Archive for September, 2004

Look at this silliness. No, I think John Kerry should go after “unpersuadable voters”. As my eight year old daughter would say “Duh!” »

I consider this to be a serious blog, but I can’t help wondering what in the world happened to John Kerry’s skin in the past day or two. Not only are the Kerryites not capable of runnning an intellegent campaign, but they can’t even figure out a way to get their guy a normal... »

Here’s the latest from Pew Research. This is yet another poll showing a solid lead of about 8 points for President Bush. For all of the new attacks on Bush’s Iraqi policies, Kerry has not gained any ground . Why? Because even those people who aren’t happy with the way things are going do... »

What’s geekier — going online to look for instructions on how to put together a Cat-5 twisted-pair cable, or actually finding them? A few months back, Jerry Pournelle was sounding off at a LASFS meeting. Several people had asked him what a router is, and why someone might want one. Rather than answer the same... »

ECONOMICS EU wants to criminalize work: “EU states will find it harder to opt out of the Union’s 48 hour maximum working week under new proposals. The European Commission says it wants to tighten loopholes in its Working Time Directive in order to limit the time employees spend at work. The changes would mean... »

ECONOMICS EU wants to criminalize work: “EU states will find it harder to opt out of the Union’s 48 hour maximum working week under new proposals. The European Commission says it wants to tighten loopholes in its Working Time Directive in order to limit the time employees spend at work. The changes would mean... »

“The right war, at the right time.” Saddam’s continuing and flagrant violations of the 1991 cease-fire agreement was enough. Failure to bring him to account for thumbing his nose (moustache and all) at the US doubtless encouraged people like Osama bin Laden in a belief that the US would not respond if attacked. »

“The estimate outlines three possibilities for Iraq through the end of 2005, with the worst case being developments that could lead to civil war, the officials said. The most favorable outcome described is an Iraq whose stability would remain tenuous in political, economic and security terms.” The ‘one hand, other hand’... »

Many people have postulated that Israel will eventually take out Iran’s nuclear program the way they did to Iraq’s in 1981. But, is it technically possible? This article from the Jerusalem Post raises serious questions: National Security Adviser Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland was quoted Monday by the Maariv daily as saying Iran will reach the... »

Lest We Forget…. The coming presidential election is the most important that this country has had since 1940, when we were on the verge of entering World War II. There will be a lot of talk about “bringing our boys home”, “wrking with our traditional alliesthrough international channels” with wistful comments about Gandhi. Non-violence only works when... »

I have written before about why Jewish voters should strongly support President Bush over John Kerry. This piece from the Boston globe explains very eloquently why as well: Bush, Kerry, and the Jewish vote By Jeff Jacoby, Globe Columnist September 28, 2004 WHEN they go to the polls in November, which of the... »

Christopher Hitchens pens another wonderful piece of commentary in this recent Slate article. Check it out here. »

The Democrats continue to tell lies about blacks in Florida being “disenfranchised” in 2000, even though it never happened. Read about it here, and see why their disingenuity may even blow up in their faces. »

Yes, good news. As hard as the mainstream media is trying to make the situation in Iraq look horrible, a lot of positive things are going on there. Here’s a good review. »

Another new poll here, with some good commentary on Kerry’s credibility problems. If you look at all of the recent poll results, Bush’s lead is solid. Pay attention to the job approval numbers which are running 52-54%. Kerry’s recent aggressiveness, and his new found position on the Iraq war do not appear to be having... »

See them here. »

Exploiting Girrrrrl Power for Votes. »

African-American is a Racist Term. »

Democratic Lies About Florida 2000. Common Sense brought this up the other day. He called me and was stupified at the amount of lying intrinsic to their political operations. I was not surprised. »

Third, what specific criteria do you recommend that we should use over the coming months and years to measure whether the Iraq invasion has been a success? Let’s try these: Elections There’s a saying to the effect that one election is not proof of a successful democracy. Two elections are. I think at least two,... »