Not my idea, but offered up in an email, by reader Gary S: Promise the American people that if he is elected, he will appoint Rudy Giulliani as Attorney General and his first order of business will be to investigate, indict and prosecute all those involved in any wrong doing in the sub-prime mortgage debacle, from Wall Street, to K Street to Main Street. Not a bad idea, at all. I’ve got more thoughts on McCain’s Do-or-Die below. UPDATE: Turbo... Read more
Tonight is do or die for John McCain – this is his absolute [next-to-the] last chance to speak directly to the American people, unsuppressed by media filters. (Except for the next debate, at Hofstra University, which I’d forgotten. Oops. Yes, I blushing.) And the filters are working overtime, as Patterico demonstrates here: Today John McCain finally began to tell the country about his own efforts to regulate Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the Democrats’ incredible inaction. Yes, as many... Read more
Of course, this is not simply about the “Catholic” vote – pro-lifers come from all religious backgrounds and even from secular-humanist philosophies. But over the past few days several Catholic readers have either asked me for advice on how to address this issue. One reader has a friend who wore an Obama shirt to Mass, right after Obama told his followers to “get in their faces,” and then was upset when many were offended. Hey, he got right in Jesus’s... Read more
Ann Althouse first made the observation, and she linked to a reporter shouting a question and Palin answering. You’ll want to go see it before it – like the SNL skit on the sub-prime markets/financial crisis – gets pulled. Because we live in an era where anything that doesn’t fit the narrative gets pulled. And let me point out that it is not President George (the “evil nazi who is squashing our civil rights”) Bush or anyone in his administration,... Read more
At the end of the sky is the rising of the sun; to the furthest end of the sky is its course. There is nothing concealed from its burning heat. (Psalm 19) How funny. Not funny, “ha-ha” but funny “strange.” And good. The pope announced last week that he would begin a televised reading of all 73 books of the bible beginning yesterday. Spare me notes arguing about the number of books in the bible – I’m not going to... Read more
I love this fellow – his videos are all great. He’s smart, lively, charismatic and courageous as hell. This 9.5 minute riff is astounding. He covers all the bases from the spurious, politically expedient, manipulative, baseless and contrived charges of racism (because it is racist to tell the truth about Obama, if it’s not “positive”, you know) to Pamela Anderson (made me laugh out loud) to liberal “open-mindedness” and absolutely throws down the gauntlet, challenging liberals, and particularly minority Democrats,... Read more
Sigh…hope to be back in shape in a few hours… Read more
Or, you know…to wherever you prefer to go to worship. If you’re feeling anxious, particularly about the uncertainty (and lack of trust) of our economy, our government or even the integrity of our electoral process, then this would be a good weekend to go to church. Step out of isolation and into the more communal mode. I just read Deacon Greg’s homily for this weekend, and yes, there is a lot of consolation to be found in the readings, but... Read more
Everybody loves him! Even the pagans want to claim him! But he was a lot more complicated than the statue/birdfeeders let on. I have the good fortune of knowing a number of Franciscans, including a dear cousin who is a Capuchin, and they are all busy people of very good humor – a little sweet and a little tart; most of them live with an outlook that is pragmatic but also very supernatural. It is no surprise that God would... Read more
Random Thoughts is writing about what is happening to her finances. No one has defended President Bush more than I have during his time in office. No one. But his signing the “bailout bill” that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the rest of them were giddy over this afternoon – it has stunned me. I know he had to do it. I know there were no choices, here. But I am still stunned. When I heard Joe Biden talk about... Read more
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