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Close Only Counts In ...

Posted by Cynewulf on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:44:34 PM
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.  Most elections are not either.  You win or you lose.  Close?  That doesn't even guarantee you a chance to run the next go-round.  A few years, if not months, go by and no remembers who the close guy was.  NY23 is different.  It's a hand grenade.  Hoffman lost, but we won.  Kind of.  There's no doubt that Hoffman losing was a huge disappointment.  Not a disappointment in Hoffman, but in the inability for the story to finish like it should.  Cinderella came up just short.  The shoe didn't fit.  This time.  But, when we get through the fog of emotion and look at the facts, we can see that Hoffman blew up this race and has changed the game.  And, he is instantly the front-runner for NY23 a year from now.  What do the Dems gain?  A temporary extra seat in the House that is neither here nor there for them, except, perhaps, symbolically.  They can crow about winning a seat in a red district, but the crow sounds half-hearted when what's really on their minds is losing two governorships in states that went for Obama just a year ago.  That and the fact that Hoffman was a guy with no name recognition who got in the race kind of late, didn't have the support of the RNC, and got backstabbed by the "Republican" that the RNC backed.  Oh, and in spite of all that the win was only by a couple points.  Well, the Dems can also use it to bash Palin over the head with.  She's so done.  Her support only moved Hoffman from 13% to 46%.  Completely powerless.  Hoffman would have been better off without her.  Like McCain.  Yep.  Other than those limp-wristed attempts at applause, the Dems got nothing.  So what's it do for conservatives.  Well, it has shown that a conservative with almost everything going against him can win over a RNC backed Republican.  I know, I know.  Steele and Lindsey Graham are already talking trash about not taking on RINOs, but if they want to learn the wrong lesson yet again, let them.  While there are those that still don't get it, many did.  Many donors are talking about donating directly to the candidates instead of to the RNC.  And this gem:  The NRSC will not spend any money in contested primaries that have open seats.  This sounds like a win to me.  Oh, and, of course, the best news:  The Scozz won't be "representing" us.  No one in NY23 need watch their back.  Michelle Malkin says it best:  "Better a donkey in office that acts like a donkey than a donkey in elephant’s clothing making a complete @$$ of the GOP." 
 
And in closing, allow me to recommend these two essays by Dr. Zero over at Hot Air:
 
Definitely worth the read.
 
UPDATE:
Totally unrelated, but I ran across this site at the Ace of Spades; it's a photo journal of a young man's journey in the Army from enlistment to basic training to Iraq to coming home again.  Very well done:
 
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I Was A Teenage Rezombiecan

Posted by Cynewulf on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:35:38 PM
If you've been following NY23, you may know that The Newt has taken shots at those conservatives who have dared to go against their masters.  Zombies aren't supposed to do that.  The Newt may want to rethink his strategery; there's a whole lot less teenage Rezombiecans now than there used to be.  And the masterless cons don't mind hitting back.  The Newt says that Hoffman lives out of district, making it sound like he's from Alabama or something.  Not so fast.  Check out what The Other McCain has to say about it.  The Newt complains about out-of-staters weighing in on local politics.  Wait a sec, Newt, here's what your friend,  Fred Thompson had to say.  As for purging the party, here's Michelle Malkin's take on it.  The Newt is not looking so good.  Better find yourself some smelling salts, buddy.
 
In other news, both Jim DeMint and Tom Cole (former NRCC Chair) have endorsed Hoffman.  It's good to see so many Rezombiecans who, having found the cure, have shed the shackles of their masters.  In fact, here's an admitted former Rezombiecan:  Glenn Beck goes all out for Hoffman (complete with interview of Hoffman).  As excited as I am to see people standing on principle to support Hoffman, I am even more excited to see if and how this will help Marco Rubio.  Here's a great interview of Rubio talking about sticking to core principles.  Check out what one of the commentators says at the very end of the clip. 
 
UPDATE: 
 
The world really is coming to an end.  Though still miles apart from BrianR, Michael Medved actually comes out in support of Hoffman.  This tells me that the issues in this particular race are so glaringly obvious that, assorted leftists aside, only a truly unrecoverable Rezombiecan can vote for The Scozz. 
 
UPDATE 2:
 
A quick update on Crist vs. Rubio.  And I'll post it in the form of a question:  Who's more brilliant, these would-be robbers or Charlie Crist, George LeMieux, and Rich Heffley?  Cast your votes and let me know what you think.
 
UPDATE 3:
 
As BrianR noted in the comments, The Scozz has dropped out of the race.  I think this is going to have a huge impact on the Republican party in the next few years.  The Newt thinks this will destroy the party.  I think at some point in the future we may well look back and say that Hoffman and his supporters saved the party.  Anyway, details and updates at The Other McCain.
 
UPDATE 4:
 
There are rumblings that The Scozz may endorse the Dem over Hoffman; indeed, her husband already has.  There are also rumblings that the White House is reaching out to The Scozz.  And, in the "better late than never" category, The Newt, with no choices left, finally get around to endorsing Hoffman.  On account of it being a lazy Sunday, check Ace of Spades, Hot Air, and/or The Other McCain on my blog roll for details.
 
UPDATE 5:
 
It's official.  The Scozz has decided to endorse the Dem.  This is the person that The Newt and others wanted to win.  Better she lose and show her true colors now than win and stab us in the back later.  Details via Ace of Spades:
 
 
The Newt is apparently taking a lot of heat at his own blog.  Here's the link (stolen from Hot Air):
 
 
Love her or hate her, comes out on the credit side of this one.  The Newt?  Not so much.  Sample comment:  "Before you endorse another candidate again, ask Sarah who she is endorsing and follow her lead."
 
Michele Malkin notes that The Scozz walks out of this having used the GOP to the tune of 1mil+ in money that (most likely) Rezombiecans donated:
 
 
And, The Other McCain has live coverage (if you're into NY23, this is the place to go):
 
 
 
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Palin Endorses Hoffman

Posted by Cynewulf on Thursday, October 22, 2009 10:53:01 PM
Sarah Palin endorses Doug Hoffman from the Conservative Party Of New York over Republican candidate Dierdre Scozzafava.  Why?  Because The Scozz is to the left of the Dem that's running.  Who has the RNC supported from the get go?  Who do you think?  Keep in mind that this is a solidly Republican district and that it is a special election.  In other words, the RNC could have backed anyone and come out a winner.  By the way, who else is backing The Scozz along with the RNC?  Why, that would be Kos.  Links for those who are interested:
 
Palin's Endorsement:
 
 
Hoffman's site:
 
 
Essay by Hoffman on Malkin's site:
 
 
Interesting info from Ace on the local GOP Chair:
 
 
Excellent info on this race as well as The Scozz's odd way of avoiding answering the questions of a reporter (again, from Ace):
 
 
 UPDATE:
Since Saltwater brought it up, here's Steyn calling The Scozz "DIABLO":
 
 
UPDATE 2:
 
McCain says:
"Virginia has McDonnell representing the conservatives. If NY-23 and/or NJ go blue, then the correct lesson for the GOP to draw is:
 
You can play to your base, or progressivism, but not both. If the latter, then the base sees no difference between the GOP and the Democrat candidate, and the GOP deserves to rot." 
 
 
UPDATE 3:
 
Doc Zero from Hot Air addresses Newt's endorsement of The Scozz:
 
 
 
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Cheers!

Posted by Cynewulf on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:15:22 PM
Cheers from the lads!  They're busy brewing up another post which they hope will be up this weekend.  In the meantime, enjoy:
 
 
Cool, no?  For a little more info on how it was done, here's an interview with Jamie Rafn, the director:
 
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Exeter Lads: Table of Contents

Posted by Cynewulf on Thursday, June 04, 2009 6:56:00 PM
On the hope of writing a few Tales of the Exeter Lads this summer, I thought I would put links to the past episodes here for the one or two people who want the back story, such as it is:
 
1.  Son of Gib
 
2.  Vigil for Aquittal
 
3.  Hey, Joe
 
4.  Airport Extravaganza
 
5.  Hezzie and Izzie
 
6.  Proud Islam's Power
 
7.  Baghdad Shuffle
 
8.  The Black Watch
 
9.  Craig William Staub
 
10.  Rotten in Denmark
 
11.  I Had a Dream
 
12:  Rip Van Joe
 
 
There you have it.  Enjoy!
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Leftward Ho!

Posted by Cynewulf on Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:06:06 PM
Mark Steyn on the election and the leftward movement of American government:
 
"If you went back to the end of the 19th century and suggested to, say, William McKinley that one day Americans would find themselves choosing between a candidate promising to guarantee your mortgage and a candidate promising to give "tax cuts" to millions of people who pay no taxes he would scoff at you for concocting some patently absurd H.G. Wells dystopian fantasy. Yet it happened."
 
For the entire column, click here:
 
 
 
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Sarah Palin Tall

Posted by Cynewulf on Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:06:46 PM
The battle for 2012 has already started.  We as conservatives cannot wait a few years to join the battle; to do so is to allow the enemy to choose the battle ground and entrench themselves.  This brings me to Sarah Palin.  Whether you think she's going to end up being the best choice or not in 2012 is besides the point.  Let's take a look at a few things being said about her:
 
This was apparently said on Oct. 25th:
"These people are going to try and shred her after the campaign to divert blame from themselves," a McCain insider said, referring to McCain's chief strategist, Steve Schmidt, and to Nicolle Wallace, a former Bush aide who has taken a lead role in Palin's campaign. Palin's partisans blame Wallace, in particular, for Palin's avoiding of the media for days and then giving a high-stakes interview to CBS News' Katie Couric, the sometimes painful content of which the campaign allowed to be parceled out over a week.
 
Here's a great column from whence the previous quote originates:
"Her strategy was to be trustworthy and a team player during the convention and thereafter, but she felt completely mismanaged and mishandled and ill advised," the person said. "Recently, she's gone from relying on McCain advisers who were assigned to her to relying on her own instincts."  Palin's loyalists say she's grown particularly disenchanted with the veterans of the Bush reelection campaign, including Schmidt and Wallace, and that despite her anti-intellectual rhetoric, her closest ally among her new traveling aides is a policy adviser, former National Security Council official Steve Biegun. She's also said to be close with McCain's chief foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, who prepared her for the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate." 
Hmm.  Doesn't like the veterans of the Bush campaign.  Interesting.  More interesting is that John "I Am Not Bush" McCain has Bush people working for him.
 
Some have said that this McCain insider (Scheunemann who warned of the coming mudslinging) has been fired, but even that is up in the air:
"As a result, two senior members of the McCain campaign said on Wednesday that Mr. Scheunemann had been fired from the campaign in its final days. But Rick Davis, the McCain campaign manager, and Mr. Salter, one of Mr. McCain’s closest advisers, said Wednesday that Mr. Scheunemann had in fact not been dismissed. Mr. Scheunemann, who picked up the phone in his office at McCain campaign headquarters on Wednesday afternoon, responded that “anybody who says I was fired is either lying or delusional or a whack job.”
 
The Ace of Spades notes in regard to her "going rogue":  "She cannot be a perfect parrot for McCain -- especially since McCain's thinking itself is often muddled. Every once in a while she's going to be pitched a question, and, not having memorized McCain's inconsistent answers fully, she's going to have to (gasp) offer her own opinion."
 
There's been alot of talk lately about the prank call, but what's interesting is that this call had been scheduled for days, and it was a member of her staff who had been fooled:
"As a senior adviser in the Palin campaign tells the story, the charge is absurd. The call had been on Ms. Palin’s schedule for three days and she should not have been faulted if the McCain campaign was too clueless to notice."
 
 
Speaking of calls, this is a classic:
"Just had a tip from a max McCain donor who called their office to find out if McCain would defend Palin. He gave his name and explained he had donated the max, establishing he deserved some amount of customer service."  Read the whole thing on the link; pretty funny stuff.
 
Oh, and while we're on calls - Sarah schedules herself to appear on the Glen Beck show (McCain staffers to busy apparently):
 
 
Now, most of this is hearsay at this point, but it does show me that there's an attempt to needlessly defame Palin.  What should we do when "moderate" Republicans try to backstab conservatives?  Red State has an idea.  Now is the time to hit back.  To hobble the opposition.  Otherwise, we let these snakes in the grass slither away to bite us again another day.  If we do that, we'll only have ourselves to blame.  Check out Operation Leper:
 
By the way, here's Palin's reaction to the whole thing:
"Palin arrives in Anchorage after a long trip home from Alaska. She holds a press conference. Refuses to comment on gossip spread by unnamed sources and “small, bitter” people saying “foolish things”…on relationship with McCain: No tension. “I love him…I honor him.” Responding to a question on whether she has any “hurt feelings,” Palin laughs cheerfully. “This is politics! Of course not. It’s rough and tumble and you’ve got to have a thick skin just like I’ve got.”
 

UPDATE:
More from Scheunemann:
"Randy Scheunemann, McCain's foreign policy adviser, called the idea of a split between the two campaigns 'laughable.'  'It's hard to believe these people worked for John McCain. They obviously have no loyalty to John McCain and no loyalty to his running mate,' said Scheunemann, who prepared Palin for the vice presidential debate. 'I've worked in Washington for over 20 years. I have seen literally dozens of politicians, and Sarah Palin is as smart, tough and focused as any politician I've ever seen. I'm proud of the time I was able to spend with her,' he said."
 
 
 
UPDATE 2:
Here's the Wallace woman on conservatives:
 

"SMITH: Nicolle, let's talk about the Republicans, because McCain, he said himself a week ago, now I'm the frontrunner. This lingering Huckabee thing. Huckabee got a lot of votes in Virginia. These conservatives they're -- they're still -- they're not happy. They're not happy about this guy.

NICOLLE WALLACE: And, you know what, Republicans are beginning to say that's okay.
 

SMITH: Oh, okay.

WALLACE: The more that we see kind of the crazies like Ann Coulter out attacking John McCain, the better Republicans feel about their chances in the general election."

 
 
Update 3:
 
Nicolle Wallace is either innocent of backstabbing Palin or is doing some serious cover-up.  Either way, I think she's figured out that that's in her best interest at the moment.  Point being, no defense from Wallace until conservative bloggers started flexing their muscles.  Could be coincidence.  Anyway, check it out, watch the vid, and see what you think:
 
 
Also, Palin responds here:
 
 
UPDATE 4:
 
Interested in signing a petition to defend Sarah Palin?  Join Operation Leper:
 
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Steyn: Obama In 2-D

Posted by Cynewulf on Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:58:32 PM

Here's a nice summary of the  man Obama by Mark Steyn:
 
 
"The problem is we’re not electing a symbol, a logo, a two-dimensional image. Long before he emerged on the national stage as Barack the Hope-Giver and Bringer of Change, there was a three-dimensional Barack Obama, a real man who lives in the real world. And that’s where the problem lies."
 
 
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Piling On Palin

Posted by Cynewulf on Monday, October 20, 2008 7:33:58 PM
What's the deal with the handful of right wing pundits piling on Palin?  Why does their rhetoric seem to mimic that of the left's?  I think Steyn has his finger on it:
 
"Conservative elites live in liberal jurisdictions - and, way out back in the "conservative cocoon", it gives them the whiff of absentee landlords, who enrich themselves on the strength of various holdings in ramshackle colonies but have no desire to spend much time there."
 
To read the whole post, click here:
 
 
If you're interested in seeing the set-up post for this, you can find that here:
 
 
Update:  Tony Blankley has a great column that dovetails with this nicely:
 
 
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Is Steyn Back?

Posted by Cynewulf on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:12:38 PM
Why,  yes, he is:
 
"God Almighty, it was like reverse Viagra: After 10 minutes of Babes For Barack, I never want to meet a female woman of the opposite sex for the rest of my life."
 
http://jewishworldreview.com/1008/steyn101308.php3
 
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Rip Van Joe

Posted by Cynewulf on Saturday, October 11, 2008 12:18:22 PM
At the Exeter lads' house, Joe and Kells sit in the kitchen; almost 2 years have passed since Joe was last awake.

Joe (leafing through newspapers):  Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley.
 
Birhtwold (walking in):  Hey, it lives!
 
Kells:  Yeah, he woke up an hour ago.  He's been going through our stack of newspapers, reading the headlines.
 
Joe:  Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley, Kerry, Kerry, Foley, Foley, Foley, Foley ... Ouch!  The Republicans got hammered in that election. 
 
Birhtwold:  Ya think?
 
Kells:  Here, skip a bit...
 
Joe:  Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin ... I don't know who he is, but they sure don't like him.
 
Kells:  Her.
 
Joe:  Her?  There's a woman in the race and it's not Hillary?  Amazing!  Let's see, where'd I leave off at?  Ah!  Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Obama Wins Debate, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Biden Wins Debate, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin,Obama Wins Debate, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, Palin, and that's me up to date.  So, who really won the debates?
 
Birhtwold:  Palin beat Biden; the others were a draw.
 
Joe:  Palin beat Biden?  Crazy.  What's the Dem prez candidate debating the Republican vp candidate for anyway?
 
Birhtwold:  Um, Biden is the Dem vp candidate.
 
Joe:  What?!
 
Kells:  Yeah, Obama is the Dem prez candidate.
 
Joe:  Owho? 
 
Birhtwold:  Heh, exactly.
 
Joe:  Well, how'd he get there?  What's his claim to fame?
 
Kells:  2004 Dem convention speech.
 
Birhtwold:  Yeah, apparently while Kerry was reporting for duty, Dems were tagging Obama as the next President.
 
Joe:  Seriously?
 
Kells:  Afraid so.
 
Joe:  So, what are you guys doing?  Holding your nose and voting for McCain?
 
Birhtwold:  He!! no!  I'm voting for Barr or Baldwin.  I'd prefer Baldwin, but Barr will do if Baldwin's not on the ticket. 
 
Joe:  But isn't a vote for Barr a vote for Obama?
 
Birhtwold:  Scurrilous lie!  A vote for Barr is a vote for Barr.  Obama could just as easily claim that a vote for Barr is a vote for McCain.
 
Kells:  No he couldn't.
 
Birhtwold:  Sounds crazy, right?  Same thing as saying a vote for Barr is a vote for Obama.
 
Kells:  No it's not.  Look:  If a lefty finds Obama to be too left for some reason, he'll vote for McCain, who's to the left of Barr, but to the right of Obama.  If for some strange reason Obama wasn't far enough left for someone, they would have to go third part, but it wouldn't be for Barr.  It'd be for Calero, Moore, LaRiva, Nader, or McKinney.  On the other hand, if a  conservative found McCain too far to the right (as much an impossibility as there can be), he'd vote for Obama.  If he finds McCain too far to the left, he'd vote for Barr or Baldwin.  So, as you can see, Obama won't lose votes to Barr.  He'd lose them to Nader et al.  You're safer sticking with a vote for Barr is a vote for Barr, which is factually true.
 
Birhtwold:  Yeah, well...
 
Joe:  So, Kells, who are you voting for?  McCain?
 
Kells:  No, I'm voting for Palin.
 
Birhtwold:  Now a vote for Palin IS a vote for McCain. 
 
Kells:  No, a vote for Palin is a vote for Palin.
 
Joe:  Who's on first?
 
Birhtwold:  As you might have noticed, she's not at the top of the ticket.  If they somehow win the election, she'll disappear to VP Land, never to be heard from until the next election.
 
Kells:  Eh, I don't think so.  Look, everyone keeps saying that VP's don't win elections.  And that has been true until now.  I mean, McCain still has to seal the deal, but without Palin, he's not even in the race.  Name another election where that's been the case.  Name another Prez candidate in history that has to have his VP travel with him to get a crowd.  It's like a cartoon:  McCain pulls Palin from out behind a curtain, a crowd appears and goes wild.  He sticks her back behind the curtain, crickets chirp.  He'll find it hard to shuttle her off to VP Land. 
 
Birhtwold:  I'm just going by historical precedent.
 
Kells:  Well, sure, "those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it," but those that are slaves to the past will miss any new precedent setting event.  There is a balance that must be struck.
 
Birhtwold:  Well, it seems to me that you won't know what a precedent setting event is until it's already happened, at which point it is in the past.
 
Kells:  That's a point of view, sure.
 
Birhtwold:  Aye, we'll just have to disagree on this.
 
Kells:  That's the cool thing.  I can respect the rinos that vote for McCain, as he's their man; I can respect the conservatives that hold their nose and vote for McCain out of hope for decent Supreme Court picks and out of hope that the Dems won't control both congress and the White House; I can respect the conservatives that vote for Palin in hopes of seeing her gain enough experience to put a run at the White House together in the future; I can respect the conservatives that will vote for Barr or Baldwin out of principle (though it seems to me that the others vote out of principle as well, just different principles); I can respect leftists who will vote for Obama, as he's their man; but what I cannot respect are those that call themselves conservatives/moderates/independents and will vote for Obama.  Indeed, anyone who labels themselves as such and votes for Obama is a poser.
 
Birhtwold:  Well, on that we can agree on.
 
Kells:  So, Joe, what about you?
 
Joe:  Oh, I'll probably vote for McCain.
 
Kells (laughs):  Say it ain't so, Joe!
 
Joe:  Well, he sounds like he most represents me out of the bunch, but I have some catching up to do before I decide.
 
Birhtwold:  Fair enough.
 
Joe:  Where's Skald, by the way?
 
Kells (laughs):  Watching Links.  We take shifts.
 
Birhtwold:  It's become nigh unbearable.
 
The three make their way to Links' room.
 
Joe:  Why's he all dressed in green with an O'Bama shirt on?
 
Kells:  New Obama campaign tactic to pick up more  white voters.
 
Joe:  Ah.
 
Birhtwold:  Watch this:  Palin!
 
Links:  Witch hunter!  Witch hunter!
 
Kells:  She'll be next in line for President!
 
Links (foams at the mouth, spittle flying):  Back in the kitchen where you belong!  BACK IN THE KITCHEN!
 
Joe:  Wow, talk about unhinged.
 
Kells:  It's been like this for a while now.  But now we can add you to the schedule.
 
Joe:  Great.  Looking forward to it.
 
Skald:  These are the times that try men's souls.
 
Birhtwold:  Amen!
 
The doorbell rings and Birhtwold, Joe, and Kells go to answer the door.  They open the door and Hassan is standing there, wearing a Che-style Obama shirt with the word "hope" at the bottom.
 
Joe:  Hey, Hassan, what's up?
 
Hassan:  Collecting funds for the Obama campaign.  Care to help us change the world and make a donation?
 
Kells:  I think we'll pass on that today.  Good seeing you though.  How's...
 
Links rushes in, slides under Joe, Kells, and Birhtwold, and thrusts an envelope into Hassan's waiting hands.
 
Hassan:  Thank you!  May Obama shine upon you!
 
Kells (trying to look at the envelope):  Is that a postmark from Iran?
 
Hassan:  Sorry, have to go.  Thirty-four more houses to go to.  Salaam.
 
The door closes and everyone makes their way back to the kitchen, voices fading as they go.
 
Joe:  I don't know if this can get any stranger.
 
Birhtwold:  Skald, get the lefty leprechaun back to his room.
 
Kells:  Can't we just skip to the 2012 election?
 
Birhtwold:  Heh, my turn to do the Rip Van Winkle.  Wake me up in four.
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The Tampa Bay Rays

Posted by Cynewulf on Friday, October 03, 2008 1:18:45 AM
Gotta like it when you find a Reagan reference in a sports column:
 
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A Cold Civil War?

Posted by Cynewulf on Friday, January 11, 2008 7:50:06 PM
A cold civil war.  Thus ponders Mark Steyn:  The "Cold Civil War" in the US.

"Well, it takes two to have a cold civil war. The right must be doing some of this stuff, too, surely? Up to a point. But for the most part they either go along, or secede from the system — they home-school, turn to talk radio and the Internet, read Christian publishers' books that shift millions of copies without ever showing up on a New York Times bestsellers list."

As I've said before, it's too bad Townhall won't carry Steyn's columns.  I would love to see the comments on them.  Anyway, no reason why we can't do that here.  Read Steyn's column and post a comment. 
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Mary Katey Hays

Posted by Cynewulf on Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:34:58 PM
Ok, those of you still reading out there, check out this nice column by the Tampa Tribune's Steve Otto:

Our Woman In Iraq Wins One For Us


"Did I mention that while Hays was at the academy she converted to Judaism? So here was this young Jewish woman, often working alone with the Iraqi army, meandering in a volatile province.  'Well, as you can imagine we didn't talk religion,' she said."

First of all, congrats to Mary on her Bronze Star.  And second, thank you Steve Otto, for writing about it; I wish more columns like this were out there. 

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Steyn Mart

Posted by Cynewulf on Friday, July 27, 2007 12:33:32 PM
Get your Steyn here!

A Lame Joke Becomes Reality - 6/11/07

"Talk about 'a fast track to citizenship'! Never mind probationary visas, Z-visas and Green Cards, in the eyes of the Democrat steering "comprehensive immigration reform" through Congress these guys are already 'undocumented Americans.'"


The Incessant Action Hero - 6/18/07

"At one level, Bloomberg and Schwarzenegger have a point. Why wait for national or international action when a mayor or governor can just get on with it? But the assumptions underpinning Time's paean to the new action heroes all operate in one direction — in increased government regulation and restraint on individual judgment."  Check out the second to last paragraph.


We've Replaced Rushdie In Hiding - 6/25/07

"And, for a guy dismissed by most of us as crazy, Khomeini made a lot of sense. The Rushdie fatwa established the ground rules: The side that means it gets away with it. Mobs marched through Britain calling for the murder of a British subject — and, as a matter of policy on the grounds of multicultural sensitivity, the British police shrugged and looked the other way."


Impudent Citizens Got Sen. Lotthorn's Goat - 7/2/07

"But what an awesome monument to the senator's reign it would be: Hadrian's Wall, the Great Wall of China, the Great Electrified Goat Fence of the Rio Grande."


The Jobs Britons Won't Do - 7/9/07

"When the president talks about needing immigrants to do 'the jobs Americans won't do,' most of us assume he means seasonal fruit pickers and the maid who turns down your hotel bed and leaves the little chocolate on it. But in the United Kingdom the jobs Britons won't do has somehow come to encompass the medical profession."  Great column on immigration and health care.


Look Who's Holding Hostages Again - 7/23/07

"How do you feel about the American hostages in Iran?  No, not the guys back in the Seventies, the ones being held right now.  What? You haven't heard about them?"  Read it and weep.
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