“…it would look like Detroit.”
“I Could Have Been Trayvon”
Well, you know what, Mr. President? If you were bashing some guy’s head into the pavement thirty-five years ago to be a tough guy, you may well have been. As Treacher notes: “Apparently, @BarackObama thinks that if a white kid was beating a Hispanic guy’s head into the sidewalk, he couldn’t possibly get shot.”
The notion that this case is about “white supremacy” is sheer lunacy.
I’ll refrain from comment about how much better off the nation might be today had the President been Trayvon, with the same results.
Picking Presidential Candidates
Some thoughts on our terrible system.
It’s not just picking candidates — in general, the skills set needed to win an election doesn’t overlap with that needed to actually be a good president, and there’s no better example of the principle than the current resident of the White House.
The IRS And The White House
Does Issa have the goods?
I’ve never had much doubt that it came from the top. The only issue was whether or not we’d get to the bottom of it. We’ll see.
[Update a while later]
Sorry, I’ve been away from the news for a couple days. I guess that was from Wednesday night, and he was scheduled to testify yesterday. I’ll scroll up Instapundit to see how it came out, since I won’t find out anything from the usual suspects.
[Update a few minutes later]
Well, Peggy Noonan thinks it’s a bombshell. Guess her ObamaCrush is really over.
Off To The Sierras
Heading up to Sequoia/Kings/Yosemite to show the kids some scenery (they’re from Michigan). I may check in tonight, if I take a laptop.
“Stand Your Ground Laws”
Every time morons (or liars — OK, could be both) like Eric Holder talk about them in the context of Martin/Zimmerman, they are a complete non-sequitur. This should be pointed out at every opportunity.
Trayvon Martin
Was he attempting to gay bash Zimmerman?
There’s a lot more evidence for that than that Zimmerman killed him because he was black. But it doesn’t fit the politically correct narrative. Nor does the fact that he was an uncharged criminal.
Sadly for the media, almost everything they reported was wrong, and against the narrative. And of course, they continue to tell the lies. And when Will Saletan is calling you out, you know that you’ve jumped the shark.
[Update a while later]
Shorter Eric Holder: The show trial must go on. Plus a bonus — the gratuitous racism of Nancy Grace. CNN has been more disgraceful (so to speak) than usual on this case.
The Senate Launch System
The latest analysis of the programmatic disaster to come. With bonus Orion problems.
This is simply insane.
Zimmerman’s Lawyers
…may seek compensation from the prosecutors.
Go for it. Unfortunately, even if they win, it will be the taxpayers who pay, due to sovereign immunity. They should really seek to have them all disbarred. That’s the only thing that will stop this kind of nonsense.
Light And Scattered Posting
I have a niece and nephew visiting from Michigan. We went out whale watching today from Dana Point (saw at least two blue whales and a mother and calf fin whale, and hundreds of common long-nose dolphin). Then Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Tomorrow, it’s California Adventure in Anaheim (where I’ve never been).
[Tuesday-morning update]
It was a long day, but we had a good time. Advice in the comments about getting there early for the Cars Racers is right — they were sold out of Fast Pass, and the wait was in the two-hour range for the bulk of the day. But we saw everything else (that we wanted to Bugs — the insects, not the Bunny, which is a different cartoon franchise– World was worth a miss unless you had little kids), and toward the end of the day, we went in the singles line, and only waited twenty-five minutes. Since the car seating is three and three, it’s not that big a deal to split up the party anyway, and it actually gave the kids an opportunity to race each other instead of being in the same car.
My overall verdict: like an alternate-universe Disneyland, with more California flavor (the restaurant we ate at had vineyards leading up to it), and with more modern, as opposed to classic characters. Disneyland has Cinderella’s Castle, CA has the Mermaid. Disneyland has Thunder Mountain, CA has Grizzly Rapids. Disneyland has Frontierland and Tom Sawyer’s Island, CA has the Redwood hiking/rope trail. I’m not a roller coaster connoisseur, but California Screamin’ seemed to pull some good gees, particularly backward at the launch. And I have to say that the World of Color light/water/flaming-gas-jets show was pretty spectacular. I was impressed by the power of the pumps that could generate eighty feet of head, and the precision and control over the valves. I’d never seen lasers painting on mist before. No one, including Disney, could have done this twenty years ago, I think, without modern computer technology. And we got a bonus of watching the early fireworks display across the way at Disneyland. So definitely worth a do once.