He makes one tiny mistake at the end, but otherwise….
Glenn Beck Rape/Murder Controversy Growing
Recently, I drew attention to the fact that some say that Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, as well as the website: glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990. That site, which only began on September 1, has had a lot of visits. And among those interested are Glenn Beck's lawyers. By September 3, lawyers for Beck's media company, Mercury Radio Arts, … Read More
Grocery Shopping
The picture below represents two lanes at the grocery store checkout, and the number of items in each cart. So you're shopping, and in a hurry. You have ten items in your cart, so you can go into the 10-items-or-less express lane at the left. But there is one more thing you need/want. Do you put it in the cart, forcing … Read More
A Better Way
Republicans think that one way to improve health care is to engage in tort reform, i.e., somehow limit the number of malpractice cases brought to court, or limit the damages that winning plaintiffs can receive. Because (Republicans claim) of all these lawsuits, malpractice insurance for doctors and hospitals is high, which creates higher health care costs. It's an idea, so … Read More
The National Review Editors Were In Favor Of Rational Thinking Before They Were Against It
August 17, 2009 National Review editorial: To conclude from these possibilities to the accusation that President Obama’s favored legislation will lead to “death panels” deciding whose life has sufficient value to be saved — let alone that Obama desires this outcome — is to leap across a logical canyon. It may well be that in a society as litigious as … Read More
The Worst Sports Column Ever Written…
… was written on Monday. It appeared in Tuesday's Orange County Register. Here's how it begins: It doesn't sound as if Jaycee Dugard got to see a sports page. Box scores were not available to her from June 10, 1991 until Aug. 31 of this year. She never saw a highlight. Never got to the ballpark for Beach Towel Night. Probably … Read More
Morning Reax
Washington Post’s Tom Shales says Obama “came across like Jimmy Stewart in ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’: a bright-eyed young idealist up against entrenched power, old ideas and obstructionism. It was also a chance for Obama to go on national television and look presidential again, asserting himself in ways that helped make up for the past few months of perceived … Read More
House Republicans Behaving Badly
Joe Wilson's cat call ("You lie!"), for which he apologized, was the most egregious display of childishness last night by the House GOP. But it wasn't the only sad display: But while the majority of both parties' lawmakers behaved as adults, the insolence by House Republicans stole the show. There was derisive laughter on that side of the chamber when … Read More
Obama’s Speech: The Flash Poll Results
CNN: Two out of three Americans who watched President Barack Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans — a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll of people who tuned into Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress. Sixty-seven percent of people questioned in the survey say … Read More
The Full Text of the Kennedy-to-Obama Letter
Dear Mr. President, I wanted to write a few final words to you to express my gratitude for your repeated personal kindnesses to me – and one last time, to salute your leadership in giving our country back its future and its truth. On a personal level, you and Michelle reached out to Vicki, to our family and me in … Read More
Short First Impressions
I thought Obama did nicely. He shot down the lies. He addressed all the BS about death panels, government coming between you and your doctor, illegal immigrants getting health insurance, etc. Not that rabid opponents will change their mind; they're entrenched in stupidity and or fearmongering. Key passage: Some of people's concerns have grown out of bogus claims spread by those whose … Read More
Real Like Composition
Jarbas Agnelli saw a photo in the newspaper of birds sitting on electric wires and decided to set it to music. Twist: The score was built around a musical theme using the birds as notes.
Great Moments in Ghostwriting
Forget the substance, there's no way in hell that Sarah Palin wrote this op-ed.
Vox Idiot
Just something random I saw: My child is home today. She will not be forced to endure Obama's speech, given by Obama. I read it, printed it off, and I will discuss it with her. Then as we discuss it, I'll tell her the reasons I did not want Obama or the school district deciding that we HAD to hear … Read More