Monthly Archives: July 2008

The sermon to the Germans

Looks like this could be an all-Baby Barry day. But, really, going all the way to Berlin to give a rousing speech to, the Germans? Why not a rousing speech in Des Moines? What is this guy running for, chancellor? Maybe he could get them to send some troops to Afghanistan, which he says he cares so much about? He asked for it, but others have asked. I suppose this is the fruit of growing up in Indonesia. If he’d grown up in the U.S. he’d know better. Maybe.

 As it stands, BB, you have about as much chance of being elected president of the U.S. as Bob the Builder, the British fellow whose slogan ("Yes-We-Can") you stole, as every five-year-old knows. Heck, you confuse them. Where are Scoop, Muck and Wendy? I haven’t spent much time listening to Rush Limbaugh, but he’s got your pomposity down perfectly–which is why the Nancy Pelosis and Harry Reids want so bad to get him off the air.

UPDATE:  As David Brooks says BB’s speech "…was the end of history on acid."

Recycled rhetoric

Say what, Baby Barry? Whose moment is it, anyway, and whose time, exactly? Uh, have the seas receded yet?

Going to bed Remembering the Alamo

That’s what kids around the world are doing these days, thanks to the Handbook of Texas Online: "…a trailblazing resource about all things Texas." It’s also, just plain fun to read. And more is coming. Watch the video, pard.

Service Nation

No Little Red Books or armbands are mentioned, but otherwise this proposed new Democrat public service shebang (which adopts some of Baby Barry’s rhetoric, piggybacks on a bill sponsored by notable loudmouth pol Charlie Rangel of New York, and whose bandwagon will be driven by that paragon of journalistic wheeze TIME magazine), certainly sounds fascistic, even communist.

It would, apparently, start out voluntary, but turn into an involuntary, no exceptions national draft for everyone 18 to 42. The really disturbing part is that the "service" they talk about, as an alternative to traditional military service, is never explained. There are no specifics at all. Guess they’d be getting to that part later. Uh, huh.

Via Instapundit.

Zugspitze weather station

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This thing fascinated me the first time I saw it at Creaky Pavillion, where it was art for a post on Warmism. No explanation there (which is not meant as a criticism, Tatyana), but there was a link to the Flickr account where it originated. There it was identified as the Zugspitze weather station, atop the Zugspitze, the highest spot in Germany, at a little under ten thousand feet. Looks like a defensive outpost of some kind in the Lord of the Rings, or else a flour sifter turned on its side. Can’t find an explanation for why it looks the way it does, but it certainly is cool. The peak in the distance has a Christian cross atop it, viewable in the image as posted at Flickr.

UPDATE:  Tatyana, at Creaky Pavillion, added this link to a larger photo of the station, which isn’t as dramatic looking, but gives a better idea of what it actually looks like. I’d still like to know what’s in there.

Oil below $125 a barrel

Now that’s very good news. Gas prices are sure to follow. Mac’s surely right. We have GWB to thank.

UPDATE: The next day the price climbed to $125.49 a barrel. Not bad at all. Then it closed out the week at $123.89. We’ll take it.

Edwards bumper stickers

For those now considering how to get their Edwards campaign stickers off their cars–in lieu of being identified as one of the suckers who bought the bouffant one’s holier-than-thou routine while cheating on his cancer-stricken wife–try old-fashioned peeling, starting at one corner. A liberal (so to speak) spraying of WD-40 on what’s left, followed by a good wipe or two, should do the trick. As for Baby Barry’s problem, with Edwards being on his VP short list, well