tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36408502011-04-21T16:47:12.118-05:00The CurmudgeonRandom Twaddle on Politics, Economics, Society and Culture as Seen Through the Eyes of a Curmudgeonly Basserd.
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To send your comments, use this address and remove the part in parentheses: feedback@(spam_sucks)thecurmudgeon.orgThe Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1127566438662922342005-09-24T07:50:00.000-05:002005-09-29T17:51:34.253-05:00A CURMUDGEONLY LETTER TO SENATOR BARAK OBAMADear Senator Obama:I read today that you intend to vote "no" on the confirmation of John Roberts to the position of Chief Justice of the United States. The reason you supplied was that your study of Roberts' legal career reveals that "he has far more often used his formidable skills on behalf of the strong in opposition to the weak."Far apart from beingThe Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1124420532192576882005-08-18T21:56:00.000-05:002005-08-22T10:55:55.206-05:00JUMPING ON THE "ENOUGH OF CINDY SHEEHAN" BANDWAGONI'm very sorry for Ms. Sheehan's loss. It's an awful thing to have to lose one's child, and the whole nation grieves with her. She has every right to speak her mind. She has every right to disagree with the President or anyone else on issues of national policy. Blah blah blah. (Insert here all disclaimers and qualifiers necessary to pre-emptively The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1123415214247290572005-08-07T04:55:00.000-05:002005-08-08T19:28:21.606-05:00JOHN LENNON: BILLIONAIRE "WORKING CLASS HERO"My favorite streaming radio station is Radio Paradise. It has simply the best and most eclectic playlist of any radio station extant, streaming or broadcast. Their playlist is astonishingly broad, including Beatles, Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Air, Nickel Creek, The Pogues, Dave Brubeck, Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello, Kasabian, The Shins, Beta Band, The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1107246873784358672005-01-31T20:33:00.000-06:002005-02-02T11:12:43.946-06:00A NATION IS BORN
Today I am lucky that I work for a printing company. My first task this morning was to amble back into the factory and ask one of the pressmen to mix a tiny sample of purple ink. I then put the ink on my right index finger as a show of support for the Iraqi citizens who cast votes in their first free elections in over 50 years. My conspicuous display drew snickers and jeers fromThe Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1098558662612249932004-10-23T11:39:00.000-05:002005-01-23T02:57:21.136-06:00A CURMUDGEONLY TAKE ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Apparently there has been an e-mail making the rounds purporting that the Democrats are the timeless architects and defenders of Social Security and the Republicans are the timeless detractors trying to tear it down. The truth is that, President Bush's anemic "privitization" plans notwithstanding, Social Security is here to stay as far as the eye can see, The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1095140230522119822004-09-13T23:56:00.000-05:002004-09-14T00:45:25.263-05:00DAN RATHER UPSTAGED BY "BLOGGERS IN PAJAMAS"
Welcome to the New Marketplace of Ideas, Dan!
Plenty has already been said about the CBS hit piece claiming the President shirked his National Guard obligations in the 70s, the laughable forgeries used to back their claim, the role of the blogosphere in promptly exposing those forgeries, and CBS's condescending truculence as they continue to defend The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1086585644291664112004-06-06T22:14:00.000-05:002004-06-08T07:24:46.570-05:00RIP DUTCH
What a gorgeous day to pay tribute to the man who was certainly the greatest president of my short lifetime, and one of the greatest of the 20th century. Today my girlfriend and I went out to Dixon IL, site of Ronald Reagan's boyhood home. How gratifying it was to see people from all walks of life. Conversations overheard suggested that people came from as far away as Ohio and Alabama The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1085874999527951492004-05-29T18:56:00.000-05:002004-05-30T03:54:47.486-05:00I WISH I WERE THIS CLEVER
David Wong of Pointless Waste of Time fame lays out both a look at the grim realities of war and a scathing criticism of the armchair generals second-guessing every facet of the Iraq war. His missive is disguised as a "wish list" for the ultimate real-time strategy game. Some highlights of his Ultimate War Sim:
"I want a War Sim where I spend two hours pushing across aThe Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1085631261186680962004-05-26T23:14:00.000-05:002004-05-29T05:11:41.700-05:00HONEST DISAGREEMENT
I'll disclose straight away that I don't agree with their conclusions, but it's nice to see that at least some folks can express a tempered, civil, honest disagreement with the Bush administration's Iraq policy. They say politics stops at the water's edge, and opportunist camera whores like Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd would do well to take note.
UPDATE May 27 2:34pm CDT: The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1085128504928808442004-05-21T03:35:00.000-05:002004-05-27T15:14:48.813-05:00CELEBRATE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AT 6am—WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT
From this piece by Val MacQueen:
Hamtramck, Michigan, a 23,000 strong community known for Polish food, strong Catholic values and the energizing strains of the polka will soon be moving to the strains of a new song- Islam. That is, unless residents defeat the town council’s permission for the Bangladeshi al-Islah mosque to broadcast The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1084818885376973032004-05-17T13:34:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:03:59.026-05:00"WHERE ARE THE WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION???"
Here is your answer.
Want to take bets the loony left will still deny they existed?
UPDATE May 18 1:44pm CDT... My workplace subscribes to four major newspapers: The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, the New York Times and the Financial Times (American Edition). Not one of them mentioned this story on the front page, not even to refer The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1084649017940451962004-05-15T14:23:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:09:19.086-05:00MORE WHINING FROM THE PROFESSIONALLY INDIGNANT
Here's a news story sure to make any decent person's blood curdle with anger. That's right, a beer ad that suggests that Latina women tend to be on the attractive side.
"The Latinas are becoming more educated, and they're starting up their businesses. It's like one step forward and two steps backward with this type of billboard," bellyached Louisa The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1084424938314907922004-05-13T00:02:00.000-05:002004-05-13T10:05:34.393-05:00IRAQ AND THE WAR ON TERROR
I’m tired of hearing the question and its variations, “What does Iraq have to do with the war on terror?” I’ll take a stab at an answer, just in case the person asking isn’t simply being intellectually obtuse:
Saddam Hussein was harboring known terrorists, including Abu Abbas, Abdul Rahman Yassin and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi;
Saddam Hussein was offering financial rewards The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1083927041138343452004-05-07T05:50:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:11:30.283-05:00AMERICA'S LORD HAW-HAW
Mikhail Moron, America's own Lord Haw-Haw, seems to have no boundries of decency. Is there any reason why this walking shred of human debris shouldn't suffer Haw-Haw's fate? The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1083915422668119112004-05-07T02:37:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:12:02.053-05:00PRO-CHOICE MEANS PRO-ABORTION
This piece by Peggy Noonan is yet another bit of anecdotal evidence that "pro-choice" is increasingly becoming synonymous with "pro-abortion." That the act of abortion has become a political and social empowerment device is positively revolting.The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1083912688860299762004-05-07T01:51:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:12:23.696-05:00"WHAT DID HE KNOW, AND WHEN DID HE KNOW IT?"
This tired old Watergate-era phrase was yet again unearthed from its grave, dusted off and propped up as a political talking point, this time by Joe Biden referencing how long Don Rumsfeld has known about the Army's Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Turns out yesterday's Wall Street Journal was kind enough to a lay out a timeline of who knew what and when. The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-1083757502545587342004-05-05T06:45:00.000-05:002004-05-05T06:49:48.890-05:00BACK AGAIN
OK, it's been a long time since I posted here. Over a year ago, I said I was back in the blogger saddle. Alas, it was not to be, just yet. I had a lot of personal stuff transpire in my life that made a low priority out of belching my worthless twaddle onto this page for all the web-surfing world to see. (As if more than 10% of my immediate family ever saw this page anyway.) Well, someThe Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-874164382003-01-14T07:49:00.000-06:002004-05-19T10:12:48.216-05:00GEORGE RYAN'S DEATH PENALTY CIRCUS
It's one thing for ideologues to excuse any action that sees their sociopolitical agenda advanced. It's another to see erstwhile fundamentally rational folks like Paul Craig Roberts pen an inexplicable defense TARGET="_top" of a despicable act by a moral midget.
In case you're out of the loop, outgoing Illinois Governor George Ryan bid the state farewell by The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-874155392003-01-14T07:23:00.000-06:002004-05-19T10:13:37.236-05:00BACK IN THE BLOGGER SADDLE
It's been a while since I've posted here, for I had a weekly gig going at Free-Market.Net. Unfortunately, the parent foundation has gone belly-up and as of yet there is no successor to take over where we left off. I hope a buyer is found soon; I have a substantial personal attachment to FMN and I'd hate to see it die. And if someone does pick it up, I sure hope I get The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-803297812002-08-16T14:10:00.000-05:002004-05-19T10:13:59.046-05:00HE CAN BARELY WAIT ONE WEEK TO MAKE A LYING ASS OF HIMSELF AGAIN...
As though eager to make me a prophet, Clinton again makes an ass of himself by spewing an outrageous lie in public. This time he oh-so-cleverly tries to lay the blame for the Mogadishu catastrophe at George H. W. Bush's feet by pretending he's not laying the blame at GHWB's feet. I guess Clinton figures we're too stupid to know The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-798321402002-08-04T23:47:00.000-05:002004-05-14T14:56:17.500-05:00WILL HE EVER GO AWAY?
Clinton worshippers often ask why "the right" continually bashes Bill Clinton almost a year and a half after he left office. It never occurs to them that maybe it is because Clinton has yet to realize that he left office. While donning their Armchair Psychologist hats, Clinton's inexplicable army of clinging faithfuls assign platitudinal motives to Clinton critics, such as The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3640850.post-790116212002-07-16T03:51:00.000-05:002002-07-19T12:35:36.000-05:00A SPECIAL KIND OF CREEP
It takes a special kind of creep to put his mother's life on the line for a political issue. And that's just the kind of creep who currently holds the title of House Minority Leader, one Mr. Little Dicky Gephardt.
Little Dicky choked back a tear as he recalled a recent phone conversation with his 94-year-old little blue-haired mother. Apparently her outgoes have The Curmudgeonnoreply@blogger.com