random ramblings

In keeping with my friend sds’s decision to break from Tumblr last December, this December I...

Dec 1st

Why Dick Cheney Should Run in 2012 by Jon...

Nov 30th

“You should look at big thinkers on the question of identity....”
— Bill Clinton tells FP what to...

Nov 30th

The Top 10 Stories You Missed in 2009 - By...

Nov 30th

The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade...

Nov 30th

“Government cannot “fix” anything, it can only get in the...”
— via yooverhere

Nov 29th

Fred Barnes: Why Obama Isn't Changing...

Nov 28th

“In Washington, there’s no plan of any kind – except to make...”
— Good news for San Diego –...

Nov 28th

“Apologists for the Obama administration argue that some 2009...”
— Damn the deficit: Full speed...

Nov 27th

nomosshere: Op-Ed Columnist - They Chose Celebrity - NYTimes.com This column completely ignores...

Nov 26th

“This meant that both faced the same post-election choice....”
— Op-Ed Columnist - They Chose...

Nov 25th

NewsBusters.org captured a fascinating exchange about so-called health-care reform on “Inside...

Nov 25th

“Once the government creates an insurance company or plan,...”
— Lieberman Digs In on Public...

Nov 24th

Obama Says He Intends to ‘Finish the Job’ in...

Nov 24th

notthatkindagay: This Antarctic Leopard Seal was very...

Nov 23rd

Tell the FCC to Say "No" to the Cable Kill...

Nov 23rd

un: ...

Nov 23rd

“What sets the politicians of 2009 apart from the ones of...”
— Incharacter.org

Nov 23rd

“President Barack Obama took office promising to lead from...”
— The Coming Deficit Disaster -...

Nov 23rd

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in...”
— T.E. Lawrence, better known as...

Nov 22nd

“When Alabama Congressman Artur Davis voted against the...”
— Jesse Jackson Slams Artur...

Nov 21st

““If they take them back, this the end of the road for what...”
— Biden: 2010 GOP Success would...

Nov 21st

Search the Good Stuff

Nov 21st

azspot: David Fitzsimmons Hahaha.

Nov 20th

Tax the Rich

Nov 20th

Sarah Palin and the Decline of Conservatism -...

Nov 19th

Worse Than Taxes - Reason Magazine

Nov 19th

“The 2,074-page Senate health care bill would take 34 hours...”
— Health bill could get 34-hour...

Nov 19th

“Schlafly, founder of Conservapedia.com, wants to save the...”
— News story: New Conservative...

Nov 19th

“Congress recognizes no limits on its power. It doesn’t...”
— Kiss Your Freedoms Goodbye If...

Nov 18th

Peter J. Wallison: The Permanent TARP -...

Nov 17th

“I think that expecting to find any theological sensitivity...”
— Under God: “2012”...

Nov 17th

Does anyone really like...

I can’t say I am a fan of it.

Nov 17th

The Associated Press: Conservative...

Nov 17th

What Britain's Conservative Party could teach...

Nov 17th

John Yoo: The KSM Trial Will Be an...

Nov 17th

“In early September, Fox News host Andrew Napolitano asked...”
— Putting a Stop to...

Nov 16th

Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back...

Nov 16th

Weekend Interview with Seth Lipsky: Our...

Nov 16th

“Sometimes people ask, “What is the evidence that the...”
— John Haught (via azspot)

Nov 16th

GM to repay U.S. early | Detroit Free Press

Nov 16th

How Deep The Father's Love For Us by...

How deep the Father’s love for us, How vast beyond all measure That He should give His only...

Nov 15th

Is private charity a substitute for...

squashed: Bellatoris thinks so. At least, he thinks it should be. And he properly recognizes a...

Nov 15th

Faith and health care

In light of what squashed, azspot, and others have written, I thought I would throw out a few...

Nov 14th

Sympathy for the Bedeviled

jeffmiller: complicatedshoes: The three of them [Joe the Plumber, Prejean, Palin] all have one...

Nov 13th

Bauer to bring political edge to White House...

Nov 13th

“The Prejean story is not merely the story of a sad woman who...”
— Classically Liberal (via...

Nov 13th

Lcross Mission Finds Water on Moon, NASA...

Nov 13th

jeffmiller: More in U.S. Say Health Coverage Is Not Gov’t....

Nov 13th

Luke 10

squashed: I’ll second what AZSpot said and add that the goals of health care are relatively...

Nov 13th

Luke 10

azspot: Because one espouses Jesus call for justice, to care for our fellow brothers and sisters,...

Nov 13th

azspot: Jeff Danziger I find it interesting that the...

Nov 13th

“Isaiah 58:7-12 (New International Version) 7 Is it not to...”
— BibleGateway.com

Nov 12th

Watch

I don’t share videos very often, but I am going to today. 31 days of sunrises.  Nice.

Nov 11th

“My theory is that Hersh’s journalism is a little like a...”
— Andrew Exum, on Seymour Hersh...

Nov 11th

“Editor’s note, 9:57 p.m. EDT: The White House has...”
— Obama’s Afghan Plan:...

Nov 10th

Oklahoma Driver Sideswipes Escaped Elephant :...

Nov 10th

Petition to Treasury Secretary Timothy...

Nov 10th

“A tag fell off the underside of my chair today. Here is...”
— Pearls Before Swine ...

Nov 9th

The 100 most-read Bible verses at...

Nov 9th

John Cassidy of The New Yorker explains what they are doing: The U.S. government is making a costly...

Nov 8th

“Now, jail isn’t a certainty; depending on the infraction,...”
— No Health Insurance? Go...

Nov 8th

I just doubled my Tumblarity in less...

Here’s my tip: start with next to nothing.  It makes the gains so much easier.

Nov 8th

“Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), laments that “it makes...”
— America Only Seems Polarized -...

Nov 8th

The Double Standard About Bias in Journalism...

Nov 7th

237 millionaires in Congress - POLITICO.com

Nov 7th

Man Stabbed Self To Keep Job - November 3, 2009 Meet Aaron...

Nov 4th