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Author Archives: MichaelW
40 Years (a Haiku)
It is not so much, And Time stands alone for a moment. Fall begins.
A Gutter-al Scream
It’s almost as if the Dems can’t help but to resort to misogynistic antagonism in dealing with Gov. Sarah Palin. This comes courtesy of Alan Colmes, citing Rogers Cadenhead who questions Palin’s maternal abilities: One bit of weirdness associated with … Continue reading
Warehouse
I’ve mentioned before that I lived (in the fullest sense of the word) in Charlottesville, VA for many years in the 90′s. During that time I got to know a great many talented musicians including Dave Matthews. We weren’t buddies … Continue reading
Posted in MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Charlottesville, Dave Matthews, LeRoi Moore, Music, Virginia
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New Media and “Defending the Ridge”
Because the blogosphere and all its scions have much more prominence, and arguably more influence, with respect to this year’s election, I’ve been lazily paying more attention to how new media is tackling the subject at hand. I think the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged blogosphere, Domestic Politics, Election 2008, new media, political analysis, video
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How The West Will Win
Michael Totten has a succinct yet informative post up from the Georgian capital of Tblisi: And my translator, whose husband works for Georgia’s ministry of foreign affairs, made a similar guess that the West helped save the capital. “The night … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged George Bush, Georgia, John McCain, Michael Totten, Russia, Tbilisi
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When Families Fail
Because of my background in working with emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and generally abused kids, I am often to drawn to stories about the results of extreme neglect of children. I saw some awfully hard cases with some of the … Continue reading
Ch-ch-ch-Changes …
I won’t bore you with the details, but I’ve been invited to blog at QandO and I took it. That’s right, I hopped all over that opportunity like a starving alley cat on plate of tuna fresh and a saucer … Continue reading
The Launch
Due to popular demand, I’ve thrown my hat into the race. (HT: My Best Man)
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Humor, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Election 2008, Michael Wade
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Elect Phil Gramm!
From an interview by Stephen Moore (HT: GR): So what if a President Barack Obama were to impose 50% or 60% tax rates on these CEOs and other big earners? Mr. Gramm pounces: “When you help a company raise capital, … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Economics, Election 2008, MichaelW's Page
Tagged capitalism, Domestic Politics, Economics, economy, Election 2008, John McCain, Phil Gramm
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Hippocrates Unbound
The idea of state funded and administered universal health care is a bugbear of libertarians everywhere, and especially those who are subjected to such a system as a matter of course. Routinely held up as one of the worst of … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Libertarianism, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Dr. Helen Evans, leviathan, Libertarianism, NHS, political power, reform, universal health care
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Breaking: Tim Russert Dies Of Heart Attack
R.I.P. Tim Russert: Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged Domestic Politics, journalism, Media, MSNBC, Tim Russert
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“I for one want to go out and kill a dolphin.”
Eco-tainment ain’t all is was apparently cracked up to be.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Adrien Grenier, eco-tainment, entertainment, environmentalism, Planet Green, television
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Boumediene — The Great Sandbagging
UPDATE: Welcome QandO readers. Please look around after you’ve finished with this post, but McQ says you have to go back over to QandO when you’re done … but I won’t tell if you won’t. _____________________________________________________________ The recent Supreme Court … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Law, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, Boumediene, CSRT, detainees, Gitmo, GTMO, Guantanamo Bay, habeas corpus, Hamdi, Iraq, Law, September 11, U.S. Supreme Court, war
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Is The Evidence In On Minimum Wage?
When the most recent unemployment numbers were released, the media bleated about the highest percentage increase in the jobless rate since 1986. For example, The New York Times lamented: The unemployment rate surged to 5.5 percent in May from 5 … Continue reading
Potent Quotables
I’ve always loved that quote from Charles Austin Beard about earning a reputation as a “dangerous citizen” by quoting the founding fathers. This quote is from the man who made the “dangerous citizen” a cinematic icon, including in one of … Continue reading
“This is what I wish, to be martyred”
From Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s statements to the U.S. military court today: The accused al Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks stood in a U.S. military court on Thursday, sang a chant of praise to Allah and said he would … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 9/11, Br'er Rabbit, briar patch, death penalty, Guantanamo, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, martyr, military tribunal, Terrorism
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Thoughts on Brains
Guess what part of your brain is not primarily for storing information about a two gyrating hippos on a camping trip. The right parahippocampal gyrus. Much to your (and my) surprise, that part of the brain is used to detect … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, science
Tagged brain, Homer Simpson, Humor, parahippocampal gyrus, sarcasm
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Ellas Otha Bates, R.I.P.
Rock & Roll lost one of it’s brightest and most penetrating stars yesterday, even if one of the least well known. The founder of the jungle beat heard in too many songs to count over the last 50 years succumbed … Continue reading
Posted in History, MichaelW's Page, Music
Tagged Bo Diddley, death, Ellas Otha Bates, guitar, Music, pioneer, rock & roll
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Backdoor Kyoto — The Next Chapter
The march of the watermelons towards control of US policy continues apace: Polar bears will now be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. But in announcing the listing, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne said the decision should … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, energy, Environment, Law, MichaelW's Page, regulation, science
Tagged capitalism, climate change, climate policy, Dirk Kempthorne, Endangered Species Act, environmentalists, ESA, global warming, globalization, greenhouse gases, polar bears, socialism, Supreme court, threatened species, watermelons
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Two Iraqi Jokes
Both via Major John at Miserable Donuts, a milblog. First, a joke as told by an Iraqi Army captain: President Jalal Talibani summoned the leaders of the Iraqi parliament to his office for a meeting. In the middle of the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged Humor, Iraq, Iraqi Army, jokes, levity
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Fact-Checking 101
It should be clear by now to anyone who frequently reads blogs that the MSM is not terribly accurate in its reporting, nor does it seem to have any intention of getting better at it. Whether you think the media … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, Media, MichaelW's Page
Tagged CIA, fact-checkers, fraud, Human trafficking, John McCain, Media, State Department, Statistics
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Sunni Bloc To Rejoin Government
This is a positive development: Iraq’s largest Sunni bloc has agreed to return to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s cabinet after a nine-month boycott, several Sunni leaders said on Thursday, citing a recently passed amnesty law and the Maliki government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Media, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged Basra, fauxtography, Iraq parliament, Maliki, propaganda, reconciliation, shiite militias, Sunni bloc
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Possibly The Most Important News Of The Decade
Jonathan Adler tells us why it was a “Big Day In Philadelphia.” If you don’t know why I care, then read this closely (and yes, the picture was taken by my four-year old son). If you read the comments to … Continue reading
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Abiogenic Oil
Hoystory poses a thought-provoking question with potentially dramatic consequences for the concept of “peak oil”: What if “fossil fuels” weren’t made of fossils at all? What if the earth naturally made petroleum? What if gasoline was a renewable resource? Imagine … Continue reading
Posted in energy, Environment, MichaelW's Page, science, Technology
Tagged abiogenic, fossil fuels, Mendeleyev, oil, peak oil, scientific consensus, Sir Robert Robinson, Thomas Gold
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More Like This Please
I was pleasantly surprised, and mildly irritated, to see that Condi Rice basically called Muqtada al-Sadr a coward while she was in Baghdad recently (via: Instapundit): Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page, Military Matters, Notes on the war
Tagged Condi Rice, GWOT, Iran, Iraq, Muqtada al-Sadr, rhetoric, Terrorism, terrorist cowards, war
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What Is ASHC?
There seems to be some confusion on the part of some as to exactly what sort of place ASHC is: I was rather surprised to read this dubious and scornful appraisal of Michael Yon’s Wallstreet Journal editorial at A Second … Continue reading
Pope To Pray For Terrorists at Ground Zero
(via Instapundit) Reportedly, the Pope will pray that Muslim terrorists convert to Christianity: The Pope will pray for the redemption of Islamic terrorists when he visits the site of the September 11 attacks in New York next week. The pontiff … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged 9/11, conversion, Ground Zero, Magdi Allam, Pope, prayer, terrorists
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FEC Complaint Filed Against McCain
Some people are hoping to hoist John McCain on his own campaign finance petard. As satisfying as it would be to see the Senator receive a healthy dose of his bitter medicine, however, the complaints filed against him with the … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Law, MichaelW's Page, regulation
Tagged campaign finance, collateral, complaint, DNC, Election 2008, FEC, federal matching funds, Jane Hamsher, Jihn McCain, loan, security, spending caps
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AQI’s Last Stand?
Al Qaeda’s efforts in Iraq have been less than successful over the past year, due in large part to the Anbar Awakening and the related Councils of Concerned Citizens/Sons of Iraq movements, and the support offered those movements by Petraeus’ … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged "Darkhorse", al Qaeda, AQI, Blackhawks of 4-6, Iraq, Kurds, Michael Yon, Nineveh Province, Yezidi
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“Tiny Fan Blows a Mighty Wind”
No, it’s not about a farting midget at a basketball game. So I guess in that sense the headline is sort of false advertising.
The Left, McCain And The War
The inestimable Oliver Kamm provides a glimpse at the value our British friends find in a potential John McCain presidency: Two points about McCain stand out. He’s not a conservative and he’s been right all along about Iraq. These are … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Foreign affairs, MichaelW's Page, Notes on the war
Tagged America, Britain, Election 2008, GWOT, Iraq war, John McCain, political left, support, UK
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Spitzer Resigns
But there’s no plea deal regarding the potential federal charges. Is it possible that the feds are going to do to Spitzer what Spitzer paid to do to “Kristen”? (HT: JOM): Eliot Spitzer’s tumultuous tumble from the zenith of a … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics, Law, MichaelW's Page
Tagged David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, Governor, Michael Garcia, New York, plea deal, prostitution ring, resigns, scandal
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Vaclav Havel Urges EU To Take A Stand Against Cuba
The New Centrist posts a letter from the former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel, and other signatories, highlighting Cuba’s systematic violations of individual rights, and encouraging the EU to aggressively address the communist nation: Five years ago, the European Union … Continue reading
Glenn Beck Pwns Media Matters, Et Al.
Copious Dissent has the goods. And they are pretty good. (Video at link).
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged anti-christ, Glenn Beck, interview, John Hagee, media bias, Media Matters, New York Times, Obama
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It Couldn’t Happen To A Nicer Tyrant
I’m sure you are all well informed on the Spitzer chronicles by now. If not, crawl through the Memeorandum links to inform yourself (get a cup of coffee or other preferred beverage, because it will take awhile). I just wanted … Continue reading