Best tweet of the day.
That wasn't a debate so much as Mitt Romney just took Obama for a cross country drive strapped to the roof of his car.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
More debate commentary:
From the Weekly Standard: The Denver Debate Demolition.
Frank Luntz independent focus group
Excellent advice from Brian Preston
From the Weekly Standard: The Denver Debate Demolition.
Frank Luntz independent focus group
Excellent advice from Brian Preston
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
This one's for James:
Obama mega donor Bill Maher states the maybe Obama does need a teleprompter.
Honestly, nobody made a big error, but the President did look unsure on the split screen, sometimes in fact like a scolded school boy. Like this:
Nevertheless, they both seemed to get their general idea across, although Romney frequently had to tell Obama to stop misrepresenting Romney's positions. Obama is known, however, to often use a straw man argument to make his arguments sound more convincing.
It was actually a pretty good debate, but it appears everyone, even the libs, believe Romney won.
In fact, Chris Matthews positively explodes with frustration. That's a sure sign their hero was bested.
And tomorrow, the pollsters will have to go D+ 20 to keep Obama ahead.
Obama mega donor Bill Maher states the maybe Obama does need a teleprompter.
Honestly, nobody made a big error, but the President did look unsure on the split screen, sometimes in fact like a scolded school boy. Like this:
Nevertheless, they both seemed to get their general idea across, although Romney frequently had to tell Obama to stop misrepresenting Romney's positions. Obama is known, however, to often use a straw man argument to make his arguments sound more convincing.
It was actually a pretty good debate, but it appears everyone, even the libs, believe Romney won.
In fact, Chris Matthews positively explodes with frustration. That's a sure sign their hero was bested.
And tomorrow, the pollsters will have to go D+ 20 to keep Obama ahead.
It's time we got serious about developing our domestic energy resources.
The Earth has barely been explored in terms of its vast energy potential. New sources of energy are cropping up in unlikely places, on an almost daily basis.
Shale and other unconventional gas resources have been identified in France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Land and license acquisition, and even some early stage exploration, is already underway or foreseen in a number of these countries. _New Shale FrontierBelow a map of presently known oil shale resources.
Via Al Fin
Over in Iran, the economy there is suffering some titanic blows.
Specifically, in one week - one week - their currency, the rial, has lost half it's value.
How would you like it if you looked in your wallet or bank account and every dollar that was there a week ago was now only fifty cents. That's economic collapse, and does not bode well for the stability of the country, nor would it in any country in which something like this happened.
Is the need for war with Israel worth this price? I would think that everyone in Iran is asking themselves this question right now.
Specifically, in one week - one week - their currency, the rial, has lost half it's value.
How would you like it if you looked in your wallet or bank account and every dollar that was there a week ago was now only fifty cents. That's economic collapse, and does not bode well for the stability of the country, nor would it in any country in which something like this happened.
Is the need for war with Israel worth this price? I would think that everyone in Iran is asking themselves this question right now.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Obama is lazy!
The day before the most important event in the campaign so far, the debate, he decides to go sightseeing instead of prepping!
There are a few possible explanations for this extraordinary behavior.
First on the list is that his campaign has been given the questions. Unfortunately, given how completely the media have prostituted themselves to their Lightbringer's re-election, this is well within the realm of possibility.
Second, his internal polls may truthfully show that he will lose the election, and thus he doesn't want to be bothered cramming for a lost cause.
Finally, his own severe narcissism may lead him to believe that his incredible (in his own fevered mind) debating skills will destroy Romney, and thus there is no real need to bust his hump preparing. This would be an easy rationalization for someone who doesn't want to work too hard anyway.
Whichever it is, we will find out how things will work out tomorrow.
The day before the most important event in the campaign so far, the debate, he decides to go sightseeing instead of prepping!
There are a few possible explanations for this extraordinary behavior.
First on the list is that his campaign has been given the questions. Unfortunately, given how completely the media have prostituted themselves to their Lightbringer's re-election, this is well within the realm of possibility.
Second, his internal polls may truthfully show that he will lose the election, and thus he doesn't want to be bothered cramming for a lost cause.
Finally, his own severe narcissism may lead him to believe that his incredible (in his own fevered mind) debating skills will destroy Romney, and thus there is no real need to bust his hump preparing. This would be an easy rationalization for someone who doesn't want to work too hard anyway.
Whichever it is, we will find out how things will work out tomorrow.
California, where I live, is considered a crowded state, and it is in places, but in my neighborhood it's more akin to big sky country.
Here are a couple of images from the hood this evening just at dusk.
Coyote country for sure.
A month from now, after the rains fall for awhile, this country completely changes, and looks like this below.
There is an interesting perspective over at Borepatch on the the current presidential race, comparing it to the victory won by Alexander the Great over Darius and the Persian empire.
Titled "The Last War Chariots," it is well worth the read.
From the article:
"Courage won the day, along with knowledge. Free men fight harder than slaves. Freedom is a greater motivator than the promise of gold, or power, or station. Alexander knew this, and conquered.
We see before us a similarly fearsome host, this October 1st. It too is vast, assembled of the hangers on of an ancient order, motivated by hope of gold, or power, or station in the existing Old Order. With us are only those who would have freedom as they've know it, those who do not choose to bow their heads to a self-described "elite" who would use the ancient power of of the hieratic state to keep themselves raised above us.
We're told that the battle is over, before it is well joined. We're told that the polls are done, complete, unanimous: Alexander is toast. We're told by a breathless media that an Ambassador dead by Darius' incompetence is not the story, but that Alexander's mean and thoughtless criticism of the Persian State Department's cowardly apology means that the Macedonians are finished. Finished, you hear?
After all, has not the Main Stream Media carefully leveled the ground of the battlefield, so that the Great King's chariots can reach maximum speed?
We look back from the modern day and wonder how Alexander could possibly have lost. He alone had realized that the Old Order had passed, and harnessed the New Order. In the twinkling of the eye he swept the Ancient Kingdoms before him. Seven years after marching his army out the gates of Pella he stood on the banks of the Indus river, weeping that there were no more worlds to conquer.
A decade hence we will look back on the election of 2012 through that same prism, wondering how anyone once thought that the Old Order with its Media lapdogs could have tried to command the tides of history to ebb. All of the Old Order's allies are weak, which is why their arguments are so laughably empty. The idea that people will vote for the Old Order, ignoring their own financial situations (down since Obama assumed office) or their prospects for future prosperity (down since Obama assumed office) or the prospects for their children's prosperity (crushed under a lack of jobs and student debts that cannot be discharged even in bankruptcy) is to laugh. The fact that we hear this from the Old Order media - best know for their mystified What's The Matter With Kansas? - tells you all you need to know about how the Progressive Order is out of gas.
Ignore the fearsome host arrayed before you, they are the last gasp of the Ancient World. Their chariots are an anachronism, and their motivation makes them weak. The host is an illusion, and will break and run."
Wow!
That is some good writing!
Titled "The Last War Chariots," it is well worth the read.
From the article:
"Courage won the day, along with knowledge. Free men fight harder than slaves. Freedom is a greater motivator than the promise of gold, or power, or station. Alexander knew this, and conquered.
We see before us a similarly fearsome host, this October 1st. It too is vast, assembled of the hangers on of an ancient order, motivated by hope of gold, or power, or station in the existing Old Order. With us are only those who would have freedom as they've know it, those who do not choose to bow their heads to a self-described "elite" who would use the ancient power of of the hieratic state to keep themselves raised above us.
We're told that the battle is over, before it is well joined. We're told that the polls are done, complete, unanimous: Alexander is toast. We're told by a breathless media that an Ambassador dead by Darius' incompetence is not the story, but that Alexander's mean and thoughtless criticism of the Persian State Department's cowardly apology means that the Macedonians are finished. Finished, you hear?
After all, has not the Main Stream Media carefully leveled the ground of the battlefield, so that the Great King's chariots can reach maximum speed?
We look back from the modern day and wonder how Alexander could possibly have lost. He alone had realized that the Old Order had passed, and harnessed the New Order. In the twinkling of the eye he swept the Ancient Kingdoms before him. Seven years after marching his army out the gates of Pella he stood on the banks of the Indus river, weeping that there were no more worlds to conquer.
A decade hence we will look back on the election of 2012 through that same prism, wondering how anyone once thought that the Old Order with its Media lapdogs could have tried to command the tides of history to ebb. All of the Old Order's allies are weak, which is why their arguments are so laughably empty. The idea that people will vote for the Old Order, ignoring their own financial situations (down since Obama assumed office) or their prospects for future prosperity (down since Obama assumed office) or the prospects for their children's prosperity (crushed under a lack of jobs and student debts that cannot be discharged even in bankruptcy) is to laugh. The fact that we hear this from the Old Order media - best know for their mystified What's The Matter With Kansas? - tells you all you need to know about how the Progressive Order is out of gas.
Ignore the fearsome host arrayed before you, they are the last gasp of the Ancient World. Their chariots are an anachronism, and their motivation makes them weak. The host is an illusion, and will break and run."
Wow!
That is some good writing!
This looks, and no doubt is, bone chilling cold.
The Dark Side of the Lens.
Winner best cinematography at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2011.
I posted this a year ago, but Lloyd Kahn just posted it again on his blog, and it reminded me how mesmerizing this little film is. Enjoy.
The Dark Side of the Lens.
Winner best cinematography at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2011.
I posted this a year ago, but Lloyd Kahn just posted it again on his blog, and it reminded me how mesmerizing this little film is. Enjoy.
How about some naval pictures for a Tuesday evening?
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 8, 2012) The guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG 47) prepares for a passing exercise with USS Underwood (FFG 36) in the Pacific Ocean. Underwood is deployed to Central and South America and the Caribbean in support of Southern Seas 2012. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stuart Phillips)
ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 19, 2012) An MV-22 Osprey assigned to the Storms of Marine Tiltrotor Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22 departs from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75). This is Harry S. Truman's first Osprey launch and recovery. Harry S. Truman is underway conducting carrier qualifications. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mick DiMestico)
I wonder how well those Ospreys take off in bad weather?
U.S. FIFTH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Sept. 27, 2012) The Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65), center right, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS Vicksburg (CG 69), far right, and USS Hue City (CG 66) are underway in formation during a passing exercise. Enterprise, Eisenhower, Vicksburg and Hue City are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts and support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.
American power and military professionalism, writ large, and in charge.
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