Mark Steyn and Michael Graham delight & elucidate the New England listening audience. And now everyone on SDA too!
Following an American Liberal’s Economic Model to Its Logical End
Understand what gives a currency its value. It’s not because the government SAYS it has value. It’s because people (either here or abroad) can take our dollars and buy US-made goods with them. But if the US DOESN’T MAKE ANYTHING ANYBODY WANTS WHO IS GOING TO WANT TO BUY DOLLARS??? What are they going to buy?? An “English Degree?” 50 Shades of Gray? Are those the US-made goods we’re going to make to pay back our $16 trillion debt? If I did my math right, that’s 800 billion copies of 50 Shades of Gray. So every person on the planet needs to buy, what, roughly 133 copies of “50 Shades of Grey?” Are you kidding me?
Treason
There’s a petition available.
What’s the meme now?
Oh yeah, Romney lied.
About those four dead diplomats
The embassy request stated: “Quite simply, we cannot maintain our existing levels of Embassy operations, much less implement necessary staffing increases, without a continued SST presence.”
Related:
It’s been 27 days since Benghazi. Remind me again, what was the “gaffe” Romney made about it the next day?
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) October 8, 2012
Ain’t It Great To Be A Chicom?
They make US pols look like pikers:
…
Ling Jihua, a close ally of President Hu Jintao, was demoted from the party’s politburo general office. The South China Morning Post reported Ling’s son died when his Ferrari crashed, raising questions about how a government official on less than $30,000 a year could possibly afford a luxury car worth $800,000…
The net worth of the 70 richest delegates in the NPC [National People’s Congress, purported parliament] rose to $89.8bn in 2011. Compare that to the $7.5bn net worth of all 660 top officials in the US government, including President Barack Obama…
H/t Denise.
Now Is The Time At SDA When We Juxtapose!
October 5, 2012 – What the higher powers in Calgary want you to see: A “Lib Dub”, copying what Grand Rapids, Michigan did two years ago.
September 15, 2012 – What they don’t want to talk about: Muslims insisting that negative comments about Mohammed be outlawed in Canada * (with all women praying behind the men) **
* – A key player at the protest was none other than Syed Soharwardy, a man who saw no problem with trying to silence Ezra Levant.
** – Incidentally, the entire issue of the “trailer” on the Internet that they were protesting has since been shown to not have been the cause for the violence that killed the American ambassador in Libya.
h/t Ronnie B.
Montgomery County 2012
And the American Miniature Schnauzer Club National Specialty
Best of Breed – Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Goldikova
In addition, a son of Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Underworld took the dog points, while Venus’ little sister Minuteman Spanish Fly won the girl points and Am.Can.Ch.Minuteman Safety Last was first Award of Merit.
While I was busy conquering Schnauzers, my Scottish Terrier Can.Ch.Gyver Lead Me Not was winning the bitch points at the Scottish Terrier Club of America National with her primary owner and fellow road warrior, Karen.
We fully expect that someone down here is calling Homeland Security right now in an attempt to have us added to the “No Cross Border List”. Heh. Better get moving…
Update: FYI, Prior to the shows since Kate’s been away winning stuff, here were the AKC standings (select Miniature Schnauzer as Breed and hit ‘Get Rankings’).
I don’t know how the two dogs over Goldi did the last couple of weeks, but I think it’s fair to say she’s tightened the race. It’s rare for a bitch to win, or for that matter any dog that isn’t campaigned all year. -lance
Reader Tips
Enjoy this well produced video illustrating the highlights of the recent Berlin Marathon.
Your most excellent reader tips are also welcome, as always, in the comments.
How To Argue with an Obama Devotee?
An acquaintance of mine on Facebook, a woman in San Francisco, posted a link to this article.
I politely asked her why it was wrong for Mitt Romney to tell the truth, namely that Spain’s spending is completely out of control. I also added:
While I was visiting Germany earlier this year, the Greeks were really angry at Angela Merkel because she told them that they were spending too much. They were and they are. Does that make it wrong for her to tell them the truth?
As a Canadian, I will openly tell you all, my American friends, that you’re spending way, way too much. Your debt has grown to astronomical levels. Every country in history that has had such high debt compared to what it produces, has suffered a terrible crash with devastating results afterwards. Does me saying this make me undiplomatic and insulting of you?
A quick question you need to ask yourself is this: If Barack Obama had said the same thing as Romney had, would you have felt the same way?
She responded thusly:
Obama hasn’t gotten us into this mess, which is the worst recession since the 1930’s, and based on the fact that much of the collapse revolved around lack of regulation in the housing loan business, there’s no quick fix. Once people started losing their homes, it has a domino effect. George W. Bush is the one who got us into two wars, gave tax cuts, and added medicare benefits without EVER including them in his budget. Obama got the hand he was dealt. And I can tell you that the Republicans have done absolutely EVERYTHING they can to stop every effort he makes to get the economy back on track.
Just curious, how would you respond to this?
How the Left Lies
Lee Doren carefully dissects and explains how the Obama Campaign misconstrues and lies about their opponents:
How dare you take away our Illegal votes!
Mr. Cummings, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said True the Vote, a national tea party group, and its Ohio spin-off, the Ohio Voter Integrity Project, are attempting to intimidate voters.
“They target people in trailer parks, minorities, people who would normally vote for Democrats — and students,” Mr. Cummings said in an appearance Saturday on MSNBC. “Students are a big target for them.”
Remember when….
Romney was shovelling the cash in and everyone on the left was complaining?
No?
English Major with a Music Minor
Next up, Transport Canada
“Travel to the following areas is not recommended. Canadian Consular staff may be unable to provide assistance in the case of kidnapping, assault, rape, police brutality or murder”.
Tehran, Benghazi, Mogadishu, Detroit.
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Hear my prayer.
Who is the ‘they’?
“What are they doing to us?” said Marilyn Tucker, a FedEx employee, as she stopped pumping at a central Los Angeles gas station at $37, well before the tank of her sedan was full. “It’s just ridiculous.”
“California requires a specific blend of gasoline that only the refineries on the West Coast make,” said Bill Day, a spokesman for Valero. “So when there is a shortage of that blend, you can’t just send supplies from somewhere else.”
Idiots.
Obama’s Debate Notes
With a full language warning, open up this posting fully to read Obama’s Debate Notes from last Wednesday. Yes, entirely contrived but darn funny!
Wait, what?
Headaches? That’s it, we’re going back to Ethernet.
NAVY WINS!
Navy Midshipmen over the Airforce Falcons, 28-21 in OT!
GO NAVY!!! SENIOR SERVICE!
Be Careful of What you Ask.
“I have actually proposed to the public sector union leadership that this is a long, drawn-out process for a lot of people and we would be perfectly willing to have a dialogue with them if they were to see fit to change some of this to make it a little bit less stressful on people,” said Mr. Clement in an interview this week in Toronto. “So far I haven’t had a lot of co-operation on that but the door is always open.”