A tea party for the well-connected and me

A few shots from the Reclaim American Liberty conference I attended in NYC recently: the speaker in this shot is Andy McCarthy - unanswerable on the upcoming off-Broadway Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Show; far left is General Richard Myers, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - I found his speech and demeanour bureaucratic; second left is Colonel Allen West, congressional candidate - outstanding, succinct, historically literate, an anti-Obama.

The speaker below is Michael Mukasey, former Attorney General - sharp mind, dry wit, impressive; far left is Claudia Rosett who spoke hilariously about the long-running off-Broadway black comedy called 'The United Nations'; Mark Steyn is second left.

I trust that John Bolton's moustache will be secretary of state in the next Republican administration:

Mark Steyn is so familiar to me that his tropes might wear thin, but he just gets funnier. The Henry VIII look suits him:

A good time was had by all. There was a palpable sense of camaraderie and shared purpose. Finally I'll stress that Col Allen West may be the real deal. If so, watch out:

Reclaim America Conference - lunchbreak

More later, but I want to give an instant reaction. Col.Allen West was terrific just now on a range of Nat.Sec. issues. He's the star so far and I predict that we've seen a major political figure of the future. Oh and I'm a couple of chairs away from Steyn!

Reclaim America Conference

It's 8.30am in chilly NYC. I'm sitting in the tony Union League Club on E 37th. Being warned about the dress code, I bought a tie late last night! I wheedled a coveted invite from The Hudson Institute for this conference where the speakers include Mark Steyn, Andrew McCarthy, Michael Mukasey (ex AG), Gen Richard Myers (ex Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff) and other luminaries. As a Briton I'd thought this was about a movement to reclaim our western territories and replace Obama with Elizabeth II. Now, reading the program, I'm not so sure. More later.

No-fly profile?

Would you board a plane with this man?

Subject is:

• Male
• Well-educated
• Islamic name
• Close association with US domestic terrorist
• Suppresses basic biographical documents
• Refuses to wear US flag accessory after 9/11
• 20 years attending services by radical preacher, motif - 'God Damn America.'
• Representative quotes:
• "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation" *
• "If you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we'd be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." *
• "Part of my responsibility .. is to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."

Review subject's motives and background.


* From a 2008 American Religious Identification Survey 76% of Americans self-identify as Christian and 0.6% (1.35 million) as Muslim.

Idiot's guide to universal bodyscanning at airports

1. No terrorist will be caught or deterred.

2. Air travel will plummet.

Anthropogenic Global Warming - a word from on high

'Cool'

The Climate Research Unit, East Anglia, is under a cloud.

You can download a decent resolution file of this from http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/
Keywords 'snow across Great Britain'
Select 1 pixel = 250m
I just printed it at A3+ and I’m thrilled.

Olden but golden

and now...

Say what?!

Your tax dollars at work on NPR:

The finger

The Twin Towers (1368ft) were once the tallest buildings. Islamic terrorists destroyed them early in this decade. Today, near the decade's end, the Burj Dubai (2716ft) is opened. It's height equals the Twin Towers combined. The symbolism of height and global status is obvious, but unremarked in the West.  


Burj Dubai is funded by high oil prices, paid by the West to the Arabs. Oil prices are high because Western governments have prevented domestic exploration and production. So there is less oil, more dependence on our enemies and more pollution in the world. The only practical response has been expansion of bio-fuel production at taxpayer expense; hence food shortages because of misallocated land. It's nice that liberals get to feel virtuous tho. Would that self-approval were an alternative energy source.

Burj Dubai, a finger in the sky.

Film of the year, of 2009

Man of the year 2009

For repaying insult with silence: