Former Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned from his post after appearing intoxicated at a news conference earlier this year, was found dead in his home Sunday, police said. Shoichi Nakagawa resigned three days after appearing intoxicated at a G7 news conference in Rome. The cause of death was not clear and no will was found, police said.
But Tanenhaus is right to direct our attention to the imbalance between the right's thinkers and doers. The single largest defect of modern conservatism, in my mind, is its insufficient ability to challenge liberalism at the intellectual level, in particular over the meaning and nature of progress. In response to the left's belief in political solutions for everything, the right must do better than merely invoking "markets" and "liberty." Beck, for one, is revealing that despite the demands of filling hours of airtime every day, it is possible to engage in some real thought. He just might be helping restore the equilibrium between the elite and populist sides of conservatism.
Somehow, what I got out of this piece of dreck was an indictment of our education system.
The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemployment and health benefits, officials said Saturday.
Has anyone even considered the option of an economic policy that fosters JOB CREATION, instead of turning us into a freakin' Nanny State?!
I really don't know what I am! LOL! My daughter says I'm a libertarian (small L) but I'm just really enamored of and attached to the Constitution I think.
Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.
The legislation advancing in Congress would require all Americans to get insurance -- through an employer, a government program or by buying it themselves. But new tax credits to help with premiums won't go far enough for everyone. Some middle-class families purchasing their own coverage through new insurance exchanges could find it out of reach.
SHOCKA! This is the result of not addressing the REAL problems in the system: the fraud, waste and poor practices.
Opposition Conservative leader David Cameron, who polls tip to become prime minister next year, on Sunday highlighted his hostility to the EU reform treaty despite its acceptance by Ireland.
"We want to have a referendum," he told BBC television, adding that his party would lead a No campaign.
"I think people in this country will be frustrated and angry that Ireland has been able to vote twice on a treaty that changes the way we're governed and yet we haven't been able to vote once."
Did I read that right? "Spain" and "Conservative" in the same sentence?!
"My son", who is visiting from out of town for the weekend, was an unmovable Obamabot before the election. Yesterday I told him that he and his fellow Obamabots are about to get exactly what they deserved.
/you should have seen his face! TERROR personified!
Problem is, of course, the rest of us are going to suffer, too. :-(
Do not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions . . . . Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome's, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.' Julius was always an ambitious villain, but he is only one man.
This is how I feel. Obama never hid who he was. People just refused to see or understand it. My anger is directed at the IDIOTS who voted for him.
/which means that I'm angry with A LOT of people in my life who I love dearly //NOT GOOD! :-(
Cushing is disburdening itself of its library’s 20,000 books and spending $500,000 to establish a “learning center” — the name, the Globe reports, is tentative, but whatever they settle on you can be sure the scare quotes will be appropriate. Of course, once you dump a library’s books, you have a lot of extra space to fill, so Cushing . . . will be spending $42,000 for some large flat-screen monitors to display data from the Internet as well as $20,000 for “laptop-friendly” study carrels. In place of the reference desk, the Globe reports, Cushing is building “a $50,000 coffee shop that will include a $12,000 cappuccino machine.”
I believe the research. Beloved Ubergeek and I are still crazy-in-love after almost 30 years married, but we really have to be careful we don't snap each other's heads off during this uprooting period. But we're almost done. Movers here tomorrow, then we have the fun of setting up a new place...always better than tearing one down, especially for two very homebody introverts.
Oh. It's not my fault! My horrorscope says it's in the stars...
Don't hesitate to speak up for what is right. Even if it means confronting someone with power, so be it. The slightest injustice cannot be tolerated. When you voice your opinion, as you feel compelled to do, it makes others respect you. This has been a long time coming, and it does you a tremendous amount of good!
I don't know about the "doing me a tremendous amount of good" stuff.
"I see that we are at a critical moment, I see that we are shifting gears from confrontation into transparency and cooperation," said Elbaradei as he announced the new inspection date.
No, no MoMo! The "shifting of gears" is coming from the WEST.
Cute in a alternate reality sort of way...or in a New England contrarian sort of way?
(There's a highway sign in the north of my homestate of NH that keeps count of the number of car accidents involving moose...the critters tend to crush anything less than a Hummer.)
"One begins to wonder how far we will drift into a new period of generalized disaster. In Honduras, we back the Hugo Chávez acolyte and say we won't respect November's free elections. In Israel, we latch on to the bizarre theory that settlement growth is the key obstacle to Middle East peace and try to bludgeon a newly elected prime minister into a freeze that is politically impossible--and also useless in actually achieving a peace settlement. In Eastern Europe, we discard a missile defense agreement with Poland and the Czechs and leave them convinced we do not mean to fight off Russian hegemony in the former Soviet sphere."
For Obama's massive ego, the world is but a stage for displaying His Won-derfulness...
"It is my deeply held belief that in the year 2009--more than at any point in human history--the interests of nations and peoples are shared." -BHO
Obama seriouly believes this is a unique moment in history simply because of him. Un-fricken-believable arrogance and self-regard of the man!
Help yourselves!
HAPPY SUNDAY, EVERYONE! :-)
ReplyDeleteSecond! and seconds please.
ReplyDeleteDid you even have firsts!? Okay, I'll sneak you some seconds. Just don't tell anyone, m'kay? ;-)
ReplyDeleteDarn! enuff, in a few minutes, check the rEfRiGeRaToR. (Not even going to attempt to spell that backwards. ;-)
ReplyDeleteSteeling myself...Do I WANT to check the news this morning? :-/
ReplyDeleteDo they still do that harikari thing?
ReplyDeleteFormer Japanese Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa, who resigned from his post after appearing intoxicated at a news conference earlier this year, was found dead in his home Sunday, police said. Shoichi Nakagawa resigned three days after appearing intoxicated at a G7 news conference in Rome. The cause of death was not clear and no will was found, police said.
uh Lol...checking the news these day is almost like discovering someone's writing suicide notes for ya.
ReplyDeletePink...just don't tell. ;)
enuff,
ReplyDeleteI know. Sometimes I think I should have blood pressure meds and a CPR expert at my side when I look at the news.
Is there something medical science has invented to prevent exploding heads? If not, there's a huge market there they're missing...
Is Conservatism Brain-Dead?
ReplyDeleteMore dripping elitism from the MSM:
But Tanenhaus is right to direct our attention to the imbalance between the right's thinkers and doers. The single largest defect of modern conservatism, in my mind, is its insufficient ability to challenge liberalism at the intellectual level, in particular over the meaning and nature of progress. In response to the left's belief in political solutions for everything, the right must do better than merely invoking "markets" and "liberty." Beck, for one, is revealing that despite the demands of filling hours of airtime every day, it is possible to engage in some real thought. He just might be helping restore the equilibrium between the elite and populist sides of conservatism.
Somehow, what I got out of this piece of dreck was an indictment of our education system.
But that's just me I guess.
By the way, in the interest of full disclosure: I am not a conservative. Of course, I'm hardly a liberal either.
ReplyDeleteSo there!
What are you then? : )
ReplyDeleteVey iz mir - they are SO CLUELESS! :-(
ReplyDeleteAdministration Eyes Ways to Help Laid-off Workers
The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off workers, including possible extensions of unemployment and health benefits, officials said Saturday.
Has anyone even considered the option of an economic policy that fosters JOB CREATION, instead of turning us into a freakin' Nanny State?!
Big, big market Lol....
ReplyDeleteCC,
ReplyDeleteI really don't know what I am! LOL! My daughter says I'm a libertarian (small L) but I'm just really enamored of and attached to the Constitution I think.
A Constitutionalist?
I found something interesting.
ReplyDeleteHealth Reform Subsidy Calculator
Calculate your cost, with proposed plan options.
Administration Eyes Ways to Help Laid-off Workers
ReplyDeleteFrom my sekrit decoder ring: CHECK YOUR WALLET!
bbiam...going to try making-up a hint on somethin.
ReplyDeletePINK,
ReplyDeleteOMG! Try plugging in a relative low income but middle age vs young. (i.e. $25,000 at age 55 and 25)
Those young Obama voters....BWAHAHAHA! They may still have hope but they lost the change!
GREAT link, thanks very much Pink!
ReplyDelete/bookmarked
You're welcome, littleoldlady! Should I send the nudes posing at Irish castle video now?
ReplyDeleteAs a followup...Medical Premiums May Still Burden Middle Class
ReplyDeleteMany middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.
The legislation advancing in Congress would require all Americans to get insurance -- through an employer, a government program or by buying it themselves. But new tax credits to help with premiums won't go far enough for everyone. Some middle-class families purchasing their own coverage through new insurance exchanges could find it out of reach.
SHOCKA! This is the result of not addressing the REAL problems in the system: the fraud, waste and poor practices.
Pink,
ReplyDeleteYou probably should wait until Erik, Phil and Squatch show up. I mean...why waste it? ;-)
Littleoldlady: The Peninsula Qatar is where I found the calculator. Quite often I find US information there that I haven't run across in any of the US Media. They're a decent source and I recommend them as a daily read.
ReplyDeleteThat's about it for me, littleoldlady, enuff. Time for sleep. Goodnight!
ReplyDelete(Goodnight CC, if you are still up.)
Another bookmark...thanks again!
ReplyDeleteGoodnight, PINK! :-)
Goodnight Pink.
ReplyDeleteGood night Shrinkie!
ReplyDeleteOkay...another cup of coffee...gird my loins (whatever that means!) and jump back into the swamp...
ReplyDeleteFunny...
ReplyDeleteTop 10 Reasons Chicago lost Olympic bid
10. Dead people can't vote at IOC meetings
9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal
8. Who cares if Obama couldn't talk the IOC into Chicago? He'll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.
7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.
6. Obviously no president would have been able to accomplish it.
5. We've been quite clear and said all along that we didn't want the Olympics.
4. This isn't about the number of Olympics "lost", it's about the number of Olympics "saved" or "created".
3. Clearly not enough wise Latina judges on the committee
2. Because the IOC is racist.
1. It's George Bush's fault.
From Rich Lowry of NRO (site isn't coming up to link it)
Good morning everyone. How's things today?
ReplyDeletePhil! :-)
ReplyDeleteEvidently you missed the nudes cavorting at an Irish castle.
/or something ;-)
Oh, and there's no news - a blessing!
ReplyDeleteOf course, the Sunday talk shows are just a few hours away so we can pretty much count on somebody saying something stupid momentarily...
While Obama dithers...Eight U.S. troops killed in Afghan battle
ReplyDelete:-(
Interesting development on the EU Treat front...Spain: "We want to have a referendum"
ReplyDeleteOpposition Conservative leader David Cameron, who polls tip to become prime minister next year, on Sunday highlighted his hostility to the EU reform treaty despite its acceptance by Ireland.
"We want to have a referendum," he told BBC television, adding that his party would lead a No campaign.
"I think people in this country will be frustrated and angry that Ireland has been able to vote twice on a treaty that changes the way we're governed and yet we haven't been able to vote once."
Did I read that right? "Spain" and "Conservative" in the same sentence?!
I didn't like the last paragraph. Some in the administration are looking for lower troop levels. :(
ReplyDeleteTreaty, she meant to type...
ReplyDelete/I don't even want to THINK about what an "EU treat" would entail. Those folks are perverted!
;-)
Wouldn't surprise me littleoldlady. Most of Europe is turning right. Why not Spain even?
ReplyDeletePhil,
ReplyDeleteI'm betting on an eventual withdraw from Afghanistan from these Einsteins.
I'm not LIKING it, but I'm betting on it. :-(
/but first, let's declare victory!
Nupe…can’t make-up a hint, unless this can somehow suffice.
ReplyDeleteAs it's old news, just the link but VDH is worried and with good cause: ---Tehran's deliberate disclosure about the facility under construction in Qom on the eve of Geneva talk was a "game changer" that enhanced Iran's bargaining position....---
In fact, Iran notified the IAEA office of the facility on Monday, 3 days ahead of the meeting but anywho...leak, leak, leak...leak, leak, leak....
Sarko wasn’t just berating Obama, he was furious.
...with that zippered shut.
Phil,
ReplyDeleteBut they're (almost) stuck with the EU running their lives. How is THAT going to square with conservative leadership? Interesting times, eh?
Sarko wasn’t just berating Obama, he was furious.
ReplyDeleteWhen Obama told Eastern Europe that the US wasn't going to help protect her, Western Europe should have gotten a clue.
/Every.Man.For.Himself.
Ahhh, movement in the house. Almost time to get up and face the world.
ReplyDeleteLol, I think it's more like Every.EUnich.For.Itself.
ReplyDeleteenuff,
ReplyDelete"My son", who is visiting from out of town for the weekend, was an unmovable Obamabot before the election. Yesterday I told him that he and his fellow Obamabots are about to get exactly what they deserved.
/you should have seen his face! TERROR personified!
Problem is, of course, the rest of us are going to suffer, too. :-(
I am SO OVER this clown...
Lol...believe me when I say, you've a lot of very good company. ...and it appears to be growing.
ReplyDeleteDon't blame Obama
ReplyDeleteDo not blame Caesar, blame the people of Rome who have so enthusiastically acclaimed and adored him and rejoiced in their loss of freedom and danced in his path and gave him triumphal processions . . . . Blame the people who hail him when he speaks in the Forum of the 'new, wonderful good society' which shall now be Rome's, interpreted to mean 'more money, more ease, more security, more living fatly at the expense of the industrious.' Julius was always an ambitious villain, but he is only one man.
This is how I feel. Obama never hid who he was. People just refused to see or understand it. My anger is directed at the IDIOTS who voted for him.
/which means that I'm angry with A LOT of people in my life who I love dearly
//NOT GOOD! :-(
Okay, I tried to mellow out as ResplendentRecluse, but I'm still too cranky and quick-tempered. And did I mention I hate moving? Bleh.
ReplyDeleteAny fruitcup left?
Now I know who bought that $12,000 coffee machine linked a few days ago...
ReplyDeleteA library-less school?!
Cushing is disburdening itself of its library’s 20,000 books and spending $500,000 to establish a “learning center” — the name, the Globe reports, is tentative, but whatever they settle on you can be sure the scare quotes will be appropriate. Of course, once you dump a library’s books, you have a lot of extra space to fill, so Cushing . . . will be spending $42,000 for some large flat-screen monitors to display data from the Internet as well as $20,000 for “laptop-friendly” study carrels. In place of the reference desk, the Globe reports, Cushing is building “a $50,000 coffee shop that will include a $12,000 cappuccino machine.”
SICK.
scotti!
ReplyDeleteI like you MUCH better this way. :-) Have some fruitcup - plenty left!
And be careful with that moving stuff! Research shows it is as stressful as divorce or a death in the family.
{scotti}
{littleoldlady}
ReplyDeleteI believe the research. Beloved Ubergeek and I are still crazy-in-love after almost 30 years married, but we really have to be careful we don't snap each other's heads off during this uprooting period. But we're almost done. Movers here tomorrow, then we have the fun of setting up a new place...always better than tearing one down, especially for two very homebody introverts.
Mmmmm...fruitcup is delicious.
How have you been?
Not sure. But based upon my comments this morning I think anger management classes are in order. ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh. It's not my fault! My horrorscope says it's in the stars...
ReplyDeleteDon't hesitate to speak up for what is right. Even if it means confronting someone with power, so be it. The slightest injustice cannot be tolerated. When you voice your opinion, as you feel compelled to do, it makes others respect you. This has been a long time coming, and it does you a tremendous amount of good!
I don't know about the "doing me a tremendous amount of good" stuff.
I BLAME GEORGE BUSH! ;-)
littleoldladybuzzsaw?!?
ReplyDeleteMore like "chainsaw", monster variety. ;-)
ReplyDeleteUN nuclear watchdog sees turning point over Iran
ReplyDelete"I see that we are at a critical moment, I see that we are shifting gears from confrontation into transparency and cooperation," said Elbaradei as he announced the new inspection date.
No, no MoMo! The "shifting of gears" is coming from the WEST.
Damned Elbaradei...Iran's coach.
ReplyDeleteThat isn't shifting, it's fooking grinding gears with the teeth breaking-off.
Monster chainsaw? *shudder*
ReplyDeleteI feel like an amateur...;>)
scotti,
ReplyDeleteWhen the Hungarian/Russian temper surfaces...most people who know me well know to get out of the way.
;-)
Good morning folks!
ReplyDeleteIt's not surprising to learn that when Chicago was dropped in the first round of voting by the IOC, that the TOTUS was "visibly stunned".
Nobody says no to the One!
Reports from Copenhagen are that the Obama turned off the committee members with the arrogance and massive egos. Uh-huh.
On right on cue, Jesse Jackson and several media sychophants have blamed... you guessed it... George Bush!
Bloody typical.
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/10/03/the-moment/#more-6231
A Thing of Beauty
ReplyDeleteAwwwwwww
ReplyDeleteDon't feel too badly - I ran out of money a long time ago! :-(
ReplyDeleteWorld Bank could run out of money 'within 12 months'
Good morning, Kenneth!
ReplyDeleteKenneth! :-)
ReplyDeleteVisibly stunned, eh? I think we're going to be seeing a lot more of that "deer in the headlights" look from The Won.
/to our detriment, unfortunately...
MOOSE?! (Cute?) ;-)
ReplyDelete{littleoldlady}
ReplyDeleteQueue sound effects from the movie Psycho: **screech, screech** **screech, screech** Another Foreign Policy Train Wreck **screech, screech** **screech, screech**
ReplyDeleteHEYYYYYYY! GODDESS! So good to see you!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteCute in a alternate reality sort of way...or in a New England contrarian sort of way?
ReplyDelete(There's a highway sign in the north of my homestate of NH that keeps count of the number of car accidents involving moose...the critters tend to crush anything less than a Hummer.)
How've you been, Goddess? How're the the boys? What play are you working on?
ReplyDeleteGAH! So many questions! :-)
I'm so glad to see you, too. I noticed that realwest is a contributor, too.
ReplyDeletescotti,
ReplyDeleteWe are overrun by (Pennyslvania whitetail) deer here. Dangerous and destructive critters. I lost my entire garden this year.
Yeah, they're cute. IN PICTURES!
Goddess,
ReplyDeleteYou would be surprised how many familiar names are here!
/or not ;-)
OH! New thread upstairs! ↑
ReplyDeleteEveryone migrate, please...
Hello Scottish!
ReplyDelete"Visibly Stunned" is a fitting nickname for the president. Elliott Abrams makes a scathing review of Obama's foreign policy to date:
Détente and the Bunker
How to oppose a president's disastrous foreign policy.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/026ykwkn.asp
"One begins to wonder how far we will drift into a new period of generalized disaster. In Honduras, we back the Hugo Chávez acolyte and say we won't respect November's free elections. In Israel, we latch on to the bizarre theory that settlement growth is the key obstacle to Middle East peace and try to bludgeon a newly elected prime minister into a freeze that is politically impossible--and also useless in actually achieving a peace settlement. In Eastern Europe, we discard a missile defense agreement with Poland and the Czechs and leave them convinced we do not mean to fight off Russian hegemony in the former Soviet sphere."
For Obama's massive ego, the world is but a stage for displaying His Won-derfulness...
"It is my deeply held belief that in the year 2009--more than at any point in human history--the interests of nations and peoples are shared." -BHO
Obama seriouly believes this is a unique moment in history simply because of him. Un-fricken-believable arrogance and self-regard of the man!
Goddess...or anyone who is stuck here...click on the logo at the top of the page to see the most current thread.
ReplyDelete/blogspot really leaves a lot to be desired, but the good news is we are not going to be using it for too much longer.
...closing comments for this thread now.
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