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Uncommon Commentary #244: He Left His Brain in San Francisco, Part 2

2012-02-14T13:23:00.000-05:00

Bennett also said: “I’d like to have every gentleman and lady in this room commit themselves [sic] to get our government to legalize drugs….So they [sic] have to get it from a doctor, not just...

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Uncommon Commentary #243: He Left His Brain in San Francisco

2012-02-13T16:41:00.004-05:00

At a pre-Grammys party, singer Tony Bennett capitalized the death of fellow singer Whitney Houston to state "Let's legalize drugs like [sic] they did in Amsterdam." Bennett, who has had his own...

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The Best of Uncommon Commentary: Uncommon Commentary #100, first published on 12 Feb. 2010

2012-02-13T16:38:00.000-05:00

The bastardizing of 25 December into a generic "Holiday" is lamentably familiar to us, but we probably don't think much about the fact that a like fate seems to have befallen 14 February. St....

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Miscellaneous Meditation #41

2012-02-12T18:36:00.001-05:00

I'll bet that I know the first words that Coach Belichek said to his New England Idiots after they lost the Hyperbowle [see the list of Domanisms]: "Which one of you forgot to turn on the video...

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Uncommon Commentary #242: Brass, Bangs, Bucks, and Bankruptcies, but Not Brains

2012-02-10T16:54:00.000-05:00

Now that nearly everyone except who matters most (viz., the ruling Obama Democrats) has become aware of the peril of g.n.p.-exceeding debts, one might expect the Pentagon brass to realize that our...

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Uncommon Commentary #241: If Only it Were Sebelius the Composer Who Heads HHS

2012-02-08T19:06:00.000-05:00

Roman Catholic leaders are rightfully vowing to fight the mandate by Emperor Nerobama's Department of Health and Human Services that employers provide birth control, that is, abortifacients,...

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Uncommon Commentary #240: Since the USA Isn't a True Democracy Anyway, I Suggest That We Call it a "Dumbocracy"

2012-02-02T18:29:00.004-05:00

As I see it, the closest thing to a perfect government that can be attained, prior to the prophesied Thousand-Year Reign of Christ and the Saints, would be one in which the titular head of state...

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Uncommon Commentary #239: The Only Date to Dread Is 15 April

2012-01-26T01:24:00.000-05:00

I'll probably have to re-run this posting when we near the Winter Solstice, but, since there's already been plenty of irresponsible eschatological ballyhoo about the "Mayan apocalypse," doubtless...

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Miscellaneous Meditation #40

2012-01-21T00:03:00.000-05:00

False humility, in addition to being hypocritical, is totally unnecessary; anyone with a sense of Christian virtue who examines himself honestly will see that he has ample reason for genuine humility.

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Uncommon Commentary #238: A Goofy Guy and His Mickey Mouse Administration

2012-01-20T23:22:00.000-05:00

Emperor Nerobama's staffers must be conspiring to set him up for ridicule by the likes of me. What else explains his hosting a "town-hall meeting" at Walt Disney World, flanked by Mickey Mouse...

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Uncommon Commentary #237: Senseless Murder, Senseless Justice

2012-01-19T01:17:00.000-05:00

Whenever someone commits any of the seemingly irrational slayings that have helped to make our Depraved New World infamous, there arises a debate over whether he is evil or criminally insane. ...

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Uncommon Commentary #236: Is Romney's Win Valid? Don't Take it for Granite

2012-01-11T23:38:00.000-05:00

I've just learned that the Republican Party's primary primary, that is, the one in New Hampshire, is "open"; this means that anyone may vote in it, regardless of party affiliation. Where's the...

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Uncommon Commentary #235: Those Who Ignore History Are Doomed to Re-Elect Obama

2012-01-07T23:09:00.001-05:00

In announcing the first set of deep cuts that he wants to make in the US defense budget, Obombast stated that we cannot afford to repeat past mistakes. Is this his way of saying that we can...

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Uncommon Commentary #234: Demonstrations Against Nuclear Missiles, and of Stupidity

2012-01-02T14:28:00.000-05:00

It's an irony, though a welcome one, that the detrimental and idiotic "Ban the Bomb" or "No Nukes" movement collapsed with the USSR (perhaps because at least some of the demonstrations, as...

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Uncommon Commentary #233: The Crazy Doth Protest Too Much

2011-12-30T15:56:00.001-05:00

The "Occupy" protests have well illustrated how it is possible to abuse the constitutional rights to free speech and to assembly. The purpose of these protections is to allow people to make...

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Uncommon Commentary #232: Invert the First Digit of "65?"

2011-12-27T16:39:00.000-05:00

If retirement at age 65 were mandated in politics, at least three of the greatest men of the Twentieth Century, viz., Sir Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, and Konrad Adenauer, would never have...

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Imperialism Was Imperative (And Still Is) addendum

2011-12-17T20:43:00.000-05:00

Slavery is often invoked as a discredit to modern imperialists, but the arrival of Europeans in Africa merely provided a new market for the traffic in those unfortunates whom their fellow Blacks had...

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Uncommon Commentary #231: Imperialism Was Imperative (and Still Is)

2011-12-16T23:21:00.000-05:00

Many readers might consider the retreat of imperialism—at least of overt imperialism; see below—a good thing, but it has had cataclysmic consequences. The rise to power of indigenous leaders, in what...

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Uncommon Commentary #230: The "1%" Is Inspiration; the "99%," Perspiration

2011-12-15T16:36:00.001-05:00

Has it occurred to the "Occupy" reprobates that Emperor Nerobama and nearly all the other left-wing politicians and Holly-woodheads who espoused their cause are themselves members of the vilified...

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Miscellaneous Meditation #39: She's Not Too Good at Telling the Truth, Either

2011-12-08T13:37:00.001-05:00

If Hillary [sic] Clinton is so smart, why can’t she spell her own name correctly?

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Miscellaneous Meditation #38

2011-12-07T15:44:00.001-05:00

Over the years I've observed that, no matter how ignorant someone might be on any given matter, and often even if he admits that his knowledge of the topic is far inferior to that of a person whom...

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Uncommon Commentary #229: A Suggestion That Makes a Lott of Sense

2011-12-05T12:50:00.000-05:00

Considering what lies behind the misleadingly positive report for November on hiring and on lack thereof—you can get the details in this article, by the invaluable John Lott—I think that it's about...

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Uncommon Commentary #228: Most of Them Ought to Resign, Whether They Run or Not

2011-12-02T09:24:00.001-05:00

A governor or congressman who announces his candidacy for the office of president of the USA really ought to give up his present office. The US senators who missed the most votes during the...

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Uncommon Commentary #227: Secretary of the Dense

2011-11-19T15:55:00.000-05:00

Secretary of Defense Panetta is warning Israel against employing her military to cripple Iran's nuclear program, saying that to do so could or would have "economic consequences … that could impact...

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Uncommon Commentary #226: Maybe It's His Brain That's in Asia

2011-11-17T23:41:00.000-05:00

In the year of his election to the presidency, Obama, whom his worshipers and even some sane persons have credited with extraordinarily high intelligence, said that there are 57 US States;...

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