Archive for: March 2009

The Romance novel cover is a parody, this is not After completing my assigned duties as a volunteer at President Obama’s townhall meeting yesterday, it was time for the program to begin, and I didn’t have a seat. Most of the volunteers didn’t have seats; we were expected to watch from alongside one wall, unless we got lucky and found an actual empty chair. But as I was trying to get out of the way of the Secret Service and a stray cameraman, a fella looked up and said, “Oh, do you need a seat? Let me move this stuff …”

I was in the front row, to the right of the podium. The invocation was just ending …

An introduction, and then the President was at the podium, 12 feet away from me. It took everything in my power not to drag out the Velcro and rubber bands to fling myself up there and stick to him. The crowd’s reaction was instant, loud, compelling, infectious. Frantically and joyously clapping their hands, screaming his name. OBAMA OBAMA OBAMA! I happily joined in. We volunteers had been … well, let’s say “encouraged” to comport ourselves with dignity and composure. Yeah, yeah, screw that, it’s O-time now, baby!

I was already stupid insane. When I wasn’t taking pictures, I was watching every move he made. And then he took off his suit jacket. I have always had a thing for a well-constructed man’s back in a crisp white shirt. Fine. Mmmm hmmm.Dare you to read the rest:

Via Dan (who himself dealt with this topic yesterday) comes this piece from James Lewis touching on the topic of idealizing Otherness that I brushed against yesterday in my dealings with Mr Seiple and his …

Evidently Gene Healy hasn’t been reading his David Horowitz…

– Well, except for the “Republicans do it too,” part, maybe.

Benjamin Kerstein, The New Ledger:It must be said [...] that Oliphant’s cartoon is somewhat unique in adopting [...] these themes into a single image, reflecting the cumulative influence of antisemitisms both past and present. Combined with its publication in …

Remember: it is okay to be “unhappy” with this. Even to express moderate “concern.”

But please. Try not to embarrass the legitimate and skilled public critics who’ve selected themselves to do your complaining for you. …

“N. Korea has 2 nuclear warheads for Rodong missiles, group says”. From Kyodo News, via Rantburg:The U.S. and South Korean intelligence organizations have obtained information North Korea has two nuclear warheads that could be mounted on mid-range …

…for our little experiment in freedom, now so clearly moribund.

I feel like digging up Saul Alinsky and dumping his corpse on the doorstep of Mr Berg’s finely appointed townhouse.

So he can really see the rot for himself.

Of course, what …

WSJ:GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner got the Presidential boot over the weekend, and GM was given two months to reorganize, or get forced into a “quick and surgical” bankruptcy. For once, we agree with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, who called …

Me? Like a freakin’ Clydesdale, baby…

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