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Commentary Magazine : Iraq's Newest Insurgency

Tue, 23 Jul 2013 22:43:57 +0000

It's A Pity They Can't Both Lose Redux.

Commentary Magazine : The Stunning Public Shift on Same-Sex Marriage

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:21:57 +0000

Perhaps this will help: http://www.steynonline.com/5473/death-to-freedom 'In Canada, the law denies "the right to say his piece" to the likes of Bill Whatcott, a man who believes that homosexuals are sinners and in need of God's grace and forgiveness, but it has no objection to those who think homosexuals are evil and should be put to death. Mr. Philips need never fear the scrutiny of the "human rights" commission, or the cost of ten-year legal battles. 'No homosexual needs the state's protection from Bill Whatcott. But all of us need protection from nitwit jurists blithely sacrificing core Western liberties to ideological compliance. It's not about Left vs. Right, gay vs. straight, religious vs. secular; it's about free vs. unfree. And on that most profound question, Canada's supreme court is on the wrong side. Nuts to them.'

Commentary Magazine : The Stunning Public Shift on Same-Sex Marriage

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 20:06:55 +0000

"I have never heard of Mark Steyn" Then you really don't know what you're talking about re: "hate crime" persecution in Canada.

Commentary Magazine : Trump, Malkin, and Dumbed Down Discourse

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:25:09 +0000

I find Wehner's posts increasingly to resemble Dean Acheson's description of Canada, "the stern daughter of the voice of God."

Commentary Magazine : Rush Limbaugh and Me

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 23:37:31 +0000

What part of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms" do you not understand? It's the right of the people, not the militia, to keep and bear arms. No one reads "people" in the 1st, 4th, 9th and 10th amendments (nor its singular form "person" in the 5th), to mean only members of the militia. "People" in the 2nd means the exact same thing as in the other amendments, no more and no less. Moreover, none of the elements of the Bill of Rights constrain or circumscribe individual rights; they only constrain and circumscribe the power of the government relative to the people and the states.

Commentary Magazine : Rand Paul’s Moment of Glory

Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:41:10 +0000

(Principle + Guts) * Adroitness = Defeat for Bathhouse Barry.

Commentary Magazine : Humanitarian Aid to Syrian Rebels Won't Turn the Tide

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:24:55 +0000

To govern is to choose. Bathhouse Barry has chosen Assad. The "non-lethal aid" is merely intended to preserve some remaining sheen from that laughable Peace Prize thingie he got.

Commentary Magazine : What the French and Saudis Understand but Obama Doesn’t

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:16:08 +0000

"whatever the arguments at the time, they recognized that when push came to shove, the United States had their back. No longer." That lesson should have been learned years ago; one only had to ask the Hondurans and the Poles. And just about every other real traditional ally of the U.S.

Commentary Magazine : Losing Afghanistan

Fri, 1 Mar 2013 22:11:10 +0000

"Under Obama, we have become like a cat, swatting a string and never bothering to look at who is dangling it." What do you mean "we"? Bathhouse Barry owns this fiasco in toto.

Commentary Magazine : The Oscars, the Obamas and Camelot

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:57:56 +0000

It was all over when the Fat Lady sang...

Commentary Magazine : The Oscars, the Obamas and Camelot

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:34:31 +0000

Actually, this evocation of Camelot seems to be describing Monty Python and the Holy Grail... King Barry: I am your king. Woman: Well I didn't vote for you. King Barry: You don't vote for kings. Woman: Well how'd you become king then? [Angelic music plays... ] King Barry: The Fat Lady of CNN, her arm clad in the purest shimmering blubber, held aloft the false transcript of my post-Benghazi press conference from the bosom of her, um, heaving bosom, signifying by divine providence that I, Barry, was to carry a titanium driver on the links. THAT is why I am your king. Dennis: [interrupting] Listen, strange women waddlin' in debates distributin' dubious transcripts is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical journalistic ceremony.

Commentary Magazine : The Oscars, the Obamas and Camelot

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:26:15 +0000

What difference at this point does it make? I mean, it's quite common in other tinpot republics for El Presidente's consort to bestow baubles on the regime's adoring sycophants; why should it be any different in the United States of Obama? If it was good enough for Evita, Imelda and Elena (Ceaușescu), then by Jove, it shall be perfectly reasonable for Marie Antoin-, er, I mean, Her Michelleness. "Don't cry for me, you bitter, clinging peasants, the truth is I'm finally proud of you!"

Commentary Magazine : The Benghazi Scandal and Media Bias

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:28:01 +0000

The Democrats and MSM but I repeat myself simply have the will to power to despise their perceived subhuman enemies and to dream of a world where said enemies do not exist. We've seen this movie before. It didn't end well.

Commentary Magazine : Why Is Obama Arming Enemies?

Wed, 6 Feb 2013 22:31:13 +0000

"Why Is Obama Arming Enemies?" Because he's on their side. Call it being "Kerry-esque". Or perhaps "Hegelian".

Commentary Magazine : Hagel’s Credibility Left in Shreds

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 01:03:10 +0000

What difference at this point does it make?

Commentary Magazine : The Virtue of Moderation

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:50:09 +0000

Oh dear. And to think Britain was saddled with that immoderate Mr. Churchill in June 1940. "We will never surrender." How awful. And that "Evil Empire, We win, they lose" Ronald Reagan, yeesh! And don't even get me started on that John Paul II guy. What difference at this point does it make?

Commentary Magazine : Scott Shane’s Shame

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:56:14 +0000

What difference at this point does it make?

Commentary Magazine : RE: Obama’s Power Grab Slapped Down

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:56:43 +0000

What difference does it make?

Commentary Magazine : Republicans Avoid a Political Pickett's Charge

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:36:14 +0000

LBJ bragging about the USAF not being able to bomb an outhouse in VN without his sign-off leaps to mind. What could possibly go wrong?

Commentary Magazine : Republicans Avoid a Political Pickett's Charge

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:03:00 +0000

It's another day of the week with a "y" in it, so it's time for another of Commentary's "strategic" rationales for GOP preemptive surrender from the team that helped Romney get his assets handed to him during the election. All the GOP needs to do is to show "patience and care", gently point out, without scaring the horses, more in sorrow than in anger, that those other chaps across the aisle haven't been quite as responsible as their kinder, gentler, safe-to-invite-to-your Georgetown-salons-can-you-seriously-imagine-that-Palin-woman-as VP-for-goodness-sakes! learned friends in the GOP, and presto! the Dems and MSM but I repeat myself will see the eminent good sense of that observation and not say any mean things about the Stupid Party, thus effortlessly paving the way for all people of goodwill who respect sound, sensible, middle of the road governance to rally 'round the GOP, just as they did in Nov-...er, just as they are sure to do in November 2014 and 2016, yes, that's it. Patience and care. Don't scare the horses. That's the ticket. Just you wait. And wait. And wait. Lather, rinse, repeat.