Aug

29

Why this pick works

August 29, 2008 | 28 Comments

One only has to observe the enthusiasm in especially socially conservative circles to understand why McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin was a stroke of brilliance.  Not only does the pick nudge conservative fence-setters into McCain’s camps, it turns tepid supportes into enthusiastic supporters.  While one can argue that the selection won’t pull that many independent [...]

Aug

29

This drives me nuts

August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment

So I’m home from work a little early, and I am catching the end of the Phillies-Cubs game. At least for a few days I’m a big Cubs fan.  Anyway, the Cubs are leading 3-2 in the 8th, and they put two runners on base, and Mark DeRosa coming up.  And what does Lou Pineilla [...]

Aug

29

John McCain for President

August 29, 2008 | 9 Comments

My vote was really never in doubt, but a Ridge, Lieberman or Hutchison VP pick would have had me staying at home on election day.  With his selection of Sarah Palin to be his running mate, John McCain has reinforced my decision to vote for him in the general election.  And with my vote, maybe [...]

Aug

29

Okay, it’s me Palin

August 29, 2008 | 7 Comments

John McCain wanted to wait until after the Democratic convention in order to announce his running mate, but I think we can reveal the truth now.
It’s me.  I am John McCain’s running mate.  I am proud to be a part of what will be an historic campaign.  And even though I am four years too [...]

Aug

28

A very different idea of protection

August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From the last graph of Obama’s acceptance speech:
America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect [...]

Aug

28

Good things come in threes

August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment

As I said in the previous post, DC sure is an amusing place to live.
Walking to the bus stop on my way home from work, I flipped to the local sports radio station on my Walkman (yes, I still carry one, just to listen to the radio), and it was the pregame show for the [...]

Aug

28

And I’m running for the Governor of Bethesda

August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Washington DC just provides a never ending source of amusement.
All over town I have seen campaign banners promoting Paul Strauss.  Strauss is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate.
I have to admit I was a bit confused.  I am a pretty knowledgeable fella when it comes to the US government, and I have to say [...]

Aug

28

WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH

August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments

Awww, poow Jimmy Wollins doesn’t wike it when other teams do good.
According to David Lennon and Wallace Matthews at Newsday, Jimmy Rollins made another reference to the home run celebrations by the Mets.
Rollins was quoted as saying:
“We don’t talk about celebrations, we just notice them … Nobody in particular. The whole team, you know.”
Hey, [...]

Aug

28

No Hutchison

August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments

Senator McCain has made his running mate selection, and it will be announced tomorrow.  One name that has suddenly emerged as a leading contender is Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.  There are a lot of reasons to like Hutchison.  She has a fairly solid conservative voting record, and on the particular issue of abortion she [...]

Aug

27

WNR

August 27, 2008 | 6 Comments

Against my better judgment I decided to watch the Democratic National Convention.  After listening to speaker after speaker after speaker talk about our country as if we are all hopeless sheep that have been brought to the brink of slaughter by the wicked George W. Bush, I have simply had enough.
America is not a fucking [...]

Aug

27

A pro-life victory

August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments

Stephen Spruiell has been following the drafting of the GOP convention platform all day, and the final issue discussed was embryonic stem cell research.

The 2008 Republican Platform Committee has finally reached the finish line, but before it crossed it tripped up on the issue of stem-cell research. When the committee reached the stem-cell language, North [...]

Aug

27

When does it end?

August 27, 2008 | 3 Comments

Based on a recommendation, I assigned Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset for our Church’s book club’s next meeting.  I am doing all I can to finish the entire series, even though we’re only talking about Book One - “The Bridal Wreath,” and I’d like to finish in the next day or two so that I [...]

Aug

27

That’s a low bar you’ve set there

August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment

Kathryn Jean Lopez blogs about an incident involving Sean Penn.
I’m standing outside the Brown Palace Hotel here in Denver next to Sean Penn. A man approaches him and asks, Mr. Penn, can I take your picture?” The bearded and shaded Penn replies, “actually, I rather you not.” Even if you think actors could afford to [...]

Aug

27

Bush: so evil he’s even screwing up the British economy

August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment

After a night of how the evil Chimpy McHaliburton regime is tearing down the American economy, it is especially disheartening to see that its tentacles have reached accross the Atlantic.
One in seven children in Britain - almost 1.8m - now live in totally work-free households, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the majority [...]

Aug

27

Defender of the unborn. But don’t say it too loudly

August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments

I remember arguing with Catholics a little less than two years ago on the Santorum-Casey Senate race in Pennsylvania.  Oh, sure, Rick Santorum was just about the greatest champion for the unborn in the entire Congress, and was one of the most outspoken champions of life that we had - but he endorsed Arlen Specter!  [...]

Aug

26

The lies they tell

August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments

I haven’t watched much at all of the Democratic convention, but the little I have seen is one person whining after another.  I caught a couple of seconds of Mdme. Hillary’s moment of triumph, and she trotted out a line that she has used often on the campaign trail: “Money borrowed from the Chinese to [...]

Aug

26

I wish he would express how he truly felt

August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Courtesy of Jay Anderson comes the latest prelate’s response to Nancy Pelosi.  Here is what Cardinal Egan had to say:

Like many other citizens of this nation, I was shocked to learn that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America would make the kind of statements that were made to [...]

Aug

26

Weigel on Pelosi and Obama

August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

George Weigel has an absolute must-read column on the deficiencies in the recent responses that Pelosi and Obama have given on the abortion question.
At the Aug. 16 “Civil Forum on the Presidency” at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., Sen. Barack Obama was asked by pastor Rick Warren, “At what point does a baby get [...]

Aug

26

This week’s sign that the apocalypse is nigh

August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

There are stories that make your blood boil, and there are stories that make you weep for your country.  And then there are stories that do a little of both.

A Connecticut youth baseball team with a phenomenal 9-year-old pitcher has been disqualified because its team is too good.
The team, Will Power Fitness, has an [...]

Aug

25

Miracle!

August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

After having given up on any hope that my committee would get back to me before the beginning of the school year, and even having gone so far as to register  today for another semester of guidance, my chair emailed me to inform that he thinks my dissertation - with some minor tweaks - is [...]

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