Democrats forever
A great many of us on this blog have been saying this sort of thing for quite some time, about why the Democrats don’t seem too worried about a voter backlash. In the article, John F. Gaski speculates about the … Continue reading →
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About Harry Reid and racism
I’m not going to spend a lot of time on this one, because I’m very tired of the petty stupidity and transparent partisanship involved. The word “racist” has almost no meaning today, except as a weapon to throw at opponents. … Continue reading →
Dirty counter-terrorism
Here’s a fascinating—and chilling—2006 Atlantic article by Matthew Teague about the world of terrorists and double-agents. The specific setting is the British counter-war against the IRA. But the situation it describes is relevant to our own war with Islamicist terrorism. … Continue reading →
About those Brown/Coakley polls
Yesterday I wrote about the wide disparity in poll results for next week’s special election to fill Ted Kennedy’s Massachusetts Senate seat. I wanted to add this link, which attempts to explain some of the differences between the polls, as … Continue reading →
Dueling polls
So, which Brown/Coakley poll is closer to reality? This one, which says the Massachusetts Senate race is a dead heat? Or this one, which has Coakley up by 15? Dunno. However, the all-important details of the demographics of the second … Continue reading →
Are Obama’s lies politics as usual?
Most people now recognize that Obama has been lying about a lot of things. But it’s often said that’s just business as usual for politicians, and that anyone who thinks otherwise is being naive. Blogger Richard Fernandez of Belmont Club, … Continue reading →
Draft Krauthammer in 2012—because the nation needs a shrink
I noticed a commenter calling him/herself “KrauthammerIn2012,” and it got me thinking: hey, why not? He’s smart. The fact that he’s a paraplegic doesn’t matter; we’ve had one (or close to one) for president before, and he did pretty well, … Continue reading →
How the states will be hurt by Obamacare
It’s finally dawning on many states that Obamacare as currently constructed will place enormous extra burdens on them when they can least afford it. And even Time magazine is now pointing out just how bad that will be, although it … Continue reading →
If elected, will Brown be seated—constitutional crisis, anyone?
This is shocking news: This needs to go viral ”” everyone you know needs to read this. Democrats have admitted to a scheme to ram through the Healthcare Rationing vote before Scott Brown can be sworn in as Senator, should … Continue reading →
Brown continues to put the fear into Democrats
Will his efforts be enough to accomplish the unthinkable—a Republican taking the Senate seat vacated by the late Ted Kennedy, reducing the sixty previous votes for cloture on health care reform to only fifty-nine? Don’t know. But Brown is giving … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Since when did the CIA stop frisking informants?
As we learn more about the suicide bombing of CIA officers in Afghanistan, it seems that time-honored safety precautions were broken: [The bomber] fed the agency honest-to-goodness actionable intelligence about jihadis to build up his credibility, to the point where … Continue reading →