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Thank God--Jesse Jackson Has Made It To Wisconsin

Finally, some racial diversity.

Obama and Egypt

Clearly there's a whole lot more to play out in the Egypt story, and clearly the Obama Administration was caught flat-footed by the entire uprising.  That said, I've been largely satisfied with their handling of things, once they found their way, and I've also been largely impressed with the adults of the Republican Party who've coalesced around the theme of "he did about as well as can be expected."  Brit intellect Niall Ferguson's recently been out and about putting the screws to Mr. Obama over his handling of the situation, and I watched a bit of it via  YouTube the other night.  I came away from it with a tad less respect for Mr. Ferguson's intellect (which to that point had been high, very high).  This morning, I espied this piece from The Atlantic and found it pretty close to the way I felt about Mr. Ferguson's opinions. 

Tigerhawk Talks Race, Crowds and WI

Protesters of Undetermined Race

Why come to think of it, those crowds DO look overwhelmingly white, don't they?  Funny, the Tea Party crowds were sliced and diced racially by the Bought and Paid For Media, but they haven't been able to bring themselves to draw such a fine distinction here.  Tigerhawk has. 

E.J. Dionne and Ezra Klein--No Crisis in WI, Just Union Busting

This is amazing to me--to read these two chuckleheads you'd think that a state has to be in ridiculously dire straits (NY, CA) to take action. 

Jesus and His Disciples Sit Down to the Last Supper

Whoops--that's not them.  It's the Hepcat in Chief with all the way-cool Silicon Valley kids!

Big Fat Friday Free For All

Ok folks, let it rip!  What's on your mind this Spring-like Friday?

Not CW and certainly not Hammer

There's Even a Democratic Governor Cutting Budgets

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is also making some courageous decisions on his state's budgets. 

Governor Awesome in DC

Tigerhawk calls Chris Christie "Governor Awesome" (maybe we should call Governor Walker "Governor Wonderful"). 

Governor Awesome was in DC recently--man knows how to bring it. 


       

Wisconsin Governor Not Willing to Let Christie Have All the Fun!

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker--in office all of about, oh, a month, is rapidly rising in the esteem of the conservative establishment.  Check out the coverage of what's going in in Wisconsin on Drudge--pretty interesting stuff.

Walker is going after public sector unions in a big way.  You remember, the folks who hold local schools and government hostage to their civil right not to pay for any of their healthcare or pensions--those people.

Walker is showing a lot of political courage here, and Democrats in Wisconsin are on the wrong side of the times on this one.  Folks across the nation are fed up with their own healthcare costs and are in no mood to listen to whiners with defined benefit pensions.

And of course, it's only the right who uses over the top political imagery. 

Citi's Just Not That Into You

I don't doubt this guy's (or gal's) math cred, but his grammar and business writing skills could use a little polishing. A rejected Citi Summer Analyst applicant responds to the indignity:

From: [redacted]
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 11:55am
To: [redacted at Citi]
Subject: Re: Citi Sales, Trading & Quantitative Analysis Summer Analyst Program

Hi [redacted]:

Thank you so much for replying to my email!!!

Ah, what a pity I missed one of the most prestigious bank in the world, and what a pity citi-group missed a mathematics genius like me, the smartest student ever in the engineering department, the one who beaten math majors in the most difficult competition in the world like idiots, and the one who astutely points out the mars existing in the Gaussian Copula and made proper corrections on it!! [Redacted]'s stupidity can surely not appreciate my conspicuously superior intellectuality. Woe to the fatuous decision, yet I humbly accpet!

Best of luck with citi-bank, and I sincerely hope the trading can still flourish with those incompetent workers, with those preposterous foreclosures and ludicrous CDO's, with those avaricious vampires drying the blood of tens of thousands of poor languishing in loans and poverty! Woe!

Woe indeed. How could Citi have missed the smartest student evah in the engineering department? Just ask his mother!

As my son approaches his teenage years, and prepares to confront the ultimate mystery of the cosmos - women - I hope to impart the following advice that has eluded so many well-intentioned fellows (including his father). That is, never, EVER pour your heart out in writing. If you need to say it - say it - in as few words as possible. You can always deny it later or claim you were misinterpreted. The "oh yeah, you didn't dump me, I dumped you!" letter is just bad form. And besides, it can now be reproduced in a blog so the world can see what a blathering idiot you are.

Happy Birthday Big Brother

Today's the birthday of Big Brother Jim, first of James A's line and older brother to five fortunate siblings.  You know those bracelets with the letters "WWJD" (would would Jesus do?) on them?  Well, for me, it would mean "What Would Jim Do?".  Devoted husband and father, techno-geek to the nth degree, Ham Radio Operator (need I say more) and wonderful friend, Jim turns 52 today.  

Sorry for the blogging disappearance--rough week.  Back with a vengeance Thursday....

The Story of Jake the Snake

Ran across this courtesy of The Browser, a pretty good site for interesting reading.  It is the story of Jake Plummer's disappearance from the NFL at nearly the top of his game, to live in the Idaho woods and promote the sport of handball.

I was never a big Jake the Snake fan in the NFL, but I do respect a guy who walks away on his own terms.  

Oh My--Catfight in the Theater Community

Here's a wonderful article about a little dust-up I heard about on the interwebs a few weeks ago, which has now been picked up by the MSM.  It seems the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Rocco Landesman (was there ever someone named Rocco who wasn't a worthwhile figure?) had the temerity to suggest that the principles of supply and demand apply equally to the world of theater performance as it does in other markets.  Responding to a question about declining attendance figures, Landesman offered ""There are too many theaters," he said.  "Look," he explained. "You can either increase demand or decrease supply. Demand is not going to increase. So it is time to think about decreasing supply."Adding insult to injury as the theater community took to its collective sedan chairs, was this little gem, "There are 5.7 million arts workers in this country and 2 million artists. Do we need three administrators for every artist?"  The theater world is in an uproar.

Wonderful stuff.  Putting aside for a moment the inanity of the government sponsoring theater anyway, that the man responsible for doling out federal largess  thinks this way is definitely a step in the right direction.

Atlas Shrugged Trailer

I sure hope they don't screw this up.  I haven't been this excited for a movie since The Lord of the Rings.  Special bonus?  It comes out on Tax Day, 2011. 

Mitch the Knife at CPAC

I haven't watched the video of this speech, but the text (as printed here in NRO) is phenomenal.  Daniels is a bit soft on social issues for many social conservatives (who vote in primaries), but his fiscal discipline is second to none.  He's succeeded in the private sector, he's succeeded in the federal government and he's succeeded as a state executive.  I'd say he's the real deal. Besides, as one can plainly see, he's not wasting a lot of molecular energy supporting a bunch of excess height.

My Appearance Before Congress

I spent the early afternoon today appearing before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.  Details of the event are here. 

I didn't say much about this in advance for fear it might get canceled.  Even worse, I was afraid it would go on, but being Friday afternoon and all, I figured the Members might boogie back to their districts.  But there were votes scheduled, and the event was well-attended.

I told the Members that it was an honor to be there, but even more, it was a thrill to be asked to exercise the privilege of citizenship at such a high level.  And it was.

The Pentagon Song

Making its way around the Defense blogosphere and clogging all inboxes at the "Five Sided Wind Tunnel".  Interestingly enough, I've always liked working there. 

Big Fat Friday Free For All

Ok, give it your best shot.  What's on your mind this BFFFFA?  Wishing you were at CPAC?  Or in a Cairo square?  Share, people. Share.