Suspending our disbelief. A great way to put it. =============== By PENN JILLETTE I’m a Las Vegas magician. One thing you learn doing magic tricks for a living is how close every performance of every magic trick is to disaster. There are no robust magic tricks. They’re all hanging from a thread—sometimes literally. Now, I don’t know jack about politics or economics. But what’s... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
A European’s Warning to America
September 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The LeftThis is a March 2011 story, but in light of the past few weeks or month, I think it is “a word to the wise”. ========== By DANIEL HANNAN On a U.S. talk-radio show recently, I was asked what I thought about the notion that Barack Obama had been born in Kenya. “Pah!” I replied. “Your president was plainly born in Brussels.” American conservatives... Read more
The Muslims are not Happy
September 9 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Radical IslamThe Muslims are not happy. · They are not happy in Gaza. · They are not happy in the West Bank. · They are not happy in Jerusalem. · They are not happy in Israel. (There is no equality) · They are not happy in Egypt. · They are not happy in Libya. · They are not happy in Algeria. · They are not happy in Tunis. · They... Read more
War, and “The Army”
September 7 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Party Politics, The LeftAh, the loyal opposition… =========== Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa speaking at a rally for President Obama in Detroit on Sept. 5: We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the tea party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one... Read more
Bank of Political Works
September 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Party Politics, The Left“No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” -H.L. Mencken (Or was it “congress”?) ================= Here’s a novel idea: Have Congress create a “bank” that could borrow huge sums with only a small federal outlay and would be independent of any political interference. If you believe in this miracle, you probably thought Fannie Mae was a private company that... Read more
Leading from Behind?
September 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Middle East, Obama, The LeftMr. Ajami almost always speaks with insight and sense… He here helps explain why Libya and Iraq are so different. ================= By FOUAD AJAMI On the face of it, the similarities of the undoing of the terrible regimes of Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi are striking. The spectacles of joy in Tripoli today recall the delirious scenes in Baghdad’s Firdos Square in 2003—the... Read more
