Welcome to Our New Site

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Last night, Blogger updated its user interface for our account. This morning, Sylvain logged in to post something. Apparently he forgot to sacrifice a goat or say the proper blessing, because the entire contents of the ChicagoBoyz blog, going back to Sept. 2001, disappeared. (The template is still there.) I am not inclined to wait for a resolution of whatever the problem is, so I decided to move the blog to this new site, which we were going to do soon anyway. Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to transfer the old site’s archives, but I am working on it.

I apologize for any inconvenience to readers. I suspect, however, that your ChicagoBoyz blog viewing experience will be smoother on this new site than it was on Blogger. Don’t forget to update your links.

Thanks.

Wear It On Your Sleeve

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That’s my advice to this guy – though he seems to have arrived at the same conclusion on his own, and good for him. I don’t understand how he could have stayed in the political closet for so many years, but maybe that’s just me. Being discreet about your beliefs (in our society; I’m not talking about Iran) may help your career in some industries, and makes socializing easier in some places, but it has costs. Being open about who you are makes it easier to meet like-minded people – there are usually more of them around than you think – and you get to find out who your friends really are. You also won’t be as conflicted in dealing with people, which means you’ll get along better even with the ones whose values you don’t share. Think of it as a way to transfer the burden of worrying about your unconventional beliefs from you to someone else, for a change. As for people like Stern’s blind date, who fled when she learned he is a Republican, fuck ’em. Life’s too short to hang around with jerks, and he was wise to force the issue with a prospective marriage partner. This is why, contra conventional wisdom, it’s not necessarily a bad idea to discuss politics when you go on a date. Then, if things go really well, you can make the second date a trip to the shooting range.

(via Instapundit)

She’s Baaaack!

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(Again).

So much for a Democratic resurgence. Janet Reno is out and about, rallying the Demo base in her customary charming way:

. . .Reno spoke about visiting the Dachau concentration camp in Germany as a child and learning what had happened.

“I went back and asked my adult German friends, ‘How could you let that happen?’ ” Reno said. “They said, ‘We just stood by.’ “

She looked right into the the audience and told them that’s why she was there. She had no intention of just standing by.

“And don’t you just stand by,” Reno said.

Isn’t that cute. Do you think the listeners got the point? I like the way Drudge helpfully put it: “In Speech To Dem Club, Janet Reno Appears To Compare GOP Agenda/Nazi Atrocities…”

Reno earlier gave some practical advice:

“We should be more organized than the Republicans who have traditionally out-organized us,” Reno told the audience of about 60 people.

That’s a good point. Reno is certainly doing her best to organize Republicans.