tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36943202024-03-05T00:15:05.118-05:00Legal RightA Federalist High Church Tory Looks at Law, Politics and CultureMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.comBlogger126125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-81637125280277876802007-10-26T19:15:00.000-05:002007-10-26T18:51:27.576-05:00Edwards Tries to Squelch Journalism Student's SroryLong shot presidential candidate John Edwards likes to portray himself as a "man of the people." Evidently, however, Senator Edwards doesn't want folks to know that he decided to locate his Chapel Hill campaign headquarters in an affluent shopping center. Apparently he was so concerned that seeing this story might lead people to draw conclusions about which of the "two Americas" he lives in Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-19891990969676877372007-04-03T20:17:00.001-05:002007-04-03T20:45:33.259-05:00Episcopal Bishop May Face Charges, But Continues to View the World Through Rose Colored Glasses
It was has been reported that The Right Reverend Charles Bennison, leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, may face a church trial over his unauthorized spending of more than $6 million of diocesan funds without proper authorization. The Presiding Bishopette of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori (Disclosure: I represent a former Episcopal parish church currently involved inMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-62438411698121369532006-12-31T16:50:00.000-05:002006-12-31T17:08:32.464-05:00Can Obama Win Evangelical Votes?Nicole Russell has an interesting post up on The American Thinker positing that Barack Obama may be able to make inroads with conservative evangelical voters who were sufficiently disenchanted with the GOP to stay home in large numbers in the 2006 Congressional elections. Russell's argument seems to be premised on the fact that Obama is young and charming, which has eeemingly endeared him to someMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-19347912154464175552006-12-31T16:20:00.000-05:002006-12-31T16:47:21.067-05:00Ford, Reagan and the Conservative UprisingJonathan Martin has written a very interesting piece for National Review Online about the 1976 contest for the Republican presidential nomination between Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. I remember well that primary season, and the convention in Kansas City in August of that year, as well as the excietment that Reagan seemed to generate. As Martin suggests, I believe that that primary battle did Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-34804122733877027952006-12-31T16:07:00.000-05:002006-12-31T16:10:20.945-05:00Aid and ComfortLest there be any doubt as to whose side the Democrat Congressional leadership is on, and whether that band of thugs wishes to see America win in the war on terror, the incoming leadership evidently plans to revisit the question of detainees rights. The ever reliable Arlen Specter apparently plans to join the party.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1935688958883452632006-12-31T15:55:00.000-05:002006-12-31T15:59:36.329-05:00Mark Steyn on Saddam's ExecutionThe redoubtable Mark Steyn, as usual, makes some very cogent observations on the demise of the Butcher of Baghdad:
And to have convicted, sentenced and executed the dictator is a signal accomplishment for the new Iraq. When I was in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, shortly after the war, a young boy showed me his schoolbook. It was like my textbooks at his age - full of doodles and squiggles and amusingMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-77653603372786645042006-12-31T13:44:00.000-05:002006-12-31T13:45:39.843-05:00Happy New YearMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-44297172329535777332006-12-29T10:13:00.000-05:002006-12-29T10:19:36.399-05:00President Ford, R.I.P.
I was away for a few days over the Christmas holiday, and wasn't able to post about this in a timely fashion. I would like to join the millions of Americans who are morning the death of former President Gerald Ford. He was a good a decent man who was thrust into the presidency at one of the most difficult times in our history. His steady hand and quiet integrity were a much needed balm after theMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-68996552921998390642006-12-21T14:04:00.000-05:002006-12-21T14:14:54.413-05:00Rudy in NH? He Should Save Himself the Trip
Apparently Rudy Giuliani, presidential aspirant, is visiting New Hampshire. He should save himself the trip. He has no prayer of being the Republican nominee in 2008. He is stridently pro-abortion and is pro-gay rights. I am certainly willing to commend him for his leadership in New York City after 9/11. But what segment of the Republican primary electorate does he appeal to, aside, perhaps, Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-48386030362536607672006-12-21T13:38:00.000-05:002006-12-21T13:52:22.334-05:00Paleoconservative PrimerBill Calhoun has presented this pretty good primer on paleoconservatism over at Capitol Hill Coffee House, explaining who paleos are and what they believe. In the aftermath of this year's Republican election debacle, there is a war for the soul of the party, and of conservatism, on the horizon, and its best to know and understand the players and competing philosophies.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-89606773503433138532006-12-14T11:00:00.000-05:002006-12-14T11:04:48.284-05:00Worst President Ever
David Horowitz takes down Jimmy Carter, the worst president and worst former presdient in our nation's history, over at Frontpagemagazine.com.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-46899515419550709862006-12-12T23:45:00.000-05:002006-12-12T23:50:36.038-05:00Why Pennsylvania Voters, and All Americans, Will Regret Rick Santorum's Loss
Outgoing Senator Rick Santorm shows yet again that he is one of the few in Washington that really understands what is at stake in Iraq. One thing is, I think, for certain. Little Bobby Casey doesn't get it. And by the time that Bobby leanrs that he has to actually show up for this job, defeat may well be at hand. God speed, Senator Santorum.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-31669355998195744082006-12-11T12:21:00.000-05:002006-12-23T10:44:24.170-05:00General Pinochet, RIPHistory will, I believe, be kind to General Pinochet. The human rights abuses are to be deplored and condemned. He saved Chile from far worse, however, halting, and then reversing. what would have doubtless been a rapid slide into a collectivist totaltitarian nightmare. When the people spoke, the General gave up the reigns of power peaceably. By that time a firm foundation for economic, and, Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1164677532718164002006-11-27T20:32:00.000-05:002006-11-27T20:32:12.756-05:00Now THIS is a Big SurprisePerhaps Le John will rethink whether the "botched joke" will hurt him if he runs in '08 if he's seen this. Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1163532762595473082006-11-14T14:25:00.000-05:002006-11-14T14:32:42.596-05:00What About Judges?One interesting question that arises as a consequence of the Democrats victory in last week's elections is what happens to President Bush's judicial nominations strategy? It is a virtual certainty that the weaker and/or more controversial of the pending nominees (e.g., Haynes, Wallace, Myers) are finished. There is no possibility of these nominees being confirmed, and re-nominating them again Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1163532158929984612006-11-14T14:20:00.000-05:002006-11-14T14:23:57.740-05:00Oops (or, can I change those predictions?)OK, so for once Terry McCauliffe was right and I was wrong. The Republicans obviously got whooped in last week's election. Congratulations to the Democrats, and good luck. I expect that Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi will find that actually governing is a lot harder than simply repeating "Bush stinks" over and over to anyone who will listen, and even some who won't.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1162848449164089152006-11-06T16:27:00.000-05:002006-11-06T16:27:29.880-05:00Ortega ReduxThis is not good news. At 40% Ortega has about the same level of support that Bill Clinton garnered in 1992.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1162836255454030492006-11-06T13:01:00.000-05:002006-11-06T13:04:15.453-05:00Addendum to Election PredictionsI inexplicably forgot to mention the Missouri Senate race,although my prediction is probably obvious from my predicted bottom line outcome. In any event, I expect Jim Talent to be re-elected and,as with the Allen race, I do not anticipate that the final margin will be as close as the polling data suggests. Look for Talent to win by about 5 points.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1162836004458861202006-11-06T13:00:00.000-05:002006-11-06T13:00:04.470-05:00White Knuckle Time for the DemocratsSeems that the left is getting a little nervous about what appears to be a gathering of momentum for Republican candidates heading into tomorrow's elections. I have one quibble with Mr. Scheiber's piece - his speculation that there is an inherent pro-Republican/conservative bias in polls conducted in whole or in part over the weekend is incorrect. Historically, such polls skew pro-Democrat. Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1162833360833644102006-11-06T12:11:00.000-05:002006-11-06T12:16:00.833-05:00New ECUSA Presiding Bishop Calls for ReconciliationI expect that what Ms. Schori means by "reconciliation" is for the traditionalist remnant in ECUSA to capitulate and to acquiesce in the ascendancy of the new religion to which she and her ilk subscribe. What she almost certainly does not mean is for the left wing, revisionist majority in ECUSA to show any degree of tolerance for dissent in their ranks. You can be assured that, unless the Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1162832764556163732006-11-06T11:57:00.000-05:002006-11-06T12:06:04.576-05:00Election PredictionsPronouncements of impending Republican doom emanating from the hallowed halls of such MSM outlets as the New York Times and The Managua,er, Washington Post notwithstanding, there is no reasonable doubt that the momentum in these elections has been all Republican for the last several days and heading into the actual balloting tomorrow. It appears likely that the R's will suffer losses considerablyMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1154571420967583572006-08-02T21:17:00.000-05:002006-08-02T21:27:47.053-05:00Snarlin' Arlen v. The ABAEvidently Arlen Specter doesn't think much of the ABA's hatchet job on Michael Wallace, a nominee to the 5th Circuit. Sentaor Specter has asked the Judiciary Committee to reject the ABA's report, among other measure. Fox News had the story earlier today.
Hat Tip: BashmanMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1154486302137262952006-08-01T21:38:00.000-05:002006-08-02T21:27:19.880-05:00Ms. Schori is a FraudSo it appears that the presumptive Presiding Bishopette of the Episcopal Church is not only a radical, non-Christian revisionist, but she's a fraud, too. Seems she falified her resume. Or at least majorly self-aggrandized. Just what we want in a primate.Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1154469920715202922006-08-01T16:59:00.000-05:002006-12-05T22:15:05.970-05:00More on L'Affaire MelDean Bartlett, Hugh Hewitt's guest blogger, had a very good post this evening on Mel Gibson and anti-Semitism. Because I am stupid and could not figure out how to find a permalink to posts on Hugh's blog, I have taken the liberty of reproducing Dean's post in its entirety below. While I agree only partially with Dean's conclusion (he reluctantly forgives Gibson for his transgressions, while I Mark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3694320.post-1154468108042328382006-08-01T16:32:00.000-05:002006-08-01T16:46:48.400-05:00Happy Anniversary, Rush Limbaugh!!
Today marks the 18th anniversary of The Rush Limbaugh Show. I'd like to join all in the Conservative community in wishing Rush well, and thanking him for all he has done for the cause. It is simply not possible that the sonservative movement wwould have enjoyed anywhere near the level of success that it has without El Rushbo these past 18 years. Congratulations, Rush. Here's to many, many moreMark Jakubikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213790526509425688noreply@blogger.com0