But remember, people. Using a word like “fascism” to describe, well, fascism, is overwrought and very, very unhelpful. Best just to pretend that the most tyrannical of our political opponents are good men (and women) who, once you bracket the tyrannical impulses with which they govern, just happen to differ with us on the issues. We can be proud of our forbearance later, at home, while we’re masturbating to our
September 2010
Reprise
For the Tea Party Movement Come senators, congressmen Please heed the call Don’t stand in the doorway Don’t block up the hall For he that gets hurt Will be he who has stalled There’s a battle outside ragin’. It’ll soon shake your windows And rattle your walls For the times they are a-changin’. Come mothers and fathers Throughout the land And don’t criticize What you can’t understand Your sons and
follow-up post to the "a protein wisdom MACH 2 filler post, because I managed only 2 hours of sleep last evening and plan on going right back to bed once I drop my son off at school" post
I’m serious. Obama is like, totally in over his head, and the only chance we have of saving our country is if we vote for any warm body with an R in front of his name. What these good and kind and strong and able candidates actually believe in is a question of ideology, and we haven’t the time just now for pointy-headed philosophical discussions. This is a crisis. We
a protein wisdom MACH 2 filler post, because I managed only 2 hours of sleep last evening and plan on going right back to bed once I drop my son off at school
Man, is that Barack Obama in over his head or what? — Which is why I like Republicans so much. They’re good and kind and strong and able, and they oftentimes wear American flag pins on their power suits. While those who oppose them are like, so totally not good and kind and strong and able — and like, oftentimes so totally don’t wear the pins. Discuss.
"A Blind Eye to Campus Anti-Semitism?"
Don’t answer that. It’s a rhetorical question. But it’s the why that is so interesting: The lack of a coherent legal conception of Jewish identity has rendered the Office for Civil Rights (henceforth, OCR) unable to cope with a resurgence of anti–Semitic incidents on American college campuses, of which the Irvine situation is enragingly emblematic. The problem stems from the fact that federal agents have jurisdiction under Title VI of
"Pelosi has pocketed nearly twice as much lobbyist cash as Boehner"
Just so’s you know: from 1999 until today, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, Boehner has raised $299,490 from lobbyists. For comparison, Harry Reid, Blanche Lincoln, and Chuck Schumer have each raised more money from lobbyists in this cycle alone. This election cycle, Boehner is not even in the top 20 recipients of lobbyist cash. He’s raised less than $40,000 from lobbyists this cycle — compared to Nancy Pelosi’s
Creeping creeping creeping
Ever closer: Data support the proposition that Americans like generous government programs and don’t want to lose them. So while 70% of Americans told pollsters at the Pew Research Center in 2009 they agreed that “people are better off in a free market economy, even though there may be severe ups and downs from time to time,” large majorities favor keeping our social insurance programs intact. This leads conventional thinkers
"Barack Obama and Sarah Palin: Whose endorsement carries the most clout with U.S. voters these days?"
Answer: would you please repeat the question?
FOOTBALL!
Open thread for today’s games. But let’s make it interesting: pick this week’s games (before kickoff) — you each get New Orleans over Minnesota as my gift — and the poster who gets the most correct wins the coveted prize, “Commenter of the Week”. Or some such hokum. Pick the final scores of the Monday Night games as a (potential) tie breaker. Here are my picks: Miami over Buffalo Tennessee
"The Obama Heyday Is Over"…?
Kim Strassel thinks so. Me, I remain dubious — if only because 1) I don’t trust any elected Democrat who hasn’t long ago distanced himself from Obama’s quasi-Marxsist / fascist ruling style, and 2) I can envision a scenario wherein Obama takes the rejection of the electorate so personally that he goes nuclear to teach us a lesson in who is boss. He isn’t the good man I knew. Strassel:
