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Is it a “living” Constitution? Justice Scalia says “The Constitution is not an organism. It is a legal document.”

David Gelernter’s latest column in the Weekly Standard is brilliant prose.  It is the best analysis and explanation for the eternal question “what are the Democrats thinking?”  It is not only a clear and fact filled explanation, the writing is mesmerizing.  Again this message was bad news for leading Democrats. But their reaction was just what [...]

Not a lot of time for blogging this week.  First there was the annual “oh thank goodness the tourists are gone” trip to Disneyland.   Then there was the Jewish New Year.   Happy 5768 everybody!

Our KathyM over at her blog: Rightwingsparkle has again pushed as presidential for the speech McCain gave recently before Californian GOP. Well, that finger does look like another president’s gesture.

Glen Reynolds has put a link up to his original posts about 9/11.  http://instapundit.com/oldarchives/2001_09_09_instapundit_archive.html#5613174  He immediately went to fear for reprisals against American Muslims.  I didn’t understand that 6 years ago I don’t understand that now.  So may people in this country seem to have a clock that stopped before the signing of the Civil [...]

I didn’t know about it till it was over.  I turned on my tv at 8:00 a.m. PST so the young Prince could watch Winnie The Pooh.  By then both towers had collapsed and the heroes of United 93 had brought the plane down in “that Pennsylvania Field.”  The first thing I saw on my [...]

We will never forget1 We pray in thanksgiving today for whom gave their lives in the first battle and, for everybody giving of themselves in fighting on all fronts of this war on terrorism. May the Blessings of Liberty and Justice be secured for ourselves ,our children, and for all mankind. 1Although some would rather [...]

Rod Wood, fellow blogger here (yet to post a bit of teasing) told me of his friend Jack Cashill. I went to Cashill website and discovered this novel he wrote in 1998 about the possible presidency of algore. I found this quote: “An odd thing about bureaucrats, TJ surmised. When not behind a desk, they [...]

Move America Forward is staging Pro-Troops rallys throughout the country this week.  Of course the MSM would rather eat their own livers than cover these events.  Here is the request they have sent out, if you can help please do:  It’s Sunday afternoon and we’re here in the RV in Oklahoma City, OK – we [...]

From Reuters:  “The study found only 48 percent of U.S. Jews under age 35 believe that Israel’s destruction would be a personal tragedy for them” Are these silly children so sheltered from reality they actually imagine that the fate of Israel does not affect all Jews everywhere?  Are they buying the ludicrous idea that anti-Zionism [...]

I still remember reading A Wrinkle In Time the first time.  I can see exactly where I was and how I was sitting when I went along with Meg to free Charles Wallace from IT.   Any child who hasn’t read A Wrinkle In Time is living a deprived life.  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/books/07cnd-lengle.html?ex=1204776000&en=b8c04cc938dda37f&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNmadeleineengle

I generally have little patience for “chain-mails,” there are though exceptions. More: http://red-state-blue.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/09/call-and-respon.html#more

    The current popular book among the left is Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us. [I shan't bother to link to amazon.com for you, go find it at the library.] Weisman is a science reporter who in this book ask the question ‘what if man disappears and the earth goes back to its natural state.’ There [...]

This is from today’s Washington Times “Congressional Democrats are trying to undermine U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus’ credibility before he delivers a report on the Iraq war next week, saying the general is a mouthpiece for President Bush and his findings can’t be trusted.”   Democrats support our troops the way the iceberg supported the [...]

In the ‘debates’ last night at NH, I thought the most insightful commentary was of some man who was either at the restaurant or the back-room that it is too early to decide. The election has become too long. The trend for several election-cycles (btw, I dislike that term: election cycles. It comes off as [...]

Irinia Slutskaya was one of the sloppiest lady’s skater to ever win a World Title. She would glide into her jumps, waiting too long for a take off and then two foot or step out of the jump. I think that is what Fred Thompson has done. He had the take off edge perfect months [...]

But could Guiliani please promise to make Duncan Hunter Sec. Defense.