Choices

What struck me most about Europe when I found myself with a sick toddler halfway through a trip?  The inability to choose for myself.  One brand of toothpaste–Aquafresh, in case you wondered–prevailed at grocery stores and pharmacies.  I can live with that for a few weeks.  But one type of wood-chip facial tissue?  Seriously?  My [...]

Paging Rosa Parks

He. Did. Not. Say. That. (yes, he did) From Yahoo [The President] said Republicans had driven the economy into a ditch and then stood by and criticized while Democrats pulled it out. Now that progress has been made, he said, “we can’t have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. [...]

Have you stopped beating your wife?

Okay, so that’s not exactly the question I heard over the phone, but it was akin to that….  I’ve lived in nine of these great United States and apparently we’ve now moved into the pollsters’ goldmine.  Almost every night the phone rings and the caller ID shows ### Research.  At first I was pretty excited.  [...]

If it’s Tuesday, this must be Belgium…

Or on Friday, I need some news. (Reading a three-day old WSJ Europe editino from cover to cover has gotten a little stale.) Glory be to wifi at a trusty Golden Arches.  The hamburgers might not rot, but this is the fanciest cappucino I’ve ever seen–Micky D’s or no.  Will have better ‘net access in [...]

The pains of (news) withdrawl: we interrupt this election coverage …

With a 10 day break from regular internet service. I will attempt to check in. In the meantime, enjoy my guest blogger, Teachingmytwo and make her feel welcome!

AP photographers spilled the kool-aid.

Hope. And change.  

Hey Maureen: Pot calling the kettle black? (and no, ma’am, I’m not racist).

The stupidity overwhelms me, but here goes anyway.  Maureen Dowd  spewing venomous vitriol in today’s NYT: As I sat above the Hoover Dam under the broiling sun, I was getting jittery. There was Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona, speaking at the dedication of a bridge linking Arizona and Nevada 890 feet above the Colorado River. [...]

The danger of elitism

I missed the first one, but caught the second via Ed Morrissey this afternoon and found the first.  Both are worthy watching for a lazy Saturday afternoon. Bill Whittle’s explanation of elitism fits Murkowski, Crist, and Specter like a kid glove.  It recalls Codevilla‘s first tenet of elitism: Its first tenet is that “we” are the [...]

Thursday Laundry: Democrats lead “Detroit on the move” to destruction

See it to believe it, folks: this is what a half-century of Democrat control brings a once-thriving city.  Via Hot Air, the latest boondoggle in Detroit:   Democrats, the black hole of politics: they make your tax dollars disappear, never to be recovered!  Related: Backyard Conservative has a map for Midwesterners.  Maybe Michiganders can save themselves yet. [...]

Straight from the horse’s mouth: “There’s no such thing as shovel-ready”

Oh, the introspection: In the magazine article, Mr. Obama reflects on his presidency, admitting that he let himself look too much like “the same old tax-and-spend Democrat,” realized too late that “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects” and perhaps should have “let the Republicans insist on the tax cuts” in the stimulus. So he [...]