Thursday, February 17. 2005
The whole world, it seems, is away in Vail or Telluride or Florida for the long weekend. Except for the Bird Dog, and of course the LYF. If you have a herd of 150 dairy cattle, you can't exactly drop them off at the kennel on your way to the airport.
This reminds me of the old saw: "Is there intelligent life on earth?" Isn't the real question "Is there beer on Mars?"
Wednesday, February 16. 2005
Well, not really...not yet anyway! Would not care to be Moonves right about now.
An amazing link, which David Horowitz posted yesterday. Every detail about the power, people, organizations, etc. dominating the very active Left in America today. So good I think we'll add it to the blogroll.
In case you had the impression that New Zealand had grown out of the Stone Age. Maybe we don't let their astronomers use the Hubble. And a depressing story about what is going on in Turkey these days - one of my favorite countries to visit. wonderful smart people, great food, good wines which they refuse to export, and fascinating, deeply historical countryside. If they lose their tourism, and the EU membership, it could end badly, and that would be a heck of a shame.
Courtesy of Instapundit - Law suits brewing at CBS:
A Milk-Bone to M and Gwynnie for retrieving these links: Remarkable: Click here: Photos - Ice Hotel
Tuesday, February 15. 2005
Re: Swan Lake and Stalin - one more example of why TNR is an essential magazine.
Would have been a good post for Valentine's Day, and maybe a useful propaganda piece for all of the queens and princesses in our lives.
Is there a life-boat for us when the universe dies?
These dog bones courtesy of Gwynnie and Real Clear Politics:
Monday, February 14. 2005
How good is Iowahawk? Too good.
You can read his work by clicking here.
The remarkable Belmont Club fills me with humility because of his/her/their intelligence, breadth of knowledge, and breadth of information. But their commentators are equally good. I hope people read them along with Belmont's commentary. Please note the following harvested (stolen?) from Belmont's readers recently: "Both the Left and Salafist Jihadism are thouroughly modern rejections of modernism. Both are eschatological creeds, promising heaven on Earth and the abolition of injustice. Both see the US as main impediment to their dreams. Both are so fully convinced of the correctness of their creed, of the better future for humanity that they offer, that the ends justify the means. So it is no surprise that the Left would jump into bed with the Jihadis, and that Stewart, the promotor of civil rights, would make common cause with the choppers of heads and stoners of gays."
# posted by Ray : 4:11 PM
Sunday, February 13. 2005
On Monday morning, don't forget to pick up the thing at the thing, and to put them in the place with the thingy.
Note from Gwynnie: Gwynnie noted that a pack of dogged blogs sank their canines into Eason and hounded him out of the CNN kennel yesterday. Good dogs. At least he had the dignity not to try the Mary Mapes/Dan Rather defense (there's no proof, in fact not a shred of evidence, but I want to believe in my heart it's true so I'll report it as news).
Saturday, February 12. 2005
Dear File: In the possible event of any PETA lawsuits, remember that working dogs, like all dogs other than goofy ankle-biters, must go outdoors sometimes, if only to poop or pee-pee, regardless of weather and other conditions. Bad weather is not the fault of the owners, unless they are Republicans, in which case it probably is their fault. We will not move to Florida, nor can we wait for Global Warming to save our dog's dainty feet from crusty snow up here in Yankeeland.
I was PERFECT ! Just to prove that I can be - if I feel like it. (Ya gotta understand, we dogs never outgrow adolescence.) The Gods were pretty good - not totally alert, but not bad, for Gods. Swing the gun, Gods - swing the darn gun and just let it roll ! I don't run around all day in the snow, covered with prickers and with bleeding feet, for my health.
Yahoo. Hunting today. Can't wait. If the Gods miss birds, they will be in deep trouble with me. Oh, boy ! What fun !
A Milk-Bone or two to Gwynnie:
The power of the news and commentary blogs is demonstrated once again with the resignation last night of CNN News chief Eason Jordan. Michaelle Malkin reviews the sequence of events here: Click here: Michelle Malkin: EASONGATE: A RETROSPECTIVE But the real story isn't the blog angle. The real story is the old story about the arrogance, condescension, dishonest impulses, and left-wing bias of the MSM - the Mainstream Media - who have monopolized Big Media during our lifetime. With their infotainment approach, their silly star system, their money, and their power, they painted a consistent picture of reality for us, the passive and dumb TV-watching great-unwashed who cannot be trusted to think for ourselves. A similar complaint applies to the DTM - the Dead Tree Media: The NY Times, the LA Times, the Boston Globe, the news services, etc. Well, this is just old-hat polemical stuff The Bird Dog is venting here, but the BD hates to have partial or false realities presented to him.Two recent examples: the MSM essentially ignored and buried the Jordan story, but tried their damndest to make a story last week about General Mattis - a straight-talking soldier. What is guiding news "selection" is as obvious as the invented non-story about missing explosives two days before the election. What is now happening is that the MSM have finally met some real competition from some real smart folks - amateur journalists like Captain Ed, Powerline, the great Instapundid, Michelle Malkin, etc. - all impossible before the net. Power to the Dogs !
Friday, February 11. 2005
Gwynnie, a pal of the Bird Dog, (a Corgi, not a Yorkie - we mis-spoke just like Jordan and Rather and...) well, anyway, she was just out looking for new links, and came home with this random piece from UKistan: http://www.melaniephillips.com/articles/archives/001046.html
Where is Gwynnie? A cute Yorkie who speaks only Celtic. Or Celtish. Or Elvish? She promised a weekly column, or at least a comment. She can't hunt but can offer love - promiscuously. Please return to the Farm, Gwynnie - it's right up Highway 61, just past the bleachers. Or at least send an email letting us know you're OK.
Dull day. Lying on my back in the sun here in Yankeeland, fully relaxed, with my hmm in the breeze, with nothing to do, except to think about tomorrow, when God says he'll take me hunting with a couple of his friends. Will I retrieve, or will I run away with the birds? Haven't decided yet...
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