There are a lot of reasons the folks who attended Glenn Beck’s 8/28 rally attended. Many are fans of Glenn Beck’s radio and television programs. Many are active in the tea party movement. But I think most, and an immense number who were not there, are like the Whos in Dr. Seuss’ book, “Horton Hears [...]
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That green broad in New York asked for huddled masses. That’s all well and good, but I want you to remember the last part of that sentence too… “yearning to be FREE.” Not as in FREE school lunches, FREE housing bailouts, et al. There are no free rights or free things — [...] (2nd Anniversary post. Original posted 10/06/2008) I think you can tell a lot about yourself if this picture bothers you, inspires you or leaves you with massive indifference. Sarah Palin is a very polarizing figure. Hillary Clinton is a very polarizing figure. Barack Obama is a very polarizing figure. Which pole do you get sent to [...]
(2nd Anniversary re-post. Original posted 4/22/2008) O.K., I promised you all an answer regarding this post, http://dirtyharrysplace.com/?p=1091, and I won’t take the easy way out, and wait for the Pennsylvania returns. First, thanks to all for some good comments. You raised some good points. Troy, regarding your questions about the Latino vote; what states will that [...] I taught a course called “Congress and the Presidency” this summer and I’m polishing off the finals for that course as I begin the Fall semester tomorrow. Anyway… I asked the class, as part of a larger question: Lasty, on which, if any, President did you either change your opinion from this class or merely [...]
Ever notice how much Carnac looks like Floyd? When President Obama speaks to America on Tuesday night about the war in Iraq he will be engaged in a political mission, one that will require the ultimate in political finesse. Democrats can’t claim much in the way of success after and year and [...] Jim Treacher has a rather solid re-capping of ledes from various reportage on Glenn Beck’s rally in Washington D.C. this weekend. Instead of focusing on the rally, the focus is on race. Quite ironic. Some points: I say this as a major Beck critic, and someone completely un-enamored with one Sarah Palin. Shouldn’t the press be hailing [...] Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) sums up what’s at stake this election cycle — should Republicans be given majorities again. From the Wall Street Journal: I ask what so many voters are pondering: If Republicans win this fall, will they have learned the lessons from the overspending and corruption that got them tossed out in [...] From today’s Washington Times… President Obama’s EPA is already well down the path to regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, something the act was not designed to do. It has a problem, however, because shoehorning greenhouse gases into that 40-year-old law would force churches, schools, warehouses, commercial kitchens and other sources to obtain costly [...] Somebody at the Environmental Protection Agency takes too much policy guidance from Chris Rock standup routines. Rumors — let’s call it “truth” — were circulating that the EPA was planning on banning lead — as in lead bullets. You see the lead was poisoning the environment and killing animals. Yeah.. I know. [...] This one is on us America — and quite frankly you can thank us too World. I haven’t talked to Rufus but since I know he is independently upper middle class he won’t mind if we forgo our usual fee. We have solved America’s problems in our Friday Open Thread. Who knew [...] Brendan Bernhard at Pajamas Media puts into perspective why so many readers, and writers, are inconsolable about Christopher Hitchens and his battle with cancer. Isn’t Hitchens pretty much the last journalist/pundit/commentator/critic left in America whose work appears across the political spectrum? If there is another writer whose work can still be found (and welcomed) [...] Some light dawns on self-proclaimed liberal and atheist Susan Jaboby vis a vis multiculturalism and many of her fellow travelers on the Left. From Big Questions Online: The latest example of the Left’s blind spot on this issue is the antagonism of so many liberal reviewers toward Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s recent memoir, Nomad. The Somali-born [...] While President Poopypants (thanks Scott M!) vacays somewhere… President and Mrs. Bush are putting their time to good use. They were in Maine Sunday and dropped by The Run For the Fallen. Here’s the story from WMTW Channel8: Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura surprised participants in the third annual “Run [...] This AP story on the Republican “civil war” seems to me a bit of wishful thinking by the mainstream media. But the article is actually fairly balanced. From Yahoo! News: A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party’s soul. And the Democrats [...] From Slate on-line comes this article whose lead states this about your fav Republican from FL: Florida’s Allen West may be crazy, but so far this year, that hasn’t hurt Republicans You might want to read it. Share on Facebook and then there are journalists. P.J. O’Rourke tells us about a special kind of expert in The Weekly Standard — the 72-Hour Expert from Kabul, Afghanistan. If you spend 72 hours in a place you’ve never been, talking to people whose language you don’t speak about social, political, and economic complexities you don’t understand, and [...] Wikileaks founder and spokeshole Julian Assange was charged and then discharged of rape and molestation by a Swedish prosecutor this past week and weekend. Assange, of course, is trying to paint it as a Pentagon set up. Using our noodle — and the common sense God gave us (or that you inherited from [...] With one more August show to go, an easy way to get caught up on the return of Radio Free Threedonia. Moving backwards … 8/22 — Author Kender MacGowan and a mini-memorial to The Call’s Michael Been, including great stories from Been friend and former collaborator Eli Braden 8/15 — Jeff Radice (No No: A Dockumentary), Christian [...] We’re taking it a little easy on RF3D today — 4-6 PM PST on RightTalkRadio, taking calls at 877-942-2178 — with Double Trouble’s Tommy Shannon unfortunately unable to join us (he’ll be on-board as a guest next month, though, closer to the SRV Ride on the anniversary of Stevie’s birthday). However, with Kender “Patriot Missile” [...] It is often said that public cannot recall anything that happened more than 72 hours ago. Yet, we Threedonians have longer memories than that, don’t we? Excepting Fritz of course, what with the impending Alzheimer’s and all. (He’ll forget I wrote that by the time he reaches the end of the post, so I’m not [...] I ran across this piece last night by P.J. O’Rourke on Radio Free Europe, free speech and liberty in the journal World Affairs. In a free society all people must be communicated to, and we must be able to get communication from them in return. People must be able to talk back. People must be able [...] David Marcoe, in the Open Thread linked to this post from the blog The Other MaCain. In it Robert Stacy McCain reiterates the very important point that House elections are not national elections, but local ones. And just because Obama’s ratings are in the toilet and Congress’ national standing is in the sewer [...] The Washington Post is reporting that Roger Clemens is going to be indicted for perjury. Roger Clemens will be indicted on charges of making false statements to Congress about his use of performance-enhancing drugs, the New York Times is reporting. Citing two sources who’ve been briefed on the matter, the Times reports that an announcement is [...] I don’t even know where to begin. O.K., you don’t like Sarah Palin. We get it. But the first point you’re going to use in your defense is the right to choose to kill your children?! Huh? Isn’t that Palin’s point with her Momma Grizzly analogy? A Momma Grizzly will fight to protect her cubs. [...] Share on Facebook In my Congress and the Presidency course tomorrow night… I’m slapping them upside the head with this. Take that muddle-headed public school product! Kapow! Follow me in November! (OK I’ll leave that last part out in class) He wasn’t able to tame the government to be sure, but bless him [...]
If you want to know what’s wrong with Illinois, you need look no further. Behold the father and son legal team of Sam Adam Sr. and Jr., ranting like raving lunatics declaring their client the most agrrieved innocent man ever not convicted on the strenght of one dickhead juror who probably couldn’t find his ass [...] Czech President Vaclav Havel and the Rolling Stones… Prague 1990 Here is a great piece from yesterday’s The New York Times about the 20th anniversary of the Rolling Stones coming to Prague — after 40-plus years behind the Iron Curtain and 25-years after the British Invasion of rock and roll had swept the West. That night in [...] Posted the link and some pictures last week, here’s the video. As someone who has made that walk three times now, I can tell you even if the former President isn’t there it means a great deal and is very touching to see all these people who show up. Share on Facebook Looks like Iran/Israel may be heating up sooner rather than later. From the Jerusalem Post: Former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton said he didn’t see “any signs whatsoever that President Obama would make the necessary decision” to strike Iran’s nuclear reactor, speaking in an interview with Israel Radio Tuesday. Bolton claimed Israel has only [...] Here is a sobering piece from The American — The AEI’s journal: The FOMC’s August 10 meeting took place against the backdrop of a slew of disappointing economic data. From weak housing market data to discouraging employment numbers, and from swooning consumer confidence indicators to weak bank lending figures, one could not reasonably entertain doubt that [...] Here’s fascinating article from The New York Times on Obama’s expansion of drone and commando operations across Asia and Africa. The attack offered a glimpse of the Obama administration’s shadow war against Al Qaeda and its allies. In roughly a dozen countries — from the deserts of North Africa, to the mountains of Pakistan, to former [...] From the London Sunday Telegraph: One local authority is using its budget to pay for the services of a prostitute in Amsterdam, while others have said visits to lap dancing clubs are permissible under new policies which transfer funds directly to those who receive care from social services. Holidays abroad, subscriptions for internet dating and driving lessons [...] As my Republican Party membership card sits in the ash tray after last week’s Connecticut U.S. Senate primary, the conservative media begins to rally behind reprobate candidate Linda McMahon. In response to widespread criticism from Democrats who blasted Connecticut Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) program content that she oversaw as [...] From NBC Washington Via The Jawa Reoprt A group of young Americans were told to stop singing THE NATIONAL ANTHEM at the Lincoln Memorial by Park Police. Members of the conservative Young America’s Foundation, were told by U.S. Park Police that they were “were in violation of federal law and their impromptu performance constituted a demonstration in [...] As the old saying goes… you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him watch the WNBA. Why feminists don’t get the American indifference with professional women’s sports — even by wimmins — is beyond ludicrous. Say this with me now feminist sociologists… WOMENS PRO SPORTS… SUCK. (except for [...] Here’s a good full look at the Israeli response to a nuclear Iran and a portrait of Benjamin Netanyahu (Israeli Prime Minister) from The Atlantic… according to Jeffrey Goldberg… they are fast approaching the point of no return. But the Israelis are doubtful that a man who positioned himself as the antithesis of George W. Bush, [...] Sarah Palin has a new television series, set to debut this fall. The series, titled Sarah Palin: Alaska, will feature a prominent guest. Make that nine. The latest news out of TCA proves that worlds will be colliding this fall: TLC president Eileen O’Neill confirmed that Kate Gosselin and her brood will make a [...] I sure do… George W and Laura Bush went to D/FW Airport today to greet some returning troops. More pics here from the USO Facebook page. Damn I miss that man. h/t: NRO The Corner Share on Facebook |
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