“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.” — George Orwell
By Jimmie on Jan 6, 2009 in The Long War Here At Home | 0 Comments
This is an instructive review of just who knew what about our so-called “torture” of detainees and when. It’s important to keep these things in mind because there will come a time in the coming administration when these facts will matter greatly. People like Nancy Pelosi will lie right to our faces and swear that [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 25, 2008 in Alliances and Allies, Fighting the Islamists, The Long War Here At Home | 0 Comments
It’s don’t have much to say about this movie made about a Christmas in a world that we have thrown into the garbage can of cynicism and egotism. Watching Britain celebrate Christmas during the Blitz and listening to the American narrator all but begging his countrymen to get into the fight and help them put [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 23, 2008 in Fighting the Islamists, The Long War Here At Home | 0 Comments
I remember when these guys were first arrested. The going story then was that they really weren’t terribly serious about what they were doing, that they were just a bunch of guys running around in the woods playing jihadis. Most stories that I remember downplayed that they were trying very hard to score automatic weapons [...]
By Jimmie on Dec 6, 2008 in The Good Old US of A, The Long War Here At Home | 0 Comments
A little girl in North Carolina wanted just two things from Santa: a toy truck and her Daddy. Her Daddy is a Sergeant serving us in Iraq. She even learned a special song for Santa, to help convince him to grant her Christmas wish.
And when she saw Santa, the jolly fat man delivered.
What? My eyes? [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 21, 2008 in Conservativism, Free Speech (?), President Barack Obama, The Long War Here At Home | 0 Comments
David Brooks has stars in his eyes. His kind of people are in charge and won’t it just be a happy day when all those Ivy League-educated brains start pumping out the IQ power!
Jan. 20, 2009, will be a historic day. Barack Obama (Columbia, Harvard Law) will take the oath of office as his wife, [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 13, 2008 in The Long War Here At Home, The Rise of the Nanny State | 1 Comment
Manzi is good; Manzi is wise.
What would it mean to have GM go bankrupt? A change in ownership and a renegotiation of contracts.
The factories, computers, office space, intellectual property and so forth that are now owned by GM would not disappear; they would basically become the property of GM’s creditors. These creditors would sell the [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 10, 2008 in Featured, Fighting the Islamists, The Long War Here At Home | 0 Comments
On November 10, 1775 the Continental Congress issued the following resolution:
Resolved, That two Battalions of marines be raised, consisting of one Colonel, two Lieutenant Colonels, two Majors, and other officers as usual in other regiments; and that they consist of an equal number of privates with other battalions; that particular care be taken, that no [...]
By Jimmie on Nov 6, 2008 in Oh, THAT liberal media., President Barack Obama, President George Bush, The Long War Here At Home | 3 Comments
You know you’re in trouble when the New York Times begins an editorial like this:
This is one of those moments in history when it is worth pausing to reflect on the basic facts:
Here is the most basic of the Times’ “basic facts”. You can see just how far into Bizarro World the paper is when [...]
