Monthly Archives: January 2012

Murderers of the Fogel family in Israel are Heroes

Posted on 29 January 2012 by

U.S warmongers who urinate on dead Taliban heroes are war criminals. According to this article, Palestinian television aired an interview with the relatives of the Fogel family murderers earlier this month, praising the two cousins convicted with the brutal attack … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeasement, Border closings, Cultural differences, Empathy, Fogel Family, Freedom, Impeachment, integration into society, Israel, Jews, Murder, Palestinian heroes, Political Correctness, Politics, Religion, Role Models, Satire, Society, Urination | Tagged , | 15 Comments

Confesssion: I did Not watch the SOTU last night

Posted on 25 January 2012 by

I had three good reasons: there wasn’t enough rum, it was past my bedtime and our dogs, fearing for what little remains of my sanity, wouldn’t let me. However, I have read much of the commentary and based on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Elections, Global Warming, History, Humor, Limitation on Authority, Nonsense, Obama, ObamaCare, Opinion, Politics, Republicans, Satire, Sleep, SOTU Address, State of the Union, the Basics, United States | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Let’s all vote for President Obama.

Posted on 23 January 2012 by

There are excellent reasons! Trust me — Obama supporters told me and they must know. Sadly, our appreciation of President and Mrs. Obama has not kept pace with reality and we have disappointed them. As Michelle said to Oprah in … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse of Power, Appeasement, Church of Global Warming, Criticism sessions, Elections, EPA, Freedom, Gingrich, Global Warming, Government reliance, Humor, Laura Dekker, Luxury, Military, Money, Mormonism, Nonsense, Obama, Oil, Peace, Politics, Republicans, Romney, Satire, Society, TEA Groups, Teenager sails solo aroung the world, Torture, United States | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Pursuit of Environmental Perfection is the Worst Enemy of the Merely Good

Posted on 22 January 2012 by

Idiocy begets idiocy. This article I was asked to write for PJ Media was published today.  It is about the closure of an oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin islands, and the implications of that and similar events for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ahmadinejad, Chavez, EPA, Freedom, Idiocy, Oil, Oil refinery, Opinion, Politics, Regulations, Society, United States, Venezuela | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Success is Great!

Posted on 21 January 2012 by

If at first the jerks try to stop you, try again. Laura Dekker, a then thirteen year old young lady from the Netherlands, had long wanted to sail solo around the world in her twenty-six foot sailboat Guppy.  Although delayed … Continue reading →

Posted in Cruising, Government and individual choices, Laura Dekker, Meddling, Sailing around the world, Teenager sails solo aroung the world | Tagged , , | 4 Comments

Enlightened self-interest and international relations

Posted on 18 January 2012 by

In theory, it may beat commonly praised alternatives. But to what extent can we rely on it in practice? Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell (1872 – 1970) was a British mathematician and philosopher. He wrote prolifically in both disciplines … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeasement, Bertrand Russell, Chamberlain, Conservatives, Cultural differences, Culture, Democracy, Douglas Adams, Food for North Korea, Freedom, Golden Rule, History, Ideology, Internet, Iran, Islamic rage, Islamist rage, Kim Dynasty, Korea, Korea speculation, Military, North Korea's nukes, Obama, Opinion, Peace, Political class, Politics, Regime change, Religion, Russia, Society, Stalin, U.S.S.R, United States | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Should politics and foreign policy affect our military justice system?

Posted on 16 January 2012 by

The military justice system demands justice for our troops, not revenge upon them to curry favor with others. The video of U.S. Marines who apparently urinated on Taliban corpses has gone viral and not only the Islamic world is watching. … Continue reading →

Posted in Appeasement, Army, Clinton, Freedom, History, Ideology, Islamic rage, JAG, Judges, Justice, Korea, Law, Marines, Military, Military justice, Obama, Opinion, Politics, Religion, Torture, United States, Urination | Tagged , , , | 12 Comments

Fact and Opinion in the News.

Posted on 14 January 2012 by

All the news and opinions that fit. Letters from Art Brisbane, the New York Times’ public editor, on the subject of “liberal” bias in opinion pieces, are excerpted here. A problem is that the line between fact and opinion, to … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse of Power, Costa Concordia, Dep't of Information, Facts, Ideology, Iran, Media, Opinion, Politics, Reporting | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Might President Obama morph into an el Presidente Chávez?

Posted on 12 January 2012 by

President Obama ain’t no el Presidente Chávez.  Yet. But what if he gets another four years in office and a compliant Congress? When el Presidente Chávez took office in 1999, he began only slowly to implement his “reforms.” To a … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse of Power, Administrative Agencies, Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Could be worse, Democrats, Elections, Health Control, ObamaCare, Politics, Republicans | Tagged , , | 10 Comments

Republican candidate debates

Posted on 11 January 2012 by

I just posted a short article at PJ Tatler suggesting that the debate format chosen by Globovision for candidates opposing el Presidente Chávez in this October’s election might be a good thing: This week Globovision started a new series of … Continue reading →

Posted in Chavez, Dep't of Information, Elections, Globovision, Media, Obama, Republican Debates, Republicans, Venezuela | Tagged , , | Leave a comment