The AP points out the president’s geographic ignorance.
Wait, what?
I wish I could be shocked by this.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Anti-Gun Demagoguery
Now these lying ghouls are comparing George Zimmerman to mass shooters.
[Update a while later]
How to incite a moral panic:
“The most powerful time to communicate is when concern and emotions are running at their peak,” it advises. Antigun advocates are urged to seize opportunistically on horrific crimes: “The debate over gun violence in America is periodically punctuated by high-profile gun violence incidents including Columbine, Virginia Tech, Tucson, the Trayvon Martin killing, Aurora, and Oak Creek. When an incident such as these attracts sustained media attention, it creates a unique climate for our communications efforts.”
The booklet explicitly urges foes of the Second Amendment to abjure rationality in favor of the argumentum ad passiones, or appeal to emotion.
Fortunately, the justice system ultimately worked, and the insane and irrelevant war on “stand your ground” laws has failed.
Benghazi Witness Intimidation
Gee, why won’t Baghdad Tim answer any questions?
Darrel Issa
…is winning the Internets. Too bad more Republicans don’t get it.
Speaking of Issa, he apparently has proof of collusion between the FEC and the IRS in investigating Tea-Party groups. Wouldn’t be surprising at all, given Lerner’s history.
Jeff Bezos
…and the Great Beyondists. Thoughts on Bezos’ new toy and the political predilections of MSMers, from Matt Welch.
The Failure Of ObamaCare
No, despite the illogic of the Democrats, it’s not the Republicans’ fault. There is no responsibility on their part to attempt to implement an atrocious law that they rightly opposed, or to stop trying to repeal it when it’s clearly going to be so damaging to the nation’s economy and our personal health and freedom.
The Benghazi Stand-Down Order
Was it issued by Valerie Jarrett?
Michael Mann
Hey, he said it, not me.
Potential Garver Replacements
Brian Berger has some names.
Pam Melroy would be the best choice, as far as I’m concerned, but Patti or Rich would be fine as well. I hope that it’s not Zulkoski.
[Update a while later]
Brian has an exit interview with Lori.
The New Anti-Semitism
It’s becoming increasingly fashionable in Europe:
What this describes is a slow pogrom — but one that can pass unnoticed and be ignored because of its very gradualness. Governments are doing some good things about it, but the battle for decency will have to be fought in the universities, the media, political parties, and other places where the virus is spreading. It will have to deal honestly but intelligently with Muslim anti-Semitism, which European officialdom shrinks from confronting.
What was old is new again.