January 2, 2013 - 1:39 am
- 2013: Welcome to Very, Very Scary Times, by Victor Davis Hanson. Utopias such as Greece, Libya and Mexico are possible for America too, if only we would just junk that evil Constitution.
- House Passes Fiscal Cliff Deal, 257-167, by Bridget Johnson. Boehner votes yes. Cantor votes no. Yet no one in the GOP leadership takes the floor during debate.
- Dem Senator Voted Against Deal for Not Including Entitlement Reform, by Bridget Johnson. Carper also decries the can-kicking aspect in explaining why he took a stand.
- CNN Rings in the New Year…, by Ed Driscoll. …As only they can. Another year, another train wreck debacle featuring Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper. Update: RIP CNN, Michael Walsh adds.
- Dem Senator Voted Against Deal Because It Doesn’t Reduce Deficit, by Bridget Johnson. A surprise from incoming DSCC chairman Bennet.
- Senate Quickly Passes 157-Page Deal on Fiscal Cliff, by Bridget Johnson. GOP makes concession on spending cuts and White House makes concession on estate tax. Breaking: Cantor Opposes Senate Bill.
- The Incompatibility of Obamanomics and Human Happiness, Christmas Edition, by Roger Kimball. The Left’s Scrooge-like worldview of life as a zero-sum game.
- The CIA Goes Back to the Movies, by Michael Ledeen. Stop with the movie reviews already. We’re at war, remember?
- Why Occupy Values Lead to Occupy Violence, by Paula Bolyard. The postmodern seeds of radical criminality.
- New Year’s Resolutions, by Helen Smith. First, stop getting upset by politics, it doesn’t help. Second, quit doing any work that is hard or upsetting.
- GOP Draws Out the Suspense as Dems Demand Vote on Deal, by Bridget Johnson. UPDATE: House Rules Committee moves forward Senate bill, clean of amendments. Vote will be late tonight.
- Missing Breitbart, by Tom Blumer. When will conservatives take the fight to the left as Andrew did?
- Hobby Lobby’s Revolution Begins Today, by Bryan Preston. New chapter in an old fight.
An observation from the culture, or pertinence to the above–I recently went to an NFL game. A few things. First, for the NFL: I am not interested in being a black man. I have no problems with those who are but I personally neither have the interest nor the ability to pull it off, nor do I think swagger and taunting opponents a good thing for society. I note our President does.
I am sorry vigorous but manfully reserved behavior is quickly becoming a thing of the past. It only built the largest economy in the history of man, won World War II, and sent us to the moon. Other than that, its worthless. We expect no one to aspire to be a gentleman of robust pragmatism and modest Midwest refinement, but either hipster douchebag trendy, sipping wine, or lower middle class with a goatee, “keepin’ it real”. No thanks.
Second–now, it was true that it was “Fan Appreciation Day”, but the fact is that the amount of free stuff handed out, with no drama or buildup to the announcements, as well as the fact that the car giveaway had absolutely no element of skill involved, explained to me all too well our politics in this present day. Bread and Circuses.
Basically, I fully understand I am not part of the New American culture. I have no desire to be, for I do not think it one suitable for anything but times of easy prosperity, or for being an employee.