Rationality is in the Eyes of the Power Holder, And What That Implies

Ya know, I can’t help thinking on Billy Beck as I read Mark Levin this morning:

I’ve been thinking this for a while so I might as well air it here. I honestly never thought we’d see such a thing

Let me talk about “justice” for a moment. Is there any question around here but that this is, at root, an ethical concept? It’s about values and their disposition. Political questions (what specific acts to take in a social context

A little noted…. at least in the Dinosaur media… event took place on Saturday. The local Fox channel in LA noted it as a part of this article:

Palin was introduced by Shelly Mandell, president of the Los Angeles

Right Wing News has just posted an interview with David Freddoso, author of “The case against Barack Obama.”

Did you know Barack Obama actually had his supporters try to call in and disrupt an interview David did with WGN-AM in

By way of Gateway Pundit:

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Obama Goon Squad Shuts Down Macsmind Blog

Macsmind blog is down.
Obama goon squads:
This is MacRanger of Macsmind. As you know I was hacked by operatives of the Obama Campaign

Earlier this week the networks threw a major tantrum when the McCain campaign tried to limit their access to Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s meetings with foreign officials.

Today, Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden met with Georgian President

I note with some interest John Hawkins of Right Wing News has an interview with John Fund up,

A little snip of that interview:

John Fund: There are two civil rights here and that’s what I would conclude with. We

So, when I saw Pete Abel’s tirade against Sarah Palin, I took it in stride. After all, The Moderate Voice isn’t, I reasoned. I’ve pointed out the serious lack of moderation there (To say nothing of the rolling waves of

Oliver Willis entitles a post “GOP Has Buyers Remorse” and claims the GOP is upset that Palin is on the bottom of the ticket instead of the top.

Not really. Possibly in fantasy land, but unlike the “reality based

By way of James Joyner, this morning, I note Kevin Drum trying to spin his way through the truth:

Bush expansion is over, and Brad DeLong describes it as “the first business cycle during which median household income in

In this weekend’s Wall Street Journal, there is a report of an investment made by Nancy Pelosi and her husband.

They put somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000 into T. Boone Picken’s company, Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

At first blush,

Steve Benen, frankly has never been one of my favorites. He’s always seemed to me too much an apologist for the out -of -touch -left. HIs history in terms of who he’s been carrying water for (TPM, and

Mike Hendrix is asking for help.

Do what you can.

I note this morning an article in the American Thinker by Thomas Lifson, that points to a subject I’ve been thinking about rather a lot of late… All around Slimeball John Murtha:

Rep. John Murtha’s disgrace in denouncing the Marines

Joyner notes Kevin Drum:

It’s a pretty good bet that any law named after a child is a lousy one.

He’s referencing “Sarah’s Law” here but he’s right: laws passed in the emotional wake of one very specific crime