Archive for June, 2010

The President and I Differ on the Meaning of the Word “Rest”, and Other Words.

| June 20, 2010 | Comments (15)

President Obama, May 26, 2010: And let me reiterate:  We will not rest until this well is shut, the environment is repaired, and the cleanup is complete. President Obama, May 27, 2010: And I know that doesn’t lessen the enormous sense of anger and frustration felt by people on the Gulf and so many Americans. [...]

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Sarah Palin Says Yes to Pot; I Take Agent J’s Side

Sarah Palin Says Yes to Pot; I Take Agent J’s Side

| June 19, 2010 | Comments (14)

Sarah Palin’s just an endless fount of surprises, isn’t she? Dig what she said this week on Fox News courtesy of Michael van der Galien. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin – one of the most influential conservative women of our time – said during a recent appearance on Fox News that she doesn’t have a [...]

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Walpin Denied: Court Says He Wasn’t “Fired” Fired

| June 19, 2010 | Comments (15)

Rule of law? Whatever on Earth is that? A federal judge in Washington has dismissed the wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by Gerald Walpin, the AmeriCorps inspector general who was fired last year by President Obama. And not just dismissed; if the decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts stands, in the future the White House will [...]

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Disaster by Committee is an Unmitigated Disaster

| June 17, 2010 | Comments (13)

A couple days ago, one of my left-wing commenters too umbrage with my idea that the President stop treating Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen like a “fierce advocate” and start treating him like a military commander with a distinct chain of command. The commenter in question claimed that Allen wasn’t a military commander (heh) but [...]

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More Aslan, More Better!

| June 17, 2010 | Comments (4)

Gird your loins, Narnia fans. The trailer for the next movie in C.S. Lewis’ wonderful world is out and it looks pretty good. Off-screen are the two eldest Pevensie kids and in is a new cousin (this will be no shock to you Lewis aficionados). You won’t get any large-scale battle scenes, but there looks to [...]

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“The Puppy Flinger”…Starring Christian Bale?

| June 17, 2010 | Comments (0)

Were I the professional journalist who wrote this story, I would be pretty happy today. Not only did the story make the rounds of the blogosphere (start your tour with Moe Lane, I Own the World, and memeorandum) but it also could provide a bright and prosperous future for an ambitious writer. How so? Well, dig the headline [...]

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How the Oil Turns: From Selling it Snake-Style to Drowning in It.

| June 16, 2010 | Comments (0)

All you really need to know about last night’s super-important Presidential Oval Office speech you can get from these two paragraphs: On April 20th, an explosion ripped through BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, about forty miles off the coast of Louisiana. Eleven workers lost their lives. Seventeen others were injured. And soon, nearly a mile [...]

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The Conspiracy in SC is that the Dems Didn’t Run A Campaign Either.

| June 15, 2010 | Comments (0)

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about the strange case of candidate Alvin Greene, the unemployed military veteran, future arrestee, and political novice who came from the backwoods of South Carolina to beat the stuffing out of Vic Rawl. Greene did no campaigning, sent out no literature, bought no lawn signs, made no phone calls, but [...]

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