Archive for May, 2005

Friday, May 27th, 2005

Quick Shots: There IS a Loyalty Oath

Thanks to the Country Pundit for pointing it out…
Timothy Goddard has a counter to Captain Ed…
Okay, I’m on the road for a bit…see ya soon!…

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Friday, May 27th, 2005

Some Friday Reading Suggestions…

The always excellent Mickey Kaus wonders why the New York Times has voluntarily chosen to remove themselves from the debate and asks:
Who else but reinforcement-craving Democrats would pay $49.95 a year to read Paul Krugman?
Well, masochists, I guess…
Coalition member The Bernoulli Effect has an excellent followup post on our merry band, with his usual topnotch […]

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Friday, May 27th, 2005

A Good Morning to You All This Friday…

…I got to sleep in a bit as I took off work; I’ll be going out of town for my niece’s graduation this weekend, but I will post whenever possible, so keep checking back, won’t you? Things just wouldn’t be the same without your sunny smile around here…
Join me in welcoming our newest Coalition members, […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Is Hillary A Slam-Dunk? Plus the Meme Effect

That’s what Coalition member Alexander McClure of PoliPundit says…he just may be right…
James Taranto was the only charter member not to accept (or even respond), but if you’re not reading the Best of the Web daily, you should be…
Speaking of the Wall Street Journal (and we were), here’s an interesting story on the numbers behind […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Miscellanea: Note to Democrats Edition

The note being, ‘Don’t push your luck.’ Color me disappointed that after all the filibuster brouhaha, we’re up against yet another in a series of long delays on the John Bolton confirmation…in fact, the Anchoress is so disgusted, she’s done chillin’, so the Coalition loses its first member. That’s okay, we still love you…it’s […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

A Word to the Doubters

(If you’re new and coming from one of the generous links, here’s the original Coalition post - why, oh, why doesn’t my Blogger page link right anymore?)…
To our detractors, let me just spare a brief word: don’t presume that you are any more a conservative or Republican than Coalition members. Last time I checked, our […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Prof Bainbridge: Why I’m For the Deal

Professor Bainbridge, sick of blogging about the deal (and to my regulars, we’ll get back to normal soon, don’t worry), wraps up his thoughts in an excellent article at Tech Central Station. Highly recommended (he gives the Coalition a plug, too - as well as the t-shirts (don’t wait to get yours, they’re going […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

The American Enterprise Institute: Moderates Are Winning

Norman J. Ornstein of the AEI says that the recent debates over judges and stem cells mean the moderates are winning.
This is is good a time as any to point out that the Coalition isn’t some wishy-washy centrist organization; we’re a group of people who just happen to think that the reaction to the judicial […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Peggy Noonan Won’t Be Joining

Nor, I think, will Byron York, though he makes some good points. Noonan takes the Gang of 14 to task for their blatant love of self, and that’s true enough, but really, Peggy, when has that not been the case with Senators? Nothing new there…
Please join me in saying hi to the newest […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

A Major Coalition Announcement

In true capitalist fashion, I have taken advantage of Cafe Press and its easy to use services and created a Coalition of the Chillin’ store. There are several T-shirt designs, although I personally am partial to the golf shirt and intend to order one myself. Other items can be added later if there’s a demand. […]

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Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Morning Must-Read: Carrie Underwood Edition

Please note: this post has nothing whatsoever to do with the new American Idol, Carrie Underwood; I have simply lured you here under false pretenses to make sure you have heard of the Coalition of the Chillin’…
For further evidence that the Coalition is on the right path, read this piece in the New Republic (free […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Membership in the Coalition is Closed…

…just kidding. I am going to wrap up for tonight, though, with one more batch of new members. Once again, thanks to Ryan James for setting up the blogroll; repay him by visiting his blog, and while you’re at it, check out at least a couple of Coalition blogs a day; it’s a […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

The Coalition Manifesto

Submitted for your approval, but if you don’t like it, read the last sentence…
Whereas we, the Coalition of the Chillin’, think a lot of people are having a cow over this filibuster deal, we submit the following to our fellow Republicans, and Americans of other political stripes:

it’s sometimes better to settle things in a bipartisan […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

The Coalition of the Chillin’

(I’m moving this to the top because my Blogger is still screwy…ay caramba…)
That’s what I propose to call those of us who aren’t having a cow over fili-deal (inspired by Viking Pundit’s excellent suggestion to take it easy, which my regular readers will know I fully endorse). I propose for charter membership:

myself
Viking Pundit
Scott Elliott
Glenn Reynolds
James […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

We Have a Mascot

My beagle, never having turned down a chance for self-promotion, has nominated herself as the Official Mascot of the Coalition of the Chillin’, and has taken on the honorary name ‘Chilly’…

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

The Latest Members and a Sneak Preview

Check back later tonight for the Coalition Manifesto and the appointment of the official mascot…
Here’s where the madness began…
State of Flux has joined us…
Knemon is with us, and has even carved out a role for himself (see comments)…
We have Lime Shurbet now…
W.C. Varones joins up…

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

The Latest Coalition Members - And An Apology

Okay, I’m not keeping up with this as well as I’d like, thanks to my Blogger template whacking out…I’ll try to get it all straight before the end of the evening…
Here’s the original post…
Tempus Fugit is in…
Ditto doverspa…Citizen Smash lends a hand…
And Hugh Hewitt has given the Coalition a mention! (though he most emphatically is […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Coalition Members, Get Your Red Hot Coalition Members…

Some more have joined our little group of merry-makers (let me know if you’ve been overlooked)…
Two Dogs…
Bill at INDC Journal…Brainster…
Scott Elliott has accepted!…
Tinkerty Tonk…
The Buzz Blog…
Dangerous Dan…Linda Chavez has been proposed, but has not been contacted (yet)…
Robert Kuttner of the Boston Globe provides Coalition fodder (hat tip to Viking Pundit)…
Meanwhile dean4prez is worried about getting […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Even More Coalition Members…

…we’d conquer the world if it didn’t take so much effort.
Argan Argar is in…
The Radical Centrist,too…
On the other hand:
John Hawkins of Right Wing News is definitely not in (see his comments on the original post below)…
Disappointingly, James Taranto has his Best of the Web up, and has not responded…
And don’t forget to email Ryan James […]

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Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Blogger Weirdness…

If you’ve come from the link provided by the great Instapundit and landed here, please click here…my Blogger page has picked the worst time to crap out and go goofy…and welcome!…
Blogger is just chewing my template all to hell, for some reason…I’m losing chunks of code right and left, and my counters are all screwed, […]

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