Tea Party a gogo

IGNORE the above date, it's actually December 24, 2010; I'm updating an old post with new stuff. Read my recent articles at American Thinker, TCS Daily (now at Jim Glassman's Ideas in Action), GOPUSA, David Horowitz's NewsRealBlog, and The Tenth Amendment Center:

Can the Tea Party Triumph Against Voter Fraud?
Obama Ignores History, Recovery Stalls
Shrink the Fed Before It Shrinks the Dollar .... also here
How We Can Reverse ObamaCare ... also here
Fraud in the November Elections? ... a job for the Tea Party
Tea Party Clarity on the Deficit
How to Fix Pro Baseball
Money Is Still Money, Isn't It? ... updated version here and here
The Pride of Progressive Programs
The Day the Debt Stood Still ... also here
Shared Sacrifice in Obamaland
Obamacare Flushes the Constitution
Obama in the Age of Reaganomics
The Price of Everything
The Reindustrialization of America
Federal Revenue and the Economy
Counting Foreigners in the U.S. Census
The Senseless Census: A Solution
Trillion-Dollar Deficits and the Press
The Dollar's Demise is not Inevitable
The Tea Party's Big Worry
Money and Ruin
The Individual Mandate: We're All Amish Now
Roosevelt Redux?

Ain’t YouTube grand? Folks upload one treasure after another. I found these two gems recently and I’m dedicating them to Mark Steyn, who seems to have a taste for song. The first is of the great Italian basso Cesare Siepi singing Cole Porter circa 1962. Siepi is the very definition of “suave.” Then, as Steyn’s from the Great White North, we have the indispensable Jon Vickers in a rendition of “Ich grolle nicht.” What a voice; what an interpretation.
...and for extra credit, identify these folks:



















ULTRACON: awaiting The Restoration in November.

Election Fraud in November

Go to TCS Daily and check out my articles about the problems for election integrity this November, and be sure to watch the videos:

Tolerating the Intolerable

The New Electorate

Today we bring you a little "music of the spheres"; namely the duet that concludes Act I of Die Walkure. This is about as good as it gets: Leonie Rysanek and the great Jon Vickers. It's from German TV circa 1972. Many thanks to whomever posted this wonderful concert performance.

ULTRACON: Redemption through opera.

Trillion Dollar Deficits -- Part 10

Check out my article at American Thinker:

A Tax Holiday for Corporations?

and then check out The Divine Angela singing The Divine Wolfie--all for one low price!!

Ultracon: Waiting for November.

The Alternative to UVR

Read Ultracon's recent article at TCS Daily. And be sure to watch the short video that accompanies it:

The Alternative to Universal Voter Registration

Ultracon comes through again with more of The Divine Angela. This time a promo for a recent EMI recording of Madama Butterfy. Ultracon is also pleased with the Pinkerton, Jonas Kaufman, a tenor with some meat on his voice. Ultracon likes big heavy dark voices, don't cha know.

Perhaps Ultracon's all-time favourite tenor is Jon Vickers. Ultracon also heartily approves of Nicolai Gedda. And of course the only bass in history was Nicolai Ghiaurov (see last post).

Ultracon doesn't know how this melding of conservative opinion with opera videos is working out for the folks. Nor can Ultracon even guess at the effect of constantly referring to himself in the third person.

ULTRACON: It's self-contradicting, like an oxymoron. Why?

Federal Overreach and the States

Congratulations, Independent voters of the Bay State. Scott Brown now becomes one of this Missouri boy's favorite senators. We expect more stunning developments from Massachusetts. And while you're here, check out my new article hot off the presses at American Thinker: Federal Overreach and the New States' Rights Movement
Today, we pay homage to Ultracon's candidate for the finest bass of all time: Nicolai Ghiaurov. Nick's voice was not only titanic, it was, IMHO, one of the few bass voices that was beautiful. BTW, I'm updating this post because the previous YouTube video was taken down. I recently screened Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, which featured the scene in Don Giovanni where the Don is sent to Hell. Here's Nick as the Don in that scene. In case you're not familiar with the opera, Nick is the second voice.ULTRACON: a piquant blend of paleocon, neocon and 9/11-con, with zesty libertarian overtones...Try it, you'll like it.

Trillion Dollar Deficits -- Part 9

Read my article at American Thinker:

Money: Debauched, Debased, and Destroyed

Ultracon finds it easy to pronounce The Divine Angela as history's definitive Mimi. EMI put out a DVD of the following performance; it's available in better stores everywhere, as well as Angela's website: La Boheme.

Here's Mimi's Act III aria, Donde lieta usci; you'll never be the same:

ULTRACON: stuck in 1896.

The Church of Gheorghiu

Read the latest from Ultracon at TCS Daily:

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Borg

NOTE: If you find the Borg metaphor apt, you might enjoy this video of actress Alice Krige commenting about Power vis-à-vis her role as the Borg Queen.

And now to the serious stuff: The Divine Angela.

The following video is of Mimi's Act I aria from La Boheme. It demonstrates what a terrific actress Ms. Gheorghiu is. Of course the main thing is the voice.

If you want more, find in the playlist returned at the end "O soave fanciulla", which takes you to the end of act.

Ultracon: Good for what ails you.

Trillion Dollar Deficits -- Part 8

Read this at American Thinker:

Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Federal Trust Funds

and this at TCS Daily:

The Price of the Public Option

Even Ultracon can't spend all his time worshipping The Divine Angela Gheorghiu. So today we offer this French confection from 1967. You will recognize a very young Catherine Deneuve, but who is the brunette? It's Cate's older sister, Francoise Dorleac. Francoise was every bit as fetching as her younger sister. Shortly after this film debuted, Francoise died in an auto accident at the age of 25. The Young Girls of Rochefort was her next to last flic. The film has been restored and is available on DVD. Click on the video below for a taste of this charming diversion.

ULTRACON: for Real Americans

Healthcare for Dummies

These articles are at American Thinker:

To Hell with the Constitution?

The Price of the Public Option

Health Insurance and the Lure of Someone Else

(A shorter version of the last article appeared Nov. 3 in STAR BUSINESS WEEKLY of The Kansas City Star newspaper. It was titled "Time for Insurance Solutions" .)

Ultracon seems to be becoming The Unofficial Shrine to Diva Angela Gheorghiu. The following video is of a recording session where the Divine Angela is not foo-fooed up to her usual glamorous gorgeous Gheorghiu standard, but the voice is glorious. What a woman.

Ultracon: Accept no substitutes.

Modest Proposals

Here's a recent article that ran at American Thinker which looked at the coverage of Nick Griffin's appearance on the BBC. I included links to several British websites that had videos of the event and the protests:

Rightwing Fascists and Other Fables

it also has a plug for an important book.

Although this proposal appeared at GOPUSA, it should be adopted by the Dems, too:

The Presidential Primary System And What To Do About It

I don't like the idea of changing the Constitution, but here's a change I do endorse:

Two Tweaks to the Constitution

and then there's The Divine Angela:

ULTRACON: the pause that refreshes

Trillion Dollar Deficits -- Part 7

My latest article may seem only tangential to our abysmal deficit:

Towards a Simpler, Fairer Tax

but don't let the title fool you.

Lenny only performed the first movement of Mahler's Tenth.

ULTRACON: we're hep.

Trillion Dollar Deficits -- Part 6

Read my article at American Thinker:

Obama's Deficit: the Devil Made Me Do It

and then listen to the divine Angela--->

ULTRACON: Accept no substitutes.

Trillion Dollar Deficits -- PART 5

Check out my article at TCS Daily:

The Underlying Principle in Taxation

TCS also ran a piece of mine on the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing:

The Consequences of Government Intrusion into Prices

AND American Thinker recently ran an article of mine on tax reform:

The Fair Price of Civilization?

read 'em and weep.

Election Reform via Technology

Check out my article at TCS Daily; it's in 2 parts. It concerns the Minnesota contest for U.S. Senate, now in its 7th month. But what it mainly concerns is how to prevent such nonsense by reforming our election system. Click on this:

No More Minnesotas

and tell 'em Jonny Boy sent cha.

EXTRA CREDIT: How is the recent election in Iran similar to the 2008 election in Minnesota?

Trillion dollar deficits -- PART 4

You have reached ULTRACON, a piquant blend of paleocon, neocon and 9/11-con, with zesty libertarian overtones...Try it, you'll like it.

ULTRACON is right pleased to be at American Thinker:

Where's the "Do Nothing Congress" When You Need Them?

And in case you missed it, check out:

Federal Finance: having it both ways

which is also at American Thinker. And here's my most recent article at TCS Daily, hot off the press, as it were:

The Limitations of Economics

ULTRACON highly recommends Dr. John Ray's blog: Dissecting Leftism. And check out his monographs, which you'll find in the left column.

ULTRACON: Accept no substitutes.