The Drawn Cutlass: Now THAT Is Chutzpah

Monday, June 07, 2010

Now THAT Is Chutzpah

President Obama at a high school graduation ceremony, advising the graduates about taking responsibility and not blaming others.

h/t Hot Air.

4 comments:

wally said...: Oh come on, Robert, what would you have Obama exhort the kids to do? It's regrettable that in today's superheated partisan political climate, he thinks he has to play the blame game. I was hoping for better from him. But any conservative who refuses to acknowledge their contribution to this climate is a coward.; 6/08/2010 12:44:00 AM
Bob said...: @wally: I'd have not even bothered posting if he spoke to the kids about working hard and persevering in the face of adversity. For him to talk of responsibility and not blaming others, however, is rank hypocrisy.

And for you to imply that the Republicans made him do it (shades of Flip Wilson, there) is rather hypocritical of you, since you resent it when I make tu quoque arguments.; 6/08/2010 02:50:00 AM
wally said...: You can put simplistic, cartoony words in my mouth if you want. It's you blog.; 6/08/2010 08:33:00 AM
wally said...: Sorry, your blog. Haven't had my coffee yet.; 6/08/2010 08:35:00 AM

The Drawn Cutlass Philosophy

Be as decent as you can. Don't believe without evidence. Treat things divine with marked respect, and don't have anything to do with them. Do not trust humanity without collateral security, it will play you some scurvy trick. Remember that it hurts no one to be treated as an enemy entitled to respect until he prove himself a friend worthy of affection. Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, finally, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as they ought to be.

Ambrose Bierce

Jeff Cooper's Rules of Gun Safety

All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy. (For those who insist that this particular gun is unloaded, see Rule 1.)
Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target. This is the Golden Rule. Its violation is directly responsible for about 60 percent of inadvertent discharges.
Identify your target, and what is behind it. Never shoot at anything that you have not positively identified.

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My restaurant ratings, mostly intended for BBQ restaurants, will be on a 1-5 scale, with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best. Unlike most reviewers, I don't intend to play games with the rating scale by introducing fractions such as "2 and 1/2" or "4 and 3/4," I've always considered that stupid and a signal that the reviewer is trying to avoid making an honest 1-5 judgment.

Here is the breakdown of the ratings:

1 out of 5: waste of time, crap, unable to finish eating; apathy by staff/ownership

2 out of 5: edible, but no effort to impress; staff/management going through motions; desultory.

3 out of 5: average; reasonably good food, moderate effort by staff/management

4 out of 5: good; tasty, well-prepared food, staff alert, restaurant clean.

5 out of 5: great; excellent food, cooked fresh. Staff attentive and proactive, management responsive to complaints. Restaurant spotless.

Monday, June 07, 2010

Now THAT Is Chutzpah

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