Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

(got it covered)

thnx

(I can get the disco post too if you want...?)

hahaha no

Man, this is tougher than I thought- finding the perfect evil/stupidity ratio in a such a target rich environment isn't easy! Steyn seems like the obvious choice, but can I really say that I am familiar with all of these losers? What if it's just name-brand recognition guiding me here?

Jay Nordlinger has been reasonable at times with his praise of Obama, Hillary and Michelle after their speeches... usually just a foot soldier though

Goldberg thrives on being an asshole. But hey, I want to hear this story about his mother too... ?

Victor Davis Hanson is the absolute worst, hands down: racist, homophobic, near eugenicist in his "hail the white conquerors" pro-war rhetoric. just read his championing review of "300" (it was sick)

>>Now, it's far more likely that the causation and correlation suggested by some readers is backward: the markets tank for non-political reasons and Obama does well as a result, rather than Obama does well and then the markets tank. Still, I think Pethokoukis' point that Obama's success may make investors more pessimistic about the future has some plausibility to it.

Yay. My email taught him the difference between cause and correlation!

― Mordy, Thursday, October 9, 2008 2:08 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

ROFFLE!!

I think Derb has been MIA lately since he isn't too fond of Palin's fundie-ism, and he gets in fites with K-Lo over the pro-life thing all the time

Also I am pretty sure K-Lo is the editor of the Corner, not Lowry

http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson101106.html
If critics think that 300 reduces and simplifies the meaning of Thermopylae into freedom versus tyranny, they should reread carefully ancient accounts and then blame Herodotus, Plutarch, and Diodorus — who long ago boasted that Greek freedom was on trial against Persian autocracy, free men in superior fashion dying for their liberty, their enslaved enemies being whipped to enslave others.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODRmNmY0NTlkYmQyNGFmNzU3MTAyOTlkMzc2ODBjNGI=
4) Luck. A movie comes out with a stereotypical view of the Persians as aggressive, imperious, arrogant, and autocratic; it is criticized for such simplicity; but then an aggressive, imperious, arrogant, and autocratic Iranian ruling caste 2500 years later at almost the moment of its release continues to defy the world over nukes and is reduced to sordid piracy and hostage-taking.

Lowry's the editor of the magazine, though.

Jonah this morning.

I just read that before clicking here. Is that not the most revisionist thing ever? My brain hurts now

Haha

"It Is Big Enough to Work" [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
President Bush, God bless him, is defending his plan and pep talking us right now. It feels so paternalistic and ... exactly wrong. Government will fix (what government royally screwed up). Don't worry. We'll take care of you.

That's not an economist's anaylsis, needless to say. But it's this conservative's instinct.

He's mostly right about FDR's flailing, but wtf about needing another Coolidge now.

YES J0NAH WE'RE ALL GOING TO LAFF AT U

Astroturfing or Just Group Think? [Jonah Goldberg]
I get a lot of email from self-described liberals, independents and conservatives these days who all seem to think alike. To wit: they all use very similar language about how conservatives are dishonorably talking about things that just happen to be inconvenient to the Obama campaign, that we're inviting violence against Obama, that I/we/the Corner should be ashamed of this, that, or the other thing.

For instance, during the first days after the Sarah Palin pick, when the Obama campaign was shaken, I was amazed by how many emails from self-identified "longtime fans" and others who've been "reading me for years" who told me how much they hoped I would tell the truth about the consumate evilness of Sarah Palin. The language was similar, the tactics identical: Butter me up, tell me that I alone have the integrity to tell the hard truths. Now it's not that I don't think some liberals can be fans of mine. Nor is it that I think everyone of these people is sitting in some huge room full of computers in David Axelrod's basement. But, there's simply something fraudulent in the tone, tenor and number of emails I get along these lines. I don't know if Obamaphiles get tips about how to email conservatives or if there's an astroturfing operation at work or if this is simply an example of talking points and tactics working themselves out virally. But it just feels too coordinated for me to take entirely seriously.

I have no idea how to deal with it because I have no doubt some of these people are sincere. But I am sure some aren't as well. So basically my approach is to note the email and move on.

The Eyes of a Woman [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

And now a moment for psychopoliticalbabble. Blame it on the here in Palm Beach County.

I've always thought you can always tell a lot about a campaign through the eyes of the loving wife of the candidate. One Super Tuesday night in Boston, I was feet away from the Romneys as he talked about taking it to the convention. He was telling you the truth, he hadn't decided to drop out yet. But you knew, even if he hadn't made the call yet, that he'd not be in the race by week's end. You could see it in Mrs. Romney's eyes.

Right now I'm watching John McCain in Wisconsin. Cindy McCain has intense worry in her eyes. I wish we could all take the weekend off as a country and come back Monday ready to have a serious election. I bet Mrs. McCain would agree.

"Blame it on the here." That's as close to profundity as K-Lo will ever get, and it's a fucking typo.

Spirit of Self-Defense [John Derbyshire]
As NRO's designated chickenhawk, let me be the one to ask: Where was the spirit of self-defense here? Setting aside the ludicrous campus ban on licensed conceals, why didn't anyone rush the guy? It's not like this was Rambo, hosing the place down with automatic weapons. He had two handguns for goodness' sake—one of them reportedly a .22.

At the very least, count the shots and jump him reloading or changing hands. Better yet, just jump him. Handguns aren't very accurate, even at close range. I shoot mine all the time at the range, and I still can't hit squat. I doubt this guy was any better than I am. And even if hit, a .22 needs to find something important to do real damage—your chances aren't bad.

Yes, yes, I know it's easy to say these things: but didn't the heroes of Flight 93 teach us anything? As the cliche goes—and like most cliches. It's true—none of us knows what he'd do in a dire situation like that. I hope, however, that if I thought I was going to die anyway, I'd at least take a run at the guy.

04/17 11:17 AM

Ct. Court Rules [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

against marriage.

10/10 11:56 AM

lol

John Derbyshire (born June 3, 1945) is a British-born author who lives in the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 2002. While raised an Anglican, he no longer considers himself a Christian but rather a Mysterian.
http://splinteredsunrise.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/96_tears.jpg

Keep an eye out for reactions there to Christopher Buckley endorsing Obama in full:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-10-10/the-conservative-case-for-obama

has anyone emailed this to them yet

I think ethan did.

they haven't bitten on the orgasmic breathers yet.

i live in hope

And Now for Some Good News. Really [Peter Robinson]

My column for Forbes this week is devoted to Ward Connerly:

He's got his finger on the pulse, that one.

No one on the corner has swagga like us
Swagga like us swagga swagga like us
No one on the corner has swagga like us
Swagga like us swagga swagga like us
No one on the corner has swagga like us
Swagga like us swagga swagga like us
No one on the corner has swagga like us
Swagga like us swagga swagga like us

a true american hero

you know who could turn this mess around? calvin coolidge

Spirit of Self-Defense [John Derbyshire]

what was he referring to?

VA Tech shooting

"Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again!"

https://honors.rit.edu/amitraywiki/images/e/ed/ArchieEdith.jpg

Markets & Paulson [Andrew Stuttaford]

John, I couldn't disagree more. If this crisis turns out as badly as it might, there's a case to be made that those congressional Republicans who voted against the bailout deserve to be remembered as the Smoots and the Hawleys of our time (yes, yes, the Democrats deserve blame too, although on that particular day, rather less). There is a rational case to be made against the bailout (and people like you are making it), and there is also a decent case to be made that the bailout should have been weighted heavily in favour of direct equity participation in the banks (that happens to be what I think). But (with exceptions) rational arguments are not what I heard from the Republican opposition to the bailout in congress that day. What I heard instead was faux populism, real igorance, sour Babbitry and at least one pronouncement so nutty (about Bolsheviks, as I recall) that, for one dark moment, I thought I has stumbled upon a meeting of unusually loopy Randians. What I also heard was the sound of the McCain campaign going down in flames. What a shambles.

National Review Guest Comment:

January 24, 2006, 8:23 a.m.
Empty Prophecies of Gloom
The pessimist chatter may be increasing, but this economy is decidedly strong.

By David Gitlitz

http://www.epluribusmedia.org/features/images/FDR-2_Hoover.jpg

andrew stuttaford otm!

This Is Not Spin, Honest Question [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

Ask most Americans: Other than Roe, name a Supreme Court decision you disagree with? Off the top of your head? Sure, you'd come up with one. There's Kelo. My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case." Then, before digging deeper into history during these split-second deliberations, would realize I may not want to say "that child-rape case" on the national TV. And, then, decide: "I just am not going to play Katie's quiz-show game."

I think the campaign has decided "Sarah Palin doesn't do game shows. And we'll 'expose' the media for every one of those questions."

Welcome to the end-stretch strategy. The McCain campaign may just be planning an anti-media campaign. I think that's what we've been seeing these last few days. And they couldn't be happier about Gwen Ifill and the appearance of favoritism, if that's true.

i just.... what?

Ask most Americans: Other than Roe, name a Supreme Court decision you disagree with?

holy god how do these people walk upright and communicate?

My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."
My mind would then wander to "that child-rape case."

which child rape case? that one.

Padgett / Harvell '16

Or whoever you want as veep -- it's your campaign.

The United States vs. Derbyshire.

of those Americans who can't give you an answer, how many sound this stupid?

PALIN: Well, let's see. There's --of course --in the great history of America rulings there have been rulings, there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American. And there are -- those issues, again, like Roe v Wade where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So you know -- going through the history of America, there would be others but--"

COURIC: Can you think of any?

PALIN: Well, I could think of -- of any again, that could be best dealt with on a more local level. Maybe I would take issue with. But you know, as mayor, and then as governor and even as a Vice President, if I'm so privileged to serve, wouldn't be in a position of changing those things but in supporting the law of the land as it reads today.

Other than Roe, name a Supreme Court decision you disagree with? Off the top of your head? Sure, you'd come up with one. There's Kelo.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London

I am reasonably certain that most Americans who heard about/followed this case had forgotten about it by June 24, 2005.

A little introspection:
Wednesday, March 24, 2004

Iraq Wmd [Rich Lowry]

I know we are in the middle of a debate about 9/11 and not Iraq WMD, but I had an opportunity yesterday to hear someone plugged into the WMD debate. To review, we were massively wrong about the state of Iraq's WMD capabilities. The nuclear program was a pale shadow of what Saddam had had in the early 1990s. On chemical weapons, there was research and development, but nothing that was usable. On biological weapons, there was research into how to better weaponize anthrax, but again, nothing that was usable. It was Saddam's missile program that was most active, and most disturbing in what it said about the possibility of Iraq leaping ahead in its WMD programs. The missile program was almost entirely dependent on a network of foreign assistance. If Saddam had gotten comparable foreign help in other areas, he could have made leaps ahead in his capabilities. But that hadn't happened. So why were we so wrong?

which child rape case? that one.

― and what, Friday, October 10, 2008 2:13 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Kennedy v. Louisiana, probably