How ‘BOUT them Midshipmen! The Rule 5 post I never would have expected to write.
on Nov 14, 2009 in Military Rule 5 Naval Academy United States Naval Academy Like Smitty, who does the weekly aggregation of Rule 5 posts at The Other McCain, I’m a Naval Academy grad. (Though Smitty’s just a kid – class of ‘95, I believe, while I’m Boat School ‘82.) Navy’s awesome 23...

November 10, 1775
on Nov 11, 2009 in Military “Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they’ve made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem.” -Author Unknown Happy birthday, Marines!

The incredible shrinking New Majority
on Nov 3, 2009 in Politics Conservatism David Frum Republican Ace amusingly notes that the New Majority is now reduced to David Frum. So I go to check out the new site and am greeted by a post in which Frum downplays an expected Hoffman victory in NY-23. Trying to spin victories as less than victories because t...

Congressman with No Guts
on Oct 28, 2009 in Fox News Media Pretty wussy for a guy whose fund-raising website URL is “congressmanwithguts.com.” But about as wussy as you would expect from a guy who claims to have guts but shows a video of himself appearing on a friendly show like Countdown.

Give me driving rainstorms and ground-bound back-up quarterbacks all season long!
on Oct 25, 2009 in Uncategorized That combination seems to be Navy’s lucky charm! Starting their back-up quarterback Kriss Proctor in a driving rainstorm in Annapolis yesterday, Navy improved its record to 6-2 by beating Wake Forest 13-10 without throwing a single pass. R...

Don’t take that tone of voice with me, mister! The new rule for political debate and news coverage.
on Oct 21, 2009 in Fox News Mainstream Media Obama Administration Ace posted about how Mika Brezinksy not only dutifully spun the White House line immediately upon receiving an email correction, but went above and beyond the call of duty by “absolving the White House from any bad behavior regarding Fox News a...

Take off that T-shirt, right now.
on Oct 21, 2009 in Men and Women And no, it’s not because I want to see your breasts. I don’t. Really. Furthest thing from my mind. It’s because I don’t want an Alex-Forrest brand psycho — OK an alleged an Alex-Forrest brand psycho — wearing a T-shirt emb...

Monique Stewart’s grand understatement on Meghan McCain’s military expertise
on Oct 14, 2009 in Military Moderates “HotMES” Monique Stewart has made a hobby of ridiculing Meghan McCain. Taking on McCain’s latest  Daily Beast column about President Obama’s sloth in living up to his campaign promise to abolish the military’s “Do...

Conservative Pinups
on Oct 14, 2009 in Men and Women Rule 5 In two senses of the word: the ladies are conservative, and so are the photos. There’s no genuine cheesecake in the Claire Booth Luce Policy Institute’s 2010 wall calendar — not that you’d expect it. But it does remind me of the n...

What President Obama should do with his Nobel prize money
on Oct 9, 2009 in American Exceptionalism Barack Obama Foreign Policy Obama Cult The Nobel Committee has awarded President Obama the Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently, Obama’s drop in approval ratings led the committee to decide that Obama needed a shot of self-esteem and a boost in the size of his personality cult. But forget...