More lunacy from Planet San Francisco, with comments from Dr. Sanity. (Photo on right is a recent piece of SF "art" from her piece.) Looking back fondly on Stalin and Mao, I guess.
Robert Heinlein. The prophet of Southern California. Reason
Can a society be too broken to be fixed? Darfur, at SC&A
Blogs are an "early warning system" for pols? SDA. Well, maybe sometimes sorta kinda.
Justice Thomas is a self-hating minority member? Whoa. Gotta disagree with Mod. Voice on that statement, as do many highly self-respecting black commentators. We were are all imbued with some Liberal Condescension towards black Americans, and it is tough to get rid of it and to treat them like normal people. If I were a black man, which I would not mind being at all, I would hate this kind of thing.
Marcus Luttrell: He says that his Christianity got in the way of a prudent military decision. Flopping. Quote:
"It was the stupidest, most southern-fried, lamebrained decision I ever made in my life," Luttrell writes. "I must have been out of my mind. I had actually cast a vote which I knew could sign our death warrant. I'd turned into a (expletive) liberal, a half-assed, no-logic nitwit, all heart, no brain, and the judgment of a jack rabbit."
The Farm Bill. Boring topic, relatively speaking. But it is, in fact, the lowest form of vote-buying and corporate welfare. I refuse to believe that modern farming carries any more risk than any other form of business. Plus nowadays they have crop insurance, can hedge prices, buy and sell futures, etc etc. These folks aren't your grandfather's farmers.
Telegraph reviews AK-47. A History of the People's Gun.
Big Brother reads blogs in the UK. A creepy story from Mr. Free Market
Hunting and fishing decreasing in popularity. Should anyone care? Env. Economic
The Two Americas: Soft America and Hard America. Buddy noted this 2003 piece by Barone.
The Tridentine Mass is back. Frivolity ensues.
Thompson dazzles Young Repubs. AOL News
