Author: Bookworm

Finding meaning in the dustpan — or how Little Women, housekeeping, socialism and capitalism are all related

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Believe it or not, in an act of near heroic intellectual prestidigitation, I’m going to explain to you how Little Women, housekeeping, socialism and capitalism are all related. Or at least I’m going to try. Here goes: One of my all time least favorite movies is the 1994 version of Little Women. It is a […]

 

The Left transforms Civil Rights, so that it’s no longer freedom FROM government, but total control BY government

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Civil rights are much discussed lately, primarily because Progressives with bully-pulpits are furious that Glenn Beck held a rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s famous civil rights rally at that same location. To hear them tell it, in the wake of the “Civil Rights Movement,” civil rights are […]

 

Being forgiven for our past sins — or, maybe, O’Donnell has grown up

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I know this will come as a surprise to all of you, but I was not born wise or well informed. I blush to think of some of the behaviors in which I indulged, and the ideas that I held, when I was younger. When I was a very little girl, I picked up from […]

 

I know a shallow intellect when I see it — or why Obama’s carpet and Jan Brewer’s brain freeze are two sides of the same coin

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When I was in high school, I developed a trick to make myself look smarter. I learned the beginning of a few key quotations, all tied into the classical literary or historic canon. At appropriate moments in a conversation, I’d start the quote, and then quickly trail off, as if I didn’t want to bore […]

 

Helping American Jews learn to give Sarah Palin the love she deserves

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Israel has no greater friend than Sarah Palin. She has shown repeatedly that she has a deep and abiding respect for the Jewish state, and that she understands the existential stresses under which it survives. Benyamin Korn gets this and, despite incredible derision from Jewish Democrats, has begun working to build a Jewish coalition recognizing […]

 

A Marxist indictment of capitalism — and why the indictment must be wrong

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The Anchoress posted at her blog a semi-animated video by a self-avowed Marxist explaining why Marxism, not capitalism, will save the world. I have to admit that I didn’t watch it. It wasn’t the content that drove me away, it was the choppy visuals, which trigger migraines. Having just beaten back a migraine, I wasn’t […]

 

Did you know that the Tea Party Express is rolling?

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Although the Bay Area has a fierce core of conservatives, it is certainly not a bastion of the Tea Party movement. Many of us, like butterflies newly released from a chrysalis, are for the first time delicately flapping the wings of our ideology. We’re not out on the streets in vast numbers, although the success […]

 

The Welfare state, the American Revolution, and the end of the Ancien Regime

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A few days ago, Danny Lemieux, in a comment to this blog, asked a very important question: If more than 50% of wage earners pay no income tax and can vote themselves (i.e. parasitize) the labor and assets of the 20% of the population that pays the large majority of income tax, are we still […]

 

Congratulations to the Marines and their Afghan allies for the Marjah victory

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I meant to post this yesterday, but time got away from me: many, many, many congratulations to the Marines and their Afghan allies for the Marjah victory. I never doubted that they would win, but I certainly understood that each Marine and Afghan soldier faced the risk that he would make the ultimate sacrifice for […]

 

The common bonds between Iranian Mullahs and the Democrats

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Several years ago, when Bush Derangement Syndrome was at its peak, I tackled the “he’s got his finger on the button and he’s going to blow up the world” meme that anti-war activists were so shrilly screaming. I pointed out that there was no evidence whatsoever to indicate that George Bush was an apocalyptic person. […]

 

Leftist tactics to scare the uninformed about America’s religious freedoms

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I got a very hysterical form letter from Americans United for Separation of Church and State. What’s impressive about it is that Barry Lynn, the Executive Director who purportedly authored this fevered screed, is totally uninformed about the nature of America’s Constitutional mandates regarding religion. Here’s what the First Amendment says: Congress shall make no […]

 

Does Obama trip to Massachusetts presage Coakley’s failure?

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The last and best word on the subject is that Obama is going to Massachusetts to bring his prestige to bear on the upcoming Massachusetts Senatorial election. You can hear Coakley confirm this, even as she makes the stunning statement — stunning considering that she’s hoping to represent Massachusetts in the United States Senate — […]

 

A perfect statement about the balance of power between government, citizens and business

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As I’ve mentioned before, almost without exception, my “real me” facebook friends are liberal. This is true both for the friends I trace back to my school years and for the ones who are part of my daily life today. Occasionally, I like to tweak my facebook friends a little, not with “in your face” […]

 

The paradoxical effect of my “liberal” education

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I’m having a minor mid-life crisis. I’ve been a practicing lawyer for almost 23 years now. I’m quite good at what I do, but I hate it. And lately, it’s been getting harder and harder to flog myself into getting the work done and meeting the deadlines. (Although I should assure any current or potential […]

 

Another revolting manifestation of Islam’s obsession with sex

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One of the defining features of Islam is its obsession with sex. Every rule regarding women is based upon a driving need to control their sexuality. They are married off as children, sequestered, dressed in clothes that rob them of any hint of femininity, deprived of any opportunities to function outside the reproductive sphere, and […]

 

The Princess and the Frog — Disney’s gift to American blacks

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I just returned from seeing Disney’s latest release, The Princess and the Frog. Looked at purely from an entertainment standpoint, the movie is a delight. The hand drawn animation is imaginative and, at times, exquisitely beautiful. When the Bayou lights up at sunset with fireflies, every little girl in the audience emits a rapturous “oooooh.” […]

 

Reason to be grateful Obama appointed gay porn-purveyor Jennings as Safe Schools Czar

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No, my post title does not mean I’ve gone off my rocker and started supporting Kevin Jennings in his role as Safe Schools Czar. Thanks to Terresa Monroe’s hard work, I’ve known for months exactly what kind of person Kevin Jennings, the “Safe School Czar” is. He’s a career gay man who is devoted to […]

 

Islam had everything to do with Fort Hood

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Insane people reflect the obsessions of their times. In the old days, insane people heard messages from the Devil. In the post-nuclear age, they were in contact with Martians. And nowadays, if their Muslim, Islam gives the impetus to their urges. Indeed, Islam is an all-purpose blank check for bad behavior. As my cousin, the […]

 

British Muslims approve of Muslim soldiers killing fellow troops

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It’s very simple, according to some British Muslims. You can be a soldier in your nation’s military as long as your military isn’t fighting against Muslims. However, if your military is fighting against Muslims, your military has become the enemy, and you should use your resources and abilities to kill your fellow troops. Have you […]

 

Did the White House bribe ScuzzyFuzzy to support a Democrat?

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Old joke: At a very fancy ball, a man has been talking to a woman for a while, and they’re getting along well. Eventually he asks her, “Would you sleep with me for $1 million?” She bats her eyes at him: “Oh, you romantic man!” She then suggests that they rendezvous in a quiet hotel […]

 

Zombie decimates attempts to defend Kevin Jennings

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Part I::  Kevin Jennings, as you recall, is Obama’s Safe Schools Czar. He’s the one who came under fire because (a) he boasts in his autobiography about giving a 15 year old gay boy safe sex advice regarding a sexual relationship with an adult man, as opposed to dealing with a statutory rape problem and […]

 

Getting past the “idiot,” “nuts” and “wacko” factor so that liberals have their moment of cognitive dissonance

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I’ve been thinking a lot about responses to my post regarding the gal who is running for town council, the one who donated to Obama, and who nevertheless seems to be a fiscal conservative. I asked how she can live with the cognitive dissonance. Several of you pointed out, in one form or another, that […]

 

Forcing all of us to pay for others’ indulgent priorities

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All of us have long known that poverty in America isn’t like poverty anywhere else in the world. There really isn’t anything here comparable to the poverty in Haiti, or Calcutta, or large swathes of Africa. Even poor people have televisions and phones. And it’s apparent that a surprising number of people who are living […]

 

Obama keeps Hitler analogy in the public eye

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Is Obama telling a true story or not? I don’t know and with Obama’s credibility gap, it’s impossible to tell. It doesn’t matter, though. What does matter is that, by relaying this anecdote, Obama is keeping alive the Obama/Hitler analogy: President Obama at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation dinner last night, discussing false claims made […]