REFLECTIONS

During the 80’s Newsweek and NOW praised China’s One Child Policy.   I remember that well because I was leaving the liberalism I was raised with and that praise helped me realize the way of the left is the wrong way.   The left’s secret love of totalitarianism led to where it always leads, the slaughter of the innocent.   [...]

Michael Eisner was given the name genius for bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars to the Walt Disney Co. and bringing it back from the edge of a hostile takeover.  How did he do it,  by coming up with new ideas, and new talents, new movies?  Not so much.  There were two actual geniuses, Howard [...]

As always Professor Hanson knows exactly what ails our native state.  Anyone know how to start a draft Hanson for Governor committee. 
This recession has really brought out the dichotomies: We spend billions of scarce cash on imported food, fuel, and manufactured goods, but have acres of idle farmlands, vast untapped deposits of natural gas and [...]

Yesterday I tweeted at #hcsummit while listening to XM-132 (C-SPAN radio) to the latest attempt to sell Americans that nationalising health care is progress. Our ideologue-in-chief was a bit too patronising toward his opposition. (See his treatment of his challenger in ‘08, Sen. John McCain (R. AZ) for one example.) Over all, Mr. Obama scolded [...]

George Orwell in his 1984 novel did not take into account a woman can be just as ruthless little “il duce” as any man.

ABCnews reports Big Sister shall be watching the Internet during the Olympics. Jason Ryan wrote, “As the winter Olympics begin, the Department of Homeland Security has disclosed that it will be [...]

What was/is your Israel Test? This is what George Gilder ask of his readers in his latest book. This is not just a question for the anti-Semites but for all of us. The future of the Western concept of liberty depends upon our answers.
For myself my Israel Test occurred in ninth grade. After our English [...]

In the Saint Bernard’s bulletin today there was drawn a comparison between some parishers and the game of football. Since this afternoon is the American feast to commericial hype I submit the following:
Quarterback Sneak: Church members quietly leaving before the final blessing. [Forgetting Judas was the first early leaver. ]Benchwarmer: Those who do not [...]

I hope conservatives won’t feel compelled to root for Johnny Weir out of their disdain for animal rights groups.  Weir tried his best to offend Republicans, or rather the imaginary boogeyman Republicans.  He dressed in high heels and wore feather boas.  And just to emphasize how outrageous he is to Republicans he said; “I know [...]

Roger Simon  http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/01/21/scary-times-in-obama-high/ makes the point that I made in my New Year’s Predictions:
But he is the President and he can take executive actions. And with those actions, like a wounded animal, he may pull all of us down with him. I am deeply afraid of that because Barack Obama has never had to deal with [...]

If Nationals weren’t going on I would have blogged about Mort Zuckerman’s inside out idea of what “improving world opinion” means.  Fortunately The Anchoress did it for me.  http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/01/21/unexpected-again/
Go read it, while I root for Davis and White to crush Ben and that Barbie doll he skates with. 

Victor Davis Hanson takes a hard look at all the verbotten subjects in the land of free speech.  http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/truths-we-dare-not-speak/. 
When I remember how General Petraeus was treated by the Democrats in 07 I am still livid.  When I think that two of the Senators that called Gen. Petraeus a liar are now Sec. of Sate and [...]

Well I think so.  But I was rather surprised to find this definition of racism on Ann Althouse’s blog
If by “racist” you mean somebody who would use other people’s feelings about race in a purely instrumental way to amass political power, then Harry Reid is a racist.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/01/is-harry-reid-racist-it-depends-on-what.html
If that is the definition of racism then all [...]

Mark Steyn likes saying I told you so even more than I.   Emphasis mine of course  http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/president-227600-obama-war.html
According to one poll, 58 percent of Americans are in favor of waterboarding young Umar Farouk. Well, you should have thought about that before you made a community organizer president of the world’s superpower. The election of Barack Obama [...]

It is not industry — the US Government directly responsible!  In order to avoid spoilage I will just post the link … trust me, the proof is worth seeing.
http://www.tinyurl.com/postagw
 

One of my favorite complaints is that the “future” looks just like the past.  All the fabulous inventions they promised us back in the 60s never materialized.  Except for teeny tiny phones and this internet gadget the far away world of 2010 looks just like my childhood way back before man walked on the moon.    [...]

That’s Roger Simon’s view of 2010  http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2010/01/01/2010-a-year-of-living-dangerously/   I agree as I have said before I am feeling very Cassandra staring at the Trojan Horse-ish.

Sorry folks I just can’t manage a Happy New Year today.  I have the worst cold I have had since the invention of Zicam nasal zinc swabs.  Because of course our radical leftist POTUS appointed a radical leftist head of the FDA; who forced Zicam to stop making those swaps on the flimsiest of complaints [...]