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2004-09-06T17:31:00.000-04:00

Kerry takes 457th position on Iraq Senator John Kerry always ready to say something different is once again against the war in Iraq. Democrat John Kerry accused President Bush on Monday of sending U.S. troops to the "wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time" and said he'd try to bring them all home in four years. White at Harvard in the mid 1960's Kerry gave speeches about being against

2004-09-06T17:11:00.000-04:00

Media continues Kerry lie Major media ever ready to carry the Kerry torch continue to focus only on the number that the Democrats want to be looked at. Although payroll jobs have grown by 1.7 million in the last 12 months, the economy still has lost 913,000 jobs overall since Bush took office. By saying "lost X jobs overall" the AP is trying to impress upon the unsuspecting reader that there

2004-09-06T10:17:00.000-04:00

Kerry lies about the economy. John Kerry in keeping with the tradition of the Democratic party being the party of negativism where only they can save us from the cesspool we find ourselves in through more government programs and higher taxes has taken the announcement of the August job figures as further proof of our failed economy. "Yesterday morning, once again, we received disappointing news

2004-09-03T14:59:00.000-04:00

Silent no more. I've had about as much as I can stomach of the establishment media's constant hypocrisy and dishonesty. I've heard enough double talk, condensation and twisted half truths from Kerry/Edwards as I can take. I don't have a job so I was able to watch a lot of both conventions and if I was going to vote for Bush before I'd want to vote twice for him now.I'm going to start with Kerry's

2004-07-02T11:58:00.000-04:00

What words are left? Webster's Main Entry: quag·mire Pronunciation: 'kwag-"mIr, 'kwäg- Function: noun 1 : soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot 2 : a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position Bill Day I have seen the war in Iraq described as horrific, terrible and bloody. I've seen the press try to make out that there no justification for such high causalities. It's been

2004-07-01T17:33:00.000-04:00

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2004-07-01T16:45:00.000-04:00

Moore's Big Blockbuster I have seen much about how Michael Moore’s lastest anti-American and anti-Bush movie is doing gangbusters. Reuters Box-office fever for Michael Moore's searing anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" climbed a bit higher on Monday Independent The box-office figures were a vindication for Mr Moore and his immediate backers, the Weinstein brothers of Miramax, The Oregonian

2004-06-30T15:38:00.000-04:00

A bit of a Fisking over the Handover Over at Chrenkoff, Arthur has a nice little Fisking of a few media comments on the US handover of authority to the Iraqi Transitional Authority. No one questions German or South Korean sovereignty, the economy was broken by Saddam and is now doing much better, thank you very much for asking, and the fact that people set off car bombs and behead hostages is of

2004-06-30T15:19:00.000-04:00

More on the Media Both these are from todays Front Page Magazine. The first by William A. Mayer is a satirical bit on how today's media would be likely to report the Allied invasion on D-Day. Casualties at day's end are nothing short of horrific; at least 8,000 and possibly as many as 9,000 were wounded in the haphazardly coordinated attack, which seems to have no unifying purpose or intent. Of

2004-06-29T17:11:00.000-04:00

Restoring a 2006 Chevy Cobalt SS There's a fun little article in Road and Track about the prospects of restoring the cars of today in the future. "How did you like the BMW 530i?" my friend, Lew Terpstra, asked. "Nice car," I said, "if you can master the iDrive system for running the radio and heating system. It drives most people crazy." Lew nodded. "That system seems to be a point of great

2004-06-29T15:43:00.000-04:00

More on Moore Yes, I know there is too much on Moore out there right now but I think this article from 1998 on Moore by Matt Labash, "Michael Moore, One-Trick Phony" has a good way of giving info on him before Bowling For Columbine set him up as the #1 posterboy for the extreme Left.

2004-06-29T13:34:00.000-04:00

The ACLU is racist Here we have the ACLU attacking a company for establishing a dress code. The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting to a ban on sports jerseys, sleeveless shirts and backward baseball caps in Louisville's new nightclub district, saying the dress code is biased against blacks and poor people. What a load of horse shit. The only way you can think that is if you believe

2004-06-29T12:35:00.000-04:00

EU wants to outlaw Polack jokes I have to wonder at what point the people of Europe will say no more with the ever growing an invasive regulations coming from Brussels. Declan McCullagh has a nice post over at CNET on how "Europe (still) doesn't get it.". His post starts with a new treaty on cybercrime from the Council of Eruope and goes from there into a general rip on European tendancy to

2004-06-24T09:15:00.000-04:00

Smart For2 might not make it The tiny Smart For2 city car that starts at $9,000 in Europe could sell in the US. In places like New York, Boston it could be useful as a second or third comuter car and you'd get sales elsewhere from people looking for something unique. Sales wouldn't be high but in a 16.5 million car market each year there room for everyone. Diamlier-Chrysler has stated openly

2004-06-22T15:02:00.000-04:00

Right-wing Doomsday This is an common event. We are all the time bombarded by the nagative nancy doomsday senerios of the Left but it's rare we see one from the Right. I hope you get a chance to enjoy, "The End of Power " from The Wall Street Jounal. Like many doomsdays from the Left there are interesting points to be made and also like many of the doomdays from the Left it is a possibility.

2004-06-22T13:18:00.000-04:00

Geely wants to sell cars in US Chinese car company says it will sell cheap sedan in U.S. The Geely Uliou. Can they copy the success of the Koreans everyone is asking. Of course people seem to be forgetting that Deawoo and Daihatsu were abject failures or that Kia was doing so well it had to be bought out by Hyundia to stay afloat. Well I'm not going to make any predictions on a car that's

2004-06-18T17:18:00.000-04:00

Who's lying? The left leaning press seems to be willing to lie through ommission to support those claiming Bush is the liar. From USA Today... Bush and Cheney also have sought to tie Iraq specifically to the 9/11 attacks. In a letter to Congress on March 19, 2003--the day the war in Iraq began--Bush said that the war was permitted under legislation authorizing force against those who ''planned

2004-06-18T13:21:00.000-04:00

Prepetuating Lies of the Left Nice. Here we have the 9/11 commission catching Bush in the act of trying to paint a connection between Al Qaeda and Saddam over 9/11. Now he has been caught in his "Sky High Lies" and with it his justification for removing Saddam is gone as well. Guess we should restore Saddam to power then. Only there's one problem with this... Bush never claimed any Saddam

2004-06-18T12:19:00.000-04:00

Roger and Jihad According to a report in the UK Gaurdian, "Fahrenheit 9/11 gets help offer from Hezbollah ". I don't know what more can be said. I think once Hezbollah starts to offer to support your work it's safe to say your work is nothing must anti-American propaganda and need not warrant any further thought. And remember he won the award for "documentary" at Cannes. For info on refuting

2004-06-18T10:44:00.000-04:00

Bush's biggest failure What is it? He never refutes lies. David Horowitz has a good piece of the lies of the left regarding the reasons for removing Saddam. This is a MUST READ Prior to the inception of hostilities in Iraq in March 2003, the Democratic Party with honorable exceptions like Senator Lieberman and Minority Leader Gephardt was a party of appeasers, demanding more time and more

2004-06-14T10:06:00.000-04:00

Victor knocks one out I don't agree with Victor on everything but there are moments when he gets in the grove. Victor's "Feeding the Minotaur" is one of those occasions. I think the Islamists and their supporters do not live in an alternate universe, but instead are no more crazy in their goals than Hitler was in thinking he could hijack the hallowed country of Beethoven and Goethe and turn it

2004-06-11T11:46:00.000-04:00

People need a Definition Check In the past few weeks I have had things said like, "It's not bragging if you can back it up" and "I'm not being cocky if I'm right.". I have ripped into both parties that said these two false statements. The first appearently can be atributed to Kid Rock - now there's someone to quote - but the second was home made by an otherwise average person. Where is this

2004-06-11T11:01:00.000-04:00

Ted sinks even lower Right when you think someoen has gone as low as they can go is the momment they are apt to show you just how depraved a person can be. Witness Ted Rall's lastest cartoon. How souless and lacking of compasion must a person be to publish a cartoon impling that President Reagan is in hell on the day of his funeral? Ladies and Gentlemen, Ted Rall... the most hate filled

2004-06-07T11:35:00.000-04:00

Harry III Movie Reveiw: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban First let me say, thumbs up. A very well done film in many ways and I give it a hearty recommendation. I might just see it again before it leaves the theaters. Cinematography is excellent. Directing and screenplay are solid, especially getting across that Harry is no longer a small kid to be pushed around (in one scene Harry

2004-06-07T09:46:00.000-04:00

Ted Rall is an Asshole Generally speaking Editorial Cartoonists are a fairly even handed bunch. They will happily ridicule whoever is making news. They spent 8 years tearing Clinton to shreads and now are happy to rip on Bush. There are a few though that have a noticable leftish lean to their work, Doonsberry and Ed Stein come to mind however they all pale compared to Ted Rall. Ted Rall

2004-06-04T11:18:00.000-04:00

Spirit of America Please visit: Spirit of America Now after visiting this site ask yourself why not once ever have you heard a single one of the mainstream media outlets report on any of this. A media so enthralled with peddeling evil as ours can only be counted on to tell half the story.

2004-06-02T15:27:00.000-04:00

The Left doesn’t get it – again What is a commencement speech? What is its point? I was always under the impression that it server two purposes, first to give credit to those graduating for the hard work they have performed to get to that point and to give them direction as they go forth to make their mark on this world. According to the Left it seems the purpose is to bash the Bush

2004-06-02T13:39:00.000-04:00

Muslim Student Group at odds with Western Liberalism Not that anyone is that suprised by the Muslim Students' Association (MSA)is devoted to the over throw of the US Constitution and the establishment of Sharia Law throughout North America but it's intresting to read this piece, Islamism's Campus Club from over at Middle East Quarterly. At a meeting in Queensborough Community College in New

2004-05-28T12:17:00.000-04:00

This is not the Cold War II From over at Iraqthemodel blog comes a great post dealing with how many still want to aproach fighting radical Islam in the same manner the Cold War was fought. There was an ideology that disagreed with the west and claim to have noble goals and the communist project stimulate you to think deeply. Communism found itself forced to communicate with the opponent and

2004-05-24T16:21:00.000-04:00

Are Journalists Out of Touch? In a blurb on the Wall Street Journal's Opinion Journal page they make mention of a recent study by the Pew Research group. Link to the Opinion Journal Blurb "The People vs. the Press" Link to Pew Research Center "Bottom-Line Pressures Now Hurting Coverage, Say Journalists: Press Going Too Easy on Bush" The info at the Pew sight is a bit hard to read but one

2004-05-21T13:24:00.000-04:00

Price Controls? In a Washington Post oped Charles Krauthammer has proposed that the fix to getting Americans thinking properly about fuel economy is for the government to fix the price at $3 a gallon. The idea is for the government -- through a tax -- to establish a new floor for gasoline, say $3 a gallon. If the world price were to rise above $3, the tax would be zero. What we need is anything

2004-05-12T14:32:00.000-04:00

Hybrids running low I'm not anti-hybrid. I've got nothing against them. The Civic and 2nd generation Prius are fine little cars. What I get tired of is the media portraying them as the answer to all the ills of the world. It's as if the army of mindless journalists has decided that hybrids are a Good Thing and they are creating the image in the publics mind that these cars are flawless.

2004-05-12T11:52:00.000-04:00

Savage Barbarism A small group of unethical bullies abused and humiliated a group of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. The proof is the pictures they took of themselves in the act. For this the self proclaimed objective and balanced media screams as if the crimes are beyond comprehension and an official policy of the US government. A small group of depraved terrorists decapitate Nick Berg, an

2004-03-23T12:16:00.000-05:00

Pro Terrorism / Communism Rally – March 20th Here is a link to some great photos of the self proclaimed, “peace” activists that where marching in San Fran on 3/20/2004, the 1 year anniversary of the start of hostilities against Saddam in Iraq. There are a few true peaceniks in the crowd but for the most part these people aren’t after peace but rather they supporting the enemies of America under

2004-03-23T11:10:00.000-05:00

Bush Disappoints I find no reason I can think up to justify Bush’s condemnation of Israel’s killing of Hamas Sheikh Ahmad Yassin. None. Yassin was the mastermind and founder of a terrorist group that has killed hundreds of innocents and will continue to do so. Any idea that he wasn’t a legitimate target is on par with saying Bin Laden is not a legit target. By condemning Israel for going

2004-03-15T11:58:00.000-05:00

Spanish failure – Islamic joy In voting out the pro-American Popular party who was a full partner in the fight against militant Islam and putting the anti-American terrorist appeasing Socialists into power the people of Spain have made a strong statement to the entire Islamic world: In Spain terrorism works. The repercussions of this will be felt in all over Europe. I will be surprised if the

2004-02-18T15:57:00.000-05:00

Book Review: 1633 Note: I’m not in the business of reviewing books or being a book critic but I thought I might make mention of points I find commendable or objectionable in books I have recently read. Having said that do not expect a full and or traditional style review. The basics are that 1633 is a continuation of 1632 in which the town of Grantville WV, c. 2001 finds itself transported

2004-02-17T12:17:00.000-05:00

We are going to fail in Iraq. I am a big proponent of taking the war on terrorism into Iraq and stamping out Saddam’s terror factory. Big. Saddam was part of the Islamic terror machine. If you think that he wasn’t party to terrorism then you are deluding yourself. If you think we don’t have the right to go after barbarians then you are an idiot. If you think we should have left him alone to

2004-01-16T17:00:00.000-05:00

Coming back Well. I lost my job. Got fired. It wasn't Bushes fualt. Wasn't my fault either but that's anouther story. With what Kerry keeps referring to as a "shattered" economy it took me all of 10 days to find a new job. I didn't even bother applying for unenployment. With the new job, new girl friend and traveling to her family back in England (Knutsford) I have been most amazingly lax

2003-11-03T15:54:00.000-05:00

What's with the Left and Linguists? In an enlightening interview with UC Berkeley professor of Linguistics George Lakoff, who is an founding member of the Progressive think tank the Rockridge Institute, it is explained that the reason people are begining to vote for more Conservative candidates has nothing to do with ideas or issue but is rather a result of the Right taking control of the

2003-10-30T14:44:00.000-05:00

Jesuits and Vatican blast Islam In an article in the “La Civiltà Cattolica,” the Vatican has perhaps taken it's gloves off against Islam. Perhaps they building of Europe's largest mosque down the street from St. Peter's being finaniced by Saudi money while at the same time in Saudi Arabia it's a caplitol crime to have a bible got them fighting mad. This is a must read. Thus, in all of its

2003-10-30T14:13:00.000-05:00

Pics from the "anti-war" front. As said before but needs said again and again the communists running the peace rallies are not anti-war, they are merely anti any war that helps the US out. Belligerent Bunny has a great series of pics from this past weekend's "anti-war" rally. LinktoComments('chad27') Comment

2003-10-30T13:07:00.000-05:00

Are the Dems bankrupt? Six months ago I made speculation on what I though where possible problems with the way the Dems were looking at getting back into the White House. They mainly dealt with their reaction to the War on Terror, knee-jerk anti-Bushism and taking a tact that they could only win if America loses, but I was first to say that with the election 18 month off anything was possible.

2003-10-29T09:39:00.000-05:00

Jihad Watch From Robert Spencer's Jihad Watch comes news of yet another Islamic group, this time Hizb-ut-Tahir, openely stating that their goal is control of the entire world. Why is it that AP, CNN, RUETURS, BBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, NBC, etc. are not able to find and report this? Hizb-ut-Tahir plans to allow non-Muslim countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, not to join the

2003-10-28T16:10:00.000-05:00

Washington Post shows pro-electric car, anti-business bias I used to read articles and think I was getting the truth. I used to think I was getting an honest unbiased view of the topic at hand. Why did I think this? Because the news media told me so. Then one day I knew more about the automotive industry than they did and the fig began to lift. More and more I saw things being slanted,

2003-10-24T14:04:00.000-04:00

Grenada and Lebanon: 20 years on While I have a few sparse shady memories of Vietnam and yellow ribbons, Grenada was my first "war" and Lebanon my first encounter with Islamists. Someone was threatening American students and we put an end to it. I remember liberals deriding Reagan for picking on a small country. That the only reason Reagan went in was to make America feel better and the

2003-10-21T13:32:00.000-04:00

9-2 Some will deride the Subaru WRX based 2004 Saab 9-2 as nothing more than another example of GM badge engineering and as such only worthy of contempt. For some it's as if the act of sharing a part somehow magically renders that part junk. This line of thought ignores the realities of the situation on the ground and the fact that the WRX is a solid car. 2004 Saab 9-2 "Saabaru" I like that

2003-10-21T01:03:00.000-04:00

For John Guns and old Saabs, can it get any better?" LinktoComments('chad20') Comment

2003-10-20T15:19:00.000-04:00

Is there light at the end of the French tunnel? Sabine Herold seems to have received a lot of press earlier in the summer but I somehow managed not to hear a word about her and her a burgeoning pro-market, pro-American movement in France. Better late then never I guess but I wonder if she is strong enough to save France from itself. I hope so. The next Joan d'Arc? LinktoComments('chad19')

2003-10-16T14:09:00.000-04:00

Is Malaysia ruled by a lone madman or the voice of Islam today? Now we would all like to think that Malaysian Prime Minister Dr. Mahathir Mohamad is a wacko wacky from the land of wackerstons but facts tell a different story. Malaysia is a country of 22 million that is only 52% Muslim so for Dr. Mahathir Mohamad to stay in office he would need either support across the Malaysian electorate or

2003-10-16T12:25:00.000-04:00

Organization of the Islamic Conference on what's wrong with Islam It would seem, according to the OIC, that there are a few major problems with Islam today. #1: Israel Syed Hamid also lashed out at Israel, saying that "the Israeli army's vicious military campaigns, provocations and destruction of Palestinian homes will only lead to a spiraling upheaval in the already volatile situation.

2003-10-15T14:09:00.000-04:00

DaimlerChrysler to go all wagon Now I like wagons. I like me a 9-5 Aero Wagon. I like me a 1972 Olds Custom Cruiser wagon. I loves me some woodies. I like the wood bodies for their beauty, the boats for their offishness and respect the new ones for good performance, handling and great cargo space. Having said that I think the huns over at DaimlerChrysler are taking a big risk in the US

2003-10-14T15:49:00.000-04:00

Mercedes has to be smoking crack. Perhaps is a reflection of the fact the DaimlerChrysler 100% a German company with no idea of the American market place dynamics but regardless I was stunned to read that DC honestly thought they could move the Chrysler brand up market in 3-5 years. What kind of crack are they smoking in Frankfurt? DC now states that they may have to double the time table for

2003-10-10T15:58:00.000-04:00

Victor the myth buster We are at war. Most would say we have been at war since 9/11/2001, but the cold reality is that we have been at war since 2/26/1993. A war starts not when one side starts to fight back in force but rather when the first shots are fired. WWII didn't start for America when the Doolittle raid bombed Tokyo on 4/18/1942, it started on December 7th of 1941 when the Japanese

2003-10-09T16:07:00.000-04:00

Throw the Runge out! In a recent Washington Post editorial they glossed over the regulatory mess that is the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). They only scratch the surface of how awful and intrusive NHTSA is. Since Clinton took office in '92 through to today the leadership of that over inflated mostly redundant bureaucracy has run full steam ahead on the idea that they

2003-10-09T14:22:00.000-04:00

Syria cries foul It seems the state run Syrian news is upset that the US Congress has preliminary approval of a bill authorizing sanctions against the state of Syria. Reading this is a great insight into the mind of the "moderate" Arab Muslim. First the they describe the House International Relations Committee 33-2 vote in favor of Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act

2003-10-09T10:05:00.000-04:00

Can you call this Journalism? Jenna Debryn shows off a Razanne doll at her home in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., Aug. 27, 2003. Razanne is all about modesty and piety compared to Barbie's gelled and buffon-coiffed beau flaunts. The doll fills not only a marketing void, but also offers Muslim girls someone with whom they can relate. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) Okay, I know it’s just a picture

2003-10-02T13:35:00.000-04:00

A peak at the 69th edition of the New Liberal dictionary Patriotism - Open knee-jerk poorly thought out politically motivated attacks on the Republican administration regarding the War on Terror whose goals are not either improving America's defense or helping defeat the Islamic terrorist movement but instead seek to remove the Bush from the White House, at all costs. It's okay for America to

2003-09-30T15:50:00.000-04:00

All Hail the Language of Diversity I 'm against race based quotas. I think they are unethical, immoral and unconstitutional. They are nothing more than updated Jim Crow laws only whites are the targets and not the protected. Many feel good lefties delude themselves into believing that the rules are there, not to hold whitey back but rather give the oppressed minorities a leg up. Bullshit.

2003-09-29T14:51:00.000-04:00

Palastinian Grafiti I think that speaks of the death cult Palastinian mindset. LinktoComments('chad8') Comment

2003-09-25T10:47:00.000-04:00

End of the WTO? Protection of the farm lobby is a big ugly black eye on the face of American free marketeerism. I am a big free trader and can't see how, in the big picture, we are helping by keeping small goat herders in France or 10 acre family farms in Indiana afloat. Irwin M. Stelzer in the Weekly Standard Online has a very even handed view of what went wrong at WTO meetings in Cancun

2003-09-25T07:38:00.000-04:00

A shout out to the far east side Governor Huang Huahua throws gang signs during an interview in Guangzhou, capital of China's southern Guangdong province LinktoComments('chad6') Comment

2003-09-22T15:52:00.000-04:00

The land of Saab's birth downs the €uro Interesting read on the no vote in Sweden from Andrew Stuttaford. Now I don't have a whole lot to say on it. I believe that each nation should have the right to chose. I don't think they are being blindly nationalistic by saying no or spineless idiots for saying yes. Unlike Mr. Stuttaford (and most of NRO) I don't have a problem with the idea of the EU

2003-09-22T13:26:00.000-04:00

Oktoberfest Watch Only 5 days left until Oktoberfest at my place... All AnOldSaab readers are invited! LinktoComments('chad4') Comment

2003-09-19T13:47:00.000-04:00

Wolves set to help train sheep According to reports France and Germany are offering to help train the Iraqi police force. Aside from joke about the Iraqi police turning out as either a cynical cheese eating gendarmes or goose stepping Gestapo I don't much like this idea. I don't think anything good can come from having two of Saddam's biggest supporters and two countries that in general would

2003-09-18T12:50:00.000-04:00

Oktoberfest It's getting close. I can smell the brats and beer in the air! LinktoComments('chad2') Comment

2003-09-16T17:05:00.000-04:00

China - Worker's Paradise Or not. In a nation that still claims to be a workers paradise, through official Government news sources - the only news sources - there seems to be a huge number of miners dying on the job. If the "Peoples Republic" is losing over 5,700 a year then what must the death toll be in capitalist America? It must be well over 1,300 based on death rates. Right? No.

2003-09-16T11:41:00.000-04:00

The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) brings hate to OSU Well well well. Just when I thought things might be settling down after Maurice Clarett was finally suspended from the Buckeyes here comes the terrorist supporting hate preaching ISM bringing their sideshow to the OSU Campus. According to an article in the Other Paper the ISM conference will be held on November 7th - 9th (We have

2003-09-15T16:07:00.000-04:00

What's wrong with Portugal anyway? How come it is that of all European colonial powers it's all the ex-Portugal held territories at are absolute shit holes from East Timor to this little bit of hell on Earth. Even Brazil for all it's land, resources and abundant resources is mired in the 3rd world. Something is deeply wrong with Portugal. LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-09-15T11:52:00.000-04:00

This is getting out of hand Is one violent Che loving commie throwing a rock over a fence worthy of a dozen photographers? If the reporters covering the protest out number the protesters how do they justify making it headline news? This is not the people of Mexico rising up against the G8 and excesses of the West. No. This is one moonbat tossing stones. Not news. LinktoComments('<$

2003-09-15T09:52:00.000-04:00

The well reasoned arguments of the Left You have to really love the Left's professional protester gig. These people get travel all over the world; Seattle, Paris, Rome, Cancun, etc. They get to have their names and pictures splashed across the news wires. They get to feel morally superior to everyone else because they are doing something to fight the evils of the West. Why here are a few

2003-09-04T15:49:00.000-04:00

Jonah points out the fallacy of the Bush = Hitler "arguments". I am a strong believer in rational discussion. Two people can have a civil rational debate on an issue and perhaps reach some sort of consensus, but only if they are using reasoned points with basis in reality. Once one of the goes beyond the pale and into mindless sloganeering rhetoric then discussing things becomes an exercise in

2003-09-02T10:56:00.000-04:00

2 weeks no posts? I'm a lazy bum Here's a good one. Q. Why are the Jews called Nazis for building a wall that's purpose is to keep the people that want to kill them, and that is to say the people (re: palestinians) who want to muder women and children in cafes and on buses out of Israel? I guess that makes the Chinese, Romans and everyone else that ever built a wall to keep people out a

2003-08-15T14:42:00.000-04:00

The People fire a shot at the robber baron unions. A century ago the nation was gearing up for the battle to come with the robber baron monopolies. It took twenty some years but when it was over the captains of industry who at dawn of the 20th century had seemed more gods then men watched as their empires were ripped asunder never to be seen again. Never to be seen that is until the elite

2003-08-15T12:38:00.000-04:00

Neoconservatism Just what is Neoconservatism? Is it the sanderous libel that the Left paints it to be? Is it the worst of the Republicans? Are Neoconservatives a bunch of anti tax war mongers? Here is great piece by Irving Kristol about just what Neoconservatism is and isn't. Neoconservatism is the first variant of American conservatism in the past century that is in the "American grain."

2003-08-12T13:54:00.000-04:00

Victor warns of the rot that weakens great civilizations VDHâ€™s newest piece in NOR he talks of the dangers of moral equivalency and the evils of the religion of multiculturalism. I am not suggesting that we ignore the real dangers involved in ethnic profiling, or discount the moral issues that arise from killing our enemy leaders and disseminating gross pictures of their corpses. And, of

2003-08-08T15:50:00.000-04:00

Dear Clarett, shape up or leave. Ohio State's star tailback has been more trouble than he's worth. Did he have an impact in the Buckeye's Championship season last year? Yes, but he only played in 9 of the 14 games Ohio State played and the Buckeye went 5-0 without him. I am a big time Buckeye fan and I'd personally buy a one way ticket for him. It's just a simple cost/benefit analysis.

2003-08-01T15:29:00.000-04:00

The Israeli security wall is a Good Thing® If you think Palestinians are all murdering troglodytes or that Jews are monkeys then you can stop reading right here. However if you like to think you are a reasoned person not prone to inflammatory noise then please read on. The Wall is good. The wall will help bring about peace more than anything else since the 1967 war. Why? Because it's will

2003-08-01T14:51:00.000-04:00

A quick explanation why Iraq isn't Vietnam VDH this time provides us with well reasoned thoughts on how this is not Vietnam and is not going to become a Vietnam. No matter who much the doomsayer wish it. LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-08-01T14:37:00.000-04:00

Good-bye and good riddance. The Beetle might be the #1 seller of all time on the planet but it should have been laid to rest years ago. But VW kept on making those little under powered unsafe dirty machine that now clog the streets of Mexico City. Good-bye little Bug... I won't miss you. LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-07-31T16:24:00.000-04:00

Muslims angered by US display of Uday and Qusay All the Aniti-Americanists, Leftists, Bush Hater, etc. where jumping up and down last week about how Muslims were upset (well at least the one interviewed by the BBC, NY Times, etc.) by televised images of the dead Hussein boys. Well few things... One, that they are where upset is quite a lie. Two many were quoted saying it was against Islam.

2003-07-31T16:12:00.000-04:00

The Media Vietnamization of Iraq continues John O'Sullivan has a good take on what I spoke of earlier and has been pointed out by others. About how the US/EU media is distorting and or lying in their reporting of events in an effort to make America think it's 1969 all over again. It's to the point that I have problems trusting anything in the main stream news regarding world affairs. Iraq is

2003-07-29T15:49:00.000-04:00

3 Things on Cuba #1) US policy is based more on helping the old Cuban mobsters that all move to Miami after the revolution than it is a trying to bring liberty and freedom to the people of Cuba. #2) US policy won't change until after Castro dies #3) The "Wet Foot/Dry Foot" policy that allows asylum seekers that make it to land stay in the US while those caught at sea are shipped back should

2003-07-28T13:50:00.000-04:00

Lance wants to get 6 Not to diminish Lance Armstrong's amazing story to fight cancer and and go on to win five Tour o'France's in a row but may American's like to think it bothers the French that an American, a Texan no less, keeps winning their race. Now Lance has confirmed he wants to try for 6. Go Lance Go! LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-07-25T15:54:00.000-04:00

America to answer the call in Liberia Well is seems that Bush is serious about defending liberty and is ignoring the counsel of the isolationists in this country to send a force into Liberia to and stabilize things. As for our troops being spread too thin? We have 37,000 soldiers in South Korea sitting on their asses polishing brass. America taking the time to warn the locals it very

2003-07-25T14:34:00.000-04:00

VDH debunks myths, Jonah debunks Berkeley Victor Davis Hanson's debunking of 5 falsehoods on the War in Iraq. As always good stuff. Jonah Goldberg debunks Berkeley's insane "study" on the devpraved mind of the conservative. LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-07-25T12:43:00.000-04:00

Grandpa’s not the problem. Great-Grandpa is. With a tragedy like what occurred in Santa Monica when Russ Weller drove through a street market striking over 50 pedestrians and killing 10 there is bound to be many knee-jerk and poorly thought ideas on how to “solve” the problem or more likely what is perceived to be the problem. What is needed to try and come up with a plan that addresses

2003-07-22T09:11:00.000-04:00

Muslim refusal to give an inch Fatimah over at Secular Islam has a good take on yet another example of how Islam demands that the world bend to it's ways without giving an inch back. Good Muslims force non-Muslims to accept Islam. Or at least so seems to be the case here on Earth today. LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-07-18T14:49:00.000-04:00

France still pissed English rules the world The French Culture Ministry's General Commission is at it again. The General Commission is the body that determines what words of English have creeped into their country, create new made up words that have the same meaning and then ban the use of the English version. The latest threat to French culture? the word "E-mail". Poor poor scared Pierre. (

2003-07-18T14:09:00.000-04:00

A very Smart idea. I really angered and made this otherwise very intelligent British girl irrationally defensive when I told her that the Smart city car couldn't be sold in the US due to safety issues. She took that to mean me saying EU standards are less than the US and as an insult. After bickering we agreed that it was moot as not enough people in the US would be into a 50hp car the size

2003-07-18T12:35:00.000-04:00

VDH on Corrections Yet another wonderful piece from our favorite Classics scholar Victor Davis Hanson LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-07-17T13:45:00.000-04:00

Jonah for Senate Sometimes I agree with Jonah Goldberg from over at National Review Online. Sometimes I don't. Jonah has nuts. Mounds don't. Anyhow I always read Jonah because he has sass and sass is a rare commodity among most opinion folk in these times of diversity sensitivity. There are times though when Jonah nails something down so well I just want to give him a big ol'bear hug and

2003-07-17T12:44:00.000-04:00

BBC runs a great racket Jonathan Miller is refusing to pay the BBC TV license fee. For him I say bravo! TV License Fee. I'm not 100% against the idea. I would rather it not exists but a small nominal charge could be lived with, however the $238.50 per TV that our friends in England are charged is indefensible. There are 5 TV's in my house. That would be $1,192.50 a year for the privilege

2003-07-16T16:40:00.000-04:00

The Vietnamization of Iraq. David Adesnik on the OxBlog has a great look at what he calls the "Vietnam Mindset". I couldn't be in more agreement and a quick run over to the NY Times finds an article reporting a, "rash of attacks". Just looking at this article you can see the reporter trying to create a feeling of hopelessness. My issues with this Times article are numerable; "a rash of

2003-07-15T16:19:00.000-04:00

America's rose colored glasses I am a big opponent to multicultural relativism. I despise it. It white washes evil, vilifies good and trys to magically bring everyone to the same level field. One of the ways in that multicultural relativism is bad is the perverse effect that it cuases in people tired of the multicultural relativistic crap when they begin to see any broadening of horizons as

2003-07-14T12:54:00.000-04:00

Slightly disturbing display of French military So at first I was laughing but then a sobering thought came to mind, who else does military parades? Okay, so France wants to be a player again and they feel the way to do that is to fill the void left by the Soviet Union and become a "counterweight" to the United States. They want to turn all of the EU into this counterweight and use the EU's

2003-07-14T10:44:00.000-04:00

Cambodia joins list of "Auto producing" nations. I'm not sure if this thing would meet US or even EU saftey standards but I must give a toast to the Cambodians. From the Khemer Rouge to producing their own cars in what? 20 years? Not bad considering what hell the KR visited upon that nation. Welcome to the club. LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment

2003-07-11T15:25:00.000-04:00

Too good to be true? Seems that back in June the The Tennessean reported that links were found between Saddam and Bin Laden. (thx. LGF & Instapundit) If this is true why has BIG media news not picked up the story at all? Oh yes! I forgot, they are too busy following the Leftists and Anti-Bushites lead and trying to invent a scandel over Bush lying about Saddam buying enriched uranium from

2003-07-11T13:00:00.000-04:00

What PETA teaches us about Islam PETA and the Islamic movement are really the same thing. They are people that are out to force the world to live by their standards. Totalitarianism. Fascism. Religious zealotry. Call it what you will it all comes out to the same thing, people that do not think like them must be forced - by any means necessary - to live they way they think you should live.

2003-07-10T15:20:00.000-04:00

Sharp Dresser Watch Ol' Mohamer Kadhafi seems to be awful proud of only paying 2 EP(32¢ US) for his stylish day wear. I wonder if him and Mandela shop at the same stores? LinktoComments('<$BlogItemNumber$>') ">Comment