Friday night open thread
Random musings:
*I picked up multi-talented radio/TV phenom Glenn Beck’s “The Christmas Sweater” tonight after bawling my eyes out the other day listening to him talking about it with his callers. He’s touched a nerve nationwide. It just hit #1 on the NYTimes best-seller list. Congrats!
*The other day in our chat on PJTV, Glenn Reynolds raised the idea of a conservative blogger conference. I said I thought it was a fine idea so long as fresh, new faces on the Right were included — and not just the same old ones. What do you think? Leave your feedback in comments or e-mail.
*The Obama daughters will be attending ritzy Sidwell Friends, the same exorbitantly expensive private school that Chelsea Clinton attended. I’ll have more to say about this later, but for now I’ll make these quick observations: The “security” card is a canard. Amy Carter went to public schools and the Secret Service handled it just fine. Some parents choose their kids’ schools based on which ones will give them the best education possible. Other parents choose the schools that will give their kids the proper social status they’ll need to win David Brooks’ approval. Did you ever have any doubt about which category the Obamas would fall into? Terry Jeffrey has more.
*Jeff Goldstein weighs in on the wisdom (or lack thereof) of including statist Mike Huckabee in discussions of the future of conservatism. I think it can be useful, in the same way watching that show “What Not To Wear” is useful.
*One more: Stacy McCain lays into panting smarty David Brooks.
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Sleep well, Chap.
GO BUCKS!!!! BEAT MICHIGAN!!!!
Family Man – Definitely vouchers on the Platform! With a huge push to help minorities to realize what a huge benefit this would be for them and their childrens’ future.
Michelle – Maybe you could begin a thread on what should be included in the GOP platform. Just an idea.
I’m off to watch a movie.
You folks better lay off Obama, and his plans for HIS children’s education. The nerve of you…………..I’m gonna get you. LOL
I guess I missed the rule where someone cynical of everything Bush does has “derangement syndrome” while someone cynical of anything Obama does is just doin’ her job.
That is hypocrisy, my friend. Not Obama sending his kid to private school.
GO BUCKS!!!! BEAT
MICHIGANThat Team Up North!!!!Fixed it for you. Woody Hayes
Go Hawks! Beat Minnesota!
Oh good, mj. You can take over now.
night.
Nah, I’m signing off for the night. I just thought that link was pretty funny. I love GOOGLE. Good night.
I’d wish he and other libs would do the same for us…
BTW if that is really a picture of you MJ…I have to admit you are
This year’s per-pupil spending in public schools undoubtedly approached if not exceeded $10,000. Give us a 5,000 voucher system and everyone wins.
Nope. Sorry. Your argument doesn’t hold water. Pres. Bush has been criticized for everything from his shamnesty stance to not upholding conservative principles by our hostess. I even thought that MM was hard on McCain at times but in hindsight, those cynical musings were justly deserved. MM champions and encourages thoughtful conservative ideas at the same time she identifies those who can’t see past the red fog that clouds their vision.
Exactly what has Obummer done to indicate a level of confidence on anything? When has he answered a single question with a straight answer?
Cynicism is not derangement. Outright personal attacks are. You know what I mean, Chaps. I guess you missed all the times when the far left held their little symbolic protests, threatening death, or burning the president’s image in effigy. Perhaps, I’m simplifying the wish list I kept seeing when I occasionally decided to drop by the Daily Kos Kids’ musings.
I’ll do you a favor, “my friend.” I’ll coin a term just to satisfy your need for justice. I, emjem24, hereby create the new phrase: Obummer Cynics Unite or OCU! as the new name for those like me who disbelieve 46 (or is it 47) years of failed liberal indoctrination.
Then again, when Obummer can’t even upgrade his half-brother’s Kenyan hut, I’m not all that surprised that he doesn’t want his girls to hang out with the peeps. Practicalities, practicalities.
I agree. Very sick to document it. And she seemed within 24 hours of doing her first “trick”. I guess they have the whole piece filmed already. Just a matter of showing it. No one cared enough to approach her and tell her she’s making a mistake. Not that I saw.
And to think….I got dressed up as Mistress Justice for nothing!
BTW Im not gay…Im actually a 34 years old black male. I am in an inter-racial relationship with a hippie liberal. I have been conducting an experiment acting as a lesbian black female with an adopted child. It has been real people!
November 22,2008
will be named Victory in Iraq Day
the media will never declare the war won so people got together and designated this date as the day we will celebrate VI Day, hundreds of blog sites agree!
At least I lasted long enough to see Obama get elected…yay! I had you all fooled.
I even felt woman at night. Sometimes I wore panties while I typed to get into character. Im not joking now.
My girlfriend was getting concerned because I was mixing my character and my real life and I finally just feel like I really need to confess. I made her scream Mistress Justice while – well you know, making love.
Funny thing is that is her true nick name.
I was so convincing because I got really into character. When my girlfriend would go to work, I would search for her bra(s) and lip stick. Sometimes I would drive around at night and pick up strange men as Mistress Justice. This simply has caused too much sexual confusion for me and I think I need counseling now. ALL because I wanted to try out what it would be like to be a lesbian. I hope you will still accept me as my true self. Although I am not sure what my true self is any longer.
Hello – this is the girlfriend now. I just need to curse you people. I think my boyfriend is now a lesbian. This is truly hard times. Well at least he still likes women. We are planning on moving to California to get married to facilitate his fantasies further. Thanks a lot you – you – malkin-ers..
Yup. Obama is filled with the onte-termer essence of Jimmy Carter, but he surely outdoes Jimmy in the hypocrisy and snobbery department! But somehow I suspect Obama believes his hypocrisy and self-eliteness to be a plus.
No darling do not tell anymore, I can’t handle the shame.
Yes we can.
Please do not judge me. I still hope to continue with you all. We have built lasting web friendships.
I invite you all to my humble home in Tampa, FL where I will serve you dinner as mistress justice. Justice for all.
I could answer that questiom, emjem – if it weren’t “above my paygrade”!
Actually, I’m not even black. I am asian-American. I’ve always wanted to be black….ever since watching “Good Times” growing up. Damn, Damn, Damn, I’m so confused.
now off to find her high heels ….
I’ve had a fascinating time here, and I wish you all a fond farewell.
I am Travis
I am Watershed
I am Buck I
I am goldwater knight
I am gone.
I am a crazy mofo, teenage, methhead from Gary, Indiana and one day I’m going to be a star. You’ll see, a big bright shining star.
Top of the World Ma!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IM GOD
I AM THE BEGINNING AN THE END, THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA
Vouchers w/ 2 conditions:
1: Government gets NO say in curriculum. Whatsoever!
It’s a private school.
2: Any school may refuse to take the vouchers for any reason
or no reason at all.
I know many in the private school community who have a moral objection to taking gov’t money. They should not be punished for a stand on principle.
I AGREE
Dude.
plymouthacclaim said:
Vouchers w/ 2 conditions:
Familyman, your keyboard’s “Caps Lock” key is on – you’re writing all uppercase.
Yes, especially an occasional jokster…
Did I get here late? mistress justice has his/her panties in a wad over something?
I can see the problems with vouchers being considered Gov. funds. They should come with NO STRINGS ATTACHED to government rules other than they are for schooling, period. To prevent faith-based schools from having to capitulate to so-called anti-discrimination, or quota garbage.
But I do think that there should be standardized tests for at least Reading, Writing and Arithmatic.
Aloha Guy – Think MJ went off its thorazine…
I have SO many questions.
Was MJ really all of those other posters?
Have you noticed how the overwhelming majority of liberals seem to share her sexual confusion, Joy and have issues telling right from wrong in areas related to that shared trait?
Are we feeding trolls now?
Two theories on MJ:
1: MJ is issuing a desperate cry for attention
2: someone hacked MJ’s account and is having fun.
Obama’s daughters going to the very upscale elite private school of Sidwell Friends…..one of the many hypocrisies we’ll be so priviledged to witness out of this administration for the next 4 yrs…..and hopefully ONLY 4 yrs!
Purplepeep – Yes, I’ve noticed that.
And they’re destroying our country.
MJs posts in general have always been off the beam. And it sounds like her, but on steroids so to speak. Tonight she simply seems either high or off her psych drugs. I dunno about.
I spent 20 years of my life defending the constitution of the United States, I stood on nuclear alert and dared the Evil Empire to blink and they turned into ash, I helped turn thousands of Iraqi soldiers into something resembling chunky style raspberry jelly…
Then I look at the mental incontinence of people like MJ and wonder “Why the F— did I bother?”
Then I reread Michelle’s well thought out and informative posts and remind myself – “that’s why.”
good night, all!
Hmmmm. I wonder what part of we are the ones we’ve been waiting for this fits into?
I have a dream that when borat become president he look up michelle malkin tammy bruce laura ingraham ann coulter and mkh. Flying above him then telling him if he mess with america then they will mess with him. Then they fly into the sunset.
This week, Pres Bush’s daughters, Jenna and Barbara took the high road and gave B-HO’s girls a tour of the family areas of the WH.
A far cry from the vandalized, looted, graffitti’d welcome they had received in 2001.
Also, HiLIARy is offered yet another fabulous job in return for keeping her mouth shut.
A note on bank lending and the economic forecast.
A continuing mantra from the MSM and those parrot heads in congress is that banks are not lending to the consumer.
For once these geniuses are partly right, banks, really any lending institution, are not lending to consumers the way they were, say ~18 months ago.
Ask your self why?
The answer should be clear.
Is it because the banks are evil and just want punish little ole grandmothers clutching their purses.
That may well be the picture a Barney Frank or other politician would like to paint. It is not the true reason though.
Those with money to lend understand that “we” the consumer, after everything that has happened these past several months still do not get it.
The lending institution a borrower wants to borrow from is very concerned, now, about whether or not you could actually pay it back. And if their opinion of the unemployment rate is that it is going higher then they are not lending to anyone whom they consider at risk for that job loss.
And the fact that a borrower is in their office today for some sort of loan is a good indication that they may be in trouble already.
The world has changed, they actually want to lend money to someone who can prove they can pay it back. That is a good change.
Besides if the borrower needs it badly enough, their are probably some “Hard-Money” lenders in your area who will take a look at the loan.
dadinseattle #115 thanks for the heads up on the conservative bloggers designation of 22 November as “Victory in Iraq Day.” One of the young ladies in my Squadron safely returned from a 365 day deployment yesterday it is fitting. Now to get the rest of our troops home (a guy can dream) before the coronation of Obamalamadingdong gets anymore of them killed by embolding our enemies. With a pick of Shillary as Secretary of State I bet they are just wetting themselves with laughter.
PKAmmoTroop #145 I know how you feel I also get into the same type of funk sometimes. I gave up many of my freedoms and risked my life for this? But with the genuine good will of the folks in fly over country along with others that “get it” and conservative sites like this one provided by our witty and intelligent hostess to know there are good people out there worth defending it does seem to make the sacrifice well worth it.
mistessjustice your comments at O’dark thirty tonight do explain a lot!
For what it’s worth Michelle I would love to get to know some of the fresh conservative faces out there by holding a conservative conference I am sure your reporting on some of these personalities would give us hope as America enters into some very dark days ahead. We need to be introduced to more people like Sarah Palin and Bobby Jindal and get away from many of the old timers that are conservative in name only (CINO).
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
A historical note: It was 45 years ago today that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.
To me it seems both a lifetime ago and just yesterday. The years do go by.
Hey Boomer or PK
This may sound like a dumb question.
Why is it taking so long to train the Iraq military. If we take a eighteen year old kid, put him thru boot and sent him out into the bush, they’re seasoned. Is it the lack of officers in the Iraq military or what?
How long does it take to season a soldier?
VI-Day!!
http://www.zombietime.com/vi_day/
Will Obama pull out of the middle east? We all know that Iran will invade Iraq as soon as we’re gone. With the corporation of Syria and Jordan , they would be on Israel’s boarder within a year. Will we go back in to defend Israel and the free market price of oil? Obama can’t be that stupid.
Thank you matty for the good link. That helps.
Familyman from my own experience in the Air Force depending on the specialty it can take 2 – 4 years to end up with a full trained and experienced journeyman level product. Some of our technical training courses run up to two years not to mention the cost and effort it takes to train the stick actuators (pilots) who have a commitment of over 8 years (not sure what the current commitment is I have been out of flying too long) once you graduate to your assigned weapon system.
I can’t really speak for the Army, but from talking with soldiers when in a Joint-Service special duty assignment back in the late 90s it could take at least 2 – 3 years to produce a competent war fighter that would stand a chance of survival in his first engagement.
One other thing you have to remember we have the best educated and professional warfighting force on the planet. Our military professionals are all volunteers, which gives a pretty good return on investment rate when you look at the level of troops that chose to reenlist and make the military a career. I just hope enlistment and reenlistment rates hold despite the fact Obamalamadingdong will soon be the CINC in January.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: Come and take them!
Thank you Boomer.
All we can do now is hope Obama’s advisors are smart enough to see the whole picture.
God bless our troops.
When the evil President Bush leaves the White House WILL HILLARY RETURN THE PEOPLE’S SILVER SERVICE so her new friend President O’Bummer and his family will have something nice to eat with? What a classy lady! Bush is getting tired of the plastic plates and forks used at state dinners.
John Bibb
I bet Chap is sorry he let MJ take over…
Since he/she has been lying about everythng, i hardly think anything he/she has said is now credible.
Of course, it is a possiblility that at 1am in the morning she/he was on a little sauce.
MJ – Friends don’t let friends drink and post.
Or–Don’t drink and post. The posting privileges you save could be yours.
What a whacko.
gimmie a break already….
I heard that late night Denny’s food can do that to a person, alcohol and rooty tooty breakfast don’t mix.
I wonder what MJ is really like without the drugs?
BEWARE THE POWER OF THE GRAND SLAM!
Rainman, only not as smart.
mj in a nutshell.
I learned all I needed to know about Kondracke and Barnes the evening before the Shamnesty vote when they pompously told Britt Hume that it was going to pass.
Now we know what it’s like to watch a troll self-destruct.
Saying and doing are two different things. I’d bet your left @#$ this ain’t gonna happen.
MJ — that’s re-dumb-dant
Kevin K. said:
I wonder how the Sidwell Friend’s Quaker philosophy will merge with “Rev.” Wright’s interpretation of the Bible?
http://www.montanagrizzlies.com/pages/news_item.aspx?n=7621&m=18
This is a grudge match Grizzlies vs Bobcats, today on going. I AM rooting for the Grizzlies…the other game today that is important is Okalahoma vs Texas Tech. Stoops wins most of his home games. If they do win who will they face my daughter wants Alabama to beat Flordia. She wants an all Crimson and Creme Championship.
My daughters in Oklahoma, she says the Sooners are always bad mouthing Alabama, she wants them to experience what a push over they think Alabama Crimson Tide really is….The Sooners have to beat Texas Tech, and Alabama would have to be The Gators..my Mom says that is a possible….Hmm beat the Gators, file that under Keep HOPE alive
Saban beats the Auburn Tigers next week in the Iron Bowl, he will get to keep his job 
Just as we all had believed, mj is a internet ‘ho’. Ashamed of being black now….moron?
I used to really like the idea of JFK and all he supposedly had accomplished, until I noticed that it is all media driven.
Where is the greatness being portrayed for Reagan? I am sick of everything demoncrap in the media and wish we could boycott all guilty parties for this bias.
Do you ever wonder how smart a person has to be to work in the Journalism Field -the answer something like they need an IQ of at least 115 I believe? I would like to see more sets of data on the study of IQs by Profession. 115 that is an average IQ I believe so who are they the so called Mainstream Media to dictate their likes or dislikes to us The American Public? Example The President Elect? They sure like to discuss people’s IQs like George W Bush’s supposed low IQ, where they have no factual way to measure his IQ, they make one up based on non data they can’t obtain. To date I have not seen any of the people we keep being told have low or high IQs Test, released with Scores. So what are we looking at? Subjective observation?..I believe junk science peddled on the Internet, buyer beware.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104192/posts
http://www.aceviper.net/aceviper_net/ace_intelligence/aceviper_questions_and_answers/aceviper_interesting_intelligence_related_questions_and_answers.html
Michael Beshloss revolving guest on Imus in the Morning, stated to Imus, Barack Obama will have the highest IQ of any President, we have had in the Presidency…or words to that effect..Imus, really what is Barack Obama’s IQ. Michael Beschloss I don’t know but it’s really high. Michael Beschloss is a Historian, is he trying to create a myth about Barack Obama’s Presidency before it has even begun?
You can listen to the Michael Beschloss Interview here.
http://imus.969fmtalk.mobi/2008/11/10/imus-in-the-morning-guest-michael-beschloss—111008.aspx
I would really like the Myth Makers already at work at Crafting an Obama Administration, into what kind of Myth? That they would be called upon to Put up or Shut up.
No one knows Barack Obama or George W Bush’s IQ score.
So who will step forward, and hold Historians like Michael Beschloss accountable for these Pronouncements above link? IT is not a Historians place to create Myth. What about other Historians like Doris Kearns Goodwin, she was pretty flattered that Obama read her book (A Team of Rivals)….so now will she treat Barack Obama “objectively” when commenting on his “Historic Presidency” That is what we are being fed by the MSM “Historic Presidency” remember they are the ones with the Average IQs. Inquiring MINDS want to know.
any air head can read a teleprompter.
His Royal Dopeyness is living proof of that. Having knowledge of what you’re reading is a different story, more than half the Newscasters are clueless IMHO.
Half wit puppets.
http://monicamemo.typepad.com/weblog/2008/11/42-does-39.html
Of course it’s hypocritical, L2R.
But, why be surprised that teachers helped vote the socialist/statist in?
Many of them are likely socialists/statists also.
Their larger union, the NEA (and likely the other union, the AFT) which in ?some/?many?/most? localities they must pay ?partial/?full? dues to, even if they do not want to, sure seems to be.
And, while they may not be good, socialists/statists are certainly not stupid (see the results of our recent election); and, as the verrrry old saying goes, they know on which side their bread is buttered.
Being socialists/statists/existentialists (whether knowingly or ignorantly – doesn’t matter, their actions, words, and votes have the same effect), they believe in money, sex, and power…and nothing else.
So, why the hell would they give a flying &@$% about hypocrisy?
Grizzlies are winning good times..
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/gamecast?gameId=283270149
Well, you guys sure beat me to the punch.
Let me just add, my thoughts exactly.
What’s sad is that leftists like Chap can’t even GUESS what is Constitutional and what isn’t… that’s what is sad.
And grossly negligent!
I’m fairly surprised that MM and HotAir haven’t shown any interest in the issue of the multiple lawsuits (2 of which have reached the Supreme Court) challenging the “Natural Born Citizen” eligibility of the candidate known as Barack Hussein Obama (also known as Indonesian citizen Barry Soetoro).
The blog Texas Darlin (a PUMA Democrat) has been following this issue from the beginning. The issue is about more than just Obama’s photoshopped Certificate of Live Birth. His (presumed) father was a British citizen at the time of Obama’s birth, making Obama a dual citizen of both the United States and Great Britain. Divided loyalty at birth means that while Obama may have been a “native born” US Citizen, he was not a “Natural Born” US Citizen.
ITookTheRedPill:
The government is sloppy. I used a Certificate of Live Birth in place of a birth certificate for almost everything–SS number, driver’s license, etc. I was a kid and didn’t know any better–I thought it was the same thing. It wasn’t until I applied for a passport that someone finally questioned it. I wonder what Obama used to get his passport.