- Snowing in Rochester at the moment. Nothing newsworthy about that, particularly, except that the line of snow as this is being written runs from north and east of here to the south southwest, all the way down to New Orleans. Here, we’re expecting a foot of it. In March. Global warming [1], of course. Oh… I should by way of apology for having the ramble out late tonight, explain that I had a little trouble clearing the driveway of a few friends that dropped in:
[2] - And should I make mention of the John Coleman comments on what’s been happening at his creation, the Weather Channel? Nah, I’ll let McGehee [3]do it.
- Been getting clobbered today with traffic from Rezkorama. [4] My take is that this Rezko thing is a lot hotter than the press is letting on.
- Yeah, you read the headline correctly. There’s a lot of chatter [5] that McGovern has lurched to the right. The man could travel another 80 years and not get back to the center, guys. Still, look here:
Since leaving office I’ve written about public policy from a new perspective: outside looking in. I’ve come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society. Why do we think we are helping adult consumers by taking away their options? We don’t take away cars because we don’t like some people speeding. We allow state lotteries despite knowing some people are betting their grocery money. Everyone is exposed to economic risks of some kind. But we don’t operate mindlessly in trying to smooth out every theoretical wrinkle in life.
The nature of freedom of choice is that some people will misuse their responsibility and hurt themselves in the process. We should do our best to educate them, but without diminishing choice for everyone else.
Glenn [6] notes the link, and says that this is better than he’s heard form Obama and Clinton. He’s correct, of course. Further, this is better than the rhetoric that McGovern himself has engaged in most of his life.
The difference? He was forced by conditions out into the real world, and unlike what he was before, and what Obama and Clinton are now, he’s had some experience trying to survive now, in the shadow of the nanny state he himself helped to create. That concept of making judgments based on real world experiences instead of the ivory tower that McGovern and his ilk have been making their socialist pronouncements from for generations, is exactly why “Politics form the real world” is in the header of this blog. Welcome to the party, George. You’re about 80 years too late.
- Captain Ed [7] nails it on this McCain NYT [8] thing. . Look, gang, our support for McCain is here is tepid at best. But how much more transparent is the Times gonna get? Ya know come to think on it, I wonder if they’re going to touch that McGovern story.
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Let me stipulate to one thing: if this were two Republicans squabbling, I’d be laughing my head off at the moment.
A rare bit of honesty from the left in general and Josh Marshall [9] in particular. Be aware, Josh, you’ve just eliminated yourself as a candidate for a job with the MSM. It amuses me that you’ve not yet understood that these are the logical consequences of the politics you and yours have been pushing. Heck, even McGovern saw the light. What’s YOUR problem?