This is awesome. Check out the Bass Player, Ray Brown

Love that smile. He is a happy guy, playing with the best. He takes a half-minute solo 8 minutes in, completely smooth and unpretentious.



Man, is this so good. This is exactly what I need right now.

The pianist is Gene Harris, another dude absolutely sick with talent.

Oh yeah.

Lost my friggin' leg

Screw it, they're good.

Get your hands off it

Whoa.

What bothers the elite so much about the Tea Party is that it is full of people who believe in the greatness of the nation and, from outside eyes, appear to be unapologetically nationalistic, a sin they had long since denounced. They are embarrassed of their kin. They view American nationalism as a sort of mental retardation, because the Euro-bigots have convinced them of it. Had they the backbone and clarity to argue the merits of Americanism, they would not have severed their manly parts in an effort to fit in.

Where these Americans view themselves as more enlightened than the middle-class working Joe, they invite into the void of estranged nationalism a sort of self-annihilation, a desire to squash Americanism into quasi-European world membership. They view patriotism as a disease and worldliness as a badge. They, who have been across the oceans and mixed with the peoples of other nations, return to America with a desire to remake themselves by remaking the nation. What's worse, they generally have the money and power to make the attempt.

Damn straight.

Favorite Political Ads

Dale Peterson who ran for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner has cut the best ads I've seen this season. They've been out awhile, but I just saw it in a link from Time about the best viral ads.



This guy is a natural. Love how the gun comes out just as he is saying the word "Republicans". Do you think it's loaded?

Well, Dale only garnered 28% of the vote in a 3-way race, but being the gentleman that he is, he endorsed the best man in an ad where we discover the answer to the question.



More guns in political ads, please.

Hemi Air Raid Siren

Hat-tip Iowahawk on Twitter.

I love how the Brits say garage. Rhymes with carriage. The way Americans say it sounds too French.