Monthly Archives: June 2009

Global Warming – An Anecdote

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Gaius

When I first got my Father’s Day gift a few years back, I knew *sigh * that it would mean a lot of work for me. So it has proved. I did not post about the opening of the pool … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | 2 Comments

The Emperor Has No Clue, Part The Second

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Gaius

So, the grand plans of the Obama White House begin to sound desperate. Obama himself has come out vowing to spend even more money, even faster to turn the economy around. Problem is, the money he has already glad handed … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obamantics | 5 Comments

Bush, Retroactive

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Gaius

This is late in the day to post about this particular gem, but it is a bit hard to pass up. It seems that it is quite fashionable in the Washington, DC suburbs to blame George W. Bush for every … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling, Crime, Left Wing, Media | 4 Comments

Working With “Agent 123″

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Rich Horton

It is a funny thing, but sometimes you read the news without actually getting the most important parts of it. This happened to me the other day when Gaius quoted from the story about the husband and wife spying for … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Personal Thoughts | 6 Comments

The Emperor Has No Clue….

Posted on June 7, 2009 by Gaius

…And, apparently, neither do his staff. They’re just hoping the masses are even more clueless than they are. Andy McCarthy at NRO: Watching Fox News Sunday, I caught a panel on which Obama economic advisor Austin Goolsbee conceded that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Obamantics | 6 Comments

“…A Flame Bright Beyond Common Understanding.”

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Gaius

The words of historian SLA Marshall from a 1960 article in The Atlantic. His subject is Lieutenant Walter Taylor and the breakout from Omaha Beach: Taylor is a luminous figure in the story of D Day, one of the forty-seven … Continue reading →

Posted in History, War | 1 Comment

Gordon Brown Falling?

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Gaius

This appears to be serious: Is Gordon Brown about to fall as Prime Minister of Britain? It very well could happen, literally overnight. After being snubbed for a promotion, Caroline Flint, the Europe Minister, delivered the most personal attack yet … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, World news | 3 Comments

Fidel’s Friends At State

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Gaius

Okay, this is bad. It seems that Cuba has had a very, very high-level spy in the US State Department for many years now. A married couple was accused Friday of spying for Fidel Castro’s Cuba for 30 years while … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, News | 2 Comments

Spin, Spin, Spin

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Gaius

Most of the media is spinning – mightily – trying to paint the latest jobs figures as the light at the end of the tunnel. Only Reuters – in one of their blogs – is pointing out that the light … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Media | Comments Off

It’s A Dirty Job, But Somebody Had To Do It……

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Gaius

Making slackers look ambitious: While millions of Americans struggle to find work as they face foreclosures and bankruptcy, others have found a silver lining in the economic meltdown. These happily jobless tend to be single and in their 20s and … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalling | 4 Comments

Timmy’s Big Plan

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Gaius

Falls apart. It seems that Timothy Geithner’s ambitious plan to rid banks of “toxic” assets has failed open before it even began. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation indefinitely postponed a central element of the Obama administration’s bank rescue plan on … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Politics | 1 Comment

Perfectly Okay…..

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Gaius

.. To “Hate F…” a woman you disagree with – according to a feminist? I stayed off this story yesterday, but Playboy published, then withdrew, an article about 10 conservative women they’d love to  – well – rape – for … Continue reading →

Posted in Bad Ideas, Blogosphere | 7 Comments

Now, Ask Yourself Why…

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Gaius

Why would struggling auto companies want to cut off the dealers that sell their products? Why cut off any potential source of revenue in hard times? Why not keep every mother’s son that wanted to sell their product? I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Politics | 4 Comments

If One… Then One Could

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Gaius

Greg Sargent ascribes it to an “obscure (rhetorical) tense”. What, exactly did Barack Obama say in an interview with a French media outlet? Obama’s exact words lead the following excerpt, Sargent’s follow: Now, the flip side is I think that … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Obamantics, Politics | 3 Comments

Stop Apologizing

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Gaius

Nial Gardiner in The Telegraph: No leader in American history has gone to greater lengths than Barack Obama to make amends for his own country. From condemnation of American “arrogance” in a speech in Strasbourg to acknowledging U.S. “mistakes” before … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, War, World news | 4 Comments