2008 coolest in 5 years. Too cold for my tomatoes, up here. They do not like these cold nights. Gonna get colder, too. Hey, Al Gore - mail me a new down comforter and a heater for my garden.
Chavez' bridge to the 19th Century.
What happens to the earth's cognitive surplus? Well, a lot of it goes into these internets, doesn't it?
Kingsfield v. Bainbridge
How hard is TIME pumping Obama? Seven covers! He is a media-created sensation. I guess he sells soap.
Jennifer Horn for New Hampshire
Evil racist videos at Classical Values
"We reject the pernicious belief, commonly held at our most highly esteemed institutions, that fighting our nation's battles is someone else's job." The Corner
Jim Cramer on natural gas and wind power
De Toqueville on the nanny state. A subquote:
It would be like the authority of a parent if, like that authority, its object was to prepare men for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood: it is well content that the people should rejoice, provided they think of nothing but rejoicing.
After 40 years, the Left still doesn't get the eclipse of socialism. Socialism is tricky. To enforce it and to maintain it, not only do you need some guns but you need to make sure you do not punish achievers and risk-takers to the point that they quit, or climb over the wall and leave for more hospitable shores. Of course, your Wise Leaders always get all they can get - power, babes, money, cars, houses - because they deserve it for their selfless service to the ignorant masses. And, if ignorant, ignorant because of the government schools.
Too many good recent posts by AVI to link separately.
Gun control:
Why, it's almost enough to make someone think that gun control doesn't actually reduce violence, or do anything to instill morality in the heart of someone intent on murdering their fellow man.
Who knew?
Shit and alligators. Nice place, Florida. Caveat emptor, and quit whining and taking my money.
Hollywood conservatives to rally for McCain
Obama will lose "because he is a flake." Right. He cannot resist the spineless moral equivalencies, which are nothing but rationalizations for timid passivity.
Are schools "social service centers"? Why not try to teach the kids math first before trying to do something more difficult?
Gotta love these sorts of virtuous idiots. Pay off your conscience with $11, paid for with parents' tuitions. It's a con game.
Stealth technology: The Prius is killing off all the blind people. Memo to Toyota: It would be more fun to drive if you gave it a computer-generated Harley sound-effect.
