Spengler has put his finger on something that the Elitist Snobs don't understand: What does America have that Asia doesn't have? The answer is, Sarah Palin - not Sarah Palin the vice presidential candidate, but Sarah Palin the "hockey mom" turned small-town mayor and reforming Alaska governor. All the PhDs and MBAs in the world …
Blast From the Past: A Punch in the Face for Capitalism (Sarbanes-Oxley)
I originally posted this 11 September 2005. It bears repeating in view of the current Wall Street mess. It's tempting to send some of these people to jail, but the rest will simply bail, and we won't necessarily be the better for it. Long ago, I attended a prep school in South Florida. Our Junior …
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The Vice Presidential Debate, and Why I Don’t Trust Joe Biden
Art Rhodes weighs in on this: As a quasi-political operative, I would have liked to have seen Palin give more detailed responses on some issues. However, the focus groups seemed to love her folksy, straight forward (although often illusory) responses. When she responded about the economy that Americans “are just not going to take the …
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Traffic Accidents Increase on Election Day
This is a good reason to vote early: Could voting for president be hazardous to your health? An analysis of Election Day traffic deaths dating back to Jimmy Carter's 1976 win suggests yes, but the authors say that's no reason not to go to the polls. The study found that on average, 24 more people …
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Vice Presidential Moderator’s “Tilt,” Equality in the Elitist Snob Age, and Good News about ‘Expelled’
World Net Daily is just brimming with interesting stuff. First: it seems that the moderator for Thursday Night's Vice Presidential debate, Gwen Ifill, is planning to release a new book on Inauguration Day entitled The Breakthrough, which celerates an Obama victory. So much for an objective moderator... According to WND, "she argues the "black political …
Reply to James Alexander on Fundamentalism and Public Education
James Alexander has finally surfaced to reply to my two "blast from the past" posts (here and here) on the aftermath to Public Education: A Christian Perspective. Before I plough into his response let me begin by making one opening statement. If there's one persistent bother I have with Evangelicals, it is that they are …
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Palin-Biden: The Debate Nobody Wants?
After Republican hand-wringing on whether Sarah Palin is "ready for prime time," this endorsement from the Obama camp: Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters Saturday that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, is “a terrific debater” who could give Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joe Biden (D-Del.) a run for his …
Police State Tactics From the Obama Campaign? Of Course!
Missouri Governor Matt Blunt is right in attacking Obama's law-enforcement supported "truth squad" in his state: St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics …
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An Interesting Defence of Capitalism in the Face of the Financial Crisis
Since conservative Americans are deemed too boorishly provincial to defend our capitalist system (yes, The Elitist Snob is ahead in the polls,) it's noteworthy that Chan Akya is doing so in Asia Times Online. The article deserves an full read, but some snippets. First, a different source than usual for this debacle: Just so we …
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The First Presidential Debate: “No Knock-Out; But a Win”
This from Art Rhodes: During the initial third of the debate on the economy, my scorecard showed a draw. Obama was very well prepared and stuck to his short, succinct answers that his debate coaches had instructed him to give. While his responses were very general, he easily held his own with McCain. In the …
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