The Occasional Observer

This is almost enough to get me to start drinking coffee...

For anyone still looking for a charity to donate to before the end of the year, I have a great suggestion: Homes for our Troops.

They build homes for returning vets with severe disabilities, and provide them at NO cost to the soldier. You can either donate to the general fund, or if you pick an individual state you can see all the current soldiers they are building homes for and donate to a specific one. It is a very highly rated charity by AIP, which monitors charities to make sure they have very low overhead rates so most of your donation goes directly to the charitable effort. They have also been recognized by both Pres. Bush and Ted Kennedy.

Chavez got a standing ovation for lauding socialism, and denouncing capitalism and the U.S.

Even in our sleepy, quiet, and "safe" bedroom communities. Nothing to worry about here--the police are protecting us!

From Newsday:

A Bohemia homeowner was shot to death during a home invasion by two masked men who broke into the house and demanded money just after midnight Monday, police said.

I believe every contributor (except for maybe SHK and Beetz; but Beetz lives the book) who hasn't seen the film has already read the book.

MB? What say you? Did it capture the essence of the novel? Was it better for having Charlize Theron? Does the film rip out your will to live half as much as McCarthy does?

You write now.

Yo, Fredo--here's what I was telling you about:

Gotta love college basketball season.

Check out the Santa before you put your kids on his lap. You might want to reconsider.

Well, Chris Matthews took the leap from just another bleeding heart liberal to a full bore anti-American stance with his comment last night that West Point was "enemy camp" for Pres. Obama.

Really?

So when you are elected to be the commander-in-chief of this country, West Point is "the enemy?" I guess there are a lot of things I still don't understand.

As always, Prof. Lindzen of MIT provides an excellent rebuttal in the WSJ to the climate alarmist crowd.