Just for the Record

This is not me.

But congratulations, Jeff, anyway.

America’s Youngest Soldier

Making Sargent at 5 years old ain’t bad.

(Have a hanky handy.)

Typical

I don’t know if Obama’s granny was a “typical white person” or not, but he sure sounds like a typical politician.

Say Thank You

Without saying a word.

Now, I have the habit of trying to shake their hands. Especially with the WWII vets, of whom so few remain. But sometimes it means interrupting. This is a nice idea.

How to Spot the Useful Idiots

Sometimes, as Zombie reports, it’s by their bad grammar.

Watch Kerry Squirm

Jason Mattera scores some direct hits on the Senate’s biggest traitor, John Kerry.

There’s a great word in Spanish for men like Kerry: Sinvergüenza.

Silver Lining Dept

Could Chavez have, pardon the expression, FARCed himself?

As for Chávez, his saber-rattling is choking vital two-way trade with Colombia, despite the fact that the Venezuelan people have been rioting for months over the scarcity of basic staples. Indeed, Lieutenant Colonel Chávez may be the only military leader in history to attack his own supply lines. His pointless deployment of thousands of troops along Venezuela’s remote western border must be draining vast resources from a disastrously managed national budget.

Child Abuse

Filling little kids’ heads with leftist worries about adult things is just sick. I can tell I’m going to be fighting it every day my daughter is in school. As far as I’m concerned, every parent of a child appearing in this video should be arrested for child abuse.

Or, better yet, forced to move some place where they have similarly enlightened views on how to raise kids.

From Derb’s Lips

to God’s ear?

I repeat: Obama’s toast. He may yet get the Democratic nomination, but tens of millions of Americans who are neither (a) black nor (b) guilty white liberals are simply appalled that Obama would revere a guy like Jeremiah Wright for 20 years, whatever the particularities of which services he did and didn’t attend. It defies belief that Obama knew this man for all that time, intimately enough to have him supervise at the Obama wedding and the children’s baptisms, yet did not know that Wright is a white-hating, America-hating crank. Who on earth believes this?

Either/Or

VDH surveys the Rev. Wright flap and boils the choices down:

EITHER: ‘Obama probably knew what was going on at Trinity, but, given the complex circumstances and Obama’s other strengths, it doesn’t matter enough to affect my vote;’

OR: ‘Obama’s attendance and his feeble reaction to the criticism of Wright provide a valuable warning of why someone so inexperienced and yet so familiar with extremists should not be President of the United States next year.’

It’s left to the electorate, as it should be.

Of course, Mark Steyn has his own way of shedding light on the decision.

Derb wondered the other day whether the Obama campaign was a massive “con job”. But it’s worse than that. If he were a con artist, he’d be like every other opportunist pol contemplating a run for the presidency: he’d be slick enough to know from the get-go that the Reverend Wright was a guy he needed to keep at way beyond arm’s length; instead, he named his big pre-campaign hey-world-here-I-am book after one of his sermons. That suggests Obama didn’t even appreciate Wright was a potential problem. Which, in turn, suggests a candidate as disconnected from reality as his pastor is.

Perspective

Raymond S. Kraft provides a brief but useful bit of historical perspective. I would quibble with some of his analysis, but his presentation of the big picture is very concise.

Recommended.

The Power of Harmony

These kids are really good. (OK, the arrangement is a tad “country” for my taste, but the execution is nearly flawless. It works.)

A Weird Glimpse at the Future

How about a mobile phone you can talk on without talking.

No Link?

Andy McCarthy on how “considerable overlap” and “work together” get turned into “no link” by the traitorous MSM.

Marines in Berkeley

The Daily Show (which, I confess, I’ve never seen) takes on the Code Pinkos, aka “Ugly Women Idiots“.

Who Needs a Movie?

You do! Just think of how a movie could improve your life.

Best Campaign Spot of the Year

Jim Ogonowski just has to win after this.

Reading Minds

I knew, vaguely, that fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) was going to reveal tremendous amounts of information about brain function in the very near future.

It seems the future is closer than my puny imagination thought. Soon scientists may be able to reconstruct dreams.

If we can keep our civilization from imploding or being overrun by 7th-century barbarians, some absolutely amazing stuff is in store, even in what’s left of my lifetime. What an exciting time to be alive!

Sometimes Profanity Is Just Fine

The profanity in this column will be forgiven by me and, I suspect, by you because of who wrote it. See if you can guess who before following the link:

I began reading not only the economics of Thomas Sowell (our greatest contemporary philosopher) but Milton Friedman, Paul Johnson, and Shelby Steele, and a host of conservative writers, and found that I agreed with them: a free-market understanding of the world meshes more perfectly with my experience than that idealistic vision I called liberalism.

Welcome aboard, Mr. M—-.

Sometimes Only Profanity Will Do

When I read about the violent, misogynistic depravity of Arab/Muslim culture such as the barbarous practice of “honor killings”, I really want to let loose.  Out of deference to the delicate readers of my blog I’ll hit a middle ground and just call them a bunch of sick f***tards.

Never Accuse Anybody at the TSA

of being smart.

Frankly, every time I go through what is called “Airport Security” anymore I wonder if the terrorists haven’t already won. They not only murdered three thousand in New York, but now we have a giant government bureaucracy run by idiots and entirely staffed by unionized idiots putting us through a song and dance which doesn’t make us one whit safer than we were on September 10th.

Well, at least I can fly safe in the knowledge that bloggers won’t be bringing down the airplane with their elegant laptops.

The Inequality Myth

The rich get richer while the poor get poorer, right?

Not exactly.

If the economy were a zero-sum game we’d all still be living in caves.

Hugo’s Friends

Gee, which major U.S. political party keeps flocking to the aid of this tin-horn dictator?

That’s a head-scratcher, ain’t it?

Bad Science Journalism

and the Myth of the Oppressed Underdog.

Beware the underdog narrative in science journalism. This narrative severely misrepresents how science really works. It’s designed to elicit our sympathy for a not-yet-established theory, maybe one that is socially attractive, and to arouse our indignation against the staid community of eggheaded scientists. This underdog narrative plays on our emotions, it makes for a good read, and helps us feel good about ourselves when we stand up for our convictions.

Guitar Heroes

Michael Yon has another gripping, must-read dispatch which, among other things, illustrates just how lame the MSM is at reporting on the war. There’s nothing like a guy who has been there, done that, and come back to write about it.

Update:

Yon’s book is due out April 22. Signed copies can be purchased here.

Yet Another Update:

Don’t miss Michael J. Totten’s latest.

Wafa Rocks al Jazeera

Certainly one of the bravest women in the world, Wafa Sultan was on al Jazeera live (I wonder if they’ll repeat that mistake) and ripped the idiot Islamists a new one.

Very satisfying to watch.

Yet Another Reason to Hate Daylight Savings Time

I’ve never liked lying about what time it is. Now it looks as though it not only doesn’t save energy, but wastes it.

VDH on Hope and Change

As in Obama better hope he gets a grip on his campaign before it’s recognized as McGovern Redux, because attitudes about him are about to change like they did for pet rocks.

China’s Islamic Problem

I didn’t know there was an Islamic population in China. Iowahawk sees signs that there, too, it’s breeding a terrorism problem.

If not afraid, I’d be ashamed to attend the Olympics in China.

“I loved that jet”

If you can read this and not get choked up, you’re probably not a pilot.