Soccer Dad

Submitted 05/07/09

This week's Watcher's Council nominations are up:

As yet another example of demonizing the speech of your opponent as "dangerous" ... - About 15 years ago, Yale University refused an alumni donation that was to be devoted to strengthening its Western Civilization offerings. The Colossus of Rhodey writes that, in academia, Western Civilization is still a bad word.

From President to King While the Media Yawns - The Provocateur observes the various ways the President has expanded the power of government while the vaunted "fourth estate" have been transmorgified into one big "Welcome" mat.

Predators and Prey - Bookworm Room considers how animals in the wild survive - by being strong or being cute - and applies that lesson to how the United States needs to act in order to survive.

Can The GOP Get It;s Groove Back? - Joshuapundit wonders what Republicans can do to get back into power. He seems somewhat unconvinced that they understand what's necessary. A couple of items yesterday, suggest that they are getting their act together.

More Dangerous Than Al-Qaeda: Liberals and Sharia - Right Truth fears that the administration is too accepting of Islamic influence.

Yet More Green Hypocrisy - The Razor takes on the Edge in the matter of environmentalism. I just love this line:
I'm considered to belong to a group that would drop-kick the Lorax into a chipper-shredder.

A Hero Of My Youth Passes - Rhymes With Right recalls a meeting with a political hero, Jack Kemp, and a lesson that he learned.

Never Let a Good Crisis Go To Waste - The Glittering Eye observes how politicians the world over are using the H1N1 flu for all sorts of political purposes even though "... the likelihood of being struck by lightning is higher than that of contracting swine flu."

UC Santa Barbara Professor Spams Class With Graphic "Jews Are Nazis" Email - Mere Rhetoric writes about a professor who promotes a libel and fully expects the professor's outrage to be ignored.

Waiting For The Iranian Shoe To Drop - Wolf Howling carefully and comprehensively lays out the Iranian threat - not just how it threatens the Middle East, but why it does too. It's a great post, especially because he refers to The iranian priority, my entry this week, which focuses on the administration's effort to make the Iranian threat an Israeli issue rather than a American (or international) one.
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My non-council submission this week is Of Swine, Birds and Humans at Vinny's Rants, an excellent primer on the nature of H1N1 flu - how it spreads and how it attacks the body.

Read. Enjoy. Be informed.

Posted by SoccerDad at May 7, 2009 6:14 AM