Monthly Archives: May 2008

Archive of posts published in the specified Month

From the Notebooks of a Rebel Yid

From the notebooks of HKO, some random observation of the political season. I believe we tend to see each presidential term in an isolation that is distorting. It is a myth that poverty causes terrorism, and that financial aid brings

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To Exist You Must Assert

Israel’s 60 Year Test by Bret Stephens in the WSJ the complete article excerpts The Web site eyeontheun.org1 keeps a running tally of all United Nations resolutions, decisions and reports condemning this or that country for this or that human

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Subtle Lying

During President Clinton’s impeachment trial the country debated whether his moral indiscretions justifed his removal from office. The “character doesn’t count” debate was questioning the relevance and magnitude of the offenses. Days after his acquittal I received the following e-mail.

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Beyond Liberal and Conservative

Getting beyond liberal and conservative is part of the problem. Both have made errors and both have fallen upon success. Some of our greatest mistakes (Eisenhower overthrowing Mosadegh and installing the Shah in a CIA Coup proved a drastic mistake

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George Will Questions Obama

George Will in Newsweek, May 5, 2008 has a great article, Questions for Obama. Read it here. It is a must. Excerpts: Michelle, who was born in 1964, says that most Americans’ lives have “gotten progressively worse since I was

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Bets on Recession Drop Sharply

At Intrade the bets on a recession in 2008 have dropped from a trading range of 70-75 to a sudden drop to 30. The money is betting that we will not have a recession in 2008.

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The Joy of Suffering

Be Happy: The American Refusal to Deal with Suffering by Jude Acostain (yet again) American Thinker. This would make a great sermon in any American church or synagogue. It addresses one of my great reservations about the shallowness of many

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John McCain

Erick Erickson at “Confessions of a Political Junkie” (see recommended sites) points to an article about John McCain from the Wall Street Journal, Getting to Know John McCain. You would be cheating yourself not to read the whole article, and

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Where the Truth Is

The April stock market was the best in months, unemployment is still under 5% (this would match Bill Clinton’s best years in office), corporate profits outside of the financials are up 10%, steel mills are running at 90% capacity (pretty

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Support American Thinker

There is a whole new genre of reporters and columnists that function totally independent of the established news organizations and literally depend on their readers for support. American Thinker is a unique site that I have referred to numerous times.

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Victory through Failure

Judgement comes from experience and experience comes from failure. While Hillary and others are condemned for her ‘judgement’ in voting for the Iraqi War Resolution, this experience, which she confessed with regret, is more valuable that always being right on

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Institutionalizing Party Failure

The super delegate system of the Democrats intrigues me. It was started to counter populist trends to nominate a president like George McGovern who have little chance of success in the general election. It is basically a complex control mechanism

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Exit Stage Left

J.R. Dunn notes in American Thinker that the Democratic ex Presidents do not just go quietly into the night. They continue to involve themselves in a a large often embarassing way. It is as if they can not accept the

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