Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Quote Of The Day

WOLF BLITZER: Three statewide elections in three states Obama won, where Obama campaigned for the Democrat. All three won by Republicans. What message does this send?

Alex Castellanos: If you can’t hide in Massachusetts, you can’t hide anywhere.

H/T Instapundit

The Tide Begins To Turn

Democrat Martha Coakley has just conceded the Massachusetts senate race to Republican Scott Brown. After almost 47 years as "Teddy Kennedy's seat" a Republican now takes over in time to deny the Democrats a filibuster-proof majority and possibly stop the Obamacare monstrosity. How sweet the irony.

And now the fun really begins.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Our Amish Neighbors

I just saw a buckboard wagon drawn by two horses pass in front of our house. Of course it had two of our Amish neighbors on it. One of the many reasons we really enjoy living here...

The Wise Man Speaks

Krauthammer on Obamacare:

"At first, health-care reform was sustained politically by Obama's own popularity. But then gravity took hold, and Obamacare's profound unpopularity dragged him down with it. After 29 speeches and a fortune in squandered political capital, it still will not sell.

The health-care drive is the most important reason Obama has sunk to 46 percent. But this reflects something larger. In the end, what matters is not the persona but the agenda. In a country where politics is fought between the 40-yard lines, Obama has insisted on pushing hard for the 30. And the American people -- disorganized and unled but nonetheless agitated and mobilized -- have put up a stout defense somewhere just left of midfield.

Ideas matter. Legislative proposals matter. Slick campaigns and dazzling speeches can work for a while, but the magic always wears off.

It's inherently risky for any charismatic politician to legislate. To act is to choose and to choose is to disappoint the expectations of many who had poured their hopes into the empty vessel -- of which candidate Obama was the greatest representative in recent American political history.

Obama did not just act, however. He acted ideologically. To his credit, Obama didn't just come to Washington to be someone. Like Reagan, he came to Washington to do something -- to introduce a powerful social democratic stream into America's deeply and historically individualist polity.

Perhaps Obama thought he'd been sent to the White House to do just that. If so, he vastly over-read his mandate. His own electoral success -- twinned with handy victories and large majorities in both houses of Congress -- was a referendum on his predecessor's governance and the post-Lehman financial collapse. It was not an endorsement of European-style social democracy.

Hence the resistance. Hence the fall. The system may not always work, but it does take its revenge."

Saturday, January 09, 2010

The Third & The Seventh

This is quite beautiful and completely computer generated.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

H/T bOING bOING

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Stupid Stickers


Don't you just hate this bumper sticker? I do. And here's an in-depth analysis of it's inherent stupidity.

Sabotage

I love this version of the song. Wait until the end.

Saturday, January 02, 2010

From Cliff May at NRO:

A Bipartisan Proposal


Step (1): Return all Gitmo detainees to Yemen.

Step (2): Use Predator missiles to strike the baggage-claim area 20 minutes after they arrive.

Just an idea.