Not the fellow on the sign, the "Fighting Sioux" of the University of North Dakota. This one. OKS fired him. But they haven’t been able to silence the Comanche conservative. He’s even going after the usual liberal suspects who are still battling the American Indian mascot tradition. Racist, you know. Uh huh. Bad Eagle’s great, great grandson begs to disagree. And not politely, either. Heh.
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The Jewish/Israeli blog carnival Vanity of Vanities is up. Never better, I say modestly, as it has two entries of my own.
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Tagged blog carnival, Haveil Havalim, Israel, Simply Jews, Vanity of Vanities
I haven’t read this new biography of Rand yet, but the Amazon critics seem to think it’s worth while. I’ll wait until it’s in the library. Which is not very capitalistic of me, but I’m not pure about it like she was. Like most kids I rebelled against my parents’ politics, which was conservative. But I wavered.
Then, in college, I discovered Rand’s idea of Objectivism and went so far as to bet my Speech grade on an oration about it. The professor disliked her celebration of "reality" so much that he tried to undercut me at the top of the program he printed for our class speeches with a quote from Carl Jung: "People cannot stand too much reality."
Nowadays I agree with Jung. Which is probably why I read so much science fiction. I never read Atlas Shrugged, Rand’s most popular (and lately resurgent) novel. I remember some reviewer (just who I forget) paraphrased Shakespeare in calling it "As long as life and twice as tedious." I may never read it. But I still find her interesting and, of course, the idea that capitalism and the mighty corporations it sometimes creates can be heroic. I’ve been too much of a businessman myself over the years to find the type very threatening. Indeed, to demean the Willy Lomans of the world is to demean the very thing that keeps us free.
MORE: Via Instapundit, the movie made of her book We The Living is now on DVD.
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So far, anyhow, sez the LCRA’s Bob Rose. Hope this doesn’t mean another early winter, like last year:
"The National Weather Service has issued an [overnight] Freeze Warning for Kimble and Sutton Counties [west of Fredericksburg] where the temperature is expected to fall to the upper 20s. A Frost Advisory has been issued for Mason, San Saba and McCulloch Counties where the temperature will fall to the low to middle 30s."
Only mid-forties expected at the rancho. But that will be cool enough. Near seventy daytime, cooling for Halloween. The goblins will be wearing coats.
UPDATE: Nov. 18-19: It’s back in the low 40s at the rancho tonight, after dipping into the 30s last night. Result of the latest cold front to pass through. This time of year they are sporadic. Quickly warms back up, though. Please G-d, give us a normal winter for a change, when it doesn’t really stay cold for more than a day or two until January, and then only for about six weeks. Hope, hope.
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Tagged :CRA, coldest night of fall 2009, freeze warning, Halloween, Kimble County, Mason County, McCulloch County, meteorologist Bob Rose, San Saba County, Sutton County
Last place in prime time. Is that a surprise? Beats me. I stopped watching them years ago. Glenn Reynolds thinks it’s because of the way they bash or ignore conservative protestors. But that reminds me of a Roger L. Simon piece back in 2006:
"Of course, Blitzer is only a typical representative of his class. Nothing special or exceptional in any way, except for his success and longevity. Now some people call this class the ‘liberal media.’ I reject that idea and terminology entirely. There is nothing liberal about them at all. They are a rich, privileged class much like the bourgeoisie in a Bunuel movie (or Moliere, of course). What is ‘liberal’ is only a talking point to preserve their perquisites. Perhaps these values were there at some point, but that was decades ago in another universe. Now the real issues are good tailoring and homes in the country. Nothing should disturb that."
The disturbance has arrived. The viewing audience, well, the surviving portion that has not fled to the Web, is finally catching on and tuning them out. Lefty anti-military they are, for sure, but their sense of elite privilege also comes through clearly. And the CNN version no longer sells. Boo-hoo.
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Another interesting Normblog profile, this time on NYC grandmother-of-three Ann Ulanov, a former rare reader I seldom see or hear from around these parts anymore. I would join the crowd and add a comment to her link to it, but I can never get her comment system to work, even though it’s TypePad which is supposed to be the same as mine but isn’t for some reason. My own is balky enough.
If I could comment I would say, "Ah ha, you work in software. That explains why you change the layout of your blog so often." I also see how well-read and educated she is, which makes me doubly happy that she still touts my book Leaving The Alamo on her front-page sidebar. Though she’s never said nor have I figured out why she considers it non-fiction. No matter. I hope she enjoyed it.
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And, not incidentally, the people who use its many varieties. Pictures by Rick Lee of Charleston, WVA.
Via Instapundit.
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THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 