The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Patrick Henry Paraphrase Of The Day

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

Well played:

via The Looking Spoon

Category: Barack Obama

Another Song for @AmandaMarcotte

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 7 Comments

OK, it’s not quite up there with “Under My Thumb” as a sexist anthem, but the Beatles’ “You Can’t Do That” is still great rock-and-roll, so you know Amanda Marcotte hates it.

I’ve got somethin’ to say that might cause you pain.
If I catch you talkin’ to that boy again
I’m gonna let you down
And leave you flat,
Because I told you before,
Oh, You can’t do that.

Category: Feminism, Music, Video

Obama Birthday Party Games

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 4 Comments

by Smitty

Got to find a way to squeeze a post out of these outbursts of Twitter hash:

Category: Uncategorized

This Song Is for @AmandaMarcotte

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 16 Comments

Because I am now currently on a plane flying to Iowa, I had to schedule some posts ahead of time. Yesterday I heard this classic Rolling Stones hit on the radio. For some reason, it made me think of Amanda Marcotte.

It’s down to me,
The way she talks when she’s spoken to.
Down to me, the change has come,
She’s under my thumb.

You should send that YouTube link to her on Twitter (@AmandaMarcotte) and ask her why she hates rock-and-roll.

Category: Feminism, Music, Video

En Route to Des Moines

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 12 Comments

REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, Washington, D.C.
We had passed through the security checkpoint and were waiting for our belongings to come through the X-ray scanner. And waiting.

And waiting.

Our carry-ons and other personal items weren’t coming through. There was a flurry of activity involving the TSA agent in charge of security at Terminal A, who summoned a supervisor. To one of the ladies waiting with me, I remarked: “Another reason to hate terrorists.”

That’s what I always say in such moments, because I hate the extra hassles of security screenings, and I remember who’s to blame. And now I was enduring just another routine hassle of traveling in the post-9/11 era — or so I thought, until another of the ladies waiting said, “See the guy in the red tie? He’s one of the biggest imams in the area.”

Really? “Yeah,” she said. “He’s on the news all the time.”

And so our bags were stalled in the X-ray queue while the TSA assembled a team to escort the imam through extra security procedures. Finally, the X-ray conveyer started rolling again. I grabbed my laptop, shoved it in my backpack, and put my coat, shoes and hat on again. Just as I was about to get moving, the security agents escorted the imam past me. I looked at him and smiled. He smiled back sheepishly and said in clear but accented English: “Special treatment.”

Not the sort of special treatment one envies. He was obviously deemed a security risk and, you might say, “profiled.” Unfortunate perhaps, but certainly not my fault.

So I went to the cocktail lounge and had a reuben sandwich, chips and a Bloody Mary. Just hope that imam isn’t going to Iowa.


The National Desk, at the bar of the airport lounge, 11:30 a.m.





Category: Fear and Loathing in Iowa

Forget Analyzing The Left: Focus On Exceptionalism

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 9 Comments

by Smitty

Da Tech Guy posts on the Lefty attempt to project its internal panic onto conservatives. Ace of Spades dons the hip waders to trudge through the intellectual dishonesty of the Left.

Leftists do not have any great regard for the process of voting, or for securing the consent of the governed. What they care about almost entirely is outcome — if democracy can produce the outcomes they wish, then bully for democracy; if it results in outcomes they oppose, then perhaps we need to look at another system.

Perhaps one in which some kind of educated, civilized Vanguard (to give it a name) makes all important decisions on behalf of “The People.”

This is not new. This is the standard leftist model, dating back all the way to 1793 and the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution.

It’s similar to (and not coincidentally so) the divergence between leftists and classic liberals on economic opportunities versus economic outcomes. Classic liberals desire a system in which economic opportunities are maximized, a system in which the most people possible will be prosperous; leftists fixate not on the process of wealth creation but only the machinery of wealth confiscation and redistribution — determined to intervene (and take away people’s liberty) in order to arrange outcomes the way they wish.

I think there are two flavors of Leftists:

There may be some hope for the former to wake up and smell the nonsense. For the latter category, Al Gore himself being a likely example, only the Almighty Himself knows. The brain damage from the kool-aid may be too severe.
That’s all fine. Knowing thy opposition is essential.
The good news for the conservative is that our case is the same one that the Founders did plead. Our drum is liberty. Pound that Mike Foxtrot. The litmus test in every discussion is whether a course of action enhances individual liberty, the lifeblood of American Exceptionalism. Even though, as Ace notes, the Left can make pro-Democracy noises, especially when pointing a finger at conservatives, they are really not intellectually capable of consistent arguments in favor of liberty.
They will never argue for less government. Bureaucracy is a womb into which all Leftiess would rather crawl, to swim in a sea of regulatory fluid. In the case of the debt ceiling legislation, as far as I can tell, the savings are mostly future, and the reforms are as substantial as a campaign promise. Feign compromise. Moan loudly about the evils of the GOP. Then subvert the intent of the legislation, so that the reality continues the relentless destruction of American liberty that is the Progressive project.
These Lefties are nothing if not patient. Forget them. They know their ideas are a dead letter. We must argue liberty, in a positive way, and focus on driving the 2012 election further toward a righteous course. And 2014. And 2016. And so on.

* This is my entry for the Most Offensive Statement Ever By A Public Official. I find it both theologically and politically offensive, and coming as it does from Al Gore in the midst of a Global Whatever bile stream, I just don’t think a worse statement has ever been made.

Category: Democrats, Progressivism

World’s Youngest Blogger Is Thad McCotter’s Biggest Little Fan

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 20 Comments

by World’s Youngest Blogger

I said I’d be rockin’ a fedora, once I got me some room, and so here I am, sporting my badness with dad:

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Category: Thaddeus McCotter

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Posted on | August 3, 2011 | 8 Comments

The Department of Education has enlisted Sponge Bob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer to brainwash kids about global warming.

Soylent Green is experiencing Government-Induced Tourette’s Syndrome.

Category: Education, Global Warming
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