Ira Stoll has your post-election spin from the Dems, so you don’t have to wait.
Weird Campaign Sign
We were driving through San Anselmo this morning on our way back to LA from Stinson Beach, and I saw a sign that said:
Behar
Water Board
I have to confess that my immediate thought was “Waterboard Joy Behar? Someone after my own heart.” But after seeing several more of them, and realizing that this was the heart of Marin County (where she’s probably a heroine), I finally figured out that someone (else) named Behar was running for the board that oversees local water issues.
Conservative Optimism
…versus leftist hopelessness. Thoughts on the real motivation behind Marxist precepts, from Cynthia Yockey (whom I was privileged to meet a few weeks ago in DC).
Hitting The Road
Leaving Stinson Beach and driving back down to southern California. No posting until tonight.
It’s Not Just NPR
It’s time to defund the National Endowment for the Humanities. They have a right to debauch history and denigrate our country, and even poison the minds of our youth, but they have no right to taxpayer dollars with which to do so.
Conference Over
I’ll be driving back down to LA tomorrow, down the coast, so I may not be posting much until tomorrow night or Tuesday. Thoughts on the conference later.
Repatriate Our Revolution
Daniel Hannan says that it’s time for Brits to party like it’s 1773.
Obama’s “Philosophical” Pragmatism
Are Stewart And Colbert Pro-Islamofascist?
…or just ignorant/stupid?
Based on their previous behavior, I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.
Why yes, I’m not as impressed with their supposed intelligence and hipness as I’m supposed to be. Why do you ask?
It’s really a shame, too. I liked Cat Stephens in my youth, before he became a murderous misogynist nutcase. Or at least, I liked his music.
[Update a few minutes later]
Just how much sanity was on the Mall yesterday? A crowd estimate.
[Update a while later]
Here’s sample of the sanity on offer. Note the abundance of leftist projection (e.g. fear mongers, tools of corporations). And this is classic:
“[Barack Obama’s] made some progress, but the dude’s got to dig out of a big hole,” said an Obama voter from Maryland. “We need him to do what he asked us to make him do what he said he was going to do in the campaign.”
Got it.
Dude.
A Woman After My Own Heart
Megan McArdle explains why even “liberals” should want to eliminate the corporate income tax. The reason that many will persist in disagreement is because they just might be Marxists.
[Update a few minutes later]
I would repeat the old aphorism: corporations don’t pay taxes; they only collect them, at a fairly high cost to economic growth.