I didn’t watch the show. (I won’t call these joint press conferences debates.) But reports are that Fred did well. If this is any indication, this is the guy we’ve been waiting to see.
10 January, 2008
Anbar Not Just Awakening
It’s about to be turned over to Iraqi control. Half way there.
This could be very good news
The only disease that really terrifies me is Alzheimer’s. Even if I got some deadly cancer, at least I would still be me until I died. But losing my self before my body grinds to a halt would be a living nightmare, partly because others would live most of the nightmare.
Now there is preliminary evidence that Alzheimer’s may actually be a type of diabetes, which could revolutionize treatment. I know enough not to read too much into a single study or report, but this is cause for hope.
Meanwhile, other research continues. This sounds interesting, too.
9 January, 2008
Enumerated Powers Act
In my Walter Mitty moments when I imagine being the President, I send word to congress that no bill that arrives without a cover letter explaining exactly where in the constitution they are allowed to pass it, it’ll get a veto. (And I add, parenthetically, that “the general welfare” isn’t allowed.)
So, naturally, I think this is a terrific idea. I hope Shadegg has success with it.
8 January, 2008
Hitch Pitches a Bullseye
When he’s on, he’s on target. There’s something pathetic and embarrassing about our obsession with Barack Obama’s race.
7 January, 2008
How do you know Hillary is full of it?
Because plants spring up everywhere she goes.
What a Woman
I thought I was impressed with Ayaan Hirsi Ali before. After reading this thoughtful review I am in awe. Here is a woman born into the backward, repressive tribalism of Islamic culture, and she knows Western history better than almost all Westerners. Her linkage of Multiculturalism to Romanticism is incisive. Our troubles come, as she says, not from too much reason but too little.
What a woman.
6 January, 2008
Science Based Medicine
The good Dr. Novella and friends have started a new blog, Science Based Medicine.
So convinced am I by the first few posts I have added it to the Honor Roll at Buttle’s World. The post on Plants vs. Drugs is a good place to start. I also have a soft spot for one which starts with a truthful observation that is only hilarious when you realize who said it:
Safe Predictions
If the founder of the Weather Channel called “global warming” a scam, would the MSM notice?
I’m going with “no”, unless it’s to crucify the guy.
I have read dozens of scientific papers. I have talked with numerous scientists. I have studied. I have thought about it. I know I am correct. There is no run away climate change. The impact of humans on climate is not catastrophic. Our planet is not in peril. I am incensed by the incredible media glamour, the politically correct silliness and rude dismissal of counter arguments by the high priest of Global Warming.
In time, a decade or two, the outrageous scam will be obvious.
I don’t think it’ll take two decades. Global cooling didn’t last that long.
5 January, 2008
A Prediction
I fear that Jonah’s crystal ball is in perfect focus.
Obama has a rendezvous with destiny, or so we will be told. And if he’s denied it, teeth shall be gnashed, clothes rent and prices paid.
4 January, 2008
While Petraeus wins the battle of Iraq
the Pentagon seems hell-bent on losing the war.
Misguided Pentagon officials, including Mr. Islam and Mr. England, have initiated an aggressive “outreach” program to U.S. Muslim groups that critics say is lending credibility to what has been identified as a budding support network for Islamist extremists, including front groups for the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
Did I miss the news about the Pentagon relocating to Foggy Bottom?
3 January, 2008
Redacted
“Pistol Packin’ Pete” Perata, one of our slimy anti-gun California legislators had his car jacked at gunpoint. Even if he had been armed, giving up the car was the right thing to do. That’s not the point.
The following paragraph used to appear at the end of the sfgate story, and has vanished:
Perata said he never had the permit renewed when it expired two years ago because he “just never had the opportunity to re-qualify” at a gun range. Perata obtained the permit out of security concerns stemming from his work regulating firearms.
Let me translate: “Regulate” means “make unavailable to honest citizens”. When he worked hard to disarm Californians, a few complained in, perhaps, inappropriate ways. He claimed there were “death threats”. For the record, I think he was lying.
His response was to arm himself.
What a hypocrite and a coward.
Extra credit: Try the words Perata and corrupt in your favorite search engine.
