http://www.ron-james.com/blog Everyone's entitled to my opinion Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:10:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 I'm worried about Maureen Dowd (Modo). How will she employ the only talent she has -a gift for bitchy derision- during an Obama administration that allows only worshipful piety. It was the election of FDR that led the greatest mocker of all, H.L. Mencken, to retire from writing ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1251 Since Hillary conceded defeat in the primaries, her reputation as a serious maven on everything has been established as proved-to-the-hilt fact. Somehow we forgot that there was little evidence that Hillary was involved in any serious decisions during her husband's administration and that the things she did do were disasters, ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1249 Mark Steyn on OOBama: Before we close the book on this election season, let me quote one of the most dispiriting asides on the subject. Daniel Craig, the star of the new James Bond movie The Audacity Of Solace – no, wait, A Quantum Of Hope - was being interviewed by ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1248 Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Lee Siegel thinks about Obama and Lincoln. It's a very interesting article and I was struck by the following: ... there's something puzzling about [Obama's] obsession with a president whose tenure was entirely taken up with conducting the bloodiest war the modern world had seen, ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1247 Krauthammer does a masterful job analyzing the Democrats' urge to "save" the "big three" auto makers: ..Now clarity is emerging. The fault line is the auto industry bailout. The Democrats are pushing hard for it. The White House is resisting. Underlying the policy differences is a philosophical divide. The Bush administration sees ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1246 Amidst all of the trashing of Sarah Palin, it is interesting to compare her story to that of wunderkind Jewish genius Rahm Emanuel. Here's Chicago Tribune columnist John Kass on Emanuel: ...Washington media types talk about [Emanuel] as a Clinton guy, but Emanuel is really a Chicago City Hall guy. ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1245 A few sensible Brits are warning us of what we have to look forward to. Peter Hitchens, Christopher's brother, gives us a preview: ...The swooning frenzy over the choice of Barack Obama as President of the United States must be one of the most absurd waves of self-deception and swirling fantasy ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1244 Whom or what is Frank Rich talking about?: For eight years, we’ve been told by those in power that we are small, bigoted and stupid — easily divided and easily frightened. This was the toxic catechism of Bush-Rove politics. It was the soiled banner picked up by the sad McCain campaign, ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1243 Here's some good news to go with the dropping gas prices and the possible demise of the New York Times. The universities - a major source of left-wing hate-America indoctrination- may go down as well. From a New York Times news story: ...Tough economic times have come to public and private ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1242 The people most likely to regret the election of (and their support for) Barry, I have said, will be the bitchy, wise guy lefty journalists like Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich along with the "late night" comedians like Letterman. Modo's first post-election column, instead of containing the usual heaping doses ... http://www.ron-james.com/blog/index.php?p=1241