What’ s good for the goose is good for the gander, so the old adage goes. Except when the goose is General Motors, and the gander is the union.
The “administration” of B. Hussein Obama has fired GM chief executive Rick Wagoner. Well, when you accept the king’s pence, you dance [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Goose; Gander
Posted in economy on March 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pretentious academic
Posted in Obama on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It may be a small thing, but whenever I hear someone who uses a foreign or foreign-sounding pronunciation, I cringe and think: here’s someone who is going out of his way to demonstrate how very learned he is. In other words, a pretentious academic.
Such is the case with our Teleprompter-in-Chief, B. Hussein Obama. [...]
Convergence
Posted in Politics on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The trend of the Rasmussen daily tracking poll is hard to miss. The Great One’s poll numbers are slipping, and doing so quickly.
On the premise that even a broken clock is right twice a day, it’s possible that the rookie’s fumbling, bumbling, and mumbling won’t do as much harm to the nation [...]
Shabby and stupid
Posted in Great Britain on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Great One thinks we should be more diplomatic, forbearing, and kind in our international relations. This apparently applies only when dealing with Islamofascists in Iran and others who are our avowed enemies. With our best friends we can treat them like dirt.
NAFTA? Last year’s news; [...]
Banana Barack
Posted in America on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The United States as a banana republic? Seems ridiculous to even mention. Or so you might think at first, until you then think of some of the essential components of what constitutes a banana republic. Peter Robinson has an interesting take on this in Forbes.
First and foremost, we’ve now [...]
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Posted in economy on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The economy will get better. Not because of anything the Great One and his cabal do. Despite what they do. Obama has shown in his short time in office that he is a committed lefty, focused on imposing his view of America as a socialist paradise run from Washington. [...]
“a bunch of scheming swindlers”
Posted in Christianity on March 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A little Soren Kierkegaard on the Bible (via Joe Carter):
“The matter is quite simple. The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand we are obliged to act accordingly. Take [...]
The dog ate my homework
Posted in economy on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Various Obama administration worthies were on the airwaves this past weekend, telling us not to worry, it’s all under control, and, anyway, there’s little we can do about it. It in this case? The misuse of federal bailout funds by AIG. “Misuse” being a rather understated way of saying [...]
Love of money
Posted in God talk, economy on March 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
We all need money to buy essentials. We need shelter, food, clothing, and medical care. Other things may seem necessary, but if these four basic needs are met, then those other things really are not truly necessary. Nice to have? Of course. Who [...]
We hold these truths to be self-evident
Posted in America on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Things are different this time. This recession, depression, or whatever it is to be called, looks, and feels different than those in the recent past. Major financial institutions have failed; major manufacturing institutions are dead in all but name. Many formerly proud companies are begging for change, whether or [...]
Lies you can’t believe in
Posted in Obama, economy on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Via Talking Points Memo, this from The Great One:
Would I prefer to tackle these challenges without having inherited trillion-dollar deficit or a financial crisis? Of course. But that is a choice we do not have. I don’t like the idea of spending more money, nor am I interested in expanding government’s role.
It is certainly true [...]
Imageo Deo
Posted in Abortion, Christianity on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Gerson summarizes, with elegant clarity, what is at stake in the stem cell debate. Atheists and part-time Christians on the left loudly proclaim that politics has been taken out of science. Of course, what’s been done is to insert their brand of politics into science. Which is just [...]
Public piety
Posted in Obama, Religion on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Great One has claimed to be a Christian. Well and good; only God and His Son can sort that out for certain. But he’s also a Muslim, at least based on the premise that once a Muslim, always a Muslim. At least if you ask some of them [...]
“his worst vice an occastional cigarette”
Posted in conservatives on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thus speaketh David Frum, in a self-serving piece in Newsweek. David is bemoaning the corpulent, cigar-smoking, mansion-dwelling Rush Limbaugh. Kind of like a fat Sarah Palin: not really one of us, don’t you know.
I’m trying to see David Frum’s side in this Rush mess. David is (was?) a conservative; his [...]
Half naked in Asuncion
Posted in International on March 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This story from Reuters caught my attention. Perhaps because it had half-naked women, but here’s the story in its entirety:
Paraguayan anti-war activists protest against the weapons industry in front of The Heroes Phanteum in downtown Asuncion, March 6, 2009. A group of girls from the Humanist Movement painted their half naked bodies with [...]
goyishe kop
Posted in Israel, Judaism on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The title means “gentile head” in Yiddish. When uttered by a Jew, it usually implies “stupid.” As in, to have a goyishe kop is to be stupid, or, at best, ignorant. But the goyim also were good with guns, knives, and knuckles — and it’s the goyim who have [...]
Must be doing something right
Posted in Politics, Republicans on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Right as in correct. Rush Limbaugh has, for better or worse, become the public face of the loyal opposition. You know that Rush is making an impact when the lefty Washington Post feels the need to discuss him on its front page.
Rush is being scourged by “responsible” conservatives for hoping [...]
25 degrees and snowing
Posted in Energy, Idiotarians on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thus is the scene set for some feel-good morons to protest a coal-fired power plant at the U.S. Capitol. As Iain Murray over at NRO reminds us, this type of political theater is all too serious in its downside:
There is a short ton of studies out there which show that cutting access to the [...]
Liar, liar, budget’s on fire
Posted in Pork on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another datum that destroys any semblance of honor for Obama. Honor that is, among other things, manifested by saying what you mean, and meaning what you say. Shorter version: don’t lie.
Among other things, The Great One promised to end earmarks. Well, perhaps sometime in the future. For now, [...]
The false gospel of Tony Campolo
Posted in Christianity on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I attended a banquet of the Baptist World Alliance, to which our church belongs and contributes. Up until last night, although the BWA is reliably left-of-center, these banquets had as their themes salvation through Christ, and Christ alone, and baptizing all the nations. Oh, and while we’re about that, [...]
