Category — For The Record

President Obama quipped last week that he has his own naughty or nice list for Congress as part of the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. It sounds a bit like Nixon’s enemies list and let’s not forget that Obama did talk about revenge in the latter stages of the 2012 campaign. With that in mind, let’s take a stab at who might be on Obama’s naughty or nice lists.   Read the rest of this entry »

Some thoughts on the power, use, and subversion of the meanings of words.   Read the rest of this entry »

This writer is finding it difficult to reconcile being thankful with being angry. Being thankful is easy. This nation was blessed with liberty and the natural resources to make the most of it. Yes, we did build it, the freest, most prosperous and generous nation the world has ever known.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Limbo dance was very popular some years ago, it entails a series of steps culminating in dancers going under a stick single file without touching the stick or the floor. Those who do are eliminated. The stick is gradually lowered until only one dancer remains. Spectators call out “How low can you go?” As for the Benghazi Limbo, it too, has choreography.   Read the rest of this entry »

During the recent presidential campaign, Barack Obama made much ado of fairness. The wealthy must pay their fair share, although “fair share” is never defined. Fairness, along with Diversity, can be considered two of the Holy Grails of liberalism. Without those two items, liberalism must fall back on excessive government spending and over-burdensome regulation, hardly things that are winning campaign issues - even for the Anointed One. Since we seem to be following Europe into the socialist abyss, socially, economically and politically, here are two recent stories that should give us pause.   Read the rest of this entry »

There is a great line in the movie Princess Bride when the Spaniard Inigo Montoya, played by Mandy Patinkin replies to Vizzini, played by Wallace Shawn, after his umpteenth declaration of "Inconthevable!" "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."   Read the rest of this entry »

Myron Magnet has written a phenomenal piece on what set America apart. He really should write for WWTFT!   Read the rest of this entry »

As Hurricane Sandy approached the east coast of the United States, many meteorologists attempted to predict when and where it would make landfall. Although some predictions differed, one thing was standard - all of them over-sampled Democrats by about four percent. Dubbed Frankenstorm, Sandy finally hit New York, New Jersey and other surrounding areas with a vengeance, causing mayhem and destruction. (Yes, I know that also describes the Obama economic policy.) Some media outlets stopped using the term Frankenstorm, realizing that the term may be offensive to monsters.   Read the rest of this entry »

We've been pretty busy this week, so this weekend's links are coming out late. But, better late than never!   Read the rest of this entry »

Some links from around the blogosphere. Enjoy! This week's links are brought to you by my son's blog Much Ado About Something Or Other - www.maasoo.net.   Read the rest of this entry »