7-minute brownies.

I love Jonah Goldberg, and he absolutely tees off on Obama this morning:
All presidents go through rough patches, and Obama’s no exception. Odds are his poll numbers will get better — and worse — in the years to come. All of this is typical.
But this misses a crucial point: Obama isn’t supposed to be a [...]

Thundercrack.

That should be the new code name for Obama’s “Stimulus” package since it’s clear by now that nothing remotely stimulating has occurred despite his gloom and doom threats (promises?) of so many months ago. And why was the Stimulus doomed from the start? Because when you open spigots of money, people are going to rush [...]

Race to the bottom.

When a black man can’t be identified as a black man . . . what’s become of our great Republic?

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – The woman who reported a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says she tried to be careful and honest with her words, never thinking they [...]

The hustler.

That’s right, I’m talking about Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates. You know who he is, right?

By now, you should all be familiar with the sad story of Professor Gates, our unfortunate President, and the eminently professional police Sgt. James Crowley. If not, I direct you here. In a nutshell, a neighbor observed 2 men attempting [...]

New contributor.

Hello, loyal readers—
As you might have guessed by my recent sabbatical/hiatus, sometimes writing this blog requires just a little bit more energy than I’m able to give. That’s why I recently reached out to a friend of the blog (and to the Author!) to lend a hand and keep the place interesting in the event [...]

Acting stupidly.

Excellent writeup of the Gates/Obama affair by Victor Davis Hanson:
In the jargon of postmodernism, the president asserted one racial narrative as truth, while most of multiracial America accepted quite another: that Professor’s Gates’s contacts and friendships gave him privileged treatment not accorded to others who scream and blow up at policemen, and that minority males [...]

Poll dancer.

Latest from Rasmussen:

Morocco challenges Mideast Holocaust mind-set

The craziest thing is that the AP is attempting to appear even handed and open minded…which is great….except when the topic is the Holocaust….in which case anyone who “argues” that it didn’t happen isn’t really “arguing”…but “ranting”…and should be treated with the “respect” any sane person would ordinarily accord a slug…or an empty beer can…or [...]

Life.

Here’s what you should be most afraid of if the radical left currently in control of Washington get their way on destroying adequate health care in America:
The Congressional majority wants to pay for its $1 trillion to $1.6 trillion health bills with new taxes and a $500 billion cut to Medicare. This cut will come [...]

The scorpion and the frog.

It’s actually sort of amusing how everyone’s so shocked (Shocked, I say!) about Obama’s “sudden” lurch to the left.  It’s like the proverbial frog being surprised to find that–halfway across the river–the scorpion that he’d been so kind to carry on his back has bitten him. As the poison courses through his body, the [...]

Snapshot.

Has Obama rescued the economy? You very well may think that if you get your news from the NY Times or MSNBC or any one of a trillion other mouthpieces for the Democrat party, but reality (as it often does) has intervened to spoil the party.
Cast thine eyes on this from the indispensible Innocent Bystanders [...]

Represent.

From the “if we don’t want it, what are our elected officials doing pushing for it” file, comes this latest Rasmussen report:
The health care reform legislation working its way through Congress has lost support over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% of U.S. voters are at least somewhat [...]

Wonderful.

Sometimes an apt analogy is the perfect medicine for thick-headedness.
Check this out:

Reagan on Socialized Medicine.

Pop some corn, close your eyes, and channel the Gipper for a few minutes as he clearly explains why socialized medicine is an awful and unAmerican idea.

By the way, here’s the Norman Thomas quote:
“The American people will never vote for socialism. But, under the name of ‘liberalism,’ the American people will [...]

Hide the ball.

There’s a trick play in baseball where the first baseman pretends to throw the ball back to the pitcher after a pickoff attempt, but instead, he actually holds on to it. He hides it in his glove. The idea is to get the runner on first to bite on the ruse and wander off the [...]

Fallout boy.

With the economy still faltering and jobs still being lost, Mr. Obama’s credibility is sinking and his job approval rating is declining along with the popularity of his initiatives. Republicans, who had insisted the stimulus was wasteful and wouldn’t work, are being vindicated.
The political fallout that mattered most, however, has been among Democrats in the [...]

Waste.

It’s not surprising that the much-ballyhooed “economic stimulus” hasn’t done much stimulating. President Obama and his aides argue that it’s too early to expect startling results. They have a point. A $14 trillion economy won’t revive in a nanosecond. But the defects of the $787 billion package go deeper and won’t be cured by time. [...]

Face value.

Just as Obama intensifies his efforts to fulfill a campaign promise and reach an agreement with Congress on health care reform, the number of Americans who say they trust the president has fallen from 66 percent to 54 percent. At the same time, the percentage of those who say they do not trust the president [...]

Hiatus

Boy, it’s been quite a month, huh? I know there are a few of you out there who actually follow what I’m doing here and to you I apologize for the lack of content here the past month. No excuses really (certainly not a lack of news!) other than the fact that I was tired [...]