Daily Archives for August 13, 2012
Debates to be moderated by one side only
TweetA few days back, CNN’s Candy Crowley said the Romney/Ryan ticket “looks a little bit like some sort of ticket death wish”. Which I’ll be happy to declare a neutral and “objective” bit of journalistic analysis once she declares that … Continue reading
“Obama co-opts free-market rhetoric to boost health law”
TweetWait, you mean control over the language matters? And here I was told such an assertion was fundamentally unserious. Washington Times: [...] in a new twist, Obama has decided to co-opt free-market rhetoric to promote his big-government polices. Here’s what … Continue reading
Oh my!
Tweet“REPORT: Illegal Aliens Left 1,000 Tons of Trash Along AZ Border LAST YEAR”. Here’s my fantasy: a 5-round cage fight between a family of noble, law-breaking Mexicans just yearning to be free (and to be free of their cumbersome, freedom-slowing … Continue reading
Compare and contrast
TweetI presented you with the real DNC characterization, by way of Debbie Wasserman Schultz (and her pet poodle, Mr Tinkles, who sleeps curled up on her scalp) of Paul Ryan earlier; now here’s NRO’s Peter Kirsanow ostensibly parodying the New … Continue reading
Feature or Bug?
TweetUnder ObamaCare directive, 15-year-olds in Oregon can request and be given sterilization without parental consent or notification. The Leftist Utopian Daddystate cares, you see. About “privacy rights.” And if fighting for such “privacy rights” for teens who in other circumstances … Continue reading
Debbie Wasserman Schultz becomes a parody of a parody of herself
TweetI was all set to point to the litany of flat-out falsehoods and misinformation DNC Chair Ms Wasserman Schultz and her unfortunate hair dished out to CNN’s Soledad O’Brien, but the truth is, why go further than simply highlighting this? … Continue reading
“… faith, family and neighborliness really do seem to fill the role that liberals usually assign to the state.” [Darleen Click]
TweetRoss Douthat on Romney’s Mormonism Start with Romney the man, so often dismissed as hollow, cynical and inauthentic. His various political reinventions notwithstanding, Romney clearly does have deep convictions: the evidence is in his intense commitment to his church, as … Continue reading
