Saturday, November 1, 2008

That's all you're gonna get....

Obama in 2-D
"Get back to me on that Tuesday night. We’ll know by then whether an entire constitutional republic has decided to contract marriage with a two-dimensional character and to attempt to take up residence in the two-dimensional world. For many of his supporters, Barack Obama is an idea. He offers “hope, not fear”. “Hope” of what? “Hope” of “change.” Okay, but “change” to what? Ah, well, there you go again, getting all hung up on three-dimensional reality, when we’ve moved way beyond that. I don’t know which cartoon character Taichi Takashita is eyeing as his betrothed, but up in the sky Obamaman is flying high, fighting for Hope, Change, and a kind of Post-Modern American Way."

Friday, October 31, 2008

Idiots will pevail....

Cassandra
Erica Jong speculates on the outcome of an Obama electoral loss in terms which set the standard for the word hysteria.

Gay Patriot:

In contrast to Carter, even accepting the Democratic nomination for President, Obama had already begun breaking his promises. If he can’t keep a promise he made about the way he was going to campaign, how can we trust him to keep the promises he has made about how he’s going to run the country?

Do ya' think?

Mets face harsh reality with Phillies' win
"It was the morning after the night before, and echoes from downtown Philadelphia still were audible -- even in Kansas."

Not what you think - Watch!!!

Oh, well....

As a Conservative, I Must Say I Do Quite Like the Cut of this Obama Fellow's Jib:
"How can I say this, you ask? One look at this Obama chap is all the answer you need. Suave, tanned, unflappable, Harvard connections; it's obvious that here is a man to the conservative manor born. One imagines him at the helm of the Ship of State, basked in the sunlight diffusing through the seaspray over the bow, like some beautiful rugged Othello from a rapturous Ralph Lauren catalog, calmly issuing instructions to the deck crew in that magnificent mellifluous baritone of his. It's that easy-going, almost effortless grace that has all the A-list conservatives like David Frum and Kathleen Parker whispering Reaganesque in hushed tones. Even Peggy Noonan -- the Grand Dame of Gipperism -- has succumbed to Obama's undeniable conservative charms. Just last month I listened to her wax poetic about the Adonis of Chicago between chukkers at the Newport Club polo tournament final. 'Why Peggy, you old dowager,' I quipped, 'I believe you just had an orgasm.'"

An interesting debate that could go on for quite a while...

On Washington State’s Ballot - Doctor-Assisted Suicide
"On Tuesday, however, its neighbor to the north, and in many ways its cultural reflection, will decide whether to adopt its own assisted-suicide law, the Washington Death With Dignity Act. The ballot initiative, modeled on Oregon’s, would let mentally competent, terminally ill adults obtain a doctor’s prescription for a lethal dose of medication.

Polls have shown that more Washington voters support the initiative than oppose it, but, like the Oregon measure, it is controversial and closely contested. Religious groups, along with some advocates for the disabled and some doctors, aggressively oppose it, raising questions about ethics and the way the Oregon law has been carried out."

Great quote...

"If the lunch truly is free, the demand for free lunches will be large."

Let's hear it for the supposed "Little Guy"

Big Donors Drive Obama's Money Edge

Lost in the attention given to Obama's Internet surge is that only a quarter of the $600 million he has raised has come from donors who made contributions of $200 or less, according to a review of his FEC reports. That is actually slightly less, as a percentage, than President Bush raised in small donations during his 2004 race, although Obama has pulled from a far larger number of donors. In 2004, the Bush campaign claimed more than 2 million donors, while the Obama campaign claims to have collected its total from more than 3.1 million individuals.

"It's just unbelievable," said Thomas A. Daschle, the former Senate leader who is a top Obama adviser. "I don't know that anybody could have anticipated that the numbers would be this good."

Even some Republicans have come away impressed.

Patterico has some additional thoughts on the subject.....

Paul Johnson hits the mark....

Can We Afford Liberalism Now?
"If we seriously wish to repair the damage, we need to accept that this is fundamentally a moral crisis, not a financial one. It is the product of the self-indulgence and complacency born of our ultraliberal societies, which have substituted such pseudo-religions as political correctness and saving the planet for genuine distinctions between right and wrong and the cultivation of real virtues."

Read it all... it's well worth the time.

Rascists....

Quick Presidential Prediction:
"If Barack Obama becomes President-Elect next week, don't expect any of the snide anti-american Brits, Aussie and others to change their tune. They've had a hate figure in Bush for the past eight years, and I don't doubt that Barack Obama will become an equal hate figure within a short amount time.

This will be because walking in the Oval Office and actually executing the power is never the same as criticising from the sidelines. They will not be able to help themself the minute Obama has to say something positive about Israel, or makes nosies in the wrong direction towards Iran or some other state.

Mark my words, you'll still here and read crap about how America is 'slaughtering' people in Middle East; how she has her hands tied by the evil Jews in Israel, and all other manner of Noam Chomsky-style bullshit about so-called American imperialism."

You get what you don't pay for....

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Say it ain't so....

Beatles Version of Rock Band to Offer Unprecedented Gameplay

Always close to the mark....

Steyn:
"This is an amazing race. The incumbent president has approval ratings somewhere between Robert Mugabe and the ebola virus. The economy is supposedly on the brink of global Armageddon. McCain has only $80 million to spend, while Obama's burning through $600 mil as fast as he can, and he doesn't really need to spend a dime given the wall-to-wall media adoration. And tonight Chris Matthews' doctors announced that his leg tingle has metastasized leaving his entire body like a vibrating cellphone whose ringtone is locked on 'I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy.'

And yet an old cranky broke loser is within two or three points of the King of the World. Strange."

Can't say I'm happy about it....

Phillies 4, Rays 3 - For Phillies and City, Title Is Worth the Wait

OK, I'll admit right upfront that I am a confirmed, long-time Philadelphia-hating bigot. Any and all things, especially the sports teams and their miserable fans, having to do with this third-rate metropolis brings out the bile in me. So even if I wasn't a Met fan (and, yes, I am incredibly jealous and pissed-off about this particular championship), I would still be spitting at the images of those oh so happy Phillies and their disgusting followers.

I was pulling for the Rays the whole way; and I never root for the American League team - even if it's the Yankees. So get your jollies in now citizens of the City of Brotherly Hatred, because it's going to be very long seasons for the Flyers, Eagles and 76'ers; and going forward you will have all the time in the world to rain venom down on your other beloved teams. See you in April when, hopefully, the Mets have finally learned their lesson and start playing baseball like men instead of overpaid weenies...... (There must be a Yiddish word or expression for this, but I'll have to come up with it later).

For all us geeks:

Remembering the Apple Lisa - 25 Years (Yikes!) Later:

VDH still thinks we're better than most....

America Compared to What?:
"Republicans let fast-talking Wall Street gurus gamble their firms into oblivion. Democrats allowed politically correct Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bureaucrats to siphon off bonuses while guaranteeing loans to millions who had no business taking out a mortgage.

We, the people, ran up credit cards, borrowed for overpriced houses, and drove gas-guzzling cars fueled by high-priced imported fuel. The result was a national-debt flu — but not a depression cancer — that sickened an otherwise healthy host.

Why then would America in recession still be in better shape than others?"

GayPatriot has a point...

Crybaby Barney Frank Plays the Gay Card:
"Grow up, Barney, quit your belly-aching, admit your mistakes, resign from the chairmanship of the House Financial Services Committee and become a role model of responsiblity for gay people. Because right now you’re an embarrassment to all of us."

Belmont Club...

They stand there like a stone:
"I come to America with a mission. All is not well in the old world. There is a tremendous danger looming, and it is very difficult to be optimistic. We might be in the final stages of the Islamization of Europe. This not only is a clear and present danger to the future of Europe itself, it is a threat to America and the sheer survival of the West. The danger I see looming is the scenario of America as the last man standing. The United States as the last bastion of Western civilization, facing an Islamic Europe. In a generation or two, the US will ask itself: who lost Europe?"

Instapundit.com -

"FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MADE $250,000 A YEAR, then they came for the people who made $150,000 a year, and then, well, you can guess the rest of the story . . . ."

Change!!!!

Democrats changing the Party, not the problem

Howard Dean, 2008:

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that he’s looking forward to one party controlling all aspects of government, despite GOP charges that it would be a disastrous Nov. 4 outcome. “Republicans had a chance to rule. They failed miserably. I think it’s time to give the other party a chance,” Dean said on MSNBC.

Howard Dean, 2005:

We need more than one party in charge. And the vote on Tuesday is going to be critical to decide whether American democracy still allows those of us who didn't vote for the president to have any say in running the country whatsoever.
[...]
Someday, the Democrats will be back in charge again. Do we want a Democratic Party that's in charge of everything? Well, you know, I suppose it's my job to say yes. But the truth is, as an American, it's better when parties share power. It's better when even those people who didn't win the election have something to say.
[...]
[There] is a culture of corruption and abuse of power in Washington. This is what happens when one party is in charge of everything.

Change!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Roger feels as I do......

Obama and the Eternal Return

What I find depressing about this–as, indeed, about the whole Obama juggernaut–is the extent to which it represents a return of bad ideas that have already been tried time and again, have failed and made people poorer and less stalwart, and yet seem poised to make a sorry comeback once again. I’ve written about the “déjà-vu-all-over-again” phenomenon before in this space. Bill Ayers? Haven’t we done that? Jeremiah Wright? Haven’t we done that, too? Haven’t we tried Obama’s “soak the rich,” anti-business economic policies? Haven’t we tried his “can’t-we-all-just-get-along” foreign policy? Don’t we know that economics is about the creation rather than the redistribution of wealth, and that low taxes and strategies that encourage productivity and investment are best calculated to make the entire society, including the less fortunate, more prosperous? Don’t we know where appeasement and capitulation get us in foreign affairs? Don’t we remember Jimmy Carter? Haven’t we learned anything?

Apparently not....

Seems pretty accurate to me....

John McCain -- The Agony of a Gadfly
"This is the McCain paradox: No other Republican candidate had a character and background — as a courageously independent spirit — better suited to making the presidential campaign competitive this year. But perhaps no Republican candidate was so poorly suited to the task of running a presidential race."

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Spreading the wealth, and screwing up.....

Bill Ayers calls the cops......



In the old days he would have called the cops and then shot them.....

Just doing their jobs?

BAM STAFFERS PULL THEIR BOGUS OHIO BALLOTS
"Thirteen campaign workers for Barack Obama yesterday yanked their voter registrations and ballots in Ohio after being warned by a prosecutor that temporary residents can't vote in the battleground state.

A dozen staffers - including Obama Ohio spokeswoman Olivia Alair and James Cadogan, who recently joined Team Obama - signed a form letter asking the Franklin County elections board to pull their names from the rolls."

Via Instapundit...

BOB KERREY ON OUR IN-THE-TANK PRESS:

Kerrey, who's now president of The New School, claimed that "the big unreported story" of the election cycle "is the tremendous spending advantage Obama's got. If everything else is equal, and it's not equal in this race, but if everything else is equal, McCain hasn't got a chance."

Asked why he thinks the story isn't getting adequate coverage, he responded, "There's a liberal bias. There's a preference for Obama and it's getting underreported as a result."

Then Kerrey got specific.

"If this thing was running the other way, if Obama was taking the public money and McCain had opted out and raised $150 million in September, do you think The New York Times would have an editorial against it?

Indeed.

Amazing...

Redistribution of Wealth Experiment:
"In a local restaurant my server had on a “Obama 08″ tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference–just imagine the coincidence.

When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need–the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.

I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I’ve decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.

At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.

I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application."

Via Instapundit: And if you split the tip among two homeless guys, they can outvote the waiter every time!