Author: David

Over-educated Curmudgeon, Bit-Bucket Tuner and Budding Brewmeister.
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All Dressed Up and No Place to Go

Michelle Malkin has one of the better (of many good posts at various sites) posts/discussion threads up about the Palin email “hack”. MQ? Glad you asked. It’s from a “tech-savvy reader who monitors the hackers’ site” who emailed Malkin what he’d discovered of the original invader’s own comments:

I read though the emails… ALL OF THEM… before I posted, and what I concluded was anticlimactic, there was nothing there, nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped, all I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor…. And pictures of her family

So, all the hoopla, hype and spin the Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind has put on it in the last coupla days (the “She was hiding state business/’Troopergate’!” bullshit) leaves the Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind drowning in the Obamassiah tank with no place (legitimate) to go.

Of course, that won’t stop them from going all sorts of illegitimate places in their attempts to make radishes out of bunny poop.

The real gem in all this? The Obamassiah hands out marching orders,

“I need you to go out and talk to your friends and talk to your neighbors. I want you to talk to them whether they are independent or whether they are Republican. I want you to argue with them and get in their face…” [emphasis in the original bloviation by the Obamassiah]

And–surprise! surprise!–an Obamabot takes him seriously:

David Kernell Named in Sarah Palin E-Mail Hack, Son of Democrat Mike Kernell
By Jon Shanks
Sep 19, 2008

Who hacked the e-mail of Sarah Palin? Right now it appears that authorities are looking at David Kernell. Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell [D-Negligent Father–twc] became nationally known this afternoon. He can thank his son, David. Look out as this just got very partisan and this does not bode well for Democrats who now appear they will do anything to try and defeat John McCain and Sarah Palin including breaking the law.

Who woulda thunk it? *heh*

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Keeping the Message on Target

Hmmm, nice to know there’s another moderately smart lawyer out there. John Hinderaker summed up one of the points I made in a conversation w/my Wonder Woman earlier,

Given his [MaCain’s] prescient warnings about Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac–once again, whatever you think of his positions on some other issues, he has indisputably been not just right but far ahead of the curve on one of the most significant issues of our time–McCain has a lot to work with. He needs to reaffirm his support for a free economy, while emphasizing his credentials as a reformist.

This isn’t at all contradictory, since the main corruption of recent times has come from the intermingling of the public with the private. A reaffirmation of free enterprise, with reasonably low tax rates, is entirely compatible with a righteous determination to drive the money-changers–in fact, nearly all Democratic money-changers–out of the federal temple. Someone needs to remind McCain that “reform” is not synonymous with “regulation.” On the contrary.

No, I don’t think Hinderaker has twc central bugged. What he said is just (not-so-common) common sense. Of course, what I miss in all the commentary I’ve read about the political debates-by-proxy in various media and the economy is some substantive talk about energy policy. Frankly, it’s stupid t talk about Wall Street, Wall Street, Wall Street and leave out the simple fact that a robust economy runs on its energy supply. And that having the throttle of that energy supply in foreign hands is stupid.

Let Juan Mexicain talk about the issues as Hinderaker outlined them and let Palin pound on, “It’s the gas prices, stupid!” (and other pertinent energy issues) and the poor Obamassiah will not be able to keep up with the dialog, no matter how fast his teleprompter scrolls.

I’m still waiting for MCCain to cave to ANWR drilling. If he does that, I’ll hold out hope for him seeing some good sense on immigration policy as well. Hope for change like that is a good thing.

If McCain can do these things, he might even have some coat tails come November.

Hmmm… it just occurred to me (for the umpteenth time) that there is still some virtue left in the Repugnican’t camp. Not once in this campaign cycle have I heard/read a Repug wishing for another terrorist attack on our soil–a disaster that could only serve to enhance Repug chances at election–but I have heard/read Dhimmicraps and their fellow travelers chortling with glee at hurricanes striking the U.S. (especially Ike disrupting the Repug convention) and economic problems. Seems Dhimmis run on the pain and suffering of others and have a vested interest in more pain and suffering happening to keep their trains running.

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Oo-Oo-Oo, I know! A Rope made of hominy!

John McCain proposes a high-level commission to determine causes and preventative measures for financial meltdowns such as experienced over the last week+ and firing the Securities and Exchange Chairman Christopher Cox for failure of public trust.

The Obamassiah”promised new ideas” according to reports.

Oh. Wow. *yawn* That’s… thin, as usual. At least my idea is original, moderately interesting and much, much more substantial than promising “new ideas.”

And Michelle Obama on Palin: “she’s cute.” (Ahh, she’s just envious… still. Always.)

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Election Map 08?

Dick Morris, the slimy polpundit we all love to despise, has a new map of the current presidential race as he sees it. Caveat: this is a snapshot from a political junnkie’s take. Any relationship to real reality is largely a construct of his own imagination.

Now, keep in mind, The Obamassiah has been flaling around for a while trying to find some sort of issue he can fake speaking to with convincing “authority” and believes he’s found one in the economy. The degree to which he can convince people to believe his lies about his tax policy will be critical to his success. I think the degree to which McCain talks about the effects of his own tax policy and the degree to which Palin hammers the energy issue in terms of both the economy and national security will be key for them. Biden, of course, is of no consequence at all.

Actually, recent polls showing McCain within 5 points in New York (!?!), within 2(!!!) in Washington and closing even in Minnesota (now, that’s gotta be giving my Wonder Woman’s sibs a rash!) may be even better signs.

But. It all depends on how much McCain/Palin can overcome The Obamassiah’s lies and the Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind endorsement of those lies.

The critical factor that’s lost in all this noise: how is the presidential race, which gets almost all the airtime and ink, going to affect senate, house and state and local races? An encouraging note is how much Dhimmicrappic contestants are sliding away from identifying with or even mentioning The One. If (still a pretty big IF) McCain/Palin can overcome the lies, damned lies and Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind “news” to a significant degree, their Electoral College victory may be large enough to provide fairly sweeping coat tails. I’m unsure just how beneficial a Repugnican’t majority in one or both houses combined with a MCCain/Palin administration would be, though. Maybe I’d have to rely on a Palin check and balance on some of Juan Mexicain’s tendencies…

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Pitchin’ a concept…

Off-the-wall

For all the folks missing their “Harry Potter” fix cos Rowling’s not doing that gig any more, hows about someone comes up with a series about a Canine Witch… with a crab family for her “familiar”.

Yep, a Canine Witch with crabs. Hey! I can see the first movie already! Bitchin’! (As Sherry M. wrote in my first high school yearbook, many, many, many decades of moons ago… Hey! I earned that by letting her copy my tests in biology. *heh*.)

Be hard to come up with a catchy name for the central character, though, since NOW has a lock on all the really good ones.

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Listing Starboard–again

First, a note about my browsing habits (part of which are noted here). After 13 years of using the Opera browser (during most of which I paid for the privilege–it was that good in its early years as opposed to the competition), I have developed habits some of which may be becoming a new habit for recent Firefox and IE7 users, notably humongous numbers of open tabs. In fact, since I may be running two or three instances of Opera–different versions, for different OSes–at once in the same machine, I may have b etween 50 and 80 different tabs open at once. Hence, I sometimes lose track–bad habit!–of what led me to a particular link. And, since some of the Opera installs I run are THE latest snapshots of works-in-progress, I do see this come into play every now and then:

WARNING: This is a development snapshots: it contains the latest changes, but may also have severe known issues, including crashes and data loss situations. In fact, it may not work at all.

*heh*

That said, here are a few recent “starboard leaning” lost links:

Essential reading on recent Wall Street/Banking events.: How the Masters of the Universe ran amok and cost us the earth

“The first casualty of an American presidential campaign is context…” (*heh*) Paul Greenberg notes in his column, “In the Pigs and Lipstick Dept., Context Can Be All”

In “The Gibson Doctrine” Dennis Prager, the epitome of a “kinder, gentler” conservative columnist, deconstructs Charlie Gibson–oh so kindly and gently–and leaves the bastard bleeding on the floor. An excerpt:

When he asked Palin whether she agreed with the Bush Doctrine without defining it, he gave the game away. He lost any pretense of fairness. Asking the same unanswerable question three times had one purpose — to humiliate the woman. That was not merely partisan. It was mean.

I couldn’t answer it — and I have been steeped in international affairs since I was a Fellow at the Columbia University School of International Affairs in the 1970s. I have since been to 82 countries, and have lectured in Russian in Russia and in Hebrew in Israel. Most Americans would consider a candidate for national office who had such a resume qualified as regards international relations. Yet I had no clue how to answer Gibson’s question.

I had no clue because there is no right answer…

Charlie Gibson trying to assume Dan Rather’s mantle: “Exact words”=”Fake but accurate” for an audience that cannot keep its eye on the ball.

Obama and His Blankie. Just read it.

Grading Obama’s essay on economics. *heh*

I can actually recall the web search that led to these next couple of links. I had reason to recall The Third World County Great Blackout of January 2007 and thought to doublecheck my emergency preparedness:

Disaster Survival Food Pantry Basics

Survival Guide More priented toward TEOTWAWKI events, but a useful check on preparedness for events like The Third World County Great Blackout of January 2007.

One of the best Palin stories yet.

Found under, “Things That Make Me Go, ‘Hmm…'”–

Top Clinton fundraiser backing McCain, not Obama

Obama’s “community organizer” resume bullet point demolished.

That should about do it for today.

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The Obamassiah’s New Release: “I Took My Prompter To The Rodeo”

I don’t know how it’s doing on the charts–heck, I didn’t even know The One sang Country!–but it’s a hit with folks here in America’s Third World County who already think he’s a bad joke.

(CNN) — It appears Barack Obama’s teleprompter is hitting the campaign trail.

The Democratic presidential nominee has never tried to hide the fact he delivers speeches off the device, though normally he doesn’t use one at standard campaign rallies and town hall events.

But the Illinois senator used a teleprompter at both his Colorado events Monday — making for a particularly peculiar scene in Pueblo, where the prompter was set up in the middle of what is normally a rodeo ring.

As Mark Steyn notes, this could be even more amusing if The Obamabot uses a teleprompter at the debates…

h.t. Tim Blair

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I Agree With The Obamassiah!

For once I agree with The One:

“If we’re going to ask questions about, you know, who has been promulgating negative ads that are completely unrelated to the issues at hand, I think I win that contest pretty handily,” Obama said.

(Whadda maroon.)

And here I thought he didn’t have an honest bone in his body…

h.t. IMAO

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fo’ shizzle…

Seen at American Digest:



You saw it here (probably last *heh*)

Check out more “news” that beats the socks off the Mass Media Podpeople Hivemind faux news for accuracy… even though it’s deliberately fictional humor at The Onion. One of the few “news” (that’s not news) outlets worth paying any attention to, IMO.

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