National Review’s Dinesh D’Souza says that what he calls Barack Obama’s “rage” is the product of a Kenyan anti-colonialist worldview inherited from his father. Sounds like the transferred guilt of someone whose rage stems from an Indian anti-colonialist worldview inherited from his father.
What’s Good for the Gander Monday, Sep 20 2010
Sports 6:36 pm
A female sports reporter was harassed by naked and semi-naked athletes like Darrelle Revis in the New York Jets locker room. Still waiting to hear from the male sports reporter who claims he was harassed by naked and semi-naked athletes like Maria Sharapova in a Women’s Tennis Association locker room.
Homer’s Cousin Alan Monday, Sep 20 2010
Politics Alan Simpson 6:36 pm
Mulling over Alan Simpson’s diatribe about old women and veterans feeding off the government “tit” — and waiting for the former Wyoming senator to come out in favor of eliminating pensions we pay ex-senators still on the government “tit.”
Sports Quote of the Week Monday, Sep 20 2010
Sports quotations 6:35 pm
“I don’t expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation. I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.”
Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney (1964)
What Did Hegel Know? Wednesday, Sep 15 2010
History Afghanistan, Hegel 11:01 am
From the Washington Post, 9/10/10 : “After nearly nine years of nation-building in Afghanistan, experts said, the U. S. faces mounting evidence that it has helped assemble one of the most corrupt governments in the world.”
Speaking of advice that presidents fail to heed, consider: Britain failed to win a war in Afghanistan, then the Russians repeated that mistake. Hegel advised that history repeated once is tragedy, twice a farce. But what did Hegel know? He hadn’t read General Petraeus’ book on counter-insurgency.
Sports Quote of the Week Wednesday, Sep 15 2010
Sports football, Joe Paterno, quotations 11:00 am
“If I ever need a brain transplant, I want one from a sportswriter, because I’ll know it’s never been used.”
— Joe Paterno
The Wayward Lemming 