Ann Coulter channels… me.

Enough with this shilly-shallying around, Ann; tell them what I really think…

Now here’s a scary thought: either Ann Coulter’s been reading my mind or she thinks a lot like I do. You doubt that? Here’s me a couple of days ago:

“But the legislature and administration of Florida (are you listening, Jeb?) were also wrong in the way they have allowed judges to become little emperors in their State in the last few years. Florida law allows for the prosecution of those who torture people who are in their care. Jeb ought to order the arrest of the judge in the Schiavo case and vacate his order by the simple expedient of taking her into protective custody.”

And here’s Ann Coulter, today:

“Just once, we need an elected official to stand up to a clearly incorrect ruling by a court. Any incorrect ruling will do, but my vote is for a state court that has ordered a disabled woman to be starved to death at the request of her adulterous husband.”

Of course, since I posted my remark noted above, I’ve read quite a few others who think essentially the same thing. I have noted several times in the past that legislatures and executives (both stte AND federal) need to exercise their responsibility to reign in judges/justices who violate both the letter and the intent of laws duly passed, as well as their respective constitutional documents’ letter and intent.

Gutless legislators and executives are the proximal cause of much of the woe being caused by inperial courts.

Willisms considers the dynamics of political change

More On The Babe Theory of Political Movements


View the evidence and the development of his thesis. It is compelling. (And not bad on the eye candy chart, either. ) Posted by Hello

Money quote:

Where and when there are hot babes, an exponential number of men will show up. If 100 cute girls with voluptuous bodies are protesting for freedom, you can count on a thousand men being there as well.

If sexy babes are involved in a peaceful political movement, it has a far greater chance of succeeding. If there are no good-looking women involved, the odds of a successful (and peaceful) movement fall dramatically.

Well, duh.

🙂

Froomb!

A little help, here…

Yeh, yeh, I know about (and have read, though 40 years ago) the John Lymington book, “Froomb!” (1964). What I’m looking for, with no joy so far, is the cartoon I vividly recall of about the same vintage—but with an interesting variation on the cartoon’s theme—also titled, IIRC, “Froomb!” (for “Fluid’s running out of my brakes!” as with the title of the Lymington book).

The cartoon features a personified world/globe (wears a hat, has eyes, mouth, hands, etc.) driving a car that’s headed off a cliff with—surprise!—the caption, “Fluid’s running out of my brakes!” IIRC, it (the cartoon, not the Lymington book) was meant as a commentary/cautionary on the dangers of the nuclear standoff policy, MAD—Mutually Assured Destruction.

Anyone, among my legion (where legion=2) of readers have any clue

1.) who the cartoonist was
2.) where I can find a copy
3.) whether this exists or I have imagined all this

Awaiting your responses with baited breath. (Baited with cheese, garlic and smoked turkey, if you really wanna know. Or even if you don’t.)

“The Death of Conservatism”?

I’ve got news for John Cole: it’s years and years too late. What? Exhume the corpse of conservatism and proclaim it dead?

John Cole breathless ly asks in the aftermath of our congresscritters’ involvement in the Terri Schiavo situation, “How far will they go to kill conservatism?” Newsflash, John: they’re just beating a dead horse.

I’ve watched so-called conservatives (and even more sneaky, disingenuous, fake “Liberals” and damned lying bastard “Moderates”) for years and can say unequivocally that the remaining members of ANY species of genuinely conservative, liberal or moderate politicians amounts to just about enough to fill a one-stall public toilet. Almost.

The substantive difference between Republicans and Democrats? The Democrats are determined to run the country off a precipice at 90mph. The republicans are aimed at the same cliff, just poking along at a relatively sedate 70mph (used to be about 45-50mph, but they’re picking up steam).

Or, as a 19th Century Reformed theologian said, in speaking of social conservatives and liberals,

“American conservatism is merely the shadow that follows Radicalism as it moves forward towards perdition…It is worthless because it is the conservatism of expediency only, and not of sturdy principle.” –R. L. Dabney

*YAWN* (Dog bites man)

Sometimes no news is NOT good news…

It’s not news to anyone who generally registers 98.6 (leaving out HUGE swaths of Democratic “voters”), but a report issued March 21, 2005 by The American Center for Voting Rights about vote fraud in Ohio points the finger at… Democratic party-aligned third party groups.

Duh.

“Third party organizations, especially ACT, ACORN and NAACP engaged in a coordinated “Get Out the Vote” effort. A significant component of this effort appears to be registering individuals who would cast ballots for the candidate supported by these organizations. This voter registration effort was not limited to the registration of legal voters but, criminal investigations and news reports suggest, that this voter registration effort also involved the registration of thousands of fictional voters such as the now infamous Jive F. Turkey, Sr., Dick Tracy and Mary Poppins. Those individuals registering these fictional voters were reportedly paid not just money to do so but were, in at least one instance, paid in crack cocaine.” “Third party organizations, especially ACT, ACORN and NAACP engaged in a coordinated “Get Out the Vote” effort. A significant component of this effort appears to be registering individuals who would cast ballots for the candidate supported by these organizations. This voter registration effort was not limited to the registration of legal voters but, criminal investigations and news reports suggest, that this voter registration effort also involved the registration of thousands of fictional voters such as the now infamous Jive F. Turkey, Sr., Dick Tracy and Mary Poppins. Those individuals registering these fictional voters were reportedly paid not just money to do so but were, in at least one instance, paid in crack cocaine.

Move along folks. Nothing to see here…

h.t. Ankle Biting Pundits.

I’m flattered *blush*

But do I deserve so high a ranking?

OK, it’s just a number one ranking (for now) in a google search some visitor to my site made on the phrase, “Boudicca battle cry truth against the world.” That google search turned up this post: “Public (and other) Servants: Words that lie”

Ought google to have returned my post in the number 1 spot? Well, since you’ve yet to read that post (taps foot impatiently), you’re not yet qualified to answer that question, now are you?

🙂

But seriously. I didn’t mention “Boudicca” in that post at all…

*heh*