a misunderstanding about the status of the collection.
The unidentified donor of the records notified the university about the absence of a signed ownership agreement last week.
The donor's only concerns regarding the collection are due to personal information that could include names, confidential salary information and even Social Security numbers, a university spokesman said at the time."
Yeah, right.
The "big misunderstanding" undoubtedly gave the partisans enough time to scrub the material clean of the truth about the Obama/Ayers relationship.
It's to be expected, however.
This sort of stunt is typical of what we've come to expect from Dem/Lefty/"Progressive" sources, who never fail to find a half-truth or a misrepresentation that can't cover up their dishonesty.
It's just the national version of the "business as usual" theme that is undermining the principles of good government here locally.
Friday, August 22, 2008
"Who are you?"
"Well, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
Tell me, who are you? (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)
'Cause I really wanna know (Who are you? Who, who, who, who?)"
(expletive deleted)
It's looking more likely that Biden is the Dem VP choice
If so, it's not a very smart choice.
Noteworthy:
"The problem is that, whereas Obama is a young lightweight, Biden is an old lightweight--Obama with a hair transplant. While Obama has only been a lightweight for 47 years, Biden has been one for 65."
According to Dick Morris, McCain would be wise to seal the deal by nominating Kay Bailey Hutchinson for the Republican VP slot, and bring along the large contingent of female Hillary supporters who are thoroughly disenchanted with the Democrat party and Obama.
Noteworthy:
"The problem is that, whereas Obama is a young lightweight, Biden is an old lightweight--Obama with a hair transplant. While Obama has only been a lightweight for 47 years, Biden has been one for 65."
According to Dick Morris, McCain would be wise to seal the deal by nominating Kay Bailey Hutchinson for the Republican VP slot, and bring along the large contingent of female Hillary supporters who are thoroughly disenchanted with the Democrat party and Obama.
Obama: Condoning infanticide in the name of protecting the institution of abortion and abortionists
Obama's record on this is clear.
Andrew McCarthy brings us the details.
Key points:
"There wasn’t any question about what was happening. The abortions were going wrong. The babies weren’t cooperating. They wouldn’t die as planned. Or, as Illinois state senator Barack Obama so touchingly put it, there was 'movement or some indication that, in fact, they’re not just coming out limp and dead.'
No, Senator. They wouldn’t go along with the program. They wouldn’t just come out limp and dead.
They were coming out alive. Born alive. Babies. Vulnerable human beings Obama, in his detached pomposity, might otherwise include among 'the least of my brothers.' But of course, an abortion extremist can’t very well be invoking Saint Matthew, can he? So, for Obama, the shunning of these least of our brothers and sisters — millions of them — is somehow not among America’s greatest moral failings."
.....and:
"When it got down to brass tacks, Barack Obama argued that protecting abortion doctors from legal liability was more important than protecting living infants from death."
....and finally:
"Through Obama’s radical prism, everything 'is about abortion and not live births.' But in reality, this had nothing to do with 'burden[ing] the original decision of the woman and the physician to induce labor and perform an abortion.' It was about the legal and moral responsibilities of doctors and nurses in circumstances where, despite that decision, a living human being was delivered."
There is NO WAY Obama's de facto support for infanticide can be rationalized, excused, or explained away.
(previously, at Guarino)
Andrew McCarthy brings us the details.
Key points:
"There wasn’t any question about what was happening. The abortions were going wrong. The babies weren’t cooperating. They wouldn’t die as planned. Or, as Illinois state senator Barack Obama so touchingly put it, there was 'movement or some indication that, in fact, they’re not just coming out limp and dead.'
No, Senator. They wouldn’t go along with the program. They wouldn’t just come out limp and dead.
They were coming out alive. Born alive. Babies. Vulnerable human beings Obama, in his detached pomposity, might otherwise include among 'the least of my brothers.' But of course, an abortion extremist can’t very well be invoking Saint Matthew, can he? So, for Obama, the shunning of these least of our brothers and sisters — millions of them — is somehow not among America’s greatest moral failings."
.....and:
"When it got down to brass tacks, Barack Obama argued that protecting abortion doctors from legal liability was more important than protecting living infants from death."
....and finally:
"Through Obama’s radical prism, everything 'is about abortion and not live births.' But in reality, this had nothing to do with 'burden[ing] the original decision of the woman and the physician to induce labor and perform an abortion.' It was about the legal and moral responsibilities of doctors and nurses in circumstances where, despite that decision, a living human being was delivered."
There is NO WAY Obama's de facto support for infanticide can be rationalized, excused, or explained away.
(previously, at Guarino)
It's time to bring Michelle Obama's history back into focus
WaPo has a long piece about Mrs. Messiah's Obama's work history at the University of Chicago.
Stanley Kurtz says it's time to take it a little deeper to find out the real implications of her employment.
"It seems to me that if the mainstream papers like the Post are going to look into Michelle Obama’s work bringing medical care to poor South Side residents, her earlier position and its link to politically radical–even intensely anti-American–community organizers deserves scrutiny as well."
Indeed it does.
It's just getting worse and worse as time goes on for the Obamamaniacs, isn't it?
Stanley Kurtz says it's time to take it a little deeper to find out the real implications of her employment.
"It seems to me that if the mainstream papers like the Post are going to look into Michelle Obama’s work bringing medical care to poor South Side residents, her earlier position and its link to politically radical–even intensely anti-American–community organizers deserves scrutiny as well."
Indeed it does.
It's just getting worse and worse as time goes on for the Obamamaniacs, isn't it?
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Obama's Annenberg years are coming into focus
......whether the Dems/Lefties/"Progressives like it or not.
Oh wait, I forgot.
Revealing information like this amounts to being a "smear", and is probably "racist".
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Noteworthy:
"At a minimum, it proves that Obama has seriously misled the public about his association with Ayers. And it documents and analyzes some of the complex left wing politics underlying the effort."
Oh wait, I forgot.
Revealing information like this amounts to being a "smear", and is probably "racist".
Yeah, that's the ticket.
Noteworthy:
"At a minimum, it proves that Obama has seriously misled the public about his association with Ayers. And it documents and analyzes some of the complex left wing politics underlying the effort."
It's time to hold Chuckie Schumer accountable
In addition to being a partisan political hack of the same stripe as San Fran Nan Pelosi and Dingy Harry Reid, it's quite possible that Schumer is a criminal.
Key point:
WAY too funny.....but typical.
Key point:
"Think of this:Schumer precipitated the downfall of a major finanacial institution by leaking internal confidential information. If someone in the business world leaks confidential information that he knows will cause serious harm, they would be in deep legal doo doo.
Do you remember Schumer livid about who outed Valerie Plame? The Democrats were up in arms. But, in fact leaking Valerie’s name harmed no one and cost tax payers nothing. It was Richard Armitage by the way.
Democrats will do or say anything to expand their power: Lie, cheat and steal."
Look how the linked Reuters article tries to deflect the seriousness of the charges against Schumer by insinuating that this is all a Republican/Bush concocted scheme, as if that somehow diminishes the crime Chuckie-boy may have committed.
WAY too funny.....but typical.
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.
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