October 24, 2008
Saturday, October 25
- William Ayers: From cop-killer to cop-caller
- David Warren, Messianic pretensions:
"Faith, hope, and charity" are Christ's things. They apply, properly, outside time -- to a "futurity" that is not of this world. They must not be applied to any earthly utopia. A Caesar who appropriates otherworldly virtues, is riding upon very dangerous illusions. Follow him into dreamland, and you'll be lucky to wake up.
- Green Report: Newark NJ Star-Ledger cuts newsroom staff by nearly half. Trees reported dancing in Northeast.
- "Hit a Jew Day"
- First, right attitude: "Recalling a run-in 25 years ago with a group accused of voter registration irregularities, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says protesters scattered when he warned them to leave his home in one minute or "I'll kill all of you." - Inhofe recounts run-in with ACORN Next, right action.
- Two important and revealing essays by James Kalb: The Tyrannical Logic of Liberalism
"Advanced liberal society is reproducing the error of socialism—the attempt to administer and radically alter things that are too complex to be known, grasped, and controlled—but on a far grander scale. The socialists tried to simplify and rationalize economics, while today’s liberals are trying to do the same with human relations generally. The latter involve much more subtle, complicated, and fundamental aspects of human life. Why expect the results to be better?"
- The Tyranny of Tolerance
"Just as Marie Antoinette played shepherdess at the Petit Trianon, yuppies can spend their extra dollars on ecotourism and free-range chickens."
Both essays are adapted from Kalb's new book The Tyranny of Liberalism: Understanding and Overcoming Administered Freedom, Inquisitorial Tolerance, and Equality by Command
- Mark Steyn "The spirit of the age is: Ask not what your country can do for you, demand it. Why can’t the government sort out my health care? Why can’t they pick up my mortgage?"
- Now you know why you never liked frozen peas and carrots: "Many years ago, when I was working the night shift at a produce freezing plant, we had to pick bits of reptile, insect, and amphibian out of the frozen vegetables." - bioephemera : Lawn mowers, lizards, & longitudinal cross-sections
- And then what? "All the leading Democrats want to repeal the Bush tax cuts, as they apply to households making more than $250,000 per year. The trouble, according to Miller, is that you can repeal them only once." -The Claremont Institute - Reforming Big Government
- Belmont Club - No way out "It is useless to discuss how to reduce the size of government, it may be useful to speculate on what to do if it crashes."
- The Tipping Point Webutante's Parable: Obama's Redistribution of Wealth 101 for Dummies
- Comment of the week @ Federalist Paupers "We may be seeing a slight whiskey recession, but the fundamentals of the American alcohol economy are strong."
- Kevin Kelly: "Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism.... is emerging from the cloak of wires, radio waves, and electronic nodes wrapping the surface of our planet."
- Not your average RV: Globecruiser Yours for $670,000. Plus $800 to fill the tank. (By ActionMobile)
- Political intimidation in Charlotte, NC
Posted by Vanderleun at October 24, 2008 7:39 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Re. the bioephemera, I've often wondered just how much protein herbivores actually consume, given that I've never observed a cow or a horse pausing to pick the spiders out of the grass before chomping down a mouthful. They must eat quite a lot of bugs on any given day.
Posted by: Julie at October 25, 2008 11:09 AM