Archive for March, 2011
So Sad: It’s Possible that Snooki Will Book a Commencement Address Before the President
Normally, a President is overwhelmed at this time of year with invitations to speak at high school commencement exercises all over the country. Not this year. No, folks, this year the bloom is off the Hopenchange rose. The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school [...]
It’s Not a Death Panel If It’s Just One Person, Right?
I don’t suppose it’s far for me to point to this story and mutter “Death Panels” under my breath because an actual panel isn’t involved. It’s just one woman who, thanks to the her national government, wields a ridiculous amount of power and wants to let babies die because she thinks the money spent to [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Long Form Monday Edition
As you may have noticed, there wasn’t a lot of activity at The Shack this weekend. I decided to take a day or so off to work on a couple projects on which I’ve wanted to devote some time. If things go well, I’ll be able to tell you more about them soon. If not, [...]
Watch That Tricky Par 4, Mr President…And the Economy Too, If You Can Spare the Time
Maybe this seems like nitpicking, but isn’t 60 golf trips in 26 months just a tad bit excessive for a chief executive who is on-call all day, every day? I’m reasonably sure that the CEO of, say, IBM doesn’t go on golf trips more than twice a month. I’m darned sure that said CEO wouldn’t [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Gnarly Gnarlington Friday Edition
I may have a sickness. I can’t get enough of Charlie Sheen’s gonzo quotes. In barely a week, the guy has produced more taglines and quotable bits than the entirely of network television has done in a year. He may be on a rocket-sled to an epic-level breakdown but he’s going to do it in [...]
Why is Michael Moore a Socialist? It Rhymes with “Wreconimic Lupidity”
Someone decided it would be a good idea to sit the Baron Harkonnen-ish Michael Moore in front of a camera and capture his gaseous emanations for posterity. The result was a cloud of stale socialism and self-righteous stank that Doug Powers, Bryan Preston, and Jonah Goldberg all treated the same way you’d treat the air [...]
If You Notice That Paul Krugman is Hesitant to Sit Down, Here’s Why
I linked to Iowahawk’s brilliant takedown of Paul Krugman in this morning’s CtBT post, but I want to give it a bit more attention because it is absolutely brilliant. Krugman tried to run out the growing progressive meme that Wisconsin students get a better education because their teachers have full collective bargaining. The problem with [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – An Abundance of Links Thursday Edition
Blogging was nearly non-existent yesterday and will be again today. I have a couple pressing projects — one for my current job and one that will, if the Almighty wills it and I write well, land me another job. The latter took up much of my free-thinking time today and will likely consume much of [...]
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