Month: January 2008

I have thought for a long time that we needed a more libertarian oriented party in America. Huckabee’s Republican socialism just doesn’t cut it for me. I have been flirting with the idea of voting Dem in the general election. Especially if Clinton gets the nod. I like her evil underhandedness. I figure she will…

In a must-view interview by Richard Miniter I mentioned in the last post, Tom DeLay weighs in on the various GOP candidates, and while I was initially drawn to an observation about Huckabee (“it’s obvious to me that Huckabee understands truth”), DeLay was quite critical of all the candidates. He expressed doubt that Romney truly…

In today’s WSJ, Peggy Noonan looks at Mike Huckabee and declares that the culture war is what drives his followers: …the thing really pushing his supporters, is that they believe that what ails America and threatens its continued existence is not economic collapse or jihad, it is our culture. They have been bruised and offended…

I just read on Instapundit that Major Andrew Olmsted has died in Iraq. Andrew and I had numerous exchanges on Winds of Change. He will be sorely missed. Damn. Fuckin damn. You can read his final words to us at Obsidian Wings. You can also read his blog Andrew Olmsted My blog Master Eric has…

Ann Althouse brings up an important question about Hillary Clinton which so far hasn’t received any attention at all in the campaign — much less the attention it deserves: …she never mentions her work on the Nixon impeachment inquiry these days either. I wonder why. As a Watergate buff, I don’t wonder why at all.…

“Am I the only person who sees the insanity of pretending that reducing human beings to a condition that we would not allow pets to suffer from is somehow good?” So asks Clayton Cramer, in a discussion of a police shooting incident involving a mentally ill young man who was “off his meds” and violent.…

Here are the Iowa results according to Drudge: Obama 36.98; Edwards 30.05; Clinton 29.75 Huckabee 34; Romney 25; Thompson 14 More here If present trends continue, Bill Quick will be proven right — despite the fact that I wanted him to be wrong: Obama and the young hustler, John Edwards, for the Dems, and Huckabee…

Aside from its outrageous anti-military nature, the Grodner car keying incident (which Blackfive broke, which Glenn Reynolds posted about twice and which drew some very rude commenters when M. Simon posted about it here) highlights a problem which is not new at all. One of Glenn’s readers emailed as follows: …Since placing a American flag…

After my most recent bout of depression about Fred’s chances in Iowa, I thought it might be a good idea to raise morale a bit. There is nothing like a picture to explain “why we fight”. For God, for country, for the Constitution, for Jeri. And we get Fred in the bargain. I call that…

I’m really depressed by the news that Fred Thompson will drop out of the race if he does not come in second in Iowa. In my opinion Fred would have the best chance in the general election. He also best represents my position on the major issues. So maybe I’m biased. Huckabee depresses me. Totally.…

The idea of “honor killings” of Muslim girls by their fathers for dressing like Westerners or dating boys would strike most Americans as too horrific to contemplate. Certainly not the kind of thing that would happen here, right? Think again. Not only is it happening, but it’s barely being reported. If you’re as horrified as…

The above picture tells a lot about who the Iraqis trust when things get rough in that country. It also tells a lot about the men and women of our fighting forces. It is from an essay by Bill Whittle. You can read the essay at part 1 and part 2. It is very good.…

H/T Instapundit Commenter Oregon Guy suggested this post. He has a link to a very good Milton Friedman video interview. You should take a look. Also have a look at the Lileks piece he links to. The economic stuff is at the bottom of the Lileks post.

Michael Totten has a piece up on what he saw on his recent trip to Fallujah. He says it is still very third world but nothing like it was a year ago. In fact he has this amazing (to some of our “liberal” friends) quote from a wedding party he saw on the streets. Sharply…

The constantly changing story about the San Francisco tiger attack (which has resisted my attempts at analysis so far) just keeps getting harder and harder to follow. Reports are disappearing. To read this one, I had to resort to the Google cache to find the scubbed version, titled Report: Tiger Victims Were Carrying Slingshots: SAN…

A few weeks ago, I touched on the (in my opinion nutty) view that Mitt Romney is “Satanic.” Because I think that certain elements of the Republican Party are battling with a deep underlying religious struggle of the sort which cannot readily be acknowledged, I think it’s worth another look. Sometimes I’m a bit slow…

A word worth learning. Bernie at Planck’s Constant explains in words and pictures. Enjoy. Cross Posted at Power and Control

Speaking of polls, the Des Moines Register appears to have done a pretty thorough job of gauging the support of Iowans for the various candidates as they make their way into the final stretch of the caucuses. While the poll is mainly attracting attention because it shows Obama pulling ahead of Hillary, something else really…