Under the Fedora: Godwin’s Law, Phone Calls, and Caesar Pizza

Godwin’s law states that once someone compares his or her opponents in any argument to Nazis, they automatically forfeit that argument. With the American Nazi Party formally endorsing the Occupiers, the question arises: does Godwin’s law apply if you are on the same side as actual Nazis?

Not to be outdone, the Communist Party USA has also backed the Occupy Movement, which gives these protesters support from both of the 20th century’s most successful mass murdering ideologies.

I keep expecting some elder statesman of the left to play Admiral Akbar, and shout to the Democrats who are jumping on the Occupy bandwagon: “It’s a trap!” But it looks like there aren’t any adults left to do so.

Absent such a warning, I think the Democrats’ embrace of this will continue for as long as it keeps President Obama off the front page.

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I really don’t understand Iran’s attempt to kill a Saudi diplomat on American soil. It seems like an unwarranted risk for little reward—but then again, if I were Iran I’d be heartened to see that the Obama Administration’s first response was to send troops to Uganda.

As with Libya, where fighting still continues, I’m torn about Uganda. The Lord’s Army are very bad people, and have been for a long time—but why fight there, where we have no interests, and in not Syria, where we do? Senator Feinstein was about this on Fox; her reaction? “That’s a really good question.”

Yes, isn’t it?

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As for Uganda, did you hear about the big rise there in human sacrifice, specifically child sacrifice? Witch doctors conduct the sacrifice for a fee of about $200, and it supposedly brings the promise of better economic times to their customers—at the price of a child’s life.

How that is different from Planned Parenthood’s message is beyond me.

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In my last column, I mentioned Chris Christie’s endorsement of Romney, and Cain’s sudden rise in the polls. Well, the week that has has gone by allows us to see the effect of both with a more sober eye.

According to the latest polling, Cain now leads in Florida, and Romney remains at 23% nationally. It looks like the only vote Chris Christie has secured for Mitt Romney was Ann Coulter’s. I think Mitt’s “versatility of conviction,” as George Will put it on This Week, might have something to do with it.

Everybody who thinks Herman Cain can’t build a national organization forgets he is a tea party favorite. If the Tea Party decides that he is their best shot, then Cain will have all the volunteers he needs in every single state—all at once.

As I type this I’m watching Herman Cain on Meet the Press. David Gregory is pressing him, and Cain isn’t faltering. Given his performance, if I were the Romney campaign or the left, I’d be worried.

Stacy McCain asks: “Remember when David Gregory raked Obama over the coals on Meet the Press? Yeah me neither.”

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On Saturday’s radio show I invited every GOP campaign via Twitter to have its supporters call and make its case for my vote, now that Palin is out of the race. Calls came in from Arizona, Wisconsin, Alabama, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts for Herman Cain, Buddy Roemer, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney. The one Palin supporter who called said that his vote went to Cain. If that’s repeated nationwide, look out!

Not a single call came from anyone supporting Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson or Newt Gingrich (although one caller called Newt his 2nd choice). That amazed me. If you get a chance to plug your campaign on a 50,000-watt radio station at the cost of a phone call and you can’t muster a single supporter to call within two hours, what does that say?

At the end of the show a local pizza place dropped off a Chicken Caesar Pizza: chicken, dressing, and lettuce on a pizza crust. It was good, but as an Italian-American I find the concept takes some getting used to.

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When I first got VHS tapes of shows like Star Trek and F-Troop that I had watched in syndication, I noticed scenes that I didn’t remember—not realizing they had been cut from the syndicated versions to make room for commercials. Now that The Big Bang Theory is running in syndication, I’m noticing the cuts. It’s annoying.

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While the Legacy Media keeps its spotlight everywhere else, Rep. Issa continues to move forward on Fast and Furious. People who are currently in government are going to end up in prison over this.

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This week Robert Downey Jr. got an American Cinematheque Award, and he used the occasion to ask Hollywood to forgive Mel Gibson—noting that Gibson had helped him when he was down.

That’s a tough call for Hollywood. They’ll forgive drunkenness, antisemitism, cheating on a wife, and illegitimate children with ease. Asking them to forgive conservatism and Catholicism, however, is a big leap.

There’s no such problem with the new associate pastor at my church. When I mentioned embarrassment about confessing some sins repeatedly, he replied: “never be embarrassed; that’s what I’m here for.”

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Nightline had a story about a couple producing amateur streaming porn to support themselves. Customers are paying $8 a minute to watch them perform sex acts five nights a week. Forgetting the fact that they only get 25% of that money for doing all the work . . . $8 a minute? I don’t get it: who in their right mind pays $8 a minute to watch someone else get what they themselves cannot? It’s like paying someone to wave a Kentucky Derby Pie in front of your face, without being able to have a slice.

Mmmmm—Kentucky Derby Pie!

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Baseball etiquette notwithstanding, I had no problem with Texas piling on to close out the Tigers on Saturday. I’m totally with the Fox color team that quoted Whitey Hersog: “I’ll promise to stop trying to run, when the other team promises to stop trying to score.” You play to win, always.

Speaking of bad form, I think the article on Terry Francona as he left Boston was simply disgusting.
I for one will not forget the two World Series he led us to, and neither will millions in New England.

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Finally, I was shocked that the Morning Joe crowd got no pushback about this sexist statement, which was made on the air: “women don’t need men, except to laugh at.”

Glenn Reynolds may have the best explanation:

If a tree makes a sexist remark in a forest and no one hears it…

I’ll see you Friday!

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