Daily Archives: July 24, 2010

Shirley Sherrod, Racism, Fox News and a Raw Deal

July 24, 2010
By
Shirley Sherrod, Racism, Fox News and a Raw Deal

I’ve been too busy with paying work to read everything on this kerfuffle. But I see now that the story line has shifted to even people on the right giving Andrew Breitbart blowback for supposedly taking Shirley Sherrod’s comments — as the saying goes — “out of context.” According to a transcript of Sherrod’s comments James Taranto dropped in his “Best of the Web” column at The Wall Street Journal Online the other day, the former Ag official said this: The first time I was faced with having to help a white farmer save his farm, he took a long time talking, but he was trying to show me he was superior to me. I know what he was doing. But he had come to me for help. What he didn’t know while he was taking all that time trying to show me he was superior to me, was I was trying to decide just how much help I was going to give him. I was struggling with the fact that so many black people had lost their farmland, and here I was faced with having to help a white person save their land. So, I didn’t give him the full

Read more »

Wish Upon a Star—The Chimera of Cost-effective Solar Power

July 24, 2010
By
Wish Upon a Star—The Chimera of Cost-effective Solar Power

According to Jeff Perren at Pajamas Media, the President is wishing upon a star—the sun—to save us from what he regards as our energy profligacy, and he’s more than willing to waste another $2 billion of other people’s money in a hopeless effort to make it come true:          It would be bad enough for the federal government to subsidize the construction of solar power projects if they worked. It would still be an inefficient use of resources; it would still exceed its constitutionally enumerated powers; it would still be an immoral redistribution of wealth to politically connected companies. But at least in that case American taxpayers—somewhere—might get a Hoover Dam out of the deal. In this instance, that’s simply impossible.    …. No problem, according to the postmodernist. Just pretend. Pretend hard enough and circumstances will comply. No need to feel constrained any longer by objective reality; there’s no such thing. There are only different perspectives. Just wish upon a star and your dreams can come true.       Seven years ago Matthew R. Edgar at the Heartland Institute quantified solar energy’s shortcomings:          Solar energy consumes even more land than wind. Solar panels consist of photovoltaic (PV) cells. A single

Read more »

Asia on DirecTV

July 24, 2010
By
Asia on DirecTV

DVR alert: The original lineup of Asia performs in concert in a broadcast on DirecTV tonight at 9 and midnight EDT. Asia was a true rock supergroup, bringing together veterans of top progressive rock bands such as King Crimson, Yes, and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer (and of course we mustn’t forget the Buggles). But they brought their considerable talents to bear not on ambitious prog extravaganzas but instead on accessible, melodic rock music. Hits such as “Heat of the Moment,” “Only Time Will Tell,” “Don’t Cry,” and “The Smile Has Left Your Eyes” are classics of the classic-rock style, combining superb songwriting, instrumental brilliance, and John Wetton’s stunningly passionate and technically strong vocals. Wetton has remained my favorite rock vocalist since his years with King Crimson in the very early 1970s. Asia has had several different lineups over the years, but the original lineup is definitely the best and most musically and commercially successful. The band kicks off a tour of North America on August 2. They won’t be appearing anywhere within 500 miles of Karnick Manor, so it looks as if the video concert is the closest I’m going to get. The band’s new album, Omega, is quite good,

Read more »

TCM Thrillers (July 26 – August 1)

July 24, 2010
By
TCM Thrillers (July 26 – August 1)

This week: * Monday—William Powell gets forgetful, with dire consequences. * Tuesday—Men seek gold, find cheese instead. * Wednesday—You could do worse than spend the day with Joe E. Brown. * Thursday—Just this once, Philo Vance doesn’t need a kick in the pance. * Friday—Gene Kelly gets serious, very serious. * Saturday—Earp vs. the Clantons: not exactly how it actually happened. * Sunday—Unfortunately, today Vance really could use a swift kick. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday—July 26th 8:30 AM—Wine, Women, and Horses (1937) A reformed gambler risks his marriage when he returns to the betting table. 9:45 AM—When Were You Born? (1938) An astrologer tries to help the police catch a killer. 11:00 AM—The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939) A reporter poses as a jewel smuggler to unmask a criminal gang. 1:30 PM—Design for Scandal (1941) A reporter is assigned to dig up dirt on a lady judge. 3:00 PM—Crossroads (1942) A French diplomat who’s recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can’t remember. 4:30 PM—Above Suspicion (1943) A honeymooning couple are asked to spy on the Nazis in pre-war Europe. ———- Tuesday—July 27th 1:30 AM—Mackenna’s Gold (1969) A group of men, lead by a questionable sheriff and a wanted bandit, descend

Read more »

"Culture is the expression of the guiding philosophy of the day."—Murray Rothbard
Subscribe to The American Culture.

 

July 2010
S M T W T F S
« Jun   Aug »
 123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031

Archive

Twitter Feed!

Follow the American Culture and S. T. Karnick on Twitter! Send message "follow stkarnick1" to 40404 on your cell phone or go to twitter.com.

Packages Seo