The Tennessean Picks Volunteers Over Bruins
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Niels Bohr — the famous Danish physicist — observed: “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future.”
… Which is why WOC loves predictions — the bolder the better. But, of course, a prediction is only as good as its accuracy.
Surprise, surprise. Bryan Mullen — a staff writer for The Tennessean — has picked the Tennessee Volunteers to beat the UCLA Bruins. The Vols and Bruins play Monday night at the Rose Bowl. Mullen writes:
pH Reading — Sunday, August 31, 2008
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Who is Prepared to be President? Nobody
RealClearPolitics · Richard Reeves
Is Barack Obama prepared to be president? No. Neither is John McCain. I have written about 12 pounds of books on the presidency over the past 22 years, three long studies that focused on the day-to-day work of John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. This is the most important thing I learned in doing that, a paragraph at the end of the introduction to “President Kennedy: Profile of Power”: “John F. Kennedy was one of only 42 men who truly knew what it is like to be president. He was not prepared for it, but I doubt that anyone ever was or ever will be. The job is sui generis. The presidency is an act of faith.”…
Patrick Henry on Liberty
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“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
–Patrick Henry
Pericles on Poverty
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“A confession of poverty is disgrace to no man; no effort to avoid it is disgrace indeed.”
–Pericles
The Daily Brief — Saturday, August 30, 2008
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Biography: Who Is Sarah Palin?
NBC11.com
Born in Sandpoint, Idaho, Sarah Palin and her family moved to Alaska when she was an infant. She was elected Alaska’s 11th governor in 2006, making her the first female governor and the youngest governor in the state’s history. Palin earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Idaho, where she minored in politics. She moved back to her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, where she became a two-term mayor from 1992-96… more»
Style Over Substance: Obama Delivers Coronation Peroration, Clarifies Platform
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Barack Obama’s convention speech before 84,000 screaming partisans was high theater. Just getting that many Democrats to cheer in unison is an accomplishment. (Woodstock was the last time this many cheering liberals gathered in one place.) But getting them there without readily accessible pot? Now that’s truly a feat!
Of course, Senator Obama’s speech was more spectacle than substance…
The Daily Brief — Friday, August 29, 2008
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Oprah on Obama: ‘I cried my eyelashes off’
Associated Press
Oprah Winfrey is leaving Denver with the candidate she wanted, but reportedly without her eyelashes. The talk-show host said she was moved to tears by Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. And those must’ve been some serious tears. “I cried my eyelashes off,” she said in the bowels of Invesco Field, moments after Obama accepted the nomination for president before an estimated 84,000 people… more»
John Adams on Government
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“We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”
–John Adams
The Daily Brief — Thursday, August 28, 2008
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Economy rebounds at better-than-expected pace in the spring, mostly spurred by exports
Associated Press · Jeannine Aversa
The economy shifted to a higher gear in the spring, growing at its fastest pace in nearly a year as foreign buyers snapped up U.S. exports and tax rebates spurred shoppers at home. The Commerce Department reported Thursday that gross domestic product, or GDP, increased at a 3.3 percent annual rate in the April-June quarter. The revised reading was much better than the government’s initial estimate of a 1.9 percent pace and exceeded economists’ expectations for a 2.7 percent growth rate… more»
It’s the economy, stupid? –PH
Chris Matthews Chides Keith Olbermann During Democratic Convention
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Keith Olbermann may be wearing out his welcome at MSNBC. Here’s video of a testy exchange between Olbermann and Chris Matthews during the Democratic Convention:
The Daily Brief — Monday, August 25, 2008
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Obama’s choice: Good government, bad politics
Chicago Tribune Editorial Board
We’re perplexed, though, by how little Biden brings to Obama politically beyond his 36 years of Washington cred. And we’re struck by how much more inviting a target Biden is than, say, Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh—ex-governor, more centrist, sits on Intelligence and Armed Services Committees—or other potential running mates Obama rejected. It’s difficult to see how Biden attracts many voters who aren’t already for Obama. The rankings that assign Obama the Senate’s most liberal voting record list Biden in third place. He represents Delaware, a vividly blue state Obama couldn’t lose if he tried… more»
Hilarious Scene From “Transformers”
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Great scene from Transformers (2007), a surprisingly entertaining movie:
Ronald Reagan on Government
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“Government is like a baby: an alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.”
–Ronald Reagan
John F. Kennedy on Liberty
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“We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
“This much we pledge—and more.”
–John F. Kennedy (Inaugural Address)
Calvin Coolidge on Honor
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“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
–Calvin Coolidge
The Daily Brief — Monday, August 11, 2008
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In today’s Daily Brief… Al Franken draws a crowd… of one! And the mainstream media finally covers the Edwards’ affair–better late than never.
THE GOOD…
Why Are We Whispering?
Washington Post · Andrew Klavan
At a recent writers conference in Southern California, one of my colleagues on a screenwriters panel told the crowd of about 50 people that she hoped Barack Obama would win the presidency. A number of people applauded. When it was my turn to speak, I politely said that I disagreed with her politics and moved on to other topics. There was no applause for me, but several writers approached me afterward. Each dropped his voice to a whisper and, looking around to make sure no one would overhear, said, “Thank you for saying that.” Which raises a question for all conservatives in the arts: Why are we whispering?… more»
Winston Churchill on Capitalism vs. Socialism
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“The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.”
–Winston Churchill
The Daily Brief — Sunday, August 10, 2008
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Ronald Reagan - A Time for Choosing
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Fantastic video of Ronald Reagan’s famous “A Time for Choosing” speech delivered October 27, 1964:
John Edwards On Infidelity
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In December 2007, Katie Couric questioned John Edwards about infidelity:
Merriam-Webster’s definition of hypocrisy:
Main Entry:
hy·poc·ri·sy
Pronunciation:
\hi-ˈpä-krə-sē also hī-\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural hy·poc·ri·sies
Etymology:
Middle English ypocrisie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin hypocrisis, from Greek hypokrisis act of playing a part on the stage, hypocrisy, from hypokrinesthai to answer, act on the stage, from hypo- + krinein to decide — more at certain
Date:
13th century
1: a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; especially : the false assumption of an appearance of virtue or religion
2: an act or instance of hypocrisy
