Courtesy of PowerLine.
Monday, May 25, 2015
AND THEN THERE'S THIS.
Twitchy respondents, thankfully, are not impressed. And neither is Instapundit, who points out a real class act reminding us of the meaning of Memorial Day.
My thoughts: I know there will be a lot of 'thoughtless' and 'bad optics' comments from the Obama commentariat, but I believe they're wrong. This was a well thought-out, carefully choreographed message to his base, for whom Memorial Day is nothing more than a three-day holiday celebrating the beginning of summer.
Wastrels.
Twitchy respondents, thankfully, are not impressed. And neither is Instapundit, who points out a real class act reminding us of the meaning of Memorial Day.
My thoughts: I know there will be a lot of 'thoughtless' and 'bad optics' comments from the Obama commentariat, but I believe they're wrong. This was a well thought-out, carefully choreographed message to his base, for whom Memorial Day is nothing more than a three-day holiday celebrating the beginning of summer.
Wastrels.
A FINAL MEMORIAL DAY SPEECH BY RONALD REAGAN:
Published on May 25, 2014: "Regardless politically...this speech touches my soul. Proud to be American!"
Yes.
Published on May 25, 2014: "Regardless politically...this speech touches my soul. Proud to be American!"
Yes.
ROLLING THUNDER, 2015: Here are some photos we took of the Rolling Thunder motorcycle parade on Sunday. These pictures were taken shortly after it began at 1 p.m.
Rolling Thunder begins. Staging all the motorcycles begins at 7 a.m. at the Pentagon parking lot.
The cyclists are turning onto the Memorial Bridge leading from Arlington National Cemetery into Washington D.C.
Here's a closeup of the cycles entering the turn. The yellow one in the lead looks like a small car, but it's essentially a motorcycle with a sidecar. We saw several of these.
People were lined up 2-3 deep all the way across the bridge.
Here they come. You can see yellow cycle from above in the background.
A final view taken from the Memorial Bridge itself.
The Potomac River from the Memorial Bridge. There were a number of boats on the water watching as the motorcycles crossed above them. I wish now that I had walked further onto the bridge to get a photo.
Motorcycles were still crossing the Memorial Bridge when we finally left about 4:30 p.m. After all the bad political (read that as Obama administration) news we've been bombarded with over the last several weeks, my faith in American exceptionalism has been somewhat restored. While we were standing there, a motorcycle with one (and usually two) riders passed in front of us about once a second. In 3-1/2 hours, that amounts to about 20,000 cyclists and an equal or greater number of people who came to participate.
Good news.
Rolling Thunder begins. Staging all the motorcycles begins at 7 a.m. at the Pentagon parking lot.
The cyclists are turning onto the Memorial Bridge leading from Arlington National Cemetery into Washington D.C.
Here's a closeup of the cycles entering the turn. The yellow one in the lead looks like a small car, but it's essentially a motorcycle with a sidecar. We saw several of these.
People were lined up 2-3 deep all the way across the bridge.
Here they come. You can see yellow cycle from above in the background.
A final view taken from the Memorial Bridge itself.
The Potomac River from the Memorial Bridge. There were a number of boats on the water watching as the motorcycles crossed above them. I wish now that I had walked further onto the bridge to get a photo.
Motorcycles were still crossing the Memorial Bridge when we finally left about 4:30 p.m. After all the bad political (read that as Obama administration) news we've been bombarded with over the last several weeks, my faith in American exceptionalism has been somewhat restored. While we were standing there, a motorcycle with one (and usually two) riders passed in front of us about once a second. In 3-1/2 hours, that amounts to about 20,000 cyclists and an equal or greater number of people who came to participate.
Good news.
HECKLER'S VETO: Federal court rules pro-life views are ‘patently offensive’.
Under the 'punch back twice as hard' lawfare philosophy, the Children First Foundation should sue the state of New York for issuing the following 'patently offensive' personalized license plates:
Under the 'punch back twice as hard' lawfare philosophy, the Children First Foundation should sue the state of New York for issuing the following 'patently offensive' personalized license plates:
NYS Association for Reduction, Reuse & Recycling - offensive to anyone who isn't at least a closet nanny-stater.Ready to punch back? Go for it.
BMW and Porsche car club - elitist; offensive to those who can't afford fancy cars.
Union Yes (3 plates) - offensive to the vast majority of nonunion workers.
All police and firefighter (15 plates) - offensive to criminals, thugs, and liberal protestors.
Colleges (22 plates) - elitist; offensive to non-college graduates.
All fraternities and sororities (8 plates) - mattress girl. Need I say more?
Conserve habitat - offensive to everyone who isn't an environmental Luddite.
NY Press - obvious.
Professional Engineer - a pet peeve ever since I earned my engineering doctorate. 'Registration' and 'professional' are not synonyms. You don't have to be an arrogant ass to be a PE, but experience has taught me that that's the way to bet.
DISARM THE PC POLICE: Issue a pre-emptive apology.
Here's mine: "You must have me confused with someone who gives a sh*t."
Here's mine: "You must have me confused with someone who gives a sh*t."
IT'S NOT QUITE in bumper-sticker format, but this cartoon is the most nearly perfect description of Democrat philosophy that I've ever seen.
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