Archive for May, 2004

Which Way Should They Go?

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Doug Allen at Catallarchy.net offers two choices for the Libertarian Party: promote a common sense, more moderate libertarian platform that would push the GOP away from their big government/big spending habits; or push for the creation of a libertarian paradise immediately alienating millions of voters who see little but anarchy, chaos, and hardship because they […]

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Meow!

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Okay, I lied. THIS is the last post of the night. Laurence fought a cat, and the cat won.
“Infinitely Stupid Cat“

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T. J. Rodgers Interviewed

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Let me finish up this very quiet day of posting with an interview with the always-outspoken CEO of Cypress Semiconductor, T. J. Rodger. He rips on politicians, praises the division of labor, and may be the only CEO of a big company to mention Ayn Rand. Rodgers’ disgust with President Bush, I think, is a […]

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What at Deal

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$363 for a computer w/o monitor. Wow! It almost puts my new set-up to shame. Now, I’m just waiting for those 4 megapixel digital cameras to take a price nosedive.
“Time to Upgrade?”

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Liberal Webloggers Go Wild

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Here’s what you get when two of the smartest Lefty webloggers leave their good sense at the door:

Matthew Yglesias on the Bush administration: “[T]hey aren’t good people, they’re alternatively stupid, venal, corrupt, dishonest, fanatical, callous, and ignorant.” [via Joe Carter]
Oliver Willis turns Memorial Day into a Bush-bashing event.

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Syndicated Quacker

Howard Dean as columnist. A good column needs a catchy title. How about these suggestions for Howard the Duck?

Flying Feathers
Left in Iowa
I’ll Bill You
Screaming to the Masses
Waddling into the Sunset

On the positive side, maybe we’ll finally find out the proper way to spell “YEEEEAAAHHH!!”
“Dean to Become a Columnist”

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Life at 80

President George H. W. Bush at 80 still is full of (mostly mental) energy, and what wit he has. He shares my annoyance at a verbal tick found in too many youngins today:
There are things kids say that don’t exactly disturb me now that I am 80, but things that make me wonder what they […]

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On the Right Path

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After a very stupid decision to slap tariffs on imported steel, the Bush administration is actually promoting free trade with the Central America Free Trade Agreement. John Kerry, unions, environmentalists, and Pat Buchanan paleoconservatives will not be pleased.
“Trade Pact Signing Today Central America Agreement Covers U.S., 5 Nations” [via PoliBlog]

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Honoring Adam Smith

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Planning has begun on a statue in Edinburgh to honor Adam Smith. No postmodernism here. Just good, old sculpture.
“Capital Figure“

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Shameful

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For the most part, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s columnists are bland purveyors of conventional wisdom. Their columns are neither really good nor really bad, but they are quickly forgettable. Then there’s Eugene Kane.
Kane is the race-obsessed black columnist who was “nice” enough to compare President Bush to Tony Soprano. Last Sunday, a black girl […]

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More MM Misleading

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Republican pollster Frank Luntz means little to me. I ignore pollsters and have found him dull when he’s done live focus groups for MSNBC. So why do I care about a Media Matters post on him? Because it’s another example of MM’s “gotcha” tactics that amount to little. Given the post’s title, “GOP pollster Luntz […]

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Lambeau’s House Found

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A Green Bay father and son spent the better part of a year digging through old maps and records to find Curley Lambeau’s birthplace. The lawn around the house has been re-named the “Original Lambeau Field.” Expect rabid Packers fans from across the globe to make annual pilgramages.
“Lambeau’s Home Found”

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Huh? 2

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After watching some clips of AlGore’s speech I don’t know what he said or how he said it to get James Joyner to write,
I don’t know whether the bitterness of his narrow defeat in 2000 finally pushed him over the edge or if this is just the latest iteration of Gore’s never-ending quest for a […]

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Huh?

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Why the RNC bothers with Don King, I don’t know. But to Oliver donating to the Republicans disqualifies you from being a part of black outreach (notice the scare quotes around the post’s title). We shouldn’t be surprised that a black Republican would help her party. What should the RNC have done, find a black […]

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Kerry’s House of Ketchup #13

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Kerry speaks.

[Welcome InstaPundit readers. Since Glenn was critical of the name of this weblog’s periodic feature I’ve posted a response. After that, browse though all that TAM has to offer. 06.01.04]
With Memorial Day festivities approaching what better addition to the brats, hot dogs, Italian sausage, and hamburgers everyone will be grilling than a big, tomato-y […]

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