February, 2010

Memo From Wonderland

Posted on 22 Feb 2010 at 10:05pm
SIDESWIPE – One of the features of international travel today is the obligatory exposure to liberal politics that comes from CNN broadcasts in airport lounges and complimentary newspapers in hotels.  Today’s Asahi Shimbun offered three gems of liberal thought this morning as I consumed my Tokyo breakfast.  The newspaper somehow equated the policymaking that led [...]...

WWF Deceives Again

Posted on 19 Feb 2010 at 11:18am
SIDESWIPE – The World Wildlife Fund is busy defending climate science in a letter published in today’s Wall Street Journal, stating that climate change “is both a fact and an urgent threat to the planet.”  Whatever your view of the science, President and CEO Carter Roberts writes, moving to a low carbon economy would make [...]...

The Blame Game

Posted on 17 Feb 2010 at 10:49pm
One joke currently traversing the internet has the Obama Administration planning to rename the tectonic plates that caused the earthquake tragedy in Haiti “Bush’s Fault”.  The tendency for leftist politicians and journalists to lump the blame for everything bad on the erstwhile U.S. President, while attributing any positive news to liberal policies, has reached the point [...]...