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RUN IT BY ME AGAIN. WHY DO WE CALL THIS GUY AN INTELLECTUAL?
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Items In My Mailbox: Subject: Fwd: This is a Racism Test .....Thanks Mooseman
This is a Racism Test .....
Do you like him any better now?
No?
Me neither...……
Then you're not a racist.
Do you like him any better now?
No?
Me neither...……
Then you're not a racist.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Wildcard Wednesday: Buckley vs. Vidal.
Rumor has it that ABC made adult beverages available to its guests.
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION
THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION
Obama Meets Peter Schiff
I am sorry to report that Peter Schiff lost in the primaries. I can't say much for the vid and the robo-voices but the points are valid.
WHY DOES THE CONNECTICUT GUY WEAR A COWBOY HAT?
WHY DOES THE CONNECTICUT GUY WEAR A COWBOY HAT?
Monday, September 6, 2010
Media Monday: The Brewer Pause And Obama's Gaffe. Which Was Worse?
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Per usual, the media exert their double standard. Jan Brewer's moment of silence was everywhere: Yahoo, AOL, Google, Bing. But when our old friend, The Brilliant One sputtered, it flew below the radar. Which was worse? You decide?
A SENIOR MOMENT?
Of course this flub did not get much attention from the ever-unbiased press.
AT LEAST HE DIDN'T STOP TALKING!!!
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Per usual, the media exert their double standard. Jan Brewer's moment of silence was everywhere: Yahoo, AOL, Google, Bing. But when our old friend, The Brilliant One sputtered, it flew below the radar. Which was worse? You decide?
A SENIOR MOMENT?
Of course this flub did not get much attention from the ever-unbiased press.
AT LEAST HE DIDN'T STOP TALKING!!!
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Sunday, September 5, 2010
Obama's Dwindling Support, Diminsihing Returns And The Coming Food Fight
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I am slowing down on the blog, no doubt about it. It isn't writer's block. It isn't the enthusiasm gap. It's deeper than that. In a sense, I feel that I have fulfilled my missions at this blog. Diminishing returns are here.
Some elaboration. Voter remorse is palpable. More than one former Obama supporter has expressed some disillusionment to me. These are people who have never visited this site. For a multitude of reasons, they acknowledge that Obama is a disappointment.
Understand, these people would probably not vote for McCain if they had a second chance and they do not like Republicans generic or specific. But they view Obama as more Jimmy Carter than Bill Clinton. They recognize that Obama will never be a man of the people.
The final bale of straw was Obama's stance on the Ground Zero mosque. This is visceral. Prior to the mosque, disagreements with the president were mostly intellectual. Yes, there was the apology tour and a few other times where his heart seemed to be elsewhere. But then the mosque slapped us in the face and the president did not feel the blow. Obama does not feel what we feel.
Whereas the sensible people are jumping ship, Obama's total approval has held steady at 42% to 46% (Rasmussen.) He still has his legions of hardcore fans who cannot be bothered with facts. Then again, I am not going to reach those people with my blog. Some vapid celebrity might be able to reach them but not a purveyor of reason. Someone else can gather the lost sheep.
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Glenn Beck also got my head spinning. I kind of wish that he would have held off with his "Restoring Honor" rally until after the election. There is an unackowledged schism between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives. It might be the most substantial political divide in this country.
I side with the fiscal conservatives and I am suspicious of the social conservatives. The two philosophies are incompatible. Given the chance, the social conservatives will stab us in the back every single time. Ronald Reagan ran a deficit each of every eight years in office while kissing up to the social cons every step of the way.
We then read Bush's lips. Later his son, the first MBA to become president, would show the world that Harvard Business Grads are incapable of balancing a budget. Of course he was able to find moolah to promote abstinence training and faith-based initiatives and even more of our dough to harass pornographers and medical marijuana advocates and to make life difficult for online poker players.
9-11 was unifying. I would rather take my chances with the Ashcrofts than Al Qaeda sympathizers. Ashcroft only put burkas on statues. Live women were spared his silliness.
Obama has also been a unifier. The Tea Party drew from disparate sources but at least we stood united against reckless spending. For once, fiscal conservatism was front and center. Yes, Obama made a lot of us uncomfortable with his hollow patriotism and his thinly-veiled contempt for traditions like the Constitution and Judeo-Christian principles. But those were side dishes. The entree was fiscal responsibility.
If we want to continue the culinary metaphor then I suppose we should acknowledge that a food fight is a-comin. It would be better to fight this battle in say, the 2012 GOP primaries. But Beck has re-opened the wound. Let's hope we can hold off on the pie throwing until after the first Tuesday in November.
Come November 3, let the cream pies fly! I can hardly wait.
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I am slowing down on the blog, no doubt about it. It isn't writer's block. It isn't the enthusiasm gap. It's deeper than that. In a sense, I feel that I have fulfilled my missions at this blog. Diminishing returns are here.
Some elaboration. Voter remorse is palpable. More than one former Obama supporter has expressed some disillusionment to me. These are people who have never visited this site. For a multitude of reasons, they acknowledge that Obama is a disappointment.
Understand, these people would probably not vote for McCain if they had a second chance and they do not like Republicans generic or specific. But they view Obama as more Jimmy Carter than Bill Clinton. They recognize that Obama will never be a man of the people.
The final bale of straw was Obama's stance on the Ground Zero mosque. This is visceral. Prior to the mosque, disagreements with the president were mostly intellectual. Yes, there was the apology tour and a few other times where his heart seemed to be elsewhere. But then the mosque slapped us in the face and the president did not feel the blow. Obama does not feel what we feel.
Whereas the sensible people are jumping ship, Obama's total approval has held steady at 42% to 46% (Rasmussen.) He still has his legions of hardcore fans who cannot be bothered with facts. Then again, I am not going to reach those people with my blog. Some vapid celebrity might be able to reach them but not a purveyor of reason. Someone else can gather the lost sheep.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Glenn Beck also got my head spinning. I kind of wish that he would have held off with his "Restoring Honor" rally until after the election. There is an unackowledged schism between fiscal conservatives and social conservatives. It might be the most substantial political divide in this country.
I side with the fiscal conservatives and I am suspicious of the social conservatives. The two philosophies are incompatible. Given the chance, the social conservatives will stab us in the back every single time. Ronald Reagan ran a deficit each of every eight years in office while kissing up to the social cons every step of the way.
We then read Bush's lips. Later his son, the first MBA to become president, would show the world that Harvard Business Grads are incapable of balancing a budget. Of course he was able to find moolah to promote abstinence training and faith-based initiatives and even more of our dough to harass pornographers and medical marijuana advocates and to make life difficult for online poker players.
9-11 was unifying. I would rather take my chances with the Ashcrofts than Al Qaeda sympathizers. Ashcroft only put burkas on statues. Live women were spared his silliness.
Obama has also been a unifier. The Tea Party drew from disparate sources but at least we stood united against reckless spending. For once, fiscal conservatism was front and center. Yes, Obama made a lot of us uncomfortable with his hollow patriotism and his thinly-veiled contempt for traditions like the Constitution and Judeo-Christian principles. But those were side dishes. The entree was fiscal responsibility.
If we want to continue the culinary metaphor then I suppose we should acknowledge that a food fight is a-comin. It would be better to fight this battle in say, the 2012 GOP primaries. But Beck has re-opened the wound. Let's hope we can hold off on the pie throwing until after the first Tuesday in November.
Come November 3, let the cream pies fly! I can hardly wait.
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Sunday Worship: Ron English
All this work. All this effort. All this energy. For what?
LINCOLN AND OBAMA: THE UNENDING PARALLELS.
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LINCOLN AND OBAMA: THE UNENDING PARALLELS.
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