Apr
30
Ha Ha! Charade you are.
April 30, 2010 | 6 Comments
Charlie, you’re nearly a laugh, but you’re really a cry. I have been following politics for almost my entire life. I have made residence in two places: New York, and the Washington DC Metro area, so I am accustomed to dealing with slimy politicians. Charlie Crist has managed, somehow, to take the prize as the [...]
Apr
29
For the record
April 29, 2010 | 3 Comments
War and Peace: begun on Thursday, April 29, 2010, at 8:00 A.M. The library due date is May 8. It’s on.
Apr
29
Get off my lawn you stats nerds
April 29, 2010 | 8 Comments
I have to admit that I receive a certain enjoyment from reading columns written by grumpy old sportswriters who complain about those newfangled statistics and how they are ruining the game. After all, this blog is called the Cranky Conservative, so naturally I sympathize with any form of written crankiness. (Speaking of which, certain new [...]
Apr
28
It’s all right, we know where you’ve been
April 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Larry Sabato suggests what Charlie Crist’s campaign strategy is going to be: Sabato expects Crist to hit the trail as an independent with a new message: “Me against the machines.” That message, he says, could resonate. “He’ll use that idea to portray the Obama machine on one side and the national GOP machine on the [...]
Apr
28
Shocking News . . . Not
April 28, 2010 | Comments Off
Charlie Crist is going to make it official tomorrow: yes indeed, he is a crybaby sore-loser whose only purpose now is to play spoiler for Marco Rubio. Fox News has learned that Charlie Crist has decided and plans to announce that he is running as an Independent for the U.S. Senate. The official announcement is [...]
Apr
28
Unfair law already having impact
April 28, 2010 | 4 Comments
Wow, that was quick. Florinda Fabiola Lorenzo-DeSimilian was arrested at her home last Tuesday for allegedly selling $2 phone cards without a license, a misdemeanor. Her fingerprints were taken when she was booked into the Prince George’s County Correctional Center. Those prints were sent to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI forwarded them to [...]
Apr
28
The Catholic Church and America
April 28, 2010 | Comments Off
Joe Hargrave has a terrific piece at Inside Catholic that explodes some of the myths about the inherent tensions between the Catholic Church and the American founding and early American history. First of all, the concept of religious liberty that eventually crystallized in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights was actually imported to [...]
Apr
27
Competition for Omar and Dayton
April 27, 2010 | Comments Off
The Philadelphia Phillies are two years removed from a world championship. They have won back-to-back National League pennants, and are very possibly headed for a three-peat. If Cole Hamels can re-learn how to pitch, they might even be the prohibitive favorites to win it all. Meanwhile, I root for a team that collapsed two years [...]
Apr
27
The Sistine Chapel Digitized
April 27, 2010 | Comments Off
This is very cool, especially for those of us who have never had the privilege of seeing the Sistine Chapel in person. H/t: to the Crankywife.
Apr
27
Stuck in the middle with you
April 27, 2010 | 1 Comment
Chloe, Chloe, Chloe. You have worked with Jack for six seasons, and are the only major character to have regular interaction with the dude without winding up in a body bag. You would think that you would have learned by now that Jack is always right. Other “24″ thoughts: – President Taylor makes Bill Clinton [...]
Apr
27
Outrageous
April 27, 2010 | 3 Comments
Byron York provides some fresh perspective on the Arizona immigration bill. Has anyone actually read the law? Contrary to the talk, it is a reasonable, limited, carefully-crafted measure designed to help law enforcement deal with a serious problem in Arizona. Its authors anticipated criticism and went to great lengths to make sure it is constitutional [...]
Apr
26
“Justice”
April 26, 2010 | 6 Comments
Racist demagogue Al Sharpton is heading down to Arizona to fight the recently signed legislation that I blogged about last week. Here’s the money quote from Sharpton: This is a fight for justice and fairness for everyone. Yankel Rosenbaum could not be reached for comment. I admit that I still have some mixed feelings about [...]
Apr
25
Compare and Contrast
April 25, 2010 | 4 Comments
Why is it that the most angst-ridden, hate-filled enemies of the Church lack basic grammar and spelling ability? See this comment over at the American Catholic: I’m British and I couldn’t be happyer [sic] that this was sent to the pope. He has the responsibility and opportunity to stand up to pedaphellia [sic] in the [...]
Apr
22
Cowards
April 22, 2010 | 8 Comments
Comedy Central, aside from South Park, is a barren television wasteland that has no programming of any redeeming value (sorry Daily Show and Colbert Report fans). It looks like the network is not too concerned about keeping the people who run their one good show happy. Give Comedy Central an anal probe. Not because of [...]
Apr
22
The Double Down
April 22, 2010 | 1 Comment
All right, so I caved into the publicity and ordered a Double Down from KFC. For those that are unaware, it’s KFC’s new sandwich, but instead of bread the outside consists of fried chicken. Yes, it’s a fried chicken sandwich. So how is it? Is it a decadent treat unmatched in history? Meh. I mean, [...]
Apr
22
Rhetoric about rhetoric, or Oy Vey
April 22, 2010 | Comments Off
I was sort of hoping that we were done with this kind of navel gazing, but as long writers are blocked for meaningful things to write about, we’ll be subjected to it. Frankly, complaining about people who complain about rhetoric is itself silly, and this is going to be my last post on the topic, [...]
Apr
21
Arizona proposes tough anti-illegal alien bill
April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
Well, the state of Arizona sure is taking a cautious approach here. The Arizona state Senate on Monday passed an extensive immigration bill that is widely considered to be some of the toughest immigration legislation in the nation, requiring police officers to determine whether a person is in the United States legally. Currently, officers can [...]
Apr
20
Where have I heard that before?
April 20, 2010 | 9 Comments
I am just getting to this absolutely hysterical and eerily dead on review of Wrestlemania XXVI by Bill Simmons. I had to chuckle at this: OK, here’s the one thing that killed Cena’s chances of ever getting 100 percent approval from fans: He wears jorts. Can you name one person in your life who wears [...]
Apr
20
Episcopal Spine Alert
April 20, 2010 | 3 Comments
Jay Anderson has the details on a couple of Bishops who have taken on dissenting “Catholic” groups. Jay’s own Bishop Blair penned a firm rebuke of a group of sisters who provided cover for the pro-abort forces during the health care debate. As if the political and cultural challenges were not grave enough, we also [...]
Apr
16
National Day of Prayer Ruled Unconstitutional
April 16, 2010 | 4 Comments
This decision will likely be overturned, but it’s always fun to point out judicial lunacy. A federal judge on Thursday struck down the federal statute that established the National Day of Prayer, ruling that it violates the constitutional ban on government-backed religion. “[I]ts sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an [...]