Thursday, November 17, 2011

The Optimistic Pessimist

The usually dour and despondent Conrad Black makes a cheerful prediction.

"As long as there is an alternative that can speak and tie up its shoelaces in the morning, I do not believe that this administration can be reelected. It is so unrelievedly incompetent that its fecklessness is more a matter of sadness and embarrassment than of the rage that engulfed George W. Bush. This, I surmise, is why the liberal establishment, the Times editorial writers and columnists, the Hollywood groupies, the rich fundraisers, don’t detect that the ship is sinking, and still squeal with delight as the Republican challengers fail to generate more than tentative or reluctant enthusiasm. But they are reading the wrong dials; there will be a Republican nominee. The country will not reelect this mockery of an administration, and whoever the Republican is will be elected and inaugurated, even if he has operated an open-air dog kennel on the wings of an airborne aircraft while groping relays of stewardesses."

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/283244/hope-gop-conrad-black?pg=1

Saturday, November 12, 2011

The War On Tchochkes

Mark Steyn manages to mine entertainment and hilarity from a subject as dull and dreary as the Congressional "Super" Committee on deficit reduction.

http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/282998/deficit-reduction-fever-mark-steyn?pg=1