http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com Discussion of events both personal and political from Albuquerque, NM Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:09:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was watching FNC yesterday and saw a couple things that made me think that if the phone had gone off at that very moment and the person on the other end of the conversation had been conducting one of those surveys that asks if America is moving in the ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/15/i%e2%80%99ve-heard-of-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket%e2%80%a6-but-now-in-an-easter-basket/ “… So there's some of the things that are on my mind, and I appreciate you letting me get a chance to come by to speak to you. I'm -- you know, I guess the best to describe government policy is like a person trying to drive a car on ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/14/%e2%80%9cdon%e2%80%99t-overcorrect%e2%80%9d/ “Words matter. Words mean something.” -- Rush Limbaugh “Actions speak louder than words.” -- Author disputed “Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.” -- John 3:17,18 “Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.” -- Mark Twain Ah, all The Great Debates revisited. Church v. State. ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/13/the-separation-of-church-and-state/ Screw American Idol. Screw piano lessons. Screw studying Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Debussy, and Gershwin. Screw that degree in Music Theory and Composition. Screw Julliard. Word to the wise: Just screw the Governor instead. http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/12/advice-to-budding-musicians-and-songstresses-everywhere/ Gotcha.  I think we have a clear definition of what you and Your Holiness mean by “excessive wealth.”  To clarify, is it dropping 100K on overpriced whores? Please remit. http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/11/memo-to-the-vatican/ “We sought to bring real change to New York, and that will continue. Today, I want to briefly address a private matter. I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family, that violates my -- or any -- sense of right and wrong. I apologize first, and ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/10/eliot-mess/ “Two words come to mind when I think of conservative William F. Buckley, who died last week at the age of 82: peanut butter.” -- Michael Winship “I know that I shall never see A poem lovely as Skippy's peanut butter.” -- WFB “In college, I wrote in the margin of one of my ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/04/the-joys-of-a-buckley-breakfast/ “For years I have thought that one could have no finer honor than to have WFB, Jr. write one's obituary. He offered such wonderful tributes to his many friends and associates as they passed. I wonder, today, who can write his; who is up to offering the tribute that he ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/03/%e2%80%9ca-benevolence-and-affection-without-peer%e2%80%9d/ Charlie Rose: But my guess is your proudest achievement – beyond family – is The National Review. WFB: Oh, yes it is. Charlie Rose: Why? WFB: Because it’s a continuing source of information and exchange and uh, enlightenment for people who want to keep in mind the fundamentals of America as seen ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/02/%e2%80%9csomething-of-an-art-form%e2%80%9d/ “Cool and intrepid. Just two of the reasons William F. Buckley Jr. was so effective in changing the world. I was always conservative but, I suspect, like many I didn't realize I was a conservative until I read WFB. Until the seventies, the liberal regnancy in politics, media, and ... http://www.thevoiceoftreason.com/2008/03/01/%e2%80%9ccool-and-intrepid-taking-the-oxymoron-out-of-hip-conservative%e2%80%9d/