Monthly Archives: January 2011

Big Ouch

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

Alvin Felzenberg, writing at US News & World Report, has a scathing deconstruction of all the lifted lines, stolen ideas and borrowed themes that Obama used in the SOTU address last night. He calls the speech tantamount to plagiarism: Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Obamantics | 2 Comments

Son, Can You Play Me A Memory?

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

Piano Man was Billy Joel’s breakout hit ‘way back in the dark ages of 1973. It told the fictionalized story of Joel’s days performing at a piano bar in Los Angeles. All these years later, there’s a new piano bar … Continue reading →

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Deficit Gone Wild

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

$1.5 trillion: It seems clearer and clearer that short of a near-death experience, no one is going to do anything about this problem. Our president spent over 5,000 words last night kind of noting, offhand, that we might have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization | 2 Comments

Hey, It’s Green To Recycle

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

It seems Obama borrowed heavily from failed Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm in his SOTU speech. In fact, he echoed whole trains of thought from a speech Granholm gave five years ago – before her policies drove Michigan into the ditch … Continue reading →

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My Thanks

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Gaius

To William Jacobson over at Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion for declaring Blue Crab Boulevard blog of the day. The Crabitat lost a lot of readership while I was on hiatus, so the additional traffic is greatly appreciated. Funny thing is, I got … Continue reading →

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Aside From Political Junkies, Who Is Watching?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Yes, I have the SOTU streaming while I type this (“Now it’s our turn….”) but Newsweek points out that I am part of a shrinking minority in America: It’s a peculiarity of the modern State of the Union. What used … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Politics | 2 Comments

Obama’s Edsel Moment?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Early leaks of Obama’s main talking points from the SOTU message include the already piloted “Sputnik Moment” line trotted out earlier in one of his speeches: But we have never measured progress by these yardsticks alone. We measure progress by … Continue reading →

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Dirty Dishes

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Oh, this is just lovely: They just don’t make ‘em like they used to. Dishwashing detergents, that is. Really. Thanks to environmental protection laws passed in 16 states, dish detergent manufacturers have been forced to remove powerful cleansing agents called … Continue reading →

Posted in Authoritarians, Environment | 5 Comments

The Fat Lady Ain’t Singing Yet

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

The Illinois Appellate Court has signaled that may hear Rahm Emanuel’s appeal. It will at least reconsider the briefs filed with the three judge Appellate Court panel that kicked Emanuel off the Chicago mayoral ballot. There will be no oral … Continue reading →

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“History Tells Us” Nothing Of The Sort

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Ann Althouse dismembers an “expression of outrage” by a “serious” group of sociologists regarding Francis Fox Piven and Glenn Beck – the outrage is directed at Beck, of course: Fox News? And do you also call on The Nation, which … Continue reading →

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Negative Returns

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

Amity Shlaes: Private-sector jobs will be created. That’s the argument President Barack Obama will present tonight in his State of the Union address to justify his plan for any federal spending increases. The president will pay lip service to the … Continue reading →

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Altering History

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Gaius

The National Archives has announced that an amateur Civil War historian has admitted to changing the date on a pardon issued by Abraham Lincoln: Washington, DC…Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today that Thomas Lowry, a long-time … Continue reading →

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Hey, Where Did The Stimulus Go?

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Gaius

Essentially nowhere. John F. Cogan and John B. Taylor explain the details in a rather long but extremely readable analysis over at Commentary. I’ll send interested readers over there to read the whole thing, since excerpting it would not do … Continue reading →

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Big News Of The Day

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Gaius

So, Rahm Emanuel got kicked off the ballot for the Chicago mayoral race. Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago Monday by an appellate court panel. But Emanuel ­— who has led the other candidates in … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Politics | 3 Comments

Bone Chilling Cold

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Gaius

This is potentially the coldest winter the US has seen since the 1980s. The media will assure us that this is the warmest winter, ever, however. The warmists are never bothered by facts. Tweet

Posted in Environment | 3 Comments