The fun just never ends

Track-A-Crat links to Hot Air, who has a lovely little poll on the Obamateurism of the Year. Swallow your drinks and put your feet on the floor so you don't tip over in your chair. I don't know how you could narrow it down to eight finalists, but sacrifices must be made, I suppose - eeny, meeny, minie, MO...!

Number Three

Bob Tyrell's column has something to say about BarryO and His Band of Weasels. BarryO has brought some real 'pieces of work' to his administration, and some of them have the job on a very temporary basis. Sometimes shills and sycophants who worked well at a campaign level really aren't good company at the National level. They say things or do things that cause pain and embarrassment to their Emperor - can't have THAT! I need a pick-me-up this morning, and Tyrell provides much in the way of snark. I love snark.


My guess is that Dunn's expressed admiration for Mao is the cause of her departure. For this revelation, I suppose we have to thank Fox's Glenn Beck. He aired a tape of Dunn notifying an audience of students at St. Andrew's Episcopal School near Washington that this cuddly little butterball of a tyrant — who oversaw the murders of some 70 million people — is one of her "favorite philosophers." The other one, she said, is Mother Teresa, who killed no one, as far as we know. Dunn adduced both as moral exemplars for the assembled youths. Her point was something about setting out to do things you really want to do regardless of criticism. If I followed her, she saw both Mao and Mother Teresa as variations on the old Sinatra standard "My Way." In moral and practical terms, Dunn's advice to the students was confused.


What is more, she stretched the truth when asked to defend her speech. On CNN, she attempted to explain that when she spoke of Mao as one of her "favorite political philosophers," she was speaking ironically. The phrase was, she claimed, "intended as irony, but clearly the effort fell flat — at least with a certain Fox commentator whose sense of irony may be missing." Ah, Dunn's war with Fox continues.

I don't know about you, but where I'm from "stretching the truth" is the same as lying. I don't believe for a minute that she intended irony.

Wonder who's next to open mouth and change feet. Stay tuned!

Hump Day is BUSY this week

My Pixie's cousins are spending the day here so their mama can work the lunch shift at Applebee's. The boys are 3 1/2 and 10 months and it is a LOT of work for me. Kind of embarrassing, really, that I wear out so easily, but there ya go. Coupled with the stupid time change, I'm just tired all week this week, I think! The WEATHER is GORGEOUS, thank heaven!

There have been some wonderful -dare I say hopeful? - things happen in the world of American politics this week, and even the 'unsuccessful' bids to take back the Nation are small successes, in my opinion. There are some terrific writers listed in my sidebar, plus some columns I'll list here. Have a GREAT day! Thanks for coming by!

A few to check into:

Stimulus Watch at Townhall.com (FIXED), Jonah Goldberg, John Stossel, Glenn Garvin, Liz Sidoti.

UPDATE: Almost forgot Michelle Malkin!

Joke. Yes, it's clean.

Rude, maybe, but clean!

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Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?

A: A fund raiser.

Onion staff sit on Nobel committee?

Robert Tracinski at JewishWorldReview.com writes:

The Nobel Committee says that prize is "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Which Obama has accomplished by—what exactly? Giving a speech at the UN?

I know, I know, columns and articles and probably talking head news stories (I don't watch television news, so I don't know for sure) on this are all over the place, and after a full weekend, we're probably a bit overloaded on the whole damn topic. But dammit, Tracinski is FUNNY and I never turn down a good bit of snark!

Then there's the part that isn't JUST snark, it's deadly serious:

This is an attempt by the Nobel committee to play on Obama's vanity in order to influence his decisions on Iran and Afghanistan. The message is: how could you possibly let Israel attack Iran's nuclear facilities, or how could you send an additional 40,000 troops to "escalate" the war in Afghanistan—after we've just given you the Nobel Peace Prize?

In appealing to Obama's moral vanity, they know their man well—and it will probably work.

The Nobel Committee may have inadvertantly caused the deaths of American Soldiers, but that isn't what's preeminent in their minds...their utopian idea of 'peace' is uppermost in their minds, and they seem to be of the mind that this will help that plan along.

It would be a very amusing joke...if it weren't for the bloodshed they're going to cause.

Wish I'd written this column

I've enjoyed George Will's writing on baseball for many years now, even when I don't quite 'get' it. I'm not a detail-minded guru of the game, I'm a lowly little late-comer of a fan. His political commentary, on the other hand, sometimes brings on the computer-age verson of the glassy-eyed stare - click!

This column, however, has so much for me to love about it. In reviewing the pleas from BarryO and his Bride to the IOC, Will says:

Both Obamas gave heartfelt speeches about . . . themselves. Although the working of the committee's mind is murky, it could reasonably have rejected Chicago's bid for the 2016 Games on aesthetic grounds — unless narcissism has suddenly become an Olympic sport.

In the 41 sentences of her remarks, Michelle Obama used some form of the personal pronouns "I" or "me" 44 times. Her husband was, comparatively, a shrinking violet, using those pronouns only 26 times in 48 sentences. Still, 70 times in 89 sentences conveyed the message that somehow their fascinating selves were what made, or should have made, Chicago's case compelling.

I like every paragraph of this column, but in the interest of interest (yours), I'll add just a bit more that says SO much -- about BarryO, about Bride of BarryO, and about those who elected this pompous, arrogant windbag.

Nine days before speaking in Copenhagen, the president, addressing the United Nations General Assembly, intoned: "No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation." What was the speechwriter thinking when he or she assembled that sentence? The "should" was empty moralizing; the "can" was nonsense redundantly refuted by history. Does our Cicero even glance at his speeches before reading them in public?

Becoming solemn in Copenhagen, Obama said: "No one expects the Games to solve all our collective problems." That's right, no one does. So why say that? Then, shifting into the foggy sentimentalism of standard Olympics blather, he said "peaceful competition between nations represents what's best about our humanity" and "it brings us together" and "it helps us to understand one another."

Actually, sometimes the Olympic Games are a net subtraction from international comity. But Obama quickly returned to speaking about . . . himself:

NOTE: I have something on a more personal level coming up, so link and comments about Thomas Sowell's column will be posted at a later time. Thanks for your consideration!

Top 10 Reasons Chicago Didn't Get the Olympics

Top 10 Reasons Chicago Didn't Get the Olympics - Rich Lowry at The Corner on NRO

10. Dead people can't vote at IOC meetings.

9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with General 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 acomplish 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.

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"truly flabbergasting fatuities"

The headline for this post is from a column by a writer I seldom read anymore...but I cannot in good conscience ignore such FABulous snark!

Mona Charen at JewishWorldReview.com - I love this paragraph as she 'disects' The Speech By The President Of The World:

Obama is, we are told, the smartest man to sit in the Oval in many a year. And yet he is capable of truly flabbergasting fatuities like this: "In this hall, we come from many places, but we share a common future." You don't say? That's right up there with Warren Harding's declaration that "the future lies before us."

Bulls-eye.

Tuesday - Thomas Sowell!

When I saw the title for this column, I almost went against Pixie Place Tradition and skipped Sowell's column for today, replacing it with the always-enjoyable Mark Steyn or a video about Yom Kippur. Then I read the first couple paragraphs, and I have to post it. Despite the subject being FAR from anything in my personal life today, Sowell's writing and point of view have value.

This, for instance:

Among the things you need to know about a particular college is whether it has a real curriculum or just a smorgasbord of courses, so that it is possible to graduate knowing nothing about history, economics or science, for example. Some of the most prestigious colleges in the country are places where you can graduate completely ignorant of such fundamental subjects.

In discussing "Choosing the Right College," Sowell points to some things that aren't discussed about most institutions of learning, things it seems many people find out The Hard Way. I may yet look into finding it, just to set my mind at ease over my...umm...sneering, snarky (but hopefully well-hidden) attitude, shall we say...toward some people I know...

Second example:

"Choosing the Right College" also presents information on such things as black separatist organizations at Lafayette College, for example. Whether you are for or against such things, you need to know about them, in order to choose what you think is right for you.

I've had an attitude about "the Best" schools for a long time now, believing that giving money to a place to NOT learn anything was an exercise in foolishness and ego. To use the name of a university as a resume-booster may seem important to some...but at what cost.

More:

It also tells you whether the intellectual atmosphere is free or is hidebound with political correctness, and plagued by professors who think their job is to use the classroom as a place to sound off about their political ideology to a captive audience, even when the course is about chemistry or accounting.

Good stuff for a Tuesday morning, isn't it? Thanks for stopping by!

Grandpa John's: Terminological Clarification

I offer here an outrageously funny replacement for the name BarryOCare, the socialist health care plan that shows up as a topic on fairly regular occasions - and a welcome addition to my sidebar, too!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Patriotic Readers of All Ages, from Steve Burri at Grandpa John's, I give you 'The Dingell-Barry Bill.'

Maybe more later, after I wipe the tears from my eyes and clean my monitor.

*whew*

(Thanks, Paco!)

Lovely Daughter emails a joke...

The beautiful young woman who is the mother of My BEEootiful Pixie sent this earlier this week and I just now remembered to post it. Love it, MissKait, thank you!

Luxury cars are soon to be a thing of the past. They have always
been beyond my means but I took out a luxury car last week, just to drive
that sucker. The salesman sat in the back seat describing the car and
options.

The seats were of particular interest. He explained the seats
directed warm air to your butt during the winter and directed cool air to
your butt in the summer heat.

I stated the car must be a republican car. He asked why I thought it
was a republican car, and I explained if it were a democrat car the seats
would blow smoke up your ass year round.

Funny Stuff on Friday!

Many thanks to Margo's Maid for the link that still has me giggling!

In the sidebar is What Not To Crochet for some yarn-based amusement.

Don't miss the snark at Food Network Humor. Got me laughing, but I can't read the comments because some of 'em just make me wanna HURT PEOPLE. I think I owe Margo's Maid a thank you for that one, too. She has GREAT funny links on a regular basis...when I have time to waste.

The Pixie and I are off to the commissary for some essentials like apple juice and milk. Busy day, of course, as usual. Y'all have a fine morning, and thanks so much for stopping by!