Western Civilization

bfwebster on November 5th, 2012

[Thanks to the links from Instapundit (Glenn Reynolds), Chaos Manor (Jerry Pournelle), and John C. Wright's Journal (John C. Wright -- what, you were expecting Karl Rove?). In fact, if you follow the  link below to my 2008 post, you'll see that I first read the poem over at Jerry Pournelle's blog, Chaos Manor.] I posted this poem [...]

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bfwebster on September 20th, 2012

Via Instapundit comes this rather damning image contrasting the “Obama Flag” (available for sale!) with the chilling image from Libya. Meanwhile, here’s the rest your morning roundup: Tomorrow (9/21) is Clint Eastwood Appreciation Day. Go see “Trouble with the Curve” and drive the Left nuts. Megan McArdle talks about the merit pay issue for teachers. [...]

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bfwebster on November 14th, 2011

The internet is still flaky and slow (and will undoubtedly be so until we arrive back in Florida on Saturday). Another great day, which started with our ship arriving in port for the first time since leaving Florida on Saturday: Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos. This morning, Sandra & I went ‘power snorkeling’ (think: snorkeling [...]

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bfwebster on November 11th, 2011

I’m posting this entry from 30,000 feet (and how quickly that has become commonplace). My sweet wife Sandra and I are sailing on the National Review Cruise tomorrow — seven days of traveling around the Caribbean while listening to and hobnobbing with people like Mark Steyn, Fred Thompson, Jonah Goldberg, Victor Davis Hanson, James Lileks, [...]

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bfwebster on September 11th, 2011

Here are our 9/11-related posts from this blog: In Memoriam: Ronald Paul Bucca (May 6, 1954 – September 11, 2001) In Memoriam: Robert David Peraza (May 26, 1971- September 11, 2001) “There are not many who remember…” A Day That Lives In Infamy Lest We Forget (2008) Lest We Forget (2007) Remembering the WTC Not [...]

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bfwebster on March 10th, 2011

What Hitler is currently being quoted as saying: “We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers salaries and take away their right to strike” – Adolf Hitler, May 2, 1933 Problem is, as far as anyone can tell, Hitler never said that. On the other [...]

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bfwebster on April 17th, 2010

Just saw this over at Rasmussen Reports. Gee, and it’s been years since I’ve been to Jersey; nice to know they still remember me fondly. Oh. As it turns out, they’re talking about Bruce Springsteen instead of either of us here at ASIP. I have no clue why they ran this poll, unless it happens [...]

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bfwebster on September 23rd, 2009

ITEM: According to the Onion, the absolute low point of Western Civilization will be reached at 3:32 pm this coming Friday: Experts predict that the penultimate catastrophe will occur at approximately 7:15 p.m. Thursday night, when the social networking tool Twitter will be used to communicate a series of ideas so banal they will instantaneously [...]

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