Here’s the website (Via instapundit) Why shouldn’t we drill our own resources and create the jobs that would go with it? Why should America not lead on the issue of dismantling OPEC’s stranglehold on energy supplies and their effect upon world’ economies? Sure, let’s look for alternative fuels, let’s produce them and transition to them as much as possible – but we’re years away from all that. A few months ago, Brazil found oil reserves and was drilling within weeks.... Read more
From I Think, Therefore I Err: Don’t you worry. I went to Blogging School. I know I’m obliged to post on the latest Obama elitist attack on me. The one where he is embarrassed about us lo class Americans who only speak ‘mercan. And I actually speak Spanish and English. And I still take his attack personally. There I was sitting in a cafe in Athens. I said καλημέρα (good morning) and then I had to point, yes point, at... Read more
A while back we took another look at U2’s halftime show at the 2002 Super Bowl (I never realized it before, but Bono speaks a phrase from psalm 51 “Oh Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will proclaim your praise” before he starts he starts wailing). Only Deacon Greg Kandra can take that clip and use it to teach us – brilliantly and movingly – about St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions, The Chinese Martyrs: As the song began,... Read more
That’s the way to run for president, by telling Americans how much better people in other nations are! Spaketh Obama: You know, it’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go over to Europe, and all we can say [is], “Merci beaucoup.” Right? Don’t miss the video. I’m all for people, especially when they’re young, learning other languages. I’m doing a Rosetta Stone in Italian right now, myself.... Read more
I got this in an email, and I appreciated reading it: a fellow named Sameh El-Shahat – writing in a “have your say” space in the UK Telegraph – writes (and videos, charmingly) of George W. Bush: Whatever happened to leadership and honesty as presidential traits? I happen to believe that the only leader in the West to have these two admirable qualities in droves is the leader of the free world: George W Bush. […] Take the Iraq war... Read more
I wonder about it in my latest PJM piece. Once the thing is put into motion, there will be no pulling back. American presidents may peacefully surrender their power, but bureaucrats never do. It’s actually generating a very interesting comments thread. I’m appreciating all the feedback from people outside the US. Read more
Yesterday, we looked at fitness spas for vaginas – something worth mocking, but not getting upset about. Today we look at breastfeeding in public – something worth appreciating, but not getting upset about. At Inside Catholic, Kate Wicker writes of nursing at mass: I realized that if, as I strongly believed, nursing was a part of God’s plan for helping mothers bond with their babies and a way of using my body the way He designed it to be used,... Read more
On one hand, the press is telling us that America is in terrible shape: she is economically depressed. Bad Bush = tight spot. But wait! On the other hand, this NY Times feature on a woman’s pelvic fitness spa, suggests that tight spots may have absolutely nothing to do with bad old Bush at all! And if women are paying $150.00 a pop to wrap their vaginal muscles around a doctor’s fingers then perhaps people are not feeling as squeezed... Read more
I’ve had the strangest string of emails over the past few days, some from strangers (both left and right) and others from old email correspondents who are looking for someone to share a thought with. What’s odd is that nearly all of them are indicating to me that they feel something is “off” about this election. They all sense something coming down the pike. One person wrote to agree with an old prediction of mine that McCain, despite all indications... Read more
So, in anticipation of Obama’s All I Have Behind Me Is A Great Speech and a Loving Press/No Substance Tour of Europe, which will supply his campaign with outstanding photo-ops against historic backdrops (to dispel the sad fact that he’s done nothing of real import to earn the accolades), and which will add an illusion of substance to his lighter-than-a-cheesepuff resume, the Washington Post has composed a loving featurette that focuses on Obama’s spirituality. The article mentions a “long meeting”... Read more
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