Month: June 2010

Whiny Little Bitch: The Excuse-Filled Presidency of Barack Obama H/T Instapundit Cross Posted at Power and Control

Today is the 38th anniversary of the famed Watergate break-in. The topic is of longstanding interest to me, and I continue to marvel over the fact that after all these years, the reasons for the burglary are still unsettled. Historians and Nixon scholars continue to wonder, while pondering various theories. The one thing that stands…

There is a report in Playboy about the Tea Party movement and a consultant who plans to help them win. The article is discussing a Tea Party organizer. The speeches went on for hours. The sun was shining. It was the kind of day when you could take a nap under a tree. The organizer…

This oil for golf/golf for oil stuff is getting old, but it’s just so damned true: Remember how critical the left was of Bush for golfing, instead of dealing with more pressing matters? Yes, I remember! And how! Such associations formed the irrational basis of many a stoner’s revelations about Bush, thanks to Michael Moore.…

The topic of extending adolescence for health care purposes generated some extensive (and even heated) discussion in Glenn Reynolds’ post — much of it occasioned by a piece by Michael Barone (“The price of perpetual adolescence”) which I found grimly ironic, as well as true. Here’s Barone: An article in the New York Times examines…

While I don’t like stereotypes and hate to sound like some kind of bigoted crackpot, occasionally I notice things which force me to ask basic “why” questions. And because this one simply doesn’t make sense, I thought I would share it with the readers, who can hopefully fill me in on what I am missing.…

JLawson is responding to a comment by Diogenes at Talk Polywell. Diogenes wrote: This doesn’t look good. http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6593/648967 You can read more about the link at: The Gulf – It Is Worse Than We Thought. The reply by JLawson: No, it doesn’t. In fact – that’s about as far from ‘good’ as I could imagine.…

The Oil Drum has an excellent bit of speculation (backed with knowledge) about what is going on with the blown out well in the Gulf of Mexico. (you should read the whole thing) All of these things lead to only one place, a fully wide open well bore directly to the oil deposit…after that, it…

For criticizing the Islamists, Bruce Bawer has become an enemy of the people — and he might even be liable for criminal prosecution. In Norway of all places. Being an American of Norwegian heritage, I take this personally, and I think that the Norwegian government is making all Norwegians look bad. In fact, I feel…

In a discussion of Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill it seems as if a commenter has found that some one is missing. captainjack Jun 14, 2010 03:56 PM ET This problem calls for someone with managerial experience and knowlege of the oil business. Hum, see if you can find that resume from that…

Speaking of entitlements like food, housing, and healthcare, advocates for the poor are now insisting that having a cell phone is also a necessity of life which should be taxpayer-subsidized: Should the poor have cell phones? It’s a question that has engaged both ends of the political spectrum since 2004, when the conservative Heritage Foundation…

The New Your Post is discussing President Present’s inadequate response to the Gulf Oil Spill. As usual I think the best commentary is in the comments. Like this one: Mainer1776 06/13/2010 6:22 AM This week we’ve learned that assistance from countries that are experienced in oil spill clean-up was rejected repeatedly by the Obama administration…

While I never liked the term “fag hag” or the superficial stereotypical thinking surrounding the whole meme, an article in Scientific American discusses the latest research results. Not only are women who are attracted to gay men not as ugly as commonly supposed, but according to one expert, their existence has encouraged and facilitated gay…

Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Toledo Museum of Art, and I only wish I had visited the place earlier. In my state of ignorance, I had assumed that the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) would be the the be all and end all, and I was both annoyed and disappointed by a…

Cross Posted at Power and Control

The US Government has a plan. A plan to deliver us from the the scourge of drugs. Really. For sure. Well OK not so sure. It is hard to sell sure after the twentieth or thirtieth time. Well it is all good. But not in fun. Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 2,200 people…

A new trend in crime is taking the form of vicious, potentially fatal attacks by children. They prey on older people whom the attackers deem incapable of defending themselves: Vincent Poppa, 72, spent 39 days at Methodist Hospital after he was assaulted, robbed, and stomped by a group of youths, the victim of the notorious…

I’ll bet you didn’t know that wasting trillions was a conservative strategy. It is. In one of the biggest pork barrel projects in America. The Drug War. After 40 years, the United States’ war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence…

The Euro is going down. Not with a whimper but with a bang. A trillion dollar bang. Mrs Merkel is right: “The euro is in danger… if the euro fails, then Europe fails.” What she has not yet admitted publicly is that the main cause of the single currency’s peril appears beyond her control and…

Do you have the right to eat what you want? To most people, even posing such a question would seem ridiculous, as we take such freedoms for granted. Yet the idea that there should be free choice in foods is under relentless assault by neo-Prohibitionist busybodies who believe that the government should prohibit food deemed…