The Conservative Revolution

The definitive piece on the case for the Iraq War by Norman Podhoretz in Commentary Magazine.

I submit this to my anti-war friends so that they might repudiate the arguments Podhoretz makes. I have been making the same arguments for over two years now.

A piece in the Wall Street Journal on one of my favorite conservative thinkers: Bill Buckley.

Texas is up 49-0 on Kansas in the second quarter. Vince has 4 touchdown passes today. There is no one more deserving of the Heisman trophy than Vince Young.

Alabama got ROLLED by LSU. Guess that ends their already weak argument that they belong in Pasadena come January.

The Soldier

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

By Charles M. Province

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I will be delivering copies of my anti-anti-war rally to soldiers tomorrow night.

I recently made some claims that many of the organizers of the anti-war rallies were really revolutionary communists and totalitarians. I was challenged by Christina to provide sources. I did so, but she was not satisfied.

Well, here is a report from inside the most recent rally in San Francisco. If this doesn’t prove my point to you lefties who are in denial about this, nothing will. Upon this report, I rest my case.

Recently, members of Congress began talking about a “windfall profits” tax on “Big Oil.” Due to pressure from consumers, these legislators are beginning to point the finger in the direction of oil companies, claiming that the companies are gouging consumers in the wake of the hurricanes. I cannot comment on the motivations of oil CEO’s, since I do not have access to their meetings. But I can comment on the idea that “excess” profits should be taxed and redistributed to consumers.

This redistribution of wealth scheme is anti-free market, anti-growth and even anti-American. Profits are rewards for sound business judgement in the free market. Pursuing profit is what drives individuals and corporations to competition, innovation and lowering their prices. Installing burdensome taxes, regulations or price controls have the opposite effect. We should not be in the business of punishing success, by taxing profits. Rather, we should be lessening the regulations on both “Big Oil” and on small businesses who are competing to provide the best product at the lowest price. Ultimately it is the consumer who benefits the most.

I guess all those people who tried to say V-Tech was in the same league as USC and Texas were wrong after all. Hate to say “I told you so” but..

Marcus Vick is nowhere close to being on the same level as Vince Young or Reggie Bush.

Texas Thumps Baylor, and watches the Virginia Tech game tonight. GO CANES!!

Here is the story.

Marauding youths torched nearly 900 vehicles, stoned paramedics and burned a nursery school in a ninth night of violence that spread from Paris suburbs to towns around France.

Youths in the eastern Paris suburb of Meaux prevented paramedics from evacuating a sick person from a housing project, pelting rescuers with rocks and torching the awaiting ambulance.

There is no excuse for these barbarous acts. Reminds me of the looting in New Orleans. The lefties are trying to blame unemployment and poverty, but I am starting to notice a propensity for violence in certain religions.

The story is here.

An excerpt: Chavez was joined by Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, who carried the flag of communist Cuba and wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a picture of Bush under the words, “War Criminal.”

These South American communists are almost as violent and crazy as their North American brethren. As my video shows, the totalitarian left is anything but peaceful.

Another excerpt: Many in the region feel Washington meddled too much in the past in economics and politics, then ignored the region to focus on the war on terrorism.

Um, how about you left-wingers make up your mind!! Do you want us to meddle or not? Should we provide foreign aid to your coup-prone governments or allow you to stagnate in poverty and failed socialist policies?