Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
I kept reading about Obama’s Rose Garden speech, but it wasn’t until this morning that I actually sat down and read the speech. Aside from the obvious factual and ideological problems (not to mention how pedantic and vulgar it is in its expressions and ideas), what jumps out at me
Continue readingThe murderous frenzy unleashed on 9/11 is an awkward size. Had it been smaller — a handful of people, or even a hundred people, killed at a mall or a hotel — we would have noted it as a tragedy powered by a crazy person (or two) in thrall to
Continue readingAs I do every year, I went with my family to our town’s Fourth of July Parade. It’s a great parade, with all sorts of community groups participating, including the various chambers of commerce; Little League baseball teams; bagpipers (Marin is home to a thriving bagpipe community); an impressive selection
Continue readingEvery July 4th, I feel it’s incumbent upon me, as a freedom-loving blogger, to write something meaningful. And every July 4th, I fail to do. Somehow, instead of golden prose about our nation, I invariably end up posting a picture of a waving flag and wishing everyone a “Happy July
Continue readingCheap fuel is an important key to peace, human welfare and prosperity. We have the key. The world can’t do without fuel and the scramble for world fuel resources lies at the root of most of our current geopolitical problems. The high price of fuel affects the environment (e.g., 3rd
Continue readingHere’s a good example of American imperialism, whereby rich and greedy American billionaires fund the sabotage of democratic institutions in foreign countries to further their own ideological and economic interests. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6UaftK_N-k&feature=player_embedded#at=365[/youtube] Via: smalldeadanimals.com.
Continue readingWhether or not one liked him, Ronald Reagan got “the vision thing.” He had an extremely strong sense of America and her place in the world, and was never afraid to share that narrative. America was the shining city on the hill, the bastion of true republican democracy, and the
Continue readingEarthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear meltdowns, market collapses, Middle Eastern turmoil . . . . It’s been a busy week news-wise. So you want to know what the hottest story is? None of the above. Per Allahpundit, the absolute hottest story is this video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=678sm5rGqKg[/youtube] The story behind the video is that
Continue reading[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1MASsKbWQs[/youtube] Hat tip: The Glittering Eye
Continue readingMy book club met last night to discuss Robert Merry’s A Country of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent. As the subtitle says, the book is about the way in which Polk, during his one term presidency, enabled America to stretch
Continue readingChinese-born pianist Lang Lang plays an old, Korean-war vintage anti-American song, “Battle on Shangganling Mountain”, at Obama’s state dinner for Chinese President Hu-Jintao. The Chinese, of course, just loved it. I can just feel the respect our competitors in the world have for us, now that international relations have been
Continue readingTwo interesting things rolled across my desk today, interesting because they address the same topic — dependence on Big Government — but reach diametrically opposite conclusions. The first is a Dennis Prager column that examines why American conservatives are happier than American liberals. This isn’t just Dennis’ opinion, by the
Continue readingIn Der Spiegel, of all places, one finds an article bemoaning, loudly and strongly, the profound mistake inherent in the Democrats’ Europeanization of America: The Obama administration and the Federal Reserve want to fix the United States economy by spending more money. But while that approach might work for Europe,
Continue readingWe are so blessed to live in America — and birthdays are about celebrating the blessings that came into our lives as the result of someone’s, or something’s, birth. We may be going through a hard patch now, but our legacy of individual freedoms is a tough nut, and we’re
Continue readingI first ran this YouTube video three years ago, when Barack Obama, our nation’s first anti-American president, was still a theory, not a fact. It bears watching now, as we witness Obama’s efforts to bring about a world without America: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAtNILh6uY[/youtube]
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