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Obama vs. McCain

Posted on January 26, 2008 | Comments Off on Obama vs. McCain

They are the winners, that is, of their respective party primaries in South Carolina. Obama’s crushing of Hilarity today was based on the SC Dem Party’s being fifty percent black, but he also he got a quarter of the white vote. I agree with David Freddoso at National Review: I don’t see how any liberal could want the Clintons back in power. They aren’t liberals, for one thing. They’re mainly in it for themselves, as he has readily proved this month. Neither candidate offers the Democrats much of a chance in the fall–the MSM’s relentless cheerleading to the contrary notwithstanding–but it seems to me that the (so far) scandal-free Obama would have the best chance of the two. Or three, if you acknowledge the obvious, that the Clintons are in it together.

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Soaking the rich

Posted on January 25, 2008 | Comments Off on Soaking the rich

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Lee Luckey, an OCS buddy who owns his own CPA firm, alerted me to these stats last fall, but I wasn’t able to find a chart. I borrowed this one from Cobb. It shows, pretty clearly, that we shouldn’t be impressed every time a Democrat pol tells us the rich aren’t paying their fair share. They’re already carrying 69 percent of the load. Without them, taxes would be soaking the rest of us.

Via Cobb 

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Same-sex marriage

Posted on January 25, 2008 | Comments Off on Same-sex marriage

Roger L. Simon says he doesn’t agree with the Gorbot on global warming, but he does on same-sex marriage. I was for gay marriage before I knew the Gorbot was for it and now, with him for company, I wonder if I shouldn’t rethink it. But, really, there’s nothing to rethink. This just isn’t my issue. I have never understood the arguments against it, nor the relentless Republican attacks on it. The best argument of all is the Libertarian one: Get the government out of it, altogether. As one of Simon’s commenters says, you don’t need a license to have children, why should you need one to get married? Exactly.

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The meaning of is

Posted on January 24, 2008 | Comments Off on The meaning of is

How soon we forget. Well, Gateway Pundit didn’t, and he’s got the video to prove it–just two days away from the 10th anniversary. Not of the tortured quibble, "It depends on what the meaning of is is." But Bill Clinton’s preceding lie, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," an all-time first for a president. Which woman, Bill? With you, it’s hard to keep them straight, I bet. Terribly unfair, right, to hang this on Hilarity and her presidential campaign? Not really. Because, hey, he’s already out there campaigning for her, and if you elect her, then you are sure going to get him. No question about that. They’re a matched set.

Via Instapundit 

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Anti-Jihadi comic book

Posted on January 24, 2008 | Comments Off on Anti-Jihadi comic book

Artist John Cox, of Cox & Forkum fame, brings the war on Islamic facism to the world of comic books. Matamoros is not Captain America, fortunately, but it’s just as accessible. Maybe more so. I’ve ordered my copy. Matamoros, by the way, is Spanish for Moor-slayer.

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RNC tries to hide its glee

Posted on January 23, 2008 | Comments Off on RNC tries to hide its glee

Longtime, dedicated cheerleaders for the Democrats, the MSM would have you believe there’s a groundswell of voter enthusiasm for Hilarity and Obama. Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan, whose polling shows otherwise, is trying not to grin:

"For Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), Duncan says it comes down to [lack of] trust. Sen. Barack Obama’s (Ill.) weakness, on the other hand, is his [lack of] experience, according to Duncan."

Notice the double attribution? That’s the MSM making sure its Dem followers don’t think it’s saying these negative things. I think either one will be easy to beat, but Hilarity, with Slick Willie for baggage, would be the easiest.

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Science Fair

Posted on January 23, 2008 | Comments Off on Science Fair

We still have six five days to finish Mr. Boy’s entry in the annual school science fair. It’s voluntary for second graders like him, required thereafter. He’s doing a collection and classification, and though he has most all of his materials gathered for the subject–sharks–he needs all the time left. Turns out there are more than 360 known species, too many to even list on his display board, which would be boring anyhow. But the Web has allowed him to "collect" graphic drawings of representative members of some of the eight orders of sharks. Next problems: a creative layout and practicing his oral presentation. Next year and henceforth, experiments will be required, but collection was a good introduction to research and scientific terms. The Web offers a vast amount of ideas. Must have been a lot tougher before the Internet.

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