Elizabeth Warren's Campaign Theme Song

OTR saw this video around 2:00AM this morning, but was too tired to follow through with posting. It's a clever production that says a great deal about where our culture was fifty years ago and where it is today.

The truth is painful enough. The hypocrisy may be fatal.

H/T to Instapundit at 2:00AM, Power Line at a much more reasonable hour.

NYT Limo Liberal Wants You To Live With Less To Save The Planet

Thomas Friedman is a New York Times columnist who writes from the usual list of lefty themes, including the environment. Yesterday, his column spoke about the degradation of our natural world at the hands of a broken business model. He called for societies to develop "a more happiness-driven growth model, based on people working less and owning less." Essentially, this was a call for downsizing in terms of expectations and acquisitions. Now one would normally expect an individual calling for such a move to practice what he is preaching. We are all stakeholders in the health of Planet Earth; therefore, each of us should do his part to mitigate our negative impacts on this delicate resource.

While Thomas Friedman calls for you and me to "down size," he enjoys living here:














Even Kool-Aide guzzling liberals should see something wrong here. Gateway Pundit has the rest of the story. Be sure to read the comments after the post. Priceless.

For the record, OTR and Mrs. R have sixty years of combined experience in the protection and preservation of natural and cultural resources. We did it from a center and right-center political perspective. There are more like us in the environmental movement than most people realize.

Internet 101: Basic Sexting For Republicans

You would expect by now that any man who thinks with his brain understands the working of the Internet and World Wide Web. Yesterday, New York Republican Congressman Christopher Lee exposed himself as completely ignorant of the consequences of risky behavior in cyberspace. Now, as ex-Congressman Lee, OTR suggests that he write a basic Internet manual for all the computer Luddites on the Hill. The first lesson should focus on the simple fact that anything posted on the Internet has the potential to become public information. It's an essential lesson and one that could save the party of God, Mother, the flag, apple pie and family values from future ridicule.

For all the details of this real life tragicomedy, here is your link to the Gawker article. Hat tip to Gateway Pundit.

NAACP Ignores Progressive Lynching Of Clarence Thomas

Last Thursday, February 3, OTR commented on a late January event where "progressives" outside a conservative strategy conference in California called for, among other things, stringing up Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. The justice is a conservative who happens to be black. The Daily Caller, a breaking news website in Washington, asked the NAACP for comment on the video tape of the offensive suggestions. Although the organization condemned the "discourse," a spokesman refused to comment on the video itself.

If readers had any doubts that the NAACP was firmly--and apparently happily--enslaved on the Democrat Party plantation, this position should erase them permanently. How very sad this is for a once-proud and effective organization.

For more backstory and commentary, here are links to related posts at Power Line and Pajamas Media.

For liberal readers who may question the motives of The Daily Caller, be aware that it has no ideological perspective. The Caller broke the story about the Republican National Committee staffer and a $2000 reimbursement for expenses at a Hollywood bondage club specializing in lesbian sex on stage. The Caller also published emails from the Journolist story.

Where Is The Faculty Outrage At Duke?

As you may recall, from the outset of the now infamous Duke University lacrosse team rape case, the faculty sided with the "victim." She turned out to be a fraud and a wacko, but that didn't stop the enlightened ones from destroying a coach's career, wrecking the lives of at least four players, and tarnishing a once-respected university.

A few days ago, the news broke that Frank Lombard, Associate Director, Center for Health Studies at Duke, was arrested for offering his five year-old adopted son for sex. The whole story goes far beyond unsavory, but I have yet to hear the faculty mob stirring for what appears to be a confirmed case of criminal behavior. Has the Duke administration instructed its faculty to refrain from demonstrating their disgust? Perhaps the faculty that rallied behind one kind of rape isn't repulsed by another kind of rape? Maybe rape by administrator is different from rape by athlete? This is a grisly case, but it's going to be fun watching how things unfold. In the meantime, the silence is deafening.

Madam Boxer: Elitist Hypocrite From California

There's plenty happening around the world today, some of it extremely significant, including events in Iran. Instead of focusing on these larger stories, a much quieter, but equally important event occurred this week involving Barbara Boxer. It seems she has revealed her true colors with a "request" that she be referred to as "senator" rather than the term "ma'am" during a Senate hearing. The individual addressing her was Brigadier General Michael Walsh, an officer well-versed in protocol and quite correctly using the appropriate form of address.

Normally, I wouldn't be upset by this situation, but the depth of the hypocrisy coming out of the Democratic Party these days, along with a seemingly complete lack of knowledge of protocol, has forced me to respond. Boxer has been around a long time, unfortunately, and knows procedure. Could some of the arrogance descending from the White House be filtering into Boxer's brain? Whatever, as a Democrat, she is a member of what Jonah Goldberg calls the "coalition of the oppressed" and perhaps simply felt a personal need for status verification. Personally, I think her behavior revealed her for precisely what she is, an elitist and a hypocrite. The last time I checked, the Senate of the United States was not yet the seat of persons of title or peers. Sadly, Boxer's "request" assuredly places her above the commoners she represents. All commoners in California who vote "Democrat" should take notice that they are being had. "Ma'am" isn't good enough for her. She's above all that, "above the salt," so to speak. She is "Senator."

What else is the elitist, hypocrite "Senator" Boxer? Pick all that apply:

Self-important
Class conscious
Arrogant
Narcissistic
Officious
Petty
Disrespectful

Add your own:
_________
_________

I think you get my point. Madam is up for re-election in 2010, but I doubt there will ever be enough achievers in California to keep the oppressed masses from returning her to office. Shameful.