tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29250663466973207052011-11-27T18:39:52.324-06:00Grumblings from the dusty recesses of the young American psycheVinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.comBlogger1101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-76485437046454492652011-09-05T01:04:00.005-05:002011-09-05T01:58:37.616-05:00

My brain has stopped working. The point of some meditation exercises is to be able to let thoughts pass without, well, thinking about them. Perhaps a busy life is required for this to be a desired and useful skill. As for me, I chase down thoughts dog and bone. My synapstatition has torn down his calibration station and built a liquor store. Firing aimlessly out to space, or perhaps, my gut and

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For shit's sake!When, during the recovery process, do we begin to create wealth again? Anyway...so the fed is giving states a bunch of money to subsidize home appliances continuing the greenerizing of the country. Of course this will not happen for months down the line. So now everybody is going to know about it in weeks and if they were thinking of buying new appliances will hold off until this

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Theodore Dalyrmple, pen name of Anthony Daniels, is one of the most brilliant writers on cultural issues of our time. His reserves his special indignation for such things as nihilism, multiculturalism, and moral relativism. This month Dalyrmple has focused his attention on an argument made by a French professor of philosophy for the abolishment of prisons. I really don't have any comments, just

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There is no shortage of opinion on the economic debate of the recession. Everyone feels the squeeze and certainty, in any form, is in short supply."The great recession in over" declares the National Association for Business Economics, after releasing a survey of 44 professional economic forecasters. However, Lucia Mutikani of Reuters quickly dispels any real joy of the news. "While the economy

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The shock following Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize should not come as such to anyone paying attention. The prize is to be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." Overlooking the Nobel committees decision to redefine Done

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Chris Matthews answered some questions from a CNS News correspondent at the white house correspondent's dinner over the weekend. The gentleman asked Matthews if he still gets a thrill up his leg from Obama, to which came the response,"I'm an American. Perhaps you find that obscure."I was struggling to figure out what he meant by this when he went on to say," I have a feeling about my country.

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DUBLIN (AP) -- When Dublin university student Shane Fitzgerald posted a poetic but phony quote on Wikipedia, he was testing how our globalized, increasingly Internet-dependent media was upholding accuracy and accountability in an age of instant news.His report card: Wikipedia passed. Journalism flunked.The sociology major's obituary-friendly quote -- which he added to the Wikipedia page of

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Peggy Noonan with some thoughts on...???"To me, one of the signal signs of the times is the number of people surfing the Internet looking for . . . something. One friend looks for small farms in distressed rural areas. Another logs on late at night looking for a house to buy in a small town out West, or down South, or in the Deep South. She is moving all around America in her imagination. I asked

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Here are a couple interesting graphs representing the traffic to www.grants.gov, the site where you go to apply (buy raffle tickets? make demands?) for federal funding for... well anything you want I imagine...There are lots of things I've been wanting to post about, they will be coming up shortly...

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On Holder's comments...Here we go. I have a feeling like all of this is going to start reading like an episode of West Wing. The sight of our attorney general with a racial agenda spewing out of his pores means that justice is no longer blind. Now, in the form of Holder with infallible knowledge from 'the one', "justice" can see the scales and tip them to their liking.However, I will agree with

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James Taranto's piece today is a must read, some highlights."The desire for distinction is not simply a problem for democracy, however, but a problem of democracy. People who have social ambitions, but not necessarily political ones, will find it gratifying to regard themselves and be regarded by others as among Wilson's "instructed few," and appalling to be lumped together with the uninstructed

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Steven Stoll in Hapers looks forward to "the specter of a no-growth world".""There is nothing intrinsic in the system that says it cannot exist happily in a stationary state.”A stationary state. The term comes from John Stuart Mill, who argued, in 1848, that “the increase of wealth is not boundless.” Economists should know, said Mill, that “at the end of what they term the progressive state lies

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What's Portland like this time of year...Oh.How could I have never asked the question. Seriously had no clue.Is Russia going to be a problem?And now to work on my chops...Hackery, Sorry Mr. TarantoCongress still flips too soon, just can't avoid grilling tough bankers"Wall Steet bankers nervous in face of tough congressional grilling" - Guardian.ukServed with a side of greens and a lemon

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I'm not sure how I ever missed this from The Scroot...Money Shots:"Most religions stifle our metaphysical questions with myths...""Happiness depends upon the approval of people who are no longer living"The lush context of each is worth the exploration. Check em out.Also, you read the latest Scroot out at CJ yet?

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Forbes points to the next bubble about to burst.Jay's got the wrong way.How kind of them to stop rising tuition. God forbid we cut funding for such fine programs as this and this.A side note on the e-research program. James Bowman points out in Is stupid making us Google,"as an elementary school principal told Bauerlein, proceed as follows when they are assigned a research project: “go to Google,

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I usually check DailyKos everyday; I prefer anger to anxiety. In any case, I actually found something I somewhat agreed with for the first time ever! King Kos's himself includes a link in a post to the The Preservation Institute. Reading through the site a little bit I see a lot I like. They haven't got all the kinks worked out yet though imho:[on] Human Nature: Genetic engineering,

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A gratuitous prediction that the dollar declines sharply today... But then again I haven't been asleep yet...

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I forgot I had wanted to post this awhile back. It's a little more nuanced that "what's the fucking point of dividing by one?" but I think the idea is the same. A math gradby Dan BrownMath’s a matter some makeMore of than the norm. I’mThinking of a math gradI shared a loft with for a time.Who a while back had had a break-Down, he once confessed from bedTo bed. Nothing he thought aboutA lot… .

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From LGFRemember "I trust him, because I don't believe him?" This is pure, 100% distilled Obamka... This is the essence of our president. File this in your mind along with that phony head-shake and elbow-tap he gave Biden the other day after his comment towards Roberts. There are no extenuating circumstances. Pathetic.

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I was sifting through the stimulus bill today and one line struck me as rather funny, oh and I found a typo!"None of the funds provided by this Act may be made4 available to the State of Illinois, or any agency of the5 State, unless (1) the use of such funds by the State is6 approved in legislation enacted by the State after the date7 of the enactment of this Act, or (2) Rod R. Blagojevich8 no

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Dude, you should have a talk with your uncle about this. Awfully discouraging, although not suprising, to see the daddy and baby Bush connection here. I'll bet they come out with a new miracle drug to help all of these Zyprexa users lose weight and make a few more billion dollars.

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"Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children's health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those--one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."Wait, so the

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My hatred for Barney Frank knows no bounds. As hatred tends to do, my ability to produce meaningful language seizes up any time I think of him. So, I'm thankful for VDH for his thoughts on the big Purple Chair of the House Financial Services Committee:"...he enjoys the exemption accorded to the proverbial raving but glib street-corner prophet who accosts you, flips you off on the street, and

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I guess I'm just parsing words...Pay close attention now! Is it just a semantic slight of hand? A little linguistic legerdemain? Incontinence? hmmmm.....A montage of puerile pledges to Change. Or to Obama? He wants us to believe in ourselves, just not too much... Nevermind, he's not the change either, you see; he's just got the vision. But it comes from him... to us: The Word.I remember

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"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."Just a random quote I found that kinda relates to the last post.UPDATE: That swearing in was bizarre. Roberts fucked it up and Obama knew it.

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[Obama is talking] "...but with the blood, sweat, and tears, of future generations... like our nation itself, [it has] a capacity to be made more perfect..."This is beyond "Living Constitution" stuff, this is Android Constitution (no, I can't do better than that)...He just stopped his speech to respond, "I love you back," to a fan, er, citizen -- "I love tur-ur-urkey, oh I love you!"...next

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"'There goes our journalistic objectivity,' one reporter quipped." That reminds me of being a teenager when my parents would ask me on a Sunday morning what I was up to the night before. "Got drunk and drove around while trying to avoid the cops," I'd say with a big smile. If they were fooled it was only because they wanted to be.... But I digress...Hellcat, did you see him!?!?!?

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Yes it is five in the morning...no sleep for the weary.So I just finished watching a Hitchens interview where he talks a little about the fact that he had always known from a young age he would be a writer. He said he knew this because that is what he was, he could never imagine himself doing anything else. Which got me thinking how much I've always envied people who've had this same experience.

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Eliot Spitzer is recomending stimulus money be spent on transformative investments, not bridges and buildings."It is a unique moment to build a new foundation. It would be wise to ensure that a significant portion of the stimulus package is spent on new investments that may not be quite as ready to go but are surely more important to our long-term economic viability."Among his recomendations is

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Bill Ayers is now an official blogger at Huffington Post. Color me surprised; but it appears as if grey is in short supply. It's black and white these days: the dim-witted and the enlightened.So, here's a random thought on how I think Mz. Huffington is going to die some day: tricked into her debut snuff film by a "distinguised" Hamas leader and "scholar" -- her as the star of course... He was

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First off, yes, I'm up early, not late....So, I heard our fum-fuddled President say something a minute ago that pretty much sums up my problems with him. When asked if he had any tips for Obama he said, "you're in for a fantastic experience... the staff there and the people there will really make your time comfortable."Obviously that isn't a tip, but to be fair, as far as non-sequitors go, Obama

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If you read Stefan Beck's entry to the New Criterion's blog the other day titled "Don't fear the reaper" (This is sad that I have to give instructions because I don't know how to link, does this hurt BPB's credibility?) you would have come across part of the Phillip Larkin poem below. Is life meaningless without death? Beck doesn’t think so, and to a certain extent of course he’s right. Is life

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"May reason prevail" and may tolerence, class, and history be damned.It seems as though these groups crusading against Christmas often define themselves as humanists. Now, I am natually inclined to make the argument that calling other humans who believe differently from you hard hearted mind enslavened superstionists, is hardly being a humanist. (whatever that means) Then I got to thinking, this

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Just read an essay by Michael Weiss at The Weekly Standard, linked to from TNC, on the great(?) David Foster Wallace. Predictably, it's not hagiography, which is probably why I enjoyed it. It's defnitely not a hit-piece. The concluding quotation from DFW gave me pause."The next real literary 'rebels' in this country might well emerge as some weird bunch of anti-rebels, born oglers who dare

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I'm quitting smoking... Believe it, bitches. It's already hard as shit. I decided on a tapering approach at first, but after researching a bit I have decided is a poor solution. Nicotine only stays in the bloodstream for 40 minutes, so each "taper" after that time just starts the process over and is just a temporary "relapse" instead of any real tapering, so to speak.I had 4 yesterday and

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Stefan Beck and I would make great grazing buddies."...it reminds me that there are two sources of pleasure in this world: the thing that feels so good when you stop, and the thing that goes on feeling good until you decide to stop. I will always be a fervent devotee of the latter."

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More fun from James Taranto over at WSJ.Mixing It UpDuring his press conference last week, President-elect Obama discussed the dog he's promised his daughters. He mentioned that he'd have to get a hypoallergenic breed. "Our preference would be to get a shelter dog, but, obviously, a lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me."It was a charming reference to his own diverse racial and ethnic heritage--

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Yah, me neither... It's existence was only imagined in the minds of Marxists and those who couldn't help but to use the language of such a beautifully explicative false-narrative.Anyhow, James Bowman makes me feel smart again in his latest piece from TNC. It's subscribers only, so here's some snippets..."Well, the old stories are always the best, I suppose. The day before, the Post had run a

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James Bowman sums up my views on American Politics. His description of Sarah Palin's role happens to be exactly what I think, but that's not what the article is about.Everyone says the show is finally over. I have been so eagerly awaiting the end myself I haven't done much else in, well... too long. Alas, the show never ends. It's just the next scene: Implementation. Thank God I get a

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To follow up on "Shame" in the previous post, the inhabitants of "Shame" might be known, using Dante's term, as trimmers. In his 'Inferno' Dante describes trimmers as "individuals who make changes for reasons of expediencey...prefer to avoid any commitment that would compromise issues of self interest...because they did not choose good or evil they are deserving of a residencey in a kind of no

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It has often been said that Obama supporters, and the left in general, are Anti-American, or some derivative thereof. I'd like to propose an alternative hypothesis. To do so, I have chosen to conscript America's second Poet laureate, Richard Wilbur.It is a cramped little state with no foreign policy,Save to be thought inoffensive. The grammar of the languageHas never been fathomed, owing to the

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How about the winner gets a beer from the other two losers at Thanksgiving? Not sure how we want to do this, but we could guess winner of popular and electoral vote winner and electoral vote count......? CAAMMAWWWN!! Here's mine:Popular Winner: McCainElectoral Winner: ObamaElectoral Count: 306(O)-232(M)Predilection: I want a beers or a McCain win... but I really like beer........UPDATE: Go

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According to Wikipedia, my Jew-bro, Jon Stewart, "describes his political affiliation as independent." It used to say something different. I know this because I remember having read it. The citation points to this transcript from CNN. Go ahead and search for the word "independent" in that transcript and you will find this: KING: I think you're a Democrat, Jon. STEWART: I think

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-41104986673840880822008-10-30T02:56:00.003-05:002008-10-30T03:09:59.413-05:00

Ok, so this article slightly changes my view on the financial crisis, if anyone cares. Instead of the being directly influenced by the affirmative action aspect of the CRA, it was more more of an unintended consequence, I think. This is the same guy from City Journal I had read before. He says it wasn't really a subprime crisis at all, but a adjustable-rate (ARM loans) crisis. In a nutshell,

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-33125471642604685932008-10-28T02:04:00.000-05:002008-10-28T02:06:27.910-05:00

Ya know, if you look at what is happening on Wall Street, the gap between the rich and poor is as low as it's been in a long time.This happens every time you have a big downturn in the stock market and the economy. Hmm...the rich get poorer...which means they don't have anymore jobs for the poor and middle class...but the poor don't get any poorer because of entitlement programs...but the middle

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-64254619995475464582008-10-27T11:40:00.006-05:002008-10-27T12:54:56.954-05:00

This is news???No, it isn't... Can you be blinder than blind? What's the opposite of being unable to see? Seeing too much? Too much light? Like looking at the sun? Blinded by the light?Wait, am I being racist?UPDATE: "It's not redistribution of wealth, it's tax cuts for the middle class." Unreal.

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-47750288956020131632008-10-24T12:57:00.002-05:002008-10-24T14:31:49.042-05:00

"Capitalism" was invented by socialists/anarchists: Proudhon (don't know much about him) may be the first, but mostly Marx. Before them, it was known as "how shit works". There is no "free-market ideology". Marx popularized the word "ideology" too, btw. Before him it was called "right and wrong". All this talk of "The Death of Capitalism" makes my eyes glaze. There are no "market forces" or

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-28042558474420524002008-10-23T16:01:00.003-05:002008-10-23T17:27:35.378-05:00

Whoa! I'm away from BPB for a while and look what I missed: a redesign, Conrad wants to punch Ayers in the balls and the Great Crusade Against McClatchy. Sic semper tyrannis!I'll swallow my pride regarding the McClatchy piece on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I was much too reactionary to claims made that Democrats forcing these agencies to offer affordable housing to low-income buyers was the sole

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-31768549222571400082008-10-23T11:14:00.003-05:002008-10-23T11:24:56.988-05:00

When did Socialist become "an old code word for black"? Is there any term a race baitor cannot turn in to a deragoatory term for black people? Shame on you Lewis Diuguid! Shame on you Kansas City Star, of course a McClatchy enterprise...big suprise!"J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI from 1924 to 1972, used the term liberally to describe African Americans who spent their lives fighting for

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-51486447433172208312008-10-23T10:21:00.003-05:002008-10-23T10:37:56.061-05:00

I guess it should come as no suprise that our first rock star president would appoint fellow celebs to public office. So I think this is how it would really go; Obama appoints Oprah to ambassador as a thanks for all the support. Oprah gets to go live in this beautiful mansion and hobnob with the brits. Service? I think not, although she will probably convince herself that having "tea and cakes

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-49485889573139702542008-10-23T02:40:00.008-05:002008-10-23T05:54:45.418-05:00

After I got out of college and dried out a little, a began reading. Things I had always wondered about began to find their appropriate context in the world of ideas. As it went, I continued running up against this thing called "Socialism" that I had never heard anyone discuss. After I exhausted Wikipedia on the subject, I faced up to the horse and read The Communist Manifesto. It was the

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-10001315482084237472008-10-21T20:11:00.002-05:002008-10-21T20:16:42.981-05:00

Not sure what this site is,Probably not very important.I think they said one time that they didn't just want the Republicans to lose, but to be humiliated. Perogovative, indeed.

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-31428504166734665042008-10-21T13:50:00.004-05:002008-10-21T14:31:04.848-05:00

So, Mr. Roger Kimball (my co-chief aesthetic "inspirator," along with The Scrut) has just referenced The Zombie in his latest blog piece. The content doesn't really matter for my purpose here, but there might be something strange happening on the righty blogosphere. Zombie's website, which he runs anonymously, is a favorite link for the (us) righties. Check it out for yourself if you have a

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-68067572321508051152008-10-21T12:19:00.005-05:002008-10-21T12:25:29.217-05:00

Stephen Baldwin 'treats' us to some thoughts for the upcoming holliday.For my part, I'm passing out sugar free gum this year along with a copy of the South Beach Diet. Anyone have any costume ideas?

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-17196376522106152532008-10-20T14:05:00.004-05:002008-10-20T14:52:26.935-05:00

The Washington Post endorses Obama and what is the first reason listed..."Mr. Obama is a man of supple intelligence, with a nuanced grasp of complex issues and evident skill at conciliation and consensus-building."- Yes his intelligence is supple, supple in that it floats with the wind of the latest polls. This of course leads to a "nuanced grasp of complex issues"...or...never taking a stand on

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-57829500404792077192008-10-19T00:11:00.003-05:002008-10-19T00:21:04.015-05:00

So remember when I said it would take me forever to pick out all the problems with that McClatchy article? Well someone else did it for me!! They call the article, "a masterpiece in half-truths and opinion journalism disguised as hard news." and that "There are few better outlets through which one can propagate leftist lies," than McClatchy's, in general. Just another "view" on the subject.....

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-85549416337462851072008-10-17T19:25:00.002-05:002008-10-17T19:32:57.102-05:00

Is this real journalism or a spoof? Hard to tell these days... Onion could not have written a better story."...he [Joe the Plumber] and her sister never met Gov. Sarah Palin, who is now Sen. John McCain’s running mate.""...bloggers discovered the Wurzelbacher name in sled-dog race results online — and that the musher was from Palin’s part of Alaska — and questions began flying about a a

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-50561273849197557682008-10-16T15:57:00.002-05:002008-10-16T16:02:32.092-05:00

Since there are only a handful of people with comprehensive knowledge of our economy who would know what to do right now, with the two presidential candidates not being in that category. Why would you vote for president based on the economy?Just a thought...and a dumb one I'm sure.

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-44991656507256851502008-10-15T14:00:00.006-05:002008-10-15T14:08:21.431-05:00

I feel like I've been divisive. Should I go to church or an O'rally and bask in atonement? I doubt it, but here's another article from (conservative) City Journal about Palin. Maybe we can agree on her detestable philistinism.I still think she'd be good in the white house, no thanks her cutesy, intellectual vapidity.

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-18699044673332781192008-10-15T12:28:00.001-05:002008-10-15T12:30:53.832-05:00

From WSJ Best of the Web Today...AgainThanks to several readers, we think we've figured out how officials in Rensselaer County, N.Y., rendered Barack Obama's last name as "Osama." It's the same thing that tripped up Dan Rather: Microsoft Word. Some versions of this software--including the one we use, Word 2002--do not recognize "Obama" when doing a spell-check, and suggest "Osama" as a

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-21849130755137949342008-10-14T12:35:00.004-05:002008-10-20T12:26:36.885-05:00

"Back in the day when I was young I'm not a kid anymore but some days I sit and wish I was a kid again"..." I remember way back when"...Sorry for the musical interlude but I remember way back when in 1995 when the Clinton Administration passed the new CRA regulations effectivley sending out a clarion call to community organizer groups across the country to come and get their piece. I'll quote

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-7573407217275372982008-10-13T21:25:00.005-05:002008-10-13T22:01:51.546-05:00

Given that it's impossible to know anything about anything having to do with the economy, I have a long term vision (don't stop reading) on the whole bailout/financial crisis fiasco. I just read Hayek's Prophetic Skepticism in The New Criterion and I'm starting The Road to Serfdom after I get done with this post. So, the government created the bubble by forcing banks to finance houses (the

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-42455178013293063152008-10-13T16:48:00.002-05:002008-10-13T16:50:59.913-05:00

This is the side I'm rooting for :-( *sigh* Gotta love American politics....

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-86045326470526515992008-10-10T10:50:00.002-05:002008-10-10T10:55:44.909-05:00

Article from the news leader down here. I don't even know what to say anymore just check out the sign.

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-11974527210079165052008-10-10T10:33:00.002-05:002008-10-10T10:36:18.143-05:00

From the Wall Street Journal's 'Best of the Web Today'More Fact-Check Follies During Tuesday's debate, John McCain repeated an assertion he had made before:In Lebanon, I stood up to President Reagan, my hero, and said, if we send Marines in there, how can we possibly beneficially affect this situation? And said we shouldn't. Unfortunately, almost 300 brave young Marines were killed.The finest

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-70416199966445106972008-10-10T09:20:00.002-05:002008-10-10T09:32:51.317-05:00

I understand the dire circumstances of the economy right now, but isn't it funny how concerned or interested everyone is on how the market's doing or where the Dow Jones is? They ask with a look of consternation, then when they hear it's worse (which they fully expected), they walk away shaking their heads like they completely know what it means. I don't know what it means myself, but I also

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-27014253125756585922008-10-08T18:09:00.002-05:002008-10-08T18:18:49.544-05:00

I went to see An American Carol the other night... [please... stop, don't think that about me] I'm not the greatest with words but -it's the worst movie I've ever seen. Utterly unfunny. I read that some theaters were giving people tickets to other shows so the creators would get as much revenue. Jes and I were the only people in the theater. I wish we had been duped into not seeing it, they

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-88511961569001960582008-10-08T17:54:00.002-05:002008-10-08T18:09:05.925-05:00

Yes, I'm a poll-rat... Not proud of it. It's an addiction. Anyhow, the polls are doing some crazy things coming down the backstretch. John, you got any info on polling methodology? One thing I know is that Gallup shows an 11% lead for The O, Rasmussen 6%, and Zogby's at 2%. They have been pretty strongly correlated throughout the race (I watch them constantly) until now. What I do know is

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-59445548495318947622008-09-27T19:46:00.002-05:002008-09-27T19:55:14.713-05:00

I am writing this post to admit something I've been hiding for a long time. I was visiting a friend once in a college town in Missouri where the current Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama had been holding a rally. At our rally afterparty, the Senator showed up to all of our surprise. While there I was privy to Mr. Obama engaging in lewd sexual acts towards a squirrel -a baby

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-78534621402693486862008-09-26T00:30:00.001-05:002008-09-26T00:30:50.964-05:00

Fantastic!

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-10018083795576073752008-09-23T14:58:00.002-05:002008-09-23T15:00:55.346-05:00

James Bowman offers his take on "war war what is it good for".

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-21888010339492052552008-09-14T00:13:00.003-05:002008-09-14T00:18:30.437-05:00

Unbelievably depressing. Here he is reading from his ass-kicking essay on a baton-twirling contest at the Illinois State Fair (courtesy of Harper's Magazine).

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-32662513256587861102008-09-11T21:32:00.004-05:002008-09-11T21:37:24.996-05:00

Saw Silver Jews last night. See the pictures of it here. If you want to hear about it, you're gonna have to call me. "In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection...."

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-34965459179445258442008-09-01T15:44:00.002-05:002008-09-01T15:45:48.034-05:00

When did my family go to New York?

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-38360968172650844492008-08-30T11:44:00.004-05:002008-09-05T17:42:38.471-05:00

This blog used to just suck. Now it royally, supremely, routinely chokes on the world's (fill in favorite body part here). We need to pick it up. Whoever wrote that Radiohead entry should write more. I think it won some awards ... a Bloggie, maybe? John Q. Public loved that one ... or someone like that.

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-83852792165111550292008-08-30T11:36:00.003-05:002008-08-30T19:52:25.573-05:00

Oh my God you guys, check this out: the Virgin Mary appeared in my pillow case this morning. The back of my head must be kissed by the wet tongue of Jesus.Late Update: OMG you guys. I just Googled "wet tongue of Jesus" and I'm the only entry. I'm the first person to say "wet tongue of Jesus" on the Internet. Crowning Achievement! And ... Copyright!

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-80817481226370924012008-08-27T13:46:00.003-05:002008-08-27T14:57:22.426-05:00

Some interesting news about the BBC's charitable spirit. It seems as though they don't actually know where the money is going, but they still care about the cause of course. They just don't care enough to follow through. I mean it makes them feel good so...Also check out http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7392213.stmAnd somebody please comment on how to link without actually doing what I

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-38876396696293547232008-08-21T12:35:00.002-05:002008-08-21T13:00:56.963-05:00

Mr. Kimball is a conservative. He is "hoping that sanity [will] prevail against the neo-temperance activism that would have us endeavor to prevent college students from legally enjoying a few, or even several, beers." The libertarians must also be in favor of lowering the drinking age I can only assume... Who thinks it should be 21??? The God-forsaken religious right? (not a pun) Those who

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-1229712687983063602008-08-20T23:15:00.003-05:002008-08-20T23:33:17.046-05:00

The Springfield city council recently hired a new city manager and I believe are paying him one of the highest salaries in the county for that position (relative to the size of the city and all that jive whatever). The main whine I am hearing from the backwoods on this one goes as such: The city has had a hard time coming up with the money for our police and firefighter's pensions. They have made

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-18844746726096664872008-08-20T12:40:00.003-05:002008-08-20T12:49:42.178-05:00

If they give free haircuts to the homeless, I have a feeling John Edwards didn't actually pay for that $300 haircut. I smell a scandal!!!!!

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-50314592370919969042008-08-19T19:10:00.001-05:002008-08-19T19:11:25.302-05:00

then take that hand down and slap a baby boomer. Selfish pricks.

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Bill Cosby and NPR's Juan Williams are taking on Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson as to the reasons many black communities are struggling. It remains to be seen if the people with the power to change things are listening, and/or have the courage to stand up and fight the enablers.

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-75069701669743932592008-08-18T10:05:00.001-05:002008-08-18T14:19:23.243-05:00

I know what you're thinking: Hey, didn't you go to All Points West Festival last weekend to see Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Animal Collective, et al? Well, yes, I did. Thanks for asking. Let me tell you about it. Quick wrap-up of Animal Collective and Kings of Leon: First off, the crowd reception at these festivals is hit or miss. When you sandwich a band like Animal Collective between KoL and some

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-77019160009913652712008-08-17T13:17:00.004-05:002008-08-17T13:22:43.665-05:00

Why is Dilbert so god-damned funny?

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-29855914964999772962008-08-17T12:28:00.002-05:002008-08-17T12:32:40.280-05:00

Apparently libs have run out of campaign ideas, so now they are setting donkeys loose in key battleground states. Actually come to think of it I did see an elephant story on fox news.Is this what politics has come to folks? I sure hope so.

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-58310429537894824292008-08-16T15:05:00.003-05:002008-08-16T15:37:19.734-05:00

I just finished reading Unfit For Publication, O'Shaman's response to Crazy Corsi's silly book. So I will jump on the everyone's-facts-are-wrong bandwagon and point out another part of Corsi's book that is inaccurate, one that apparently evaded the Obamans. The "line-by-line" refutation includes a quote from the book for each point; a mention of City Journal caught my attention: "LIE: 'Sol Stern

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-7414197570490720092008-08-14T20:25:00.003-05:002008-08-14T20:29:53.468-05:00

Charles Murray, the guy who co-authored The Bell Curve (which I happen to be making my way through at the moment) has an essay about what he thinks should be done to the education system. As someone who falls into the category of people his idea is supposed to disadvantage, I still agree.

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-61972901746432463202008-08-14T12:33:00.004-05:002008-08-14T12:39:53.569-05:00

The title link (since I cannot figure out how to link the way I want in the article, whatever.) contains some groundbreaking new evidence to the age old question: Are all bass players gay?

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-44599360487202254932008-08-11T16:44:00.003-05:002008-08-11T17:15:22.181-05:00

I decided to google the world-renouned Back Porch Burner. Some website called Polymeme has linked us to a story about China's Great Firewall. The site is barely a month old, but may be interesting. I don't have high hopes. I see Dawkin's "memes" basically as the sociobiological equivalent of the identity property of multiplication. It is an "operation" on a concept which yields nothing

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-6827177682028132482008-08-11T12:43:00.006-05:002008-08-11T13:07:52.281-05:00

***Warning*** The following may only be interesting to Conservatives***Al Jazeera is trolling the list of the 100 Most Popular Political Websites (according to rightwingnews.com) looking for people to contribute "some brief interviews... on the political news of the week." David Frum commented on his experience with the channel last Thursday.LittleGreenFootballs got their request a couple of days

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-33057164802286457512008-08-07T14:28:00.003-05:002008-08-07T14:59:35.404-05:00

"That is what religion promises: not a purpose, necessarily, but something that removes the paradox of an entirely law-governed world, open to consciousness, that is nevertheless without an explanation: that just is, for no reason at all."This is a good reminder that while science may give us the causes of so many things about ourselves and our world, it can never give us reason. Science, which

Vinnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00622389701523011102noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-54985988991676366242008-08-07T11:16:00.002-05:002008-08-07T11:28:59.728-05:00

A lot of articles I've read are talking about how the government harassed Bruce Ivins and that led him to kill himself. Why didn't Steven Hatfill kill himself when he was presumably "harassed" at least as much? We got the right guy....

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-46419151702995479132008-08-05T11:07:00.002-05:002008-08-05T11:28:30.722-05:00

Canada's "Human Rights" Commission... think, The "Peoples'" Republic of China... *The quote in the last paragraph of the Time article includes "...a big favor — but only for the time being." Can favors expire?

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-66434559664778974922008-08-04T16:37:00.003-05:002008-08-04T16:42:35.726-05:00

Obama backers Bernie Mac and Morgan Freeman both hospitalizedI'm speechless... Should have getted meself a English Dagree. Will mentioning people here-to-fore be prefaced with political affiliation??

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-25468493658390077302008-08-04T16:16:00.002-05:002008-08-04T16:21:45.076-05:00

For the first time ever, McCain is ahead in one of the polls, when "leaners" are taken into account. I think it was all about those ads. Thoughts?

Loghueriathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06282896808371359515noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-36225216281389587232008-07-31T17:14:00.002-05:002008-07-31T17:24:53.617-05:00

To continue the ongoing atheism talk, I thought this was interesting in as far as sports and religion, as the writer mentioned about baseball, are linked quite often. Which again makes me think: What if an athlete or a major politician or the like was open about his or her atheism? I'm not talking about flaunting it, or taunting Christians, but if they weren't afraid to talk about it publicly if

JBrazitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11322877743000026253noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2925066346697320705.post-22484981367568409412008-07-31T16:53:00.002-05:002008-07-31T16:56:32.715-05:00

The truth behind why turtles move so slow.Hell of a way to get busted.

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Check out this story....On a related note, I don't have a job anymore.

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Intriguing look here, from an insider on the Chinese and expectations of their global control. He says we project too much onto China, and give preemptive credit to their rise as the world's unflappable superpower.A smooth read.

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