You have to read to the end – the very end – of this piece in the NY Times for what should probably (considering the headline) have been the lede. Still, Ms. Rice tells it: Rice Defends Bush’s Race Record and Calls for Rebuilding Fairly Ms. Rice spoke about a wide range of foreign policy issues, but seemed to speak most vehemently when she was asked what she told foreign leaders wondering about racial discrimination and poverty in the United... Read more
A little tardy (I never come late to a party, myself…usually because I plan on leaving early…) but better late than never. This week’s hostesses: e-claire, TFS Magnum and Mary Katharine Ham. I love this weekly collection of the writings of conservative blogging women from all sorts of backgrounds. Aside from belying the myth that conservative women are all hothouse flowers or nincompoops, the Cotillion cuts a very broad swath through America, in a very healthy way. Rather than finding... Read more
I’m feeling extremely pessimistic about the press, these days, especially as they seem to be in a collective meltdown that precludes any chance of common sense and reality tearing them away from their carefully constructed memes. Ed Morrissey is wondering if this disturbing report will shake the press out of their collective, mindless – almost sonambulant – chant of “Bush’s Fault” and make them finally ask questions regarding the sheer ineptitude of Mayor Ray Nagin (whom the press loves) and... Read more
I linked to this below, but really – I think it deserves a post of it’s own, from The Right Place New Orleans Rhapsody [Sung to the tune of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody] Time for more left wing Paranoid fantasy, Caught in the flood tide, Out of touch with reality, They spin their lies, They just criticize and seethe, “Hicks from those red states, show them no sympathy!” “Because they’re filthy scum, we all know!” “Hit ’em high, hit ’em low!”... Read more
No, no, not the overflow from Katrina (would that an overflow was all they experienced, rather than a breech), just the overflow of news, news, news and blogging. There is so much going on – so much to read – that sometimes a “you may have missed this” linkfest is just what is called for: George Will takes no prisoners just read it. Very well done. This piece by Robert Tracinski seems to go with it. Secondly, if you have... Read more
Dr. Sanity is wondering if George W. Bush and Sandy Berger have become best buddies? In June, two months after Berger pled guilty to what some say is the most serious crime ever committed by a senior White House official – Bush invited him to the White House, where, according to the Associated Press, the disgraced former Clinton advisor was trotted out to voice support for CAFTA legislation. Hmmm…that might explain something I’ve noticed. The press and the Democrats have... Read more
Wojtyla! You take after the energetic andenthusiastic John Paul II (the Great). Yourvision is prophetic and BIG – when it comes tosaints, travel, or crowds you can’t get enough! Where do you fall on the Wojtyla-Ratzinger Continuum? brought to you by Quizilla I am also surprised! I hate to travel and I cannot stand to be in crowds. I thought for sure I’d be Ratty! H/T Julie Ratzinger. Read more
Do we need to put up some sort of timeclock measuring how long it takes the MSM to report on the story Major Garrett broke last week – a story utterly ignored by every major news organization in both print and television news? You remember, about how the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army were refused permission by the State of Louisiana, to bring aid and comfort to those people trapped in the Superdome? You know!!! The story that... Read more
School started last week, as you know. Buster is now a Junior in High School, preparing for SAT’s and thinking about colleges. In the springtime, when Buster had selected his courses for the year, he chose one he thought would be interesting: Social Issues in America. Buster likes current events and critical thinking, and he enjoys debate. He hadn’t realized that “Social Issues” usually meant something more than critical thinking. First day of school he came home and shook his... Read more
Common sense that money will be made off of Katrina. Clean-up and restoration companies will make money, construction companies will make money. Last week the press harrumphed with moral outrage – or something – and announced Bush friends were the profiteers. Companies with ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA are clinching some of the administration’s first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. At least two major corporate clients of... Read more
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