tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:19:33 +0000http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)Blogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-1366157079313092453Fri, 22 May 2009 08:20:00 +00002009-05-22T01:22:26.682-07:00 Andrew McCarthy at NRO has an excellent article explaining that federal prosecutions of Bush administration interrogators are well nigh impossible. He discusses the issue at length with Hugh Hewitt, and Hugh also discusses the issue with Congressman Dan Lungren, who apparently knows a lot more about the relevant torture statutes than our present Attorney General. Lungren http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2009/05/eric-holder-didnt-know-torture-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-3159878378089268652Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:22:00 +00002008-12-11T12:24:28.029-08:00 . . . so says New York state Rep. Gary Ackerman of Queens. Several Kennedys, including Ted Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., have been lobbying Gov. Paterson to replace Hillary Clinton with Caroline Kennedy. Paterson doesn't like it. Neither does Ackerman: "I don't know what Caroline Kennedy's qualifications are." "Except that she has name recognition, but so does J.Lo," Ackerman http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/12/ny-dem-caroline-kennedy-no-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-7406334874666257222Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:41:00 +00002008-10-08T16:14:04.102-07:00. . . at least according to the staff at Slate, which includes one supposed 'conservative'. These staffers hope that, once Obama is elected, the Dems will no longer have to hide their true views. Here is a selection of what Dems hope they can say out loud once the Messiah is properly annointed (the italics are not mine): I think Karl Marx had some valuable insights into capitalist http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/10/what-liberals-really-believe-but-dare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-8631387190886603125Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:39:00 +00002008-10-07T12:41:59.663-07:00The key to Obama's success thus far is a campaign of obfuscation on the issues. He knew that he need only drop off a press release on any given topic with the MSM, and they would dutifully report it as 'fact' and neglect to investigate his actual voting record and prior statements. Even Obama himself must be impressed with the success this tactic has had. Just as his friendships with http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/10/barack-obama-secret-enemy-of-second.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-3540333135041728636Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:22:00 +00002008-09-12T20:04:25.583-07:00A few more thoughts about what Rob and Proof have said earlier about Obama's new ad going after McCain for not using email. FDR won WWII without AOL. Reagan didn't use email . . . are you saying Reagan sucked, you pinko ratfink loser? McCain is absolutely fair game. He has taken the low road against Obama (which, frankly, I am all for and hope he is saving the best for last) so http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/09/unfit-for-office11-mccain-cant-tie-his.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-2386793532861781861Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:50:00 +00002008-09-10T15:50:54.978-07:00When Kim Jong-Il failed to appear for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, it gave impetus to the rumors that he was ill. Now, the North Koreans have confirmed that Kim had a stroke. He probably underwent surgery. That same news article quoted a Nork diplomat employing the usual communist veracity as saying that reports about Kim http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/09/kim-jong-il-really-is-ill-plus-norks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-5125290233346597436Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:42:00 +00002008-08-19T20:42:33.985-07:00This article by Roger Kimball is a must-read, must-link and must-forward piece. Kimball outlines the horrible guilt liberals feel when anyone succeeds, and their weird zero-sum attitude that any such success must have come at someone else's expense. There is no math or science to it, it is simply emotional vapors. It leads to anti-rationality: for example, the idea that taxes should be raised http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-and-punitive-liberalism-explained.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-2433791143190649860Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:55:00 +00002008-08-18T17:57:00.586-07:00Sure, we're supposed to put our trust in democracy. One wonders, however, whether this is really a step towards democracy, or anarchy, or worse. Suffering from a death by a thousand cuts, threats of impeachment were the last straw for Musharraf: "They want to impeach me now. Why do they want to do it?" a downcast Musharraf said in a televised address in which he denied any wrongdoing. "Do http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/musharraf-steps-down-what-about-nukes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-9111719069410050628Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:32:00 +00002008-08-16T08:37:37.061-07:00Heh, I actually know this guy in real life. He is available for birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, and natural disasters. Oh, there's more: What can I say? I am as perplexed as you are. BTW, some of the comments on the YouTube pages are hilarious.http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/devlin-magician.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-356889364129894363Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:47:00 +00002008-08-14T19:55:34.432-07:00Behold Olympian Alicia Sacramone: Yeah, she has been blamed a bit for some of the american gynmast team woes . . . but she probably has another career ahead of her in case this gymnast thing doesn't work out. She has been signed up to be a CoverGirl spokesmodel. Or, she could go into boxing: http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/thursday-night-babe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-4068820060819962766Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:59:00 +00002008-08-13T22:08:15.695-07:00I wonder if she snapped any necks with those man-hands of hers. We might learn more today: The full secret comes out Thursday, all of the names and previously classified files identifying nearly 24,000 spies who formed the first centralized intelligence effort by the United States. The National Archives, which this week released a list of the names found in the records, will make available http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/are-you-kidding-me-julia-child-was-oss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-1108816219077331878Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:34:00 +00002008-08-12T22:58:40.662-07:00 To Democrats, being 'bipartisan' means Republicans caving in to their demands. So in a sense, Barack Obama can be forgiven for claiming he will 'bring people together' in some sort of post-partisan paradise - after all, he does not really understand what 'bipartisan' is supposed to mean in an objective, non-Dem fashion. Nor does bipartisan mean merely joining in sponsoring or voting for http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-is-partisan-not-bipartisan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-457229102730571451Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:46:00 +00002008-08-12T00:56:16.046-07:00 When the dam bursts, it really goes. You may recall that Wikipedia invoked its 'protect Democrats at all costs' policy by refusing to post rumors about the Edwards affair that would have appeared instantly had it been Rush Limbaugh or Karl Rove in trouble instead. The Enquirer is solidly reliable only when it reports on Republicans, it seems. It is a rather lengthy article on the whole http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/well-whaddya-know-edwards-affair-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-5700326673424613104Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:49:00 +00002008-08-11T19:09:11.722-07:00The dumbest conspiracy theory since 911 trutherism comes from - where else? - the brain trust known as the Huffington Post. This is what passes for proof of this bizarre idea: What is most interesting is that McCain's chief foreign policy aide, Randy Scheunemann, has been advising/ lobbying for pro-western Georgia for the last four years. Stratfor links to some weird chest-puffing by Sergei http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/leftist-logic-republicans-started-war.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-7970032770961120638Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:11:00 +00002008-08-09T15:15:00.174-07:00Hey how about them Olympics! Oh yeah, and apparently there is some war going on in some place called Georgia that isn't in the southern U.S. (via Stratfor via Tigerhawk)http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/putins-march-to-sea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-1337173249130173264Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:05:00 +00002008-08-08T23:23:47.677-07:00There is a little justice in the world: Rep. Steve Cohen, who won just 31% of the primary vote in a crowded field in 2006, beat former Congressional aide and attorney Nikki Tinker by a 79%-19% margin to retain the Democratic nomination in Tennessee's Ninth District. In the Memphis-based seat where about 60% of the population is African American, a white Jewish Democrat winning a second term by http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/just-desserts-cohen-beats-tinker.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-1052527640440064040Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:05:00 +00002008-08-08T12:11:18.172-07:00The gatekeepers can no longer protect their favorite politicians. The coverup of the Edwards affair was doomed to fail in this age of new media, and the accumulating undernews proved to be too much for Edwards to deny: John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extra-marital affair with a novice film-maker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today. In an http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/john-edwards-admits-extra-marital.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-8451086662491618393Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:11:00 +00002008-08-07T09:33:31.683-07:00Not exactly 'morning in America', is it: I suppose only the Messiah can save us now. Update: Jim Geraghty quips: "One spouse says we used to be great and have fallen; one spouse says we haven't been great until now." Hey, Barack and Michelle . . . which is it?http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/obama-america-is-no-longer-uh-what-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-818660771537403515Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:40:00 +00002008-08-05T23:07:05.414-07:00I am really really glad Gateway Pundit survived a fairly serious wreck earlier today. The guy is indispensable, and a source for what seems to be half of my blog posts. He was a really good sport back when I was blogging at WILLisms.com, so I am glad he came out of it with little more than some soreness. Too bad he can't say the same about his golf clubs.http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/truck-crawls-up-gateway-pundits-rear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-3310255463071763434Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:46:00 +00002008-08-05T18:11:21.613-07:00Today in Berea, Ohio, hiding behind his telepromtper, and courageously facing a large throng of adoring Obamanoids, Barack Obama said this: "So I’m happy to have a battle of words because I’ve got facts on my side," he concluded. "I’ve got truth on my side! I fear no man when I’ve got truth on my side!" Then why is Obama so afraid to talk to Sean Hannity? After all, Obama has 'truth on his sidehttp://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/barack-obama-coward.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-5229899032408991335Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:16:00 +00002008-08-05T13:26:43.023-07:00 Inflation: are we talking about the economy, tires, or Obama's ego? This is the kind of thing that makes conseratives wonder if maybe, just maybe, the press is running a kind of protection racket for Barack Obama. The objective journalist Nedra Pickler, whose 'fact check' segments always somehow help Democrats but never Republicans, decided to 'fact check' this statement by John McCainhttp://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/08/pickler-rides-to-rescue-on-inflation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-1473578140422966533Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:54:00 +00002008-07-29T12:54:58.375-07:00Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood. - Daniel Burnham Everyone complains about the weather, but no one does anything about it. - Mark Twain The Politico today is reporting that Nancy 'Navigator' Pelosi said: “I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet,” she says impatiently when questioned. “I will not have this debate trivialized by theirhttp://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/07/greenshirts-are-coming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-1283934863441877611Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:36:00 +00002008-07-29T00:37:26.727-07:00Who is the baby of the house?http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/07/your-daily-triviality_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-6341132871323636814Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:17:00 +00002008-07-28T23:22:36.749-07:00I am a lapsed Unitarian Universalist (is that even possible?) but I don't agree with this inane drivel: You killed them, Pat Robertson. You killed them, Pastor Hagee. You killed them, Ann Coulter. You killed them, Dick Morris and Sean Hannity and the rest of you at Fox News. The hatred of the right is horrible, so let's whip up some hatred against them! Yeah, we need more of that. Yet http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/07/huffpo-moron-blames-everyone-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3903249928037914787.post-2254268487889237374Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:29:00 +00002008-07-28T18:40:04.930-07:00 For the first time since the 1936 Olympics in Berlin 1980 Olympics in Moscow [ed. thanks for the reminder, Likwidshoe], a non-democratic state is hosting the world's games. This is stunningly shameful, and I urge all readers of whatever political persuasion to turn your back on the rehabilition of the butchers of Tiananmen. Instead, I recommend taking a look at this presentation http://kenmccracken.blogspot.com/2008/07/boycott-these-fascist-olympics.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ken McCracken)0