NRO's The Corner: Rolling Bile, Spit, and Gnash Thread

is that a euphemism for "shut your trap"?

I was going to lol at an excerpt from that but I made the mistake of reading the comments; the dude talking about Rodney King basically makes me fear for my life.

that's no exaggeration, dan. i read those comments chuckling at kurtz getting his comeuppance until that rodney king rant. sickening. moderating would be too moderate, i guess.

Fantastic discussion going on as I type between Andy McCarthy and Stanley Kurtz about the degree to which Obama's Alinskyite past prepared him for street protests and looting.

this is not surprising at all but worth noting

john derbyshire likes enoch powell!

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/274226/epitaph-britain-john-derbyshire

otm:

Che in Our Faces

By Jay Nordlinger

For many years now, I’ve been a Che Guevara bore — and I’m not getting any less boring.

I would give Jay so many points if that was the entirety of his message

i straight up trolled this thread a couple minutes ago, and the responses are already something to treasure

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/274338/todays-questions-president-peter-kirsanow

"Gregory"?

nope ;)

think geographical

The key to future prosperity is to make life even more difficult for people who have lost their incomes.

this is yours?! It's actually a pretty good summation of conservative thought.

loling hard at "Order66"

Not exactly the way I would put it, but, nonetheless, correct.

how *would* he have put it exactly

"Poor people are lazy."

I posted a reply to "skatblueeyes." I hope it goes through.

lol geoff :D

Behold: The Shuffle
August 18, 2011 6:15 P.M.
By John J. Miller
A Melbourne, Fla. radio station, WFIT-FM, recently devoted a show (and podcast) to my list of conservative rock songs. To listen, go to The Shuffle and scroll down to Show #11-33:

Oh Noes! You got Conservative in my Rock Songs! Yes Virginia, if you look closely you can find conservative political thought in rock music. The Shuffle dedicates 3 full hours to conservative-themed rock tunes with commentary from National Review magazine’s John J Miller’s article “Rockin the Right”, The 50 Greatest Conservative Rock Songs. And yes, Rush is in there. Both of them.

Enjoy. Rock on.

that article has staying power!

poll thread obv

It's about that time of year when we complain about presidential vacations.

The comments are gold.

haha i was hoping that was the actual headline

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/275264/what-s-obama-reading-tevi-troy

Room is another well-received novel, but it is about a mother and child trapped in an 11-by-11-foot room. This claustrophobic adventure does not strike me as the right choice for someone trying to escape the perception that he is trapped in a White House bubble.

First, five of the six are novels, and the near-absence of nonfiction sends the wrong message for any president, because it sets him up for the charge that he is out of touch with reality.

I'm amazed you didn't quote this sentence.

i was gonna but then i read the room thing.

i was just about to! xp

"The Grossman novel, which is about an Israeli woman who hikes to avoid hearing bad news about her soldier son, could create complications for Obama on the Israel front. Grossman is a well-known critic of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians, so reading this novel will likely not assuage those concerned about Obama’s views on the Middle East."

This is the hackiest paragraph ever written.

According to the results of my completely unscientific survey of Bunch of Grapes’s website, Laura Ingraham’s Of Thee I Zing, Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism, and Mark Steyn’s After America were listed as available for online ordering. Thomas Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded, which appeared as an Obama book selection twice, in 2008 and 2009, was listed as “In Stock.” This is not meant as a criticism of the bookseller...

"completely unscientific survey" is a cliche now i see

Of Thee I Zing

National Review asks why Obama reads critically acclaimed fiction instead of Jonah Goldberg

I was e-mailing with some friends about John Bolton — the prospect of a presidential run by him. I found myself saying, “It’s hard to see how he wins the nomination. But, you know? I could see him winning the general. I may be on crack, but I can see it. These are perilous times, at home and abroad. Americans may see the virtue of — indeed, the need for — electing someone like Bolton. He is strong medicine.”

I then thought of something Phil Gramm told me, some years ago. It was 2001, and the great Texas senator had just announced his retirement. He and I had a little “exit interview,” so to speak. I asked about his presidential candidacy in 1996.

He said, “I was a poor candidate. I did a bad job. There’s no one to blame but myself.” Moreover, “America was never going to elect me unless there was a crisis. And people didn’t see a crisis in 1996. I was the wrong person at the wrong time. And there may never have been a right time for me.” (For the article in question, go here.)

Let me repeat some of those words: “America was never going to elect me unless there was a crisis.” Well, in 2012, we have an opening, I believe, for a Gramm, for someone who is strong — and wonderful, glorious — medicine.

strong and glorious mustache

that is a really creepy excerpt xp

He and I had a little “exit interview,” so to speak.

;)

john bolton reminds me of capt kangaroo

http://www.americatoday.tv/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/john-bolton.jpg

http://timstvshowcase.com/kangaroo.jpg

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/275504/provocative-picture-daniel-foster

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Prairie Reader : 08/25/11 12:40

The Bam photo was taken two days ago at the Vineyard.

"Jobs, Libya, downgrade, Irene: Whatevuh!

Apparently this was meant to be serious.

He's using a connotation of "depravity" which was third or fourth in the list of definitions.

i.e. he wants to create the impression that the poor are depraved on people who won't use a dictionary.

If an American works hard, completes their education, gets married, and stays married, then they will rarely — very rarely — be poor.

And if they get a job that pays well and gives benefits, and stay at that job, and put money away every month into a bank account - the odds of being poor drop even more so.

I like to picture them rubbing their chins while pondering these solutions, as if they have been gifted with some clarity that has eluded society for hundreds of years.

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: 08/25/11 12:14

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It is going to be Obama v Paul. Perry is too gay, Bachmann is too feminine and Romney is a mormon.

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I wonder if they thought that when they opened the Corner to comments they were thinking it'd all be WFB-style wits that they'd attract.

incredibly the comments just get stupider. wish i was surprised by the racist joeks under that 2 photos post. they should change the name to The Barrel - as in bottom-scraping

the posts aren't exactly WFB-style wit either. oh wait he opposed civil rights on the grounds that blacks were intellectually inferior and suggested people with aids should be branded...

still it's funny in a pathetic way when they try to hawk moth-eaten old copies of WFB's tomes on the corner: "we've just uncovered 75 copies of Bill's 16th memoir about sailing"

we've got a whole box of one of his potboiler spy novels! there's a sex scene, get 'em before k-lo tears out those pages!

with her teeth