This is a pretty cool shot.
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It’s Not Just Well-Aged Beef
It’s rotten:
In the 60 pages of words, there’s hardly a major new idea or an idea that departs significantly from the Democratic Party’s agenda since the New Deal. It’s all here: the activist government, the ambitious programs without reference to costs, the appeal to some people’s sense of victimization. There is also one striking omission–a list of anything that Senator Obama has actually done in the course of his brief career to advance any of these goals.
The point is that there is nothing here to back up a candidacy that is based on bringing the nation together to effect change. It’s a rehash of the same policies and programs that the Democratic Left has been pushing–largely without success–for the last 40 years. For some people, as least, the era of big government is not over.
I continue to be amazed at the willful self delusion on the part of the Democrats that either of their candidates are electable.
It’s Not Just Well-Aged Beef
It’s rotten:
In the 60 pages of words, there’s hardly a major new idea or an idea that departs significantly from the Democratic Party’s agenda since the New Deal. It’s all here: the activist government, the ambitious programs without reference to costs, the appeal to some people’s sense of victimization. There is also one striking omission–a list of anything that Senator Obama has actually done in the course of his brief career to advance any of these goals.
The point is that there is nothing here to back up a candidacy that is based on bringing the nation together to effect change. It’s a rehash of the same policies and programs that the Democratic Left has been pushing–largely without success–for the last 40 years. For some people, as least, the era of big government is not over.
I continue to be amazed at the willful self delusion on the part of the Democrats that either of their candidates are electable.
It’s Not Just Well-Aged Beef
It’s rotten:
In the 60 pages of words, there’s hardly a major new idea or an idea that departs significantly from the Democratic Party’s agenda since the New Deal. It’s all here: the activist government, the ambitious programs without reference to costs, the appeal to some people’s sense of victimization. There is also one striking omission–a list of anything that Senator Obama has actually done in the course of his brief career to advance any of these goals.
The point is that there is nothing here to back up a candidacy that is based on bringing the nation together to effect change. It’s a rehash of the same policies and programs that the Democratic Left has been pushing–largely without success–for the last 40 years. For some people, as least, the era of big government is not over.
I continue to be amazed at the willful self delusion on the part of the Democrats that either of their candidates are electable.
Scottish Innovation
This isn’t new, but I’d never seen it before, and figured that many of my readers hadn’t either. The world’s only rotating canal lock. There’s more info at the usual source, of course. It’s a pretty clever design.
Idiot Alert
Over at Reason, the sad tale of a free-loader wannabe:
The group was now “out of food, hadn’t slept in days and were really cold,” and decided, in a grubby version of Dunkirk, to abandon the mission and head back to England. Boyles is disappointed-but not deterred. He is, the BBC reports, planning “to walk around the coast of Britain instead, learning French as he goes, so he can try again next year.” At which point the cycle begins anew, when, upon reaching Baden-Baden, the poor lad will realize that he should have also studied German.
As Wilde said in another context, one would have to have a heart of stone to read this and not laugh out loud.
New Space Blog On The Block
I ran across Parabolic Arc the other day, and added it to the blog roll. It’s run by Doug Marsh, and he seems to post quite a bit.
Unfortunately, though, the color scheme (gray letters on black background) hurts the eyes to read it. I hope he’ll change it.
Not Part Of The Consensus
Bill Gray is predicting global cooling within the next decade. And he’s willing to put money on it.
Of course, as he notes, at his age, he may not be around to find out whether or not he won the bet.
Why We Need To Return To Federalism
Jim Manzi has some thoughts on conservatism, libertarianism, and subsidiarity.
His emphasis on federalism, despite his conservatism, was the biggest thing that I liked about Fred Thompson.
Her Next Career
Iowahawk provides a glimpse of Hillary!’s future in the restaurant business.
Describe Incident(s) (be specific, including time)
At initial clock-in at 3:55 4/21/08, Sharon says Hillary refused to change into uniform skirt, which she said was demeaning, unflattering to legs. Hillary agreed to wear skirt only after lengthy argument between Sharon and Hillary’s attorneys. After numeorous complaints from customers, Hillary allowed to wear pants.
On 4/22/08, Sharon arrived for dinner shift, found restaurant unstaffed. Entire crew was in breakroom, where they said Hillary forced them to attend something called “Sausage Pricing Taskforce.”
Disciplinary Action:
Verbal reprimand; ordered new pantsuit uniform from District 6 Supply (size 18 short)
It gets better, naturally.