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I drew the black bean

Posted on June 29, 2012 | Comments Off on I drew the black bean

Now that’s a phrase you seldom hear anymore. Only native Texans ever said it, as a whimsical explanation for having to do something unpleasant, because only the natives knew what it meant. And only because Texas history was a large part of their public school education.

The public schools are pretty homogenized nowadays, wherever you go, utterly preoccupied with political correctness. Mr. B. was confused for months in second grade thinking Sojourner Truth had freed the slaves. I didn’t even hear her name until I was in college. Will he learn about the black bean draw? I doubt it. Makes Mexican history look bad. Can’t have that now. Can we?

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Obozo supporter bails

Posted on June 28, 2012 | Comments Off on Obozo supporter bails

Artur Davis, former co-chairman of the 2008 Obama campaign committee, has seen the light:

“Frankly, the symbolism of Barack Obama winning has not given us the substance of a united country. I have regularly criticized an agenda that would punish businesses and job creators with more taxes just as they are trying to thrive again. I have taken issue with an administration that has lapsed into a bloc by bloc appeal to group grievances when the country is already too fractured.”

Hey, no kidding. Obozo came into office in 2009 bashing Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. A healer of divisions, he was and is not.

Via Say No To Socialism.

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Forward, eh?

Posted on June 27, 2012 | Comments Off on Forward, eh?

Via Instapundit

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Evolution in action

Posted on June 26, 2012 | Comments Off on Evolution in action

Don’t worry, it’s not loaded.

~~ Terry Kath, rock musician, d. January 23, 1978.

The (famous?) last words of suicides.

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Aiding the Mexican economy

Posted on June 22, 2012 | Comments Off on Aiding the Mexican economy

Just one of Obamacare’s unintended consequences. A Passing Parade reprise.

Ross Perot’s 1992 giant sucking sound soon will be “the sound of Grandma going to one of the scores of new hospitals in Tijuana, Nogales, and Ciudad Juarez that will cater to Americans getting around the restrictions of ObamaCare. Yes indeed, the President’s health care plan will do wonders for the Mexican economy.”

Since I doubt the Supremes will rule all of it unconstitutional. More’s the pity.

UPDATE: Indeed, the Supremes confirmed their recent love of big government by upholding the whole thing.

And the Wall Street Journal, among others, predicts Obamacare will lead to fewer choices for Americans, making Akaky’s prediction of a Mexican bonanza very likely to come true. While American business tries to adapt to 2,700 pages of new regulations and the economy wallows in confusion and regret.

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My nominee for the Duranty Award

Posted on June 14, 2012 | Comments Off on My nominee for the Duranty Award

NBC Nightly News is my candidate for the Duranty for journalistic mendacity.

They have ignored Fast & Furious, Obama’s gun-running scheme to the Mexican drug cartels which has caused the deaths of hundreds of people. And when NBC finally did mention it, heh, they lied about it.

Or should that be, they screwed it up? Naw. They’re the overpaid liberal court media of our Permanent Political Class (PPC) and they still try to choose what we know, even though cable and the Internet have taken away their monopoly. NBC is one reason why AG Holder has been stonewalling Congress for so long.

It’s interesting that Holder says W’s administration started the gun running to Mexico (euphemistically called “gun-walking”) and, if true, that certainly merits Congressional investigation. But Holder has his own vulnerability which he can’t palm off on his predecessor. I’m with Senator Cornyn. Holder should resign. Immediately.

UPDATE: And here’s a good reason why:

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Texas: Economic engine of North America

Posted on June 12, 2012 | Comments Off on Texas: Economic engine of North America

“If you draw a triangle whose points are Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, enclosing Austin, you’ve just drawn a map of the economic and jobs engine of North America.

“Texas prospers not just because of oil and gas, but thanks to a diversified and sophisticated economy. It has attracted large numbers of both immigrants and domestic migrants for a quarter-century. One in 12 Americans lives there.”

Via Instapundit.

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