The Obsolete Man

http://www.returnofkings.com/33751/the-obsolete-man-the-death-of-the-american-mind

A bit of brilliance at the link.
The article is lengthy and a little geeky, given it draws geavily on an old ‘Twightlight Zone’ episode.  The author, however, draws a point in a fashion I’ve never quite seen before,

About that 2007 Obama Hamptons Video…

Here it is.

I should warn you, that the draw  on the servers at the Daily Caller is apparently quite high. I’d be interested in seeing how many millions have seen the vid.

Christina-Taylor Green, from Stephanie Innes, Arizona Daily Star:

Aspiring politician Christina-Taylor Green was born in the midst of tragedy on Sept. 11, 2001, and died Saturday morning while trying to meet Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

The strong-willed 9-year-old third-grader

Some interesting thoughts on Sarah Palin’s new book…. which I happen to have started reading myself just the other day. I’ll leave Melissa’s thoughts on the book itself to her article. But she, in the process of laying the groundwork

I have to give Bruce McQuain credit. He writes, today:

I know this comes as a shock – shock I tell you – but the left is just in a tizzy today about the GOP Senate caucus’s unanimous decision not

Hey, Billy:

Glenn Reynolds:

“Personally, I believe that ‘fairness’ consists in the fruits of my labor not being taken by corrupt hacks to redistribute to their cronies in exchange for votes.”

Oh, yeah?

Well, dear professor, let me only

Jones To The Grindstone.com

Adding stress to an already stressful situation is not a good idea, especially when dealing with the U.S. Army. While deployed in the desert, around a dozen men found out their wives back on the post

I have a fresh post up over at DodgeBlogium… Andrew Ian Dodge’s place… which sugegsts we’re not going to see a repeal of ObamaCare anytime soon, no matter what kind of screaming you hear from the GOP.

Jones To The Grindstone.com

Once the husband hits a high rank and supervisory status, the wife is expected to take on a new identity. The perfect military wife will make it look effortless and not complain in public.

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Trait: The competency to raise your family alone, without extended family nearby.

JonesToTheGrindstone.com

I have a running list of “how to tell you’ve met a military mom.” At the top, is the tell-tale sign of finding out that every

As I walked up the carpeted flight of stairs and choked the white enameled handrails, I wondered what in the hell I was putting myself through. Once I was at the top of the

From SPOOK86 at In From The Cold:

President Obama’s poll numbers are in free-fall, but he still has at least one “citizen” who ardently defends him, in the letters section of your local paper.

We refer to one Ellie Light,

Dodd Harris over at OTB makes the excellent point that:

At the core, corporations are just human constructs. We invented them to further our own purposes. They exist as concepts rather than physical objects, but have no more or less

I have to admit my first reaction to these reports was one of indifference.  After all, China has been hacking into just about everybody’s computers for as long as anybody can remember.
And yet, in looking at the situation a

JonesToTheGrindstone.com

It’s Friday night, already past 10, and the line to get in is forming. Everybody has got their best face forward–carefully selected images. No ugly faces.

Everyone has their most put out there and their words carefully chosen. You