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Wednesday, October 27. 2010

Weds. morning links


Pic is a Dunkin in LaGuardia Airport


Jacoby begins:



THE HILLS are alive with the sound of liberal Democratic contempt for the electorate.



ObamaCare: What’s Ailing Democrats


Jay Cost looks at the impending damage to the Dems


Dr. Helen is Where the boys are


How to go to college without losing your mind


The New Road to Serfdom, by one of our heroes, the Brit Daniel Hannan


Krauthammer on Obama: "...his self-regard is quite infinite here."


Insty on the O:



"This kind of inflammatory rhetoric is dangerous. I don’t think we’ve ever seen its like from a sitting President."



Prager: This Is a Referendum, Not an Election


Fighting the Tea Party is like fighting the Taliban - asymmetrical warfare


Good analogy


Black guy looks for racism, cannot find any. He's angry anyway,


Maybe he's angry because he couldn't find any...


Biden:



"Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive...”


OK, Joe. Name three.
Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 05:12 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Mr. Benjamin's story puts me in mind of another kind of acceptance. I'm a Theist rather than a Christian, but I am welcome in the Methodist congregation that has embraced my family and me. As for the "affable black man" part -- well, yes, if you're stand-offish and take offense easily, you may find people invite you to less stuff.
I hesitate to call shooting a "boys' skill" or "a man's game" because we have a number of shooters who blast rings around my son and me -- some men, some women, and some quite a bit older than me. We had a mother-son combo recently; son was my age. Mom outshot me. And I'm a decent shooter.
#1 Geoff Brown on 2010-10-27 09:55 (Reply)
Mr. Benjamin is the eternal victim.
#2 Ray on 2010-10-27 13:23 (Reply)
I would speculate that three "Great Ideas' Joe might mention are

1) the income tax
2) witholding
3) Affirmative action
#3 feeblemind on 2010-10-27 15:29 (Reply)

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