Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
The mosque debate in America has been instructive when it comes to Leftist rhetorical tactics. Ordinary Americans make an argument — “the mosque is inappropriate on secular sacred ground.” The Left then responds, not substantively, but with personal attacks — “you’re racist, Islamophobic, xenophobic and stupid.” If you think this
Continue readingI had heard that, now that Obama placed the U.S. into the grossly misnamed UN Human Rights Council, the U.S. was suddenly obligated to file a self-report card. Although much of the report card is concerned with boasting about the Obama administration’s wonderfulness, it turns out that other parts are
Continue readingI’m sorry I didn’t blog today. I have a half finished post on my screen, but can’t seem to get it entirely finished. Sometimes, when that happens, I just abandon the idea and move on to other things, but sometimes I just get mentally blocked up. I seem to need
Continue readingGovernment organizations certainly get points for creativity. Hat tip: Sadie
Continue readingSeveral years ago, my family and I visited Pompeii, which is one of the most wondrous tourist destinations in the world. To maximize our experience, we hired a highly recommended guide who walked us over the grounds, explaining everything before us. This guide’s particular passion was plumbing. He had no
Continue reading[Note from Bookworm: As of now, the video embed of Pete Stark you’ll see in the post below has only 97 hits. It should have a million hits. Pete Stark is, and always has been, an exceptionally nasty piece of work. However, Democratic acts in Washington make it clear that
Continue readingThe feds may be planning on suing Arizona for having the temerity to try to comply with federal law, but Jan Brewer isn’t taking things lying down: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzDlN7VLmXQ[/youtube] Hat tip: American Digest
Continue readingTo: American Citizens From: Your Government Date: Today It has come to our attention that citizens on your side of the aisle (“WN’s”, aka Wing Nuts) are doing a lot of talking. What in the world are you gabbing about? Talk Radio, talking amongst yourselves, chatting on the Internet.
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Continue readingIn a couple of posts, I’ve opined that the liberal/statist/Progressive/Democratic pro-immigration crowd is, in practical effect, horribly anti-Hispanic. My reasoning has been that illegal immigration allows corrupt South of the Border governments, especially Mexico, to siphon off to America its unemployed and its criminals. In return, these people, none of
Continue readingTurns out that Hispanics, who are probably as misinformed as Eric Holder about the actual contents of the Arizona immigration law, are opposed to it in vast numbers. I don’t get it. When the illegal immigrants pour into American communities, bringing with them all their pathologies (gangs, drugs, alcoholism, violence,
Continue readingUPDATE: I’m reprinting here Baseballmaven’s comment: This was sent to me also–researching on Snopes, while the d’Lynn part wasn’t there; however, the part about the welfare recipient in Florida was there and turned out to be NOT TRUE..variations have been circulating since 2004. The original example actually came from Canada,
Continue readingI’ve never understood hunger strikes. That is, I’ve never found them a compelling means of moral persuasion. To me, they’re a form of emotional blackmail in lieu of reasoned argument. Still, that doesn’t stop their popularity, and some Berkeley students are now abstaining from food to protest an Arizona law
Continue readingThe next big thing on the political agenda is, again, immigration “reform.” As someone said, it’s 2006 all over again, right down to the conveniently available, often Communist-provided signs. The matter might have sat around for a little longer, but Arizona pulled the trigger on debate by looking at its
Continue readingBack in January, I blogged about the fact that my daughter’s Spanish class sat through La Misma Luna — which is a movie that uses the travails of a charming and pathetic little boy to make the case that our laws against illegal immigrants are cruel. That’s not just my
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