Random and Scattered Notes of Autumn

I hasten to stipulate that the Nobel Prize award, notwithstanding, the hot air emanating from his south end is his most noteworthy contribution to Global Warming as now 'established'. It used to be that scientific theory was established by a preponderance of verifiable evidence. Not anymore. In the age of Gore and Obama, science is established by a preponderance of repeated encantation, followed by a preponderance of media coverage.

By definition, being moderate is being spineless. Its closest cousin in wordsmithland is medicre. Beware of anyone being preceded by the modifier moderate. It simply means the soul has no core principles with which he lives by and fights for.

The old adage is if one finds nothing worth dying for, then he does not find anything worth living for.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/10/16/a n_acorn-friendly,_big_labor-backing,_tax-and-spend_radical_ in_gop_clothing?page=full&comments=true

This is rather more of a Recap than a Revision of history.

Karl Marx strived and aspired for the dictatorship of the ploretariat and subsidized in the process by his collaborator and patron, Fredrick Engels.

Barack Hussein Obama aspired for the (equitable)redistribution of wealth, achieved the rule of czardoms and the dictatorshp of the fawning punditocrats, and is being subsidezed in the process by his victims the American taxpayers and their patrimony.

It is indeed a momentous historical parallel of tsunami proportions.

Kudos to the POTUS for having surpassed the wildrest dreams of at least one of his mentors. God bless and save us all, everyone. Who says Hope and Hype don't work, even if only for the inner circle?

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/DianaWest/2009/10/16/lefts_ rush_blitz_a_cheap_shot?comments=true#comments

Notwithstanding the bloated egos of most politicians, the planet earth is still heliocentric. The activity or lack thereof of the sun determines pretty much the physical disposition of the earth.

Temperature reversal on a global scale has been well documented historically as cyclical with an average long period of 70 to 100 years and a short period therein of 14 to 17 years. Its causal connection with solar magnetic storms have been somewhat loosely established.

It is beyond rudimentary common sense that somebody would take Al Gore seriously on the subject. A cursory reading of his "Earth in the Balance" should have established his bona fides beyond doubt that he is a certifiable charlatan.

Only a fawning media typified by the tingling legs of Chris Matthews could have overlooked such stark reality.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/PatBuchanan/2009/10/16/the_ second_battle_of_copenhagen?page=full&comments=true

Has been the province of little minds through time immemorial. Why should it be different now just because the Messiah is in the Oval Office?

Why fret about spending when it is other peoples' money. As long as it is obligated funds, there should not be any problems or bookkeeping scandals.

If China balks at lending the US more dollars, the government owns a printing press. So just print it. We don't have to worry about using wheelburrows to transport dollar bills to pay for a quart of milk.

You can fit so many digits in your debit cards even if you resort to exponential notation to avoid using too many commas. The multitude of commas kind of gets scary. It makes us suspect that there might be something wrong with the economy:)

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=stimu lating_incumbency&ns=GeorgeWill&dt=10/18/2009&submitted=tru e&comments=true&sort=desc#comments

Senator Olympia Snowe is the proverbial fig leaf cover to conceal the stark reality that the Emperor has not clothes.

The "call of history" she claimed to have recognized was merely the reverberations from the echo chambers of her delusions of grandeur reflecting her desperate need to preserve incumbency. Such learned reflexes should backfire and usher in her demise, if the folks in Maine are awake.

cf,http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=bipartisan_facade_cant_hide_health_plans_flaws&ns=DebraJSaunders&dt=10/18/2009&page=full&comments=true&submitted=true

Ann, this is such a sharp and succinct phrase, you should have it trademarked or patented, as the most appropriate description of the liberal Democrats' mindset respecting national security.

I contend that Afghanistan provides the perfect setting for the POTUS to apply the skills for which he is most experienced: Community Organizing. This is a trade most needed wherever the community is dysfunctional. There are very few countries more dysfunctional than Afghanistan is in this day and age.

I propose to send the POTUS to Afghanistan and let him loose on his community organizing. That should leave Joe Biden to reign supreme in Washington, DC. MY calculus is that even the well documented incompetence of VPOTUS is less harmful to the country than the transformative, transformational, post partisan Hamlet-like meanderings of Barack Hussein Obama.

cf,
http://townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2009/10/14/natura l_born_losers?page=full&comments=true

Between the inner circles of government and the press (of any genre: print, electronics, web), there should be a healthy dose of mistrust and apprehension. Otherwise, the press becomes nothing but the propaganda arm of government. That would most definitely be lethal to the healthy functioning of any democracy.

When the press is reduced to cheerleaders to the government as typified by the tingling legs of Chris Matthews, who is left to be on the lookout for the duplicities and incompetence that are the traditional baggage of all government bureucracies?

The great political thinker, Niccolo Machiavelli, opined: "Men must either be cajoled or crushed; for they will revenge themselves for slight wrongs, while for grave ones they cannot." That would have been a wise code of governance.

The Obamaniacs, on the other hand, want to cajole AND crush. They are not interested in governance. They are more interested in dominance. Did not Obama himself deplore the Constitution for being a constraint to what the government can do to the governed instead of a prescription for what the government should do?

Beware of the Alinskyans. They are here to pander and conquer. The sooner we can be rid of them the healthier our polity becomes.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/SalenaZito/2009/10/18/the_g ap_between_main_street_and_the_elite?page=full&comments=tru e

So we have to choose either between the lesser of two evils or between the evil of two lessers?:) How exactly would you derive your compass if you don't have core principles to begin with?

True, a foot on the door may prove better than no foot on no door at all. But the still critical issue is what you do once your have passed the door and got inside.

My take is, the Specters and Snowes of the world did not do the Republicans a world of good. They just prolonged the limbo without mitigating the agony of powerlessness.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=time_ for_the_gop_and_the_tea-partiers_to_grow_up&ns=CarolPlattLi ebau&dt=10/19/2009&submitted=true&comments=true&sort=desc#c omments

I think this is my first time here but I like the different format you're taking. As far as politics I doubt there's much we agree on except that the GOP needs to start again with a list of objectives it wants to achieve whatever that is. Right now, they are being the Party of No which is fine if you think the idea being pushed is bad. But it really has to be horrible in order to get in, otherwise people want to hear what you are going to do in terms of government services, taxes, foreign policy, and domesitic issues as well that they feel will be good for them and their family. Until that happens, I don't see where they get back the majority.

"Whatever that is" just does not do the trick. In the realm of actionable ideas substance is primary. Why bother to have a list if what it cotains is not important?

For starters, maybe you should refer to Laura Ingraham's "TEN FOR '10: WINNING WASHINGTON BY EMPOWERING AMERICANS" cf, http://www.lauraingraham.com/petitions/viewpetition?petiti onID=1010

With the notable exception of the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, I have not found any Democrat elected or otherwise who is intellectually honest. The Democrats lost me during the Borking of RObert Bork.

As to being proud, what ever tickles your fancy and bloats your ego, normally makes you proud. Jack the Ripper and the members of the Monson Family were also "proud" of their reputation.

As for the Nobel Peace Prize, I agree with THe Political Insider Morris that it is an attempt to recolonize America by the European elite.

Otherwise, see also http://parallaxadhoc.blogtownhall.com/2009/10/10/mission_a ccomplished_the_wages_of_anti-americanism.thtml

where enough has been said about the spectacle too tedious to repeat again as the whole spectacle makes makes me sick.

America being the ultimate land of meritocracy, I have no doubt that Rush will prevail. In the courts of public opinion, no contest. Before the courts 'of law', I rather doubt it especially in the Holder Justice Department, and I have the most obstinate faith in my doubts.

To my mind, the main problem with suing is usually only the lawyers profit from it. Take the case of the OJ Simpson trials: the lawyers gained, the taxpayers lost and truth was amongst the victims in the case.

Rush is a giant in the marketplace of ideas. I find him to be the most effective and efficient purveyor of information. As long as he continues what he has been doing, adhere to his standards of integrity, I have no doubt that he will prevail, and we will be all the better for it.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/10/20/to_ sue_or_not

Re: The Proud American Democrat (A Rejoinder on the Same Column) here's my take:

With the notable exception of the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan, I have not found any Democrat elected or otherwise who is intellectually honest. The Democrats lost me during the Borking of RObert Bork.

As to being proud, what ever tickles your fancy and bloats your ego, normally makes you proud. Jack the Ripper and the members of the Monson Family were also "proud" of their reputation.

As for the Nobel Peace Prize, I agree with THe Political Insider Morris that it is an attempt to recolonize America by the European elite.

Otherwise, see also http://parallaxadhoc.blogtownhall.com/2009/10/10/mission_a ccomplished_the_wages_of_anti-americanism.thtml

where enough has been said about the spectacle too tedious to repeat again as the whole spectacle makes makes me sick.

Obama and embarrassment are two words which would not fit well together in the same sentence. He is all bluster and so submerged in his vainglorious cult of personality, he seem to really worship himself.

Besides, with the press in his tank, and a majority in both houses of Congress, with spineless Republicans, who is going to stop him from doing whatever he wishes?

He does not even respect the Constitution he is supposed to have sworn to preserve, protect, and defend. How else can you explain delivering a speech after being sworn into office and promising in that speech to remake America?

A President was not elected to remake America. He is supposed to preserve, protect and defend America. Remember the only conscience a Marxist/Alynskist has is whatever expedience they can muster to capture and cling on to power to dominate.

That is an agenda encompatible with the notion of embarrassment.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=obama _at_odds_with_his_own_vision_for_the_world&ns=MichaelBarone &dt=10/26/2009&page=full&comments=true&submitted=true

In one that is not a skunk but just stinks as putrid? Such is the characteristic game of the Liberal Democrats: creative labelling, or cognitive desonance, whichever euphemism tickles your fancy.

From the original Borking of Robert Bork to the "legal lynching" of Clarence Thomas, to the definition and branding games seemingly a favorite pastime of Nancy Pelosi, intellectual dishonesty is the most distinctive Democratic trademark.

It is beyond outrageous that they seem to believe the lies they sell. Either that or they are counting on what they presume to be the stupidity of the nation.

After all, what should one think of the electorate who continuously vote for Nancy Pelosi and put her in the line of succession to the presidency?

By the way, Ann, it is not too nice of you to pick on Dennis "the menace" Kucinich just because he is little in more ways than one. But I have to admit I love the dig. It's brilliantly done.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/AnnCoulter/2009/10/28/ill_p ass_on_opting_out?page=full&comments=true

Considering that most politicians have a lawyering background, it is no surprise that Congress produce bills whose merits seem to be measured by the number of pages. It is just giving job security for all lawyers.

Lawyers are merchants of words. The more words there are to maneuver and manipulate through the better the continued prospect of business becomes. It's all a matter of who you are looking after.

So let the pages flourish. A booming business for lawyers can also stimulate economic recovery. Sort of.

Cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=healt h_care_overhaul_iv_this_time,_its_personal&ns=MonaCharen&dt =11/03/2009&page=full&comments=true&submitted=true

While there is undeniably a science of photography, the science is mainly employed to make the art flourish.

This emphasizes the often overlooked point that the agenda and perspective of the actor are as important as the subject matter, or at least, how the subject matter eventually gets presented to the public.

The agenda influence the perspective and the perspective depends on the angle taken to produce the photograph.

Just as you cannot take as gospel anything and everything that is in print, you cannot take as depiction of reality everything that is presented in picture, simly because it is in picture.

Reality is susciptible to being manipulated by technology, and art is an able accomplice for the effective distortion of reality.

So what you eventually believe really depends on the principles that govern how your soul operates.

cf, http://townhall.com/columnists/Column2.aspx?UrlTitle=a_pic ture_can_lie&ns=GeorgeWill&dt=11/15/2009&page=full&comments =true&submitted=true