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tdc returns: political odds and ends. and cojones

Yes.  Tis true: tdc has been absent from the blogosphere for a few weeks.  You have my sincere apologies. 

Despite the fact that you may have been feeling tdc had gone the way of an old Colorado mine - once productive and fruitful, now left abandoned to rot away in the elements - rest assured that I have been paying attention to the world of politics.

Though every fleeting thought and errant rant is not dutifully recorded here, that doesn’t mean that said thoughts and rants don’t happen.  Indeed, the items noted below sparked some thoughts and rants…

• Jonah Goldberg says the conservative movement should stop pining away for the good ol’ days of the Grand Ol’ Party.  tdc happens to agree.  As a new conservative (“new” meaning “as soon as then-candidate Obama unveiled his pretty little country-transforming logo in 2008”), I am not pining for the old days of the GOP.  In those days, I was: a) too young to care; and b) a Democrat-by-birth-and-environment.  Telling me how great William F. Buckley was back in the day, means little to me.  I wanna kick some electoral tail with today’s team!  Palin, Bachmann, Pence…Palin.  Old school exception:  Thomas Sowell. #thatisall

• Whenever you can toss in the word “cojones“…it’s a good interview:

• Politicians with large egos cause heartburn.  Mr. Tancredo is a fine gentleman and a nice guy, but…really?  It takes a bit of gall (as opposed to cojones) to enter a gubernatorial race on a third-party ticket, with a thundering ultimatum for the other two candidates:  get out or I get in!  Respectfully, tdc requests that you get over yourself, sir.

• Rep. Charlie Rangel and Rep. Maxine Waters.  Perhaps that says enough.  Nonetheless, tdc hopes that perhaps you’ll learn a lesson about humility and honor and decency as a result of the investigations into your alleged misconduct.  tdc understands that lesson is unlikely.  What a shame.  Maybe the voters in their respective districts will send them home to ponder what they’ve done…far away from the halls of Congress.

• Arthur Laffer writes on op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the wisdom (i.e. common sense per historical data and experience) of implementing tax cuts to strengthen the economy.  Why is it that we have to beat the “soak the rich” dead horse again…?

• tdc is headed back up north to the Last Frontier in the coming days.  It will be fun to meet up with new old friends, once again.  Hopefully, there will be more shootin’, a comfortably distant bear-sighting, a little design work (tdc IS a designer after all), and a moose burger on the docket.  And, hopefully, there’s a primary win for Eddie Burke in the race for lieutenant governor.

• Finally, no return to action would be complete without a quote from Thomas Sowell, circa 2003.  It could have been written today…:

A whole vocabulary has grown up among the intelligentsia to downplay or dismiss the achievements that create our standard of living and the longevity that allows us to enjoy it more fully. Where some achieve more than others, that is not seen as a special contribution to society that should be appreciated but as a grievance to be resented by others, in the name of equality.

So, there ya have it - a synopsis of commentary for the last five weeks.  Told ya I was paying attention…

- tdc