What is it about Florida and voting? The state seems cursed. Along with Michigan, it’s become the center of a Democratic political firestorm because of an earlier decision by national Party leaders to disallow its primary due to violations of … Continue reading →
[This is the first part of two.] So this is what it’s come to. Our largely successful struggle to eradicate the once-common infectious diseases of childhood through the mechanism of vaccines has been so successful that many parents voluntarily eschew … Continue reading →
The biggest question for Obama in the wake of the Wright controversy is: why didn’t he more forcibly repudiate his pastor, or at least question him? Surely, as a political animal, he knew this was a political time bomb. Part … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s “grandma” thread, commenter “md” wrote: I’d suggest that your bias prevents you from even understanding [Obama’s] speech, or at least to pretend misunderstanding, tho admittedly the speach was a political one. But I’d suggest that Sen Obama was … Continue reading →
First we had paper grocery bags. I liked them, not the least because they were versatile. Good for wrapping packages for mailing and, long ago, excellent as textbook covers. But then the news came that they were environmentally wasteful. Too … Continue reading →
My strongest reaction to Obama’s speech yesterday was revulsion at his self-serving usage of his grandmother. Seems I’m hardly alone. Just take a look at LGF’s “Obama: My Grandmother Is a Racist Too” thread for some examples. My favorite, however, … Continue reading →
Ah, Paul! You shoulda known better with a girl like Heather. But he didn’t. And it ended up in court, with Heather saying, “If this was love, you gotta give me MORE, give me MORE…” The judge didn’t agree,
Continue reading →In the aftermath of the Jeremiah Wright controversy, I keep reading that his assertion that the US government “lied about inventing the AIDS virus as a means of genocide against people of color” is understandable because, after all, the government … Continue reading →
I watched Obama’s speech, and then listened to a bit of commentary: hedging and doubts on Fox, glowing dewy-eyed awe on CNN. I’m not a fan; never have been. I see Obama as a typical liberal of an extreme but … Continue reading →
It’s getting to be a qualification for office rather than a drawback.
Continue reading →Click here to listen to tonight’s Sanity Squad: Tonight, Neo, Siggy, Shrink and Dr. Sanity shine the psychological spotlight on the Obama-Wright connection; and analyze the study of Al Qaeda suicide bombers that was recently released by the US military. … Continue reading →
I’ve found the key to Obama’s pastor and his fiery sermons: blame it all on his first name. The prophet Jeremiah was the inspiration for the expression “Jeremiad”, a “prolonged lamentation or complaint; also : a cautionary or angry harangue.” … Continue reading →