Unreal

This article is about Michael Malchin. His stories and his talent are sureal. I highly recommend reading it.

Dead of Alive?

Many are already prematurely pronouncing Social Security reform dead on arrival. Charley Rengel is one individual whose been saying such things. However Byron York writes that although many are cautious when it comes to personal accounts, more people consider social security a problem and think that it needs to be fixed immediately. Read here.

Robert Byrd

West Virgina Senator and former Ku Klux Klan member, Robert Byrd, has decided to offer up some criticisms of the Republican Party.

New York, NY, March 2, 2005 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed outrage at the remarks of West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd, who suggested that
some Republican tactics on judicial nominations were similar to Adolf Hitler's use of power in Nazi Germany. . . .
It is hideous, outrageous and offensive for Senator Byrd to suggest that the Republican Party's tactics could in any way resemble those of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.
The Senator shows a profound lack of understanding as to who Hitler was and what he and his regime represented.
Senator Byrd must repudiate his remarks immediately and apologize to the American people for showing such disrespect for this country's democratic process.

Read the full story here.

More Putin Nonsense

Putin continues to behave badly. Take a look at the list of guest he has had to the Kremlin recently.

And the New McCarthyism is....

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I was sort of thinking that racism was the new McCarthyism. Its so easy to call someone a racist, and all accusations of racism are taken seriously regardless of their actual validity, or the evidence to support their validity. I guess Davis Horowitz was really the first to bring this to my attention.

Ann Coulter suggests that the actual new McCarthyism is Homosexuality (not in those words exactly). It does seem that there is a lot of hypocrisy coming from the left on this point these days. For instance, we're supposed to have a sexual-preference-blind society, however, at the same time the left can't help but parade Jeff Gannon/Guckert's sexuality, despite it having no relevance (he was the reporter accused of asking softball questions at white house press conferences). And the outing of the relatives of conservatives is about as sordid of a practice one can think of.

Orwellian

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If you're like me you probably have no idea what Eugenics is (or at least I didn't until I read this article). If your interested, Eugenics is improving the human race through better breading. This was popular science in the US, and included sterilizing tens of thousands of people in the early 1900's. Sounds sorta like what Hitler did with the Aryan race. Scary Orwellian stuff.

I was just thinking......

that penguin swatting is probably what the employees of PETA do durring there spare time.

Time Waster

Love penguin swatting? Well then go here.

Good News

More good news from Iraq:

Iraqi troops have spread their control over Mosul, according to Interior Minister Falah al-Naqeeb.

Insurgents controlled Mosul, the country’s second largest city last November, after overrunning its 12 police stations.

“Mosul was on the point of collapse from the security point of view and under threat from organized gangs,” the minister said in an interview.

“The Interior Ministry was forced to take urgent measures, ferrying troops and commandos who have managed to return tranquility and stability to the city,” Naqeeb said.

The minister said the troops have now established “an intelligence and information” gathering center in the city which is receiving full cooperation from residents.

Just thought I'd point it out since you'd probably miss it if i didn't

The Man...

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the legend. Here he is for those of you who may not know what William F. Buckley Jr. looks like.

Shut up Lou!

I used to give myself ulcers watching Lou Dobbs every night, hoping that he would have a guest who knows about the economy go on the show and tear him to shreds. Unfortunately he selodomly has guests on that disagree with his views, and when he does there way to nice to Dobbs . There isn't an economist in the world who doesn't support free trade, yet Dobbs uses some of his time every day to stump againt it (yes i am commiting the logical falicy of apealing to authority). I have since deemed this sadistic behavior unhealthy, and stopped watching. Luckily there is Fox News, so most everyone else has stopped watching as well. Anyhow, I was very pleased to see that my hero, WFB, feels the same way about Dobbs as I do. See it here.

The Times

There have been two great articles illustrating the bias in The New York Times recently. One, by Byron York, points out that The Times ran 16 stories about the explosives that disappeared from al Qaqaa facility in Iraq before the election, 0 after the election. The other, by Larry Kudlow, points out that bad news about the economy makes the front page, but a corresponding correction is buried. Both are great.

Putin...

is up to his old tricks it seems. This youth group smacks of communist youth groups like the 'pioneers' or the 'komsomoltsy.'

Iraqis Speak Up

Here is a touching story about Iraq. Thousands of Iraqis take to the streets to protest yesterdays car bombing, chanting "no to terrorism!"

If your like me you've probably wondered why blacks vote so consistently Democratic. I guess it has something to do with the civil rights movement (as if republicans had nothing to do with it). Anyway, if your not wondering, or you just needed some reasons to justify your wondering, read this article by Deroy Murdock; a great conservative.