As many of you are already aware, something that you’ll never have to worry about is my band ever falling victim to liberalism the way so many other bands seem to do. Saturday, I was reading aloud to the band the book ‘Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies’. Did you know that the phrase ‘Separation of Church and State’ doesn’t show up anywhere in the Constitution or Declaration of Independence? I didn’t. Anyway, we had a good laugh reading it and later that night the singer forwarded to me a list of ’18 Ways To Be A Good Liberal’. Melba and I got a big kick out of reading it so I thought I would post it here for all enjoy and/or despise.
1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.
2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.
3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens are more of a threat than Nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Iran or Chinese and North Korean communists.
Glad to know my book is stimulating this type of thought.
It was our pleasure to welcome back Bill Ardolino of INDC Journal to Pundit Review Radio. Bill recently returned from a month in Iraq as an embedded citizen journalist.
His blog and columns for the Washington Examiner have been tremendous. Tonight we talked about his experience and took several terrific calls from WRKO listeners.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
It was great to welcome Matt Burden from Blackfive and the great book Blog of War back to Pundit Review Radio for another edition of Someone You Should Know
Tonight Matt told us about Petty Officer Third Class Dustin ‘Doc’ Kirby.
Matt recently spoke with Doc Kirby and he also gathered material from the fantastic milblog Op-For, and the New York Times.
What is Pundit Review Radio?
Pundit Review Radio is where the old media meets the new. Each week Kevin and Gregg give voice to the work of the most influential leaders in the new media/citizen journalist revolution. Hailed as “Groundbreaking” by Talkers Magazine, this unique show brings the best of the blogs to your radio every Sunday evening from 7-10 pm EST on AM680 WRKO, Boston’s Talk Station.
GOPUSA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude! podcast show features an interview with Gregg Jackson. Jackson is the author of the best-selling book, Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies and hosts a radio show on AM680 WRKO, Bostonâ??s Talk Leader. In addition, he is also the Co-editor of PunditReview.com.
Being a MA resident, Jackson joined us to discuss his recent articles on Mitt Romney, who he calls a â??Republican John Kerry.â?Â
To listen to the interview, click here.
Another politician is silencing a climatologist for daring to question global warming. We’ve seen this story before, in Virginia and Oregon. Now it’s Delaware’s turn. The message being delivered by these politicians is quite clear, DO NOT QUESTION GLOBAL WARMING OR YOU WILL BE PUNISHED.
I’ll say it again, global warming is not about science, it’s a political movement.
State distances itself from climatologist
Gov. Minner directs Legates not to use his title when speaking on climate change
WILMINGTON, Del. �?? Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has directed Delaware’s state climatologist to stop using his title in public statements on climate change, citing a clash of views on global warming and confusion over the position’s ties to the administration.
Minner, who made the directive in a letter, described the move as a way to “clarify” the role of David R. Legates, a prominent skeptic of views that human activities are warming the planet and triggering climate shifts.
The articles continues to say that while the Governor believes that the climatoligist has “provided valuable advice to the state on weather issues” AND “she also acknowledged that the scientist had not claimed to represent the state government’s position on the need to control pollutants linked to global warming.”
So what’s the problem? The guy has done a good job, has not abused his position. His only sin apparently is to question global warming, which in the past twelve months has morphed from the conventional wisdom to fanatical cult.
It’s not like the guy is a Holocaust denier or anything! Oh, never mind. As the deplorable Ellen Goodman of the Boston Globe recently explained,
Let�??s just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers, though one denies the past and the other denies the present and future.
If you want to find the glass half full, at least liberals have found a cause they are willing to fight for. Now, if we could only convince them that radical Islamists have something to do with global warming!
To hear from more Holocaust deniers, sorry, global warming skeptics, check out this book review from last Sunday’s New York Times.
The Problems in Modeling Nature, With Its Unruly Natural Tendencies
Finally, don’t miss our interview with Richard Lindzen, Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
Tough choice on who to believe, I know. Ellen Goodman, a liberal blowhard elitist snob or Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT.
Wonder no more. At Michael Barone’s blog, he links to a valuable article that summarizes nearly every significant book written on any aspect of the Iraq War. What a resource.
Middle East Quarterly
Iraq in Books: Review Essay
by Michael Rubin
Spring 2007There have been three waves of Iraq-related publishing: First came the embed accounts that described the military campaign; second were examinations of prewar planning and, third, studies of the occupation. Quantity does not equal quality, though, nor does popularity correlate to accuracy. Many of the most popular books have been deeply flawed. Many authors use their Iraq narrative to promote other agendas, be they related to U.S. domestic politics, U.N. empowerment, or independence for Kurdistan. Other authors have substituted theory for fact or tried to propel their experience into the center of the Iraq policy debate. While time has already relegated much Iraq-related writing to the secondhand shelf or dustbin, several authors have produced works that will make lasting contributions, be they to future generations of war and post-conflict reconstruction planners, or scholars looking more deeply into the fabric of Iraq.
Michael Rubin is editor of the Middle East Quarterly and a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Of his twenty-two months in Iraq, nine were spent as a governance advisor in the Coalition Provisional Authority.
One of the books reviewed is The Blog of War: Frontline Dispatches from Military Bloggers in Iraq and Afghanistan by Matthew Burden, proprietor of Blackfive.
If you are looking for books about Iraq, this article is a tremendous resource. I recommend starting with Blog of War and going from there. Hear directly from the soldiers on the front lines and the families they leave behind.
When we interviewed Mr. Barone I asked him about blogs and what he said was pure joy,
If I miss a day’s Washington Post I don’t find myself too far behind but if I miss a day’s Instapundit, well, I could really miss out on something important. And if I miss Maureen Dowd, well, the fact of the matter is I miss Maureen Dowd every week of the year. I read her about ten years ago and I don’t see any need to read her again.
You can listen to the interview here.
A Korean and Vietnam War Hero, who was a POW in Vietnam for more than 2000 days. Mr. Johnston, the floor is yours,
HT: Powerline.