I Was Reminded Of My Best Friend's Uncle: A Great Man

"I think the change in black consciousness in recent years has made me more sensitive to injustice in every area of my life."

Who are the great men in your life?

My Practical Conservatism Is Better Than Libertarianism

As usual, I'm politically where the action is, and my conservative "friends" - as usual - are stuck out there putting lipstick on a pig again:

"Today, we’re reminded of why [Rand] Paul will never be able to gain much traction outside the libertarian-right without a big change: His shocking blind spot on race."

Oh, don't I know it. Notice my little racial tirade over the weekend? It was in response to Rand Paul supporters. Those people Public Enemy's Flava Flav should've been talking about (instead of just feminists) when he said, "You're blind, baby. You're blinded by the facts, of who you are, because you watching that garbage - straight garbage!" 

And yes, I include libertarian Glenn Reynolds' "advice" as a big part of that ugly, useless package.

Worse than a bunch of Romney-backing clowns now trying to tell my black ass what to do, is the realization these conservatives obviously have no clue what they're doing politically (after - based on Reynolds' wrong-headed assessment of a Romney win - they'd smugly told me "We don't need your vote!") They're now so ideologically driven they have totally forgotten how to win elections. 

Get over it, guys - reality's against you.

"Libertarian populism won't save the GOP."

"Romney to NH GOP: Don’t vote in anger in the 2016 primaries and nominate someone who can’t win."

"Rasmussen poll of Republican voters: Christie 21, Rubio 18, Jeb Bush 16"

I mean, Duh-and-Double-Duh. You know how this round is going to go:

They've got a winner in Christie (who they blame for Obama's win, instead of themselves, for backing Romney) but, rather than taking the win, they're going to embarrass themselves further by bashing their own heads in. Then they'll bash in the heads of anyone who doesn't agree totally with everything they demand (that's what they did with me) and then they'll lose. Again. Without honor or even a smidgen of hope for success. 

That's crazy.

Like the last man I voted for, George W. Bush, I like being right more than being popular.

"His aides wanted to delete it from his speech, and President George W. Bush was mocked by ESPN and Meryl Streep for it afterward. But when he used his 2004 State of the Union address to raise the issue of steroids in baseball, it boosted the issue to the top levels of politics. 

Nine years later, analysts say Major League Baseball may never have reached the point this week where it issued the biggest suspensions in 90 years had official Washington not turned the spotlight on performance enhancing drugs (PEDs). 

Matt Welch, editor in chief of Reason magazine, who has written on baseball and the government, said the government made a point of going after high-profile end-user players — an important strategic decision. 

“That really showed this was about making examples. That was explicit in George W. Bush’s State of the Union address. This was all about making examples,” he said."

I wrote about the need for shaming just this morning. Now it's evening, and I've got another message for my conservative "friends":

If you're as resistant to it as liberals - along with the need to apologize when you're wrong - then I hope you like nature, a lot, because you're going to be wandering in the political wilderness for years, and possibly decades, to come.

Know who your real friends are, people - this time it's really real:

And all yours to lose,...

 

"The Corrections" Isn't Just A Book Title, You Know?

If everyone caught lying was treated like this, we'd be a much better country by now:

"The boo-birds came out in force again Tuesday for Alex Rodriguez. 

But then something different — a swelling of cheers from the crowd in Chicago. 

The fans let out a healthy roar after A-Rod was grazed on the elbow by a Chris Sale pitch in the third inning."

Or how about this baller:

"Before the debate, Weiner put a hand on McDonald's back and said hello, prompting McDonald to reply: 'I would appreciate if you would never touch me again.'"

Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Mitt Romney, Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Reynolds, Ann Althouse - the potential list of targets goes on:

Really - when it comes to how society currently functions - what we need is a little more shame:

Can you imagine all the "upscale subversives" we'd be done with?