Thursday, July 17, 2008

The designer of the century's five most beautiful cars


Ride Lust offers a tribute to legendary car designer Giorgetto Giugiaro.


Giugiaro was, without question, sufficiently ahead of the mainstream that he lapped his competitors by decades. His influential, gorgeous vehicles continue to inspire designers to this day.

American muscle cars, the Mazda Miata, the Pantera, and multiple Ferarris and Lamborghinis owe their lines to Giugiaro. People toss around the word genius far too freely, but that's not the case when discussing this man.

Image: 1966 DeTomaso Mangusta

Richard Milhaus Obama's Coverup


Jim Geraghty (via LGF):

From the Chicago Sun-Times article on grants distributed by then-state-legislator Barack Obama.


(Records from 1997 to 2000 weren’t available.)

There’s a shock.

His state legislative office records may have been thrown out, he told us.


He’s never released a specific list of law clients, instead giving a list of all of his firm’s clients, numbering several hundred each year. His campaign will only confirm representation when the media comes to them with a specific case.

He won’t release his application to the state bar. He’s never released any legal or billing records to verify that he only did a few hours of work for a nonprofit tied to Tony Rezko.

He’s never released any medical records, just a one-page letter from his doctor.


Barack Obama seems to have a lot more in common with Richard Nixon than simply running to the center during the general campaign.

Hillary's loyal backers receiving death threats from Obama supporters


PUMA is an organization of Hillary backers who have swung their support to John McCain.


And now they're receiving death threats.

Yes, this is just another example of the famed tolerance and fairness of the "progressive" left.

A note to maniacs who make death threats: They don’t work. They harden the opposition to your cause because they expose your true nature as a homicidal bully. They also rally the support of the vast majority of decent people who are outraged by the tactic. You turn your target into a hero, and if you succeed in either murdering or inciting the murder of your victim, you turn her or him into a martyr. Not the best plan.

I’m a grown woman and I’m not afraid of bullies — never have been, never will be. But I do have children, and anyone who has lost their mother at a young age understands the profound and long-lasting grief that flows from that. Anyone who threatens me or any of the the other women in this movement with death for expressing our political views peacefully and lawfully will fail at frightening me — but he will succeed at terrorizing innocent children. And THAT makes me angry.

HillarysMyGirl and GiggleChick have also publicly blogged about receiving death threats from Obama supporters.

Update: NotFallingInLine.org publishes an open letter to Nancy Pelosi.

Linked by: Gateway Pundit, Macsmind, Parkway Rest Stop and Wake up America. Thanks!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Larwyn's Link Explosion: Obama to forge a partnership between Detroit and Washington


Don Surber: Obama knows oil like he knows bowling

American Thinker: The Party of Defeat

New York Sun: Obama's redivided Jerusalem

STACLU: Brit Hume stepping down. *Sniff*

Ask the Scholar: Is it haram for me to receive life insurance money?

New Editor: Barack Obama will forge a partnership between Washington and Detroit.

National Review: Michelle Obama -- Americans spending their $600 stimulus check on earrings.

People's Cube: The Magical Properties of Certain Nuts.

If Barack Obama starred in The Good, The Bad and the Ugly


Based on a true story.















The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the violent...



...an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others.



Such a failure of empathy, such numbness to the pain of a child or the desperation of a parent, is not innate; nor, history tells us, is it unique to a particular culture, religion, or ethnicity...



It may find expression in a particular brand of violence, and may be channeled by particular demagogues or fanatics...



Most often, though, it grows out of a climate of poverty and ignorance, helplessness and despair.

**KA-BLAMM!!** **KA-BLAMMM!!!**



**KA-BLAMM!!**



Why'd you kill him? He was just talking... and talking.

You see, in this world there are two kinds of people, my friend.

Those with loaded guns. And those who talk.

* * *

Related: If Barack Obama starred in Raiders of the Lost Ark. Linked by: Gateway Pundit and Sondrak. Thanks! Inspired by: Barry Rubin.

Rampage Jackson goes on a rampage


Mixed-martial arts star Clinton ("Rampage") Jackson lived up to his nickname yesterday. TMZ reports:

...the just-defeated UFC champ was busted yesterday afternoon for alleged felony hit and run... Rampage was on the 55 Freeway in the O.C., hit two cars and got off the freeway. The chase was on.

Rampage then began driving on the center divider. But it gets worse. According to the police report, Jackson then drove on the sidewalk, "causing pedestrians to flee for their lives." He started driving the wrong way on a crowded street, colliding with yet another car in an intersection. As he continued on, running several red lights, his tire disintegrated and he began driving on the rim...

Eventually, his car came to a stop and he was taken into custody at gunpoint.

UFC president Dana White is rumored to have bailed Jackson out.

Line o' the Day: Who gets upset about 'toons?


The Daily Show's Jon Stewart (via The Weekly Standard and Larwyn):

Barack Obama is in no way upset about the cartoon that depicts him as a Muslim extremist.

Because you know who gets upset about cartoons? Muslim extremists!

Of which Barack Obama is not. It's just a f-----g cartoon!

A surge of website changes you can believe in!


Yesterday the New York Daily News reported that Barack Obama's website had been purged of any documents that referred to the Surge's failure. However, Gateway Pundit noticed that at least one key anti-military document remained on Barack Obama's website.

It took all of about 30 seconds to find other major gaffes by Obama's crack webmasters. Some of the items they forgot to scrub include:

Barack Obama's current news page (yes, the current news page):

Leaving Iraq will make America safer

In recent weeks, I've been asked if the "surge" is working, and if we should continue to fight the war in Iraq. The answer is decisively no. Those who support the surge are making the same mistakes that war supporters have made all along: They fail to understand how the Iraq war sets back our security, and they fail to understand that there is no military solution in Iraq. I am the only major candidate for president who opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning, before it was politically popular.

Interview with Barack Obama:

Q: On Iraq, some people have been saying our only two options are all in or all out. Obviously you don't see it that way.

A. Here's my view on the situation. There are two indisputable facts, and then there's a choice. Fact No. 1: the surge is not working. It has not changed the dynamics on the ground. It has put more U.S. troops at risk. It has not strengthened the Iraqi government. It has not quelled the antagonism between the various factions, and it has not lessened the strength of the insurgency.

It is time to bring our troops home:

"It is time to bring our troops home because it has made us less safe," said Obama, an Illinois Democrat running for president. "This has been a distraction from the real war on terrorists, and the fact of the matter is that al-Qaida, we know from the national intelligence reports, has gotten stronger."

..."[Senators Gregg and Sununu] have said that they recognize the surge is not working the way it should and it is time for us to have a change of course..."

Let the scrubbing begin...

Now that's change you can believe in!

Update: Voila! -- ***poof*** -- No more civil war!

Build your own home security system


Curmudgeonly & Skeptical offers this quick 'n' easy instruction sheet.

HOW TO INSTALL THE NEW HOME SECURITY SYSTEM:

1. Go to a second-hand store and buy a pair of men's used size 14-16 work boots

2. Place them on your front porch along with several empty beer cans, a copy of Guns & Ammo magazine and several NRA magazines.

3. Put a few giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.

4. Leave a note on your door that reads: 'Hey Bubba, Big Jim, Duknd Se alim, I went to the gun shop for more ammunition. Back in an hour. Don't mess with the pit bulls -- they attacked the mailman this morning and messed him up real bad. I don't think Killer took part in it but it was hard to tell from all the blood.'

PS - I locked all four of 'em in the house. Better wait outside.'

INSTALLATION COMPLETE!!!!

Website Change you can Surge by


Rick Moran, writing at American Thinker:

After denigrating the surge for more than a year, according to the New York Daily News Obama's minions have been busy scrubbing his website of any criticism the candidate made of the surge.

..."Campaign aide Wendy Morigi said Obama is 'not softening his criticism of the surge. We regularly update the Web site to reflect changes in current events.'"

And if you believe that, I have a bridge over the Chicago River I can sell you.

Or some apartment buildings in Englewood.

Update: Dinocrat covers the Great Inconsistenator and Don Surber describes Chicago-style energy policy.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

If Barack Obama starred in Raiders of the Lost Ark


Based on a true story.

What the... ?

**Whish**

...

**Whhooossshh**

**Whhhhish-whhishh**

...

Look, we haven't exhausted the non-violent options in this little dispute...

Conflict should never be the first answer.

Saber-rattling is pointless and I will firmly support any resolution that outlaws armed conflict.

I support tough, direct diplomacy with you... without preconditions.

And, if you continue this troubling behavior, I will seek to isolate you furth--

**Swwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssshhh**

* * * Thump * * *

Linked by: Barcepundit. Thanks! Idea: Barry Rubin via Larwyn

2005 New Yorker cover that generated a firestorm of controversy

From December 2005 -- Bush is depicted as a dowdy housewife to Cheney's beer-guzzling, sedentary husband.

I recall with stunning clarity the astounding publicity that arose as a result of this Barry Blitt cover.

Linked by: Dr. Sanity's Carnival of the Insanities. Thanks! Hat tip: Ben, who whines, "do I have to do all of your work for you?"

Monday, July 14, 2008

Rejected New Yorker Covers


Here are a couple that didn't make the cut.


Go figure. They don't look very controversial to me, at least given Obama's statements.