On Senator Obama and Post-Partisanship

Some in the blogosphere have questioned how the most Leftist member of the United States Senate can possibly be defined as "post-partisan." I should think that his campaign's attempts to silence its critics make it clear exactly how Senator Obama is post-partisan.

As this NRO editorial states:

Kurtz has obviously hit a nerve. It is the same nerve hit by the American Issues Project, whose television ad calling for examination of the Obama/Ayers relationship has prompted the Obama campaign to demand that the Justice Department begin a criminal investigation. Obama fancies himself as “post-partisan.” He is that only in the sense that he apparently brooks no criticism. This episode could be an alarming preview of what life will be like for the media should the party of the Fairness Doctrine gain unified control of the federal government next year.

In other words, Senator Obama's goal of eliminating "partisan bickering" is to be achieved by eliminating dissent. Seems pretty simple to me.

As Leslie Bates might say:

What are your questions on this block of instruction?

Boom-de-yada, Boom-de-yada...

I just saw this post on NRO's Media Blog, in which Nancy Pelosi is quoted as saying "I have always loved longitude." In response, I sent the following reply to Media Blog:

Did the rest of the House Democrat Caucus sing "Boom-de-yada,
boom-de-yada" after Speaker Pelosi's comment?

I love Obama
I love his attitude
I love his longitude
I love his latitude
I love the whole world
I'm trying to save it now*
Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada
Boom-de-yada, boom-de-yada...

*Referring, of course, to this Corner post.

Be It Resolved...

...that any Citizen of the United States of America, who publicly declares that, should that Citizen's preferred candidate for the office of President of the United States of America fail to be elected, said Citizen will move to another country, shall be sentenced to permanent exile under conditions as similar to those reputed to be imposed upon Philip Nolan as may be possible.

Why I'm Not a Leftist

I do not understand the emotion of envy; I therefore am emotionally ill-equipped to understand the Left, let alone subscribe to Leftist views.

Personally, I'd say that the ability to move beyond envy is true progress. Compare and contrast this with "Progressivism," which depends upon envy and hate.

A Life Well Lived

I've been thinking of starting a political blog for a while. Today's sad news is what finally made me decide to begin: William F. Buckley, Jr. has passed on.

You will be missed, sir.