Month: September 2012

Apparently the youngest won’t go to sleep…

…so while I’m on ‘chase him back into bed’ watch I’d appreciate it if people could give a look-over of this Homesick Texan Carnitas recipe that I found online and offer up any suggestions on how the recipe could be improved.  I’ve already tried one batch and it came out fine, but it never hurts to get more input.

#rsrh If you follow me (@moelane) on Twitter then you know…

…that I spent the time period from 7 to 8 being heavily impressed with Univision’s coverage of Operation Fast & Furious, despite the fact that I don’t speak Spanish and I was counting on people doing running translations for me.  I will have to sit down and watch the whole thing again once it’s subtitled, but this is my first takeaway: Univision made a compelling case that the US government is stonewalling any kind of meaningful investigation into what the hell happened, and it did so all the more powerfully by not taking a partisan political side.

But I will. I am with Paul Ryan on this:  FIRE ERIC HOLDER.  NOW.  And note that we’ve all been saying this for over a year at this point.

#rsrh In which I fix Obama for America’s Commie agitprop poster for it.

Like Weasel Zippers, I can see how the “Forward” poster that OfA is flogging is pretty danged Commie all on its own; but the weak-sister bourgeois-sentimental crypto-Marxists over at Team Magic Beautiful Space Unicorn really didn’t make their poster pop.  So, I gave it a shot.

…Shocking how little I had to change it from the original, huh?

Washington Post recounts assassination of Ambassador Stevens.

You know, you read this Washington Post article on the assassination of Ambassador Stevens, and you keep telling yourself This movie is completely unbelievable.

On the eve of his death, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens was ebullient as he returned for the first time in his new role to Benghazi, the eastern Libyan city that embraced him as a savior during last year’s civil war. He moved around the coastal town in an armored vehicle and held a marathon of meetings, his handful of bodyguards trailing discreetly behind.

Sure, that’s a great image for the cameras – some good distance and local shots for the film; quick shorthand for ‘this guy is important and influential’ for folks in the streets – but there’s no way that a real-life administration would just let one of its Ambassadors surrender so much control over his security. It’s just easier to defend a static area, and bring people to the meetings whenever possible. They’ll understand: real life ain’t Hollywood. Continue reading Washington Post recounts assassination of Ambassador Stevens.

…and that was just as well, because the Internet conked out anyway.

And oh, my, but the reaction of a toddler who has just been deprived of his Blue’s Clues Roku fix is a wonder to behold.  I’ve seen meth addicts… actually, no, now that I think of it I don’t think I have ever knowingly seen a meth addict, and I’m probably much happier for missing that particular adventure.  At any rate, that stuff must be made out of crack, or something.

#rsrh Romney, Obama drawing about the same crowds in Ohio. Not that we’re being *told* that.

So, consider these two stories:

  • Barack Obama, Bowling Green, 09/26/2012: “President Barack Obama urged more than 5,000 students and supporters at the Stroh Center Wednesday afternoon to register to vote and cast their ballots early as part of his tour of Ohio campuses weeks before election day.” (The BG News, “Obama speaks to crowd of more than 5,000 at Stroh Center”)
  • Mitt Romney, Toledo, OH, 09/26/2012: “Lucas County Republican Party Chairman Jon Stainbrook estimated the crowd in the downtown convention center at just more than 4,000.” (The Toledo Blade, “Romney backers fill SeaGate Centre”)

Sounds like both candidates are out there, drawing reasonable crowds, filling their spaces: I think we can all agree that Barack is a run or two up – but that the two of them were in the same ballpark on Wednesday, right? Continue reading #rsrh Romney, Obama drawing about the same crowds in Ohio. Not that we’re being *told* that.

#rsrh I… would heartily recommend that conservatives avoid news careers.

I saw this Washington Post article (via Hot Air), and I, well, winced.  To be fair, I believe that the author of that article is sincere when he says that the Washington Post should hire more conservatives for its news sections; but I do not believe that the author has really considered precisely how nasty and short a career those conservatives will have, once they start becoming effective.  The brutal truth of the matter is that conservatives have noted, time and again, that attempts to break into the bastion of liberal thought that is the newspaper business goes as follows:

  • A liberal Media organization announces fairly well-known up-and-coming conservative pundit/writer to work for them.
  • The Left goes through the pundit/writer’s backlog to find something that can be used to discredit him or her.
  • The Left full-court presses their “revelations” until something sticks.
  • The liberal Media organization caves, fires the pundit/writer.
  • The Left pats itself on the back.

Continue reading #rsrh I… would heartily recommend that conservatives avoid news careers.