sisu tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16966 2012-01-06T13:28:11-05:00 Beauty in unexpected places TypePad Santorum: It's the authenticity, stupid! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20162ff1fc4f0970d 2012-01-06T13:28:11-05:00 2012-01-12T09:30:06-05:00 "Unfortunately for [the MSM], Stacy McCain and I were there," writes Peter Ingemi of DaTechGuyblog, on the scene at a Rick Santorum Town Hall in Concord, NH yesterday in the run-up to Tuesday's primary. "I shot the entire exchange, and... Sissy Willis Amazing Grace: Is Rick Santorum the new Sarah Palin? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20162ff126b6d970d 2012-01-05T15:05:49-05:00 2012-01-05T15:59:23-05:00 "I believe in free people and free markets," Rick Santorum told a spirited and well-informed town hall audience last night in Brentwood, a few miles down the road from our hometown, Exeter, New Hampshire. We caught the event in C-SPAN... Sissy Willis Have yourself a merry little blogiversary: Now we are eight. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e201675ea4a8f7970b 2011-12-11T21:56:19-05:00 2011-12-17T10:52:45-05:00 Little Kitteh, above, trips the light fantastic in our Christmas card, now in production. The message inside: "Let your heart be light." Next year all our troubles will be out of sight? In celebration of our blog's eighth anniversary tomorrow,... Sissy Willis I'm you: Elizabeth Warren channels Christine O'Donnell tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e201539434f0af970b 2011-12-08T14:49:05-05:00 2012-01-24T17:06:18-05:00 "So maybe if I tell you a little about myself, it will explain something about why I'm running for the United States Senate," says Soros-backed "everywoman" — and method actress extraordinaire — Elizabeth Warren in an all-about-little-old-me video at her... Sissy Willis Over the river ... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20153937ebe4b970b 2011-11-24T08:48:28-05:00 2011-11-24T11:13:05-05:00 Over the river and through the woods to Goompa's house we go. Too much sadness. Lost our baby boy -- How can it be three years now? Tears at the remembrance of holding him in our arms.Then our angel baby... Sissy Willis I am Little Kitteh. You may pet me now. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20162fc117bf4970d 2011-11-01T13:56:19-04:00 2011-11-01T13:58:00-04:00 Sissy Willis Jeb's lame ultimatum: Are you with the sane Republicans or Not? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20162fbeb531d970d 2011-10-25T21:17:27-04:00 2011-11-01T16:36:21-04:00 "In South Carolina this afternoon, TX Gov. Rick Perry held a press conference to detail his economic plans," writes PJ Media's Bryan Preston: "The very first reporter tried distracting him by bringing up the birther nonsense. Perry was having none... Sissy Willis Herman Cain: Shall we have a cigarette on it? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20162fbe70d25970d 2011-10-25T06:58:56-04:00 2011-11-01T16:50:03-04:00 "What can Herman Cain have been thinking," the lamestream are scratching their heads, shocked, shocked at what subliminal messages may be lurking within Herman Cain's new "I am America" ad. "LOVE @THEHermanCain's cigarette ad. MSNBC going berserk but covering it,"... Sissy Willis Occupy Wall Street: What rough beast? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e201543602218c970c 2011-10-09T14:52:30-04:00 2011-10-11T08:08:10-04:00 "The Occupy Wall Street movement is growing, and lots of activity is taking place in social media," writes Social Media Research Foundation Director Marc Smith of Connected Action, who generated the "NodeXL SNA Twitter Map" above tracing the connections among... Sissy Willis "It was one of those great, only-in-America Judeo-Christian moments" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2014e8bbaaaa9970d 2011-09-21T15:31:24-04:00 2011-09-22T14:47:22-04:00 "You've got to believe you are here for a reason," Senator Joe Lieberman told Sarah Palin back in the fall of 2008 when she was losing her bearings in the tense, over-scripted days leading up to her vice presidential debate... Sissy Willis Greta Van Susteren takes Tucker Carlson to the woodshed tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e201543587a452970c 2011-09-18T14:21:10-04:00 2011-09-19T09:37:39-04:00 "A mother does the same, c. 1897," Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society. "The public shaming of Tucker Carlson. Cybervillage disapprobation of "elders" like @gretawire [Greta Van Susteren's twitter handle] shape moral behavior," we twittered as the smoke began to... Sissy Willis Sarah Palin: The Tea Party is real winner of the debate tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2015435653c65970c 2011-09-13T14:17:35-04:00 2011-09-13T14:57:04-04:00 "I was very pleased with this debate, and, you know, very excited about the validation of the Tea Party movement," Sarah Palin told Greta Van Susteren last night in a meaty analysis of the CNN/TeaPartyExpress debate that echoed our own... Sissy Willis Rick Perry: "Galileo got outvoted for a spell" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e201543543747f970c 2011-09-08T17:28:34-04:00 2011-09-08T17:49:05-04:00 As a Palinista from day one, we're still "undecided," but we loved this from Texas Governor Rick Perry (above) at last night's GOP primary debate: "Galileo got outvoted for a spell … Find out what the science truly is before... Sissy Willis Anti-Palin tempest in a teapot? "Fog of war describes Twitter in a nutshell" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20154353d8f1c970c 2011-09-07T19:47:43-04:00 2011-09-07T22:09:01-04:00 "This has been a long tease with Sarah Palin, and at some point that tease has just got to go away. What's going to happen next," snickered Laura Ingraham (above left) to guest Ann Coulter last night as the two... Sissy Willis Palin Undefeated: It's the crony capitalism, stupid! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2014e8b316a25970d 2011-09-02T10:28:22-04:00 2011-09-04T17:26:50-04:00 This weekend Steve Bannon's Palin documentary ‘The Undefeated’ will be available On Demand and Pay-Per-View from a major cable or satellite company near you. We wrote about the movie — sight unseen — last June in "Palin Undefeated: 'A story... Sissy Willis It's the water, stupid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2015435020cdf970c 2011-08-31T17:58:29-04:00 2011-08-31T20:20:31-04:00 "Whether that is in the Everglades or whether that is in the eastern Gulf region, or whether that's in North Dakota, we need to go where the energy is," Michele Bachmann said during a Florida stop Sunday: "Of course it... Sissy Willis "First Responders and Clergyfolk are not very important to the powerful and the enlightened" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2015434dc40cd970c 2011-08-27T00:21:17-04:00 2011-08-27T09:07:45-04:00 "Join us and thousands of patriots at the AFDI/SIOA 911 Freedom Rally at Ground Zero on the afternoon of September 11th. We will have a priest and a rabbi for the invocation as part of our program (just as we... Sissy Willis Through a glass brightly tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2015434cb93ba970c 2011-08-24T18:07:07-04:00 2011-11-01T13:58:48-04:00 Little Kitteh! Little Kitteh! burning bright, In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry? Was it the will of the Master of the Universe alone that gave life to man? Or did... Sissy Willis Fight like a girl because you're not "just" a girl tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2015390e1befa970b 2011-08-21T17:30:01-04:00 2011-08-22T16:11:09-04:00 Lively debate in the radio studio with Peter Ingemi (above) of DaTechGuyblog yesterday morning, then on to a "salon" at Borders Grille in Leominster with lotsa good food and drink and talk with local listeners, bloggers, radio talkers and writers.... Sissy Willis Dear John Podhoretz: I love you, but tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2015434a9063e970c 2011-08-19T20:32:24-04:00 2011-08-19T21:11:49-04:00 John Podhoretz's twitter avatar (above) is one of our favorites, beaming father with enchanting daughter. Hard not to love the guy, and we do, but hey. This is politics! "So unless I agree with every word you say I'm not... Sissy Willis Whither goest thou? "Only a living thing can go against the stream" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20154349bd4a9970c 2011-08-17T21:35:24-04:00 2011-08-18T11:47:44-04:00 "Against the Tide" by Rob Colvin. "Shorter NYT: Tea party is out of the mainstream because members are white, religious and socially conservative," twitter buddy Hale Razor writes re Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell's inadvertently self-revelatory New York... Sissy Willis James Pethokoukis: "Perhaps a storm is about to sweep down from the Far North" tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e201543485f03f970c 2011-08-14T17:59:37-04:00 2011-08-14T20:48:51-04:00 EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska. The Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, shines above Bear Lake here January 18, 2005. The lights are the result of solar particles colliding with gases in Earth's atmosphere. Early Eskimos and Indians believed different legends... Sissy Willis King or kingmaker, Sarah Palin's heart and mind will energize seekers of wisdom and truth tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20154348031be970c 2011-08-13T20:18:57-04:00 2011-08-18T11:49:07-04:00 Sarah Palin and Herman Cain embrace at Iowa State Fair. "Have heard Herman Cain is warm and energizing in person. I fell for him way back when, used a quote in Tea Party sign," we twittered Ginny aka ginthegin this... Sissy Willis John Kerry vs Tea Party: It's the Rubber Duckie, stupid tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e20154346a8bb5970c 2011-08-10T18:42:54-04:00 2011-08-11T19:58:16-04:00 "I have to tell ya. I say this to you politely," John Kerry said impolitely to MSNBC's Morning Joe audience the other day, parrotting the Journolist talking-points meme of the day, Tea Party as illegitimate "hostage taker" of the nation's... Sissy Willis From violent, racist "teabaggers" to debate changers with a seat at the table tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834518c7969e2014e8a4b11c1970d 2011-08-01T10:42:03-04:00 2011-09-29T14:00:28-04:00 "If a good political compromise is one that has something for everyone to hate, then last night's bipartisan debt-ceiling deal is a triumph," says the WSJ this morning: "The big picture is that the deal is a victory for the... Sissy Willis