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Category Archives: Media Criticism
Bill Dailey
…and the myth of Obama’s centrism. I never bought it.
So It Was About Gun Control All Along
So, let me get this straight. We need stricter laws to ensure that moronic federal agents don’t force gun shops to violate existing laws?
[Mid-morning update]
Holder struggles with contradictory testimony. You don’t say.
[Update a few minutes later]
More coverage from Michelle Malkin.
More On The Heavy-Lift Empire Striking Back
I have a new post up over at Open Market, but if you saw Friday’s piece, there’s not much new.
The Allred Presser
I didn’t see it, and have no opinion on the accuser’s credibility, but I think that it is diminished significantly by having Gloria Allred (who essentially put out a casting call for such people a few days ago) as her representative. If true, it reduces my respect for Mr. Cain significantly, but short of the general, he was never going to get my vote anyway. There are much stronger reasons not to think him presidential timber.
And no, don’t expect to see any opinions here on the Michael Jackson manslaughter trial, either, other than that I regret that it is getting so much media attention.
Demasclerosis
…and the disaster of the “stimulus.”
The Empire State Building was erected in less than two years. It’s now been a decade since 911 and the site hasn’t been completed. It’s a wonder anything gets done any more. And I found this particularly interesting:
I was among the last group of engineers and surveyors laid off from my company in June and have only found one temporary job since then, with almost all the companies in my area (Nashville) treading water or downsizing since then. (In my job search, I’ve been told more than once that people are not planning on adding staff until after next year’s election.)
There’s a lot of that going around, I’ll bet. And if the election goes the wrong way, staff may not be added then, either.
Orion On Delta IV
Clark asks a question:
No word on how to keep the public from wondering why we need a multi-ten-billion dollar SLS if an Orion can fly on existing launchers.
Well, to be fair, that’s an unmanned launch, with no escape system, for an entry test, right? The Delta might not be capable of handling the full mission. Here’s a question that I have, that perhaps one of my readers on the program knows. Are they still using the monstrosity LAS that they had designed (and tested at WSMR) for Ares I, or have they redesigned it to something less heavy and costly now that they don’t have to get away from a giant firecracker underneath them?
Of course, it still doesn’t justify SLS, which is grossly oversized for an Orion per se.
Mad At The Market?
Turn your ire toward Washington. That’s almost always the way to bet. Sometimes a business will do something boneheaded or evil, but most of the time the problem is caused by some idiot law with unintended (or as in the case of Obamacare, at least partially intended) consequences. And of course, the same people blame it on “the market” as an excuse for further meddling.
And this is also something that the Fleabaggers, and other anarchists for big government should be aware of, but if they were, they’d be occupying Lafayette Park instead of Wall Street.
[Update a few minutes later]
Here’s an excellent example. Even amidst all of the government stupidity of the past few years, Cash for Clunkers stands out in an incandescent way, and it turned out to be a disaster on every front, including its disparate impact on the poor.
The Children Of Rousseau
Return to a state of nature. And they’re not “noble” savages. It ain’t pretty. It’s more like Lord of the Flies.
[Monday morning update]
Everything the media accused the Tea Party of being, the Fleabaggers actually are, and yet they won’t report it.
[Update a few minutes later]
The double standard doesn’t just come from the media, but from the kleptocrats in power:
“Democratic commentator Bob Beckel recently compared the disparity between the Tea Party’s treatment by local governments and the Occupiers’ to one person getting a better deal on a car than another. Imagine an America where basic equalities and a God-given right to public self-expression are reduced to clearance-sale status, depending on the agenda and whims of the ‘bosses’ on duty at a given time.”
That example — government as used-car salesman — captures both the ethos and the performance of Beckel and his ilk. The truth is, these people get a pass because, as client groups of the Democratic Party, they’re exempt from the enforcement of the law. This may make people who aren’t so favored wonder why they should pay taxes to, or obey the commands of, a system that doesn’t follow the law itself. Well: Why should they? Where’s the legitimacy?
If they have any left, they’re rapidly losing it. Only the Constitution has legitimacy, and these creatures don’t give a damn about it.
#OccupyFail
#OWS gets the ink, the Tea Party gets the voters.