| Clearing the Browser Tabs – Gonzo Goes Midwest Edition Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:42 PM PST Again, the week got past me and I didn’t deliver much in the way of good blogging. Of course that means I need to empty the browser tabs of all manner of good stuff about which I won’t have the chance to write at any real length. My friend Stacy McCain is at large in Iowa with a rented bad-ass Mustang and a bag full of deadlines. He’s covering as many campaign events as he can reach in the aforementioned Mustang before the Iowa Caucuses, which, as it turns out has been quite a few. He’s been to several Santorum events, interviewed the candidate about his hometown Pittsburgh Steelers, then spent some time at Bachmann Campaign HQ when the Occupiers arrived to waft their patchouli stench over everyone. He’s not been to any Gingrich events nor has he visited the Romney folks (given that teams apparent allegies to new media, I don’t expect him to either) but I hope to see a dispatch or two from those campaigns at some point as well. Check the end of this post for the rest of his coverage, which contains links ot the stories he’s filed not only at his own blog but also for The American Spectator. He’s done more reporting in Iowa since Christmas Day than most other members of the MSM, with little else bust hustle and his tip jar (speaking of that, hit it, why don’t you?). And now, links! - If any GOP politicos read my blog, please click this link and take John Brodigan’s advice. Please.
- The Obama administration Department of Justice appears to be a hotbed of outright scorn for the law. I wonder when the MSM will start to pay attention to that?
- This is the best editorial I’ve ever read about the odd relationship between the United States and the brutal Castro regime in Cuba I’ve read in quite a while. And it was written by a musician with a lot of first-hand experience.
- What editor worth their pay would okay a piece that does nothing more than sniff snobbishly as southern cuisine because (as far as I can tell from the article) it’s not northern cuisine?
- If you’ve not yet heard about the horrid Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), you really should. What Congress, at the behest of a whole host of big corporations, intend to do to your privacy and freedom is far beyond the pale. Here is a good set of explanations of the proposed law (via Mediagazer) and here is an excellent post from my friend Tom, with more technical insight than you’ll ever find in a mainstream story on the issue. Study up on SOPA, then do what you can to stop it.
- With all the media attention on Iowa and New Hampshire, you’d think there were a lot of Presidential delegates at stake. Well, there aren’t, as Jim Geraghty succinctly notes. No matter what happens in the next few weeks, no one will have even a tenth of the delegates they’ll need to reach the nomination. In fact, the best they can get is less than two percent. So why is the MSM making such a big deal of these contests? I’ll leave that as an open question.
- President Obama’s foreign policy relies largely on the assumption that everyone else involved is a rational actor. That’s dangerous if one of the nations with whom we’re negotiating isn’t acting rationally. It’s suicidal if that nation is rushing hell-bent for leather to get nuclear weapons.
- Claire Berlinski is right. The TSA ought to be an election issue, and it’s not.
- I’m glad to see that the notion that you must have a four-year degree to make a good living is getting the stuffing punched out of it. One of the greatest lies we passed to our children is that they must take on tens of thousands of dollars in debt to get a good job. It’s not true. It’s never been true. The sooner we can crush that lie, the better off we all will be.
- Ever wonder what a progressive Democrat really thinks when they don’t have to worry about re-election? Ask Rep. Lynn Woolsey.
- If you read only one long essay this week, make it this one by Kevin Williamson on the convergence of Big Government and Big Finance.
- Kurt Schlichter is not a fan of some of the more popular programs on television today. I can’t really argue with him. I stopped watching The Walking Dead for the very reasons he mentions.
- If you like classical music, you may enjoy this article wherein a music critic took up a baton and became an orchestral conductor for a time. I’ve directed choirs (and even a combined choir and orchestra) and can tell you it’s not easy at all. And I’d do it again, even professionally, in a heartbeat. It’s some of the most fun hard work I’ve ever done.
         
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| The Delivery Presents – So Maybe It’s Time for a 2012 Plan B Posted: 01 Jan 2012 11:59 AM PST  You could call Episode 127 my surrender to Barack Obama and the Democrats. I prefer to look at it as a hard dose of reality applied like a splash of water in the faces of sleepy Republicans. However you view it, I hope you won’t mind that I’ve sounded the charge to the Senate, which we conservatives will have to control whether our next President is Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. The ground is as good as it’s going to get. If we on the right fail, we won’t have any good excuses.
I did continue the politics into the second half. It happens sometimes that current events stack up and I can’t get through all I want in just 30 minutes. I did put a nice little bow on the whole thing about 15 minutes in and spent the rest of the time on a more pleasant subject: the pretty new Roku box I got for Christmas. I have the Roku 2 XD model (and yes, I get a small bounty if you buy one through this link) and I recommend it highly if you’re looking for something to bring the goodness of streaming video to your television. And if someone from Roku happens across this post, well, The Delivery would be a good place to sink a few of your advertising dollars! I’d make you a very good deal. TD127.mp3  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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