[1]Welcome, dear reader, to the most intense nightly read in the ‘sphere… The Nightly Ramble….
- Nice to see Joe Biden finally being called out on his “I was shot at in Iraq” lies. [2]
- Buffett plans on dumping $3BUSD into GE [3]. No shock, here, that’s what capitalists do.
- The bailout Bill (PDF) [4] went back to the House today, after being passed by the Senate last night. As I predicted and feared, it’s a pork-laden pile of sludge. There is a lot going on with this thing we don’t know about yet, and all of it behind the scenes, and none of it good, I think. What I see in the bill is a lot of stuff that has nothing whatsoever to do with the original problem, or the cure. Steyn [5]even mentions this aspect. As an example, Healthcare. Huh? Yeah, that has a lot to do with the economic crisis, huh? Do you know, that as a part of this bill Insurance companies are going to have to provide mental health care on parity with physical healthcare? The costs to the consumer are going to be staggering. Of course the effect here will be less people on healthcare as the governmentally mandated costs drive everyone out of the healthcre insurnace market. Of course once the market is ruined, the government steps in with government healthcare. Looks from here like driving people out of private healthcare companies so government can take over is exactly the plan. And it’s working already… and will continue to do so, regardless who is in the White House. Does anyone remember what happened to private railroad passenger service in this country? Pretty much the same thing, actually. And that’s only part of the stuff tacked onto this bill. So much for a focus on fixing the problem.
- If you think all this is not about promoting the growth of government think again [6].
- And think yet again… did anyone note This Ain’t Hell pointing out thet Dingy Harry had to lie [7]to push the bailout bill?
- In case you’re looking for Steve Fossett, they appear to have found the plane. [8] No body, though.
- I see Obama bought his own channel [9]on Dish Network. I am hearing that callers are threatening to dop the dish and go to Cable if Obama is not gone. Amusing, given the fairness doctrine the Democrats ahve been pushing forever. Glenn notes it and wonders who he can afford it. He links Ken Timmerman who says the money’s coming from outside the country [10].
- Jay Nordlinger [11]says:
After elections in which the Republican side loses, I often have a little argument with my fellow righties. They’re apt to blame the Republican campaign — it stank. I say, “Yeah, but the voters had enough information. They voted with their eyes open — and they picked the other side.”In brief, the voters are responsible for their choices.
Is there something different about this year? It is a question worth thinking about, just a bit. Do people know the extent of Obama’s leftism? Do they know his record? Do they know he was a little ACORN who grew up to be — well, what kind of oak?
Well, I think it goes a little deeper than this.
[1]It goes to the question of where is Obama getting his voters from. The cream of the crop [12]if the programs in Colorado are of any indication. (Yes, kids that’s Uncle Bit employing sarcasm, again… someting I wish John McCain would learn to use [13]. ) Bottom line here is Obama is depending on the dim-witted dependancy crowd to gain power. Same thing in the vote-fraud state, Ohio…(Vid) [14]. IS this because he really feels their views are under-represented, or is he taking advantage? The latter, seems the obvious answer. Yes, thrre are a number of idiots like this guy [15]who will go along with him willingly, who have the ability to process thought a lot better than their support for Obama and his socialism would suggest. But I’ve begun to wonder if we’re being told the whole story about how much of his support is by way of fraud, and the quite literally, unthinking. - By the way, that list apparently includes Homer Simpson [16]. No, I’m not kdding.
- Speaking of the unthinking and disconnected, why on earth would any unions [17]be going on strike now, given what’s going on around us, economically speaking?
- Another example of bias in the media. Note the author of this bit. [18] This is the person we’re going to trust tonight to be fair? Please. Meanwhile this self-same media continues to publish the ‘rape kit’ [19]nonsense like it was fact, in spite of it being de-bunked repeatedly. [20] Krugman the other day laid the charge that we’re a Bannana republic. I’m starting to think to think he may be right for reasons he has no clue about and likley wouldn’t agree with. Meanwhile, Glenn has a few comments about what can be done. [21]
- However all that may be, and a biased environment or not, the VP debate is in a few hours. The bar is set fairly high for Sarah Palin, because of the two she’s the one with the functioning braincells. All Biden has to do is keep from saying something stupid [22]. Given his history, that’s a tall order. Still, even if he does manage to push his size 12 down his own throat, he still has an advantage, based on that record. People EXPECT Biden to be foundationally stupid. Palin, OTOH, already has a rep for being sharp to uphold. And, she’s got a fully in the tank moderator to contend with, as well, as Jim Treacher [23]notes. And as VDH notes [24], this is far more than just one day’s worth of blog chatter. And assigning racial motives to the negative reaction to Obama and to Ifill herself, for that matter is as Hanson suggests, simply beneath contempt. My guess is we’ll be hearing about this for a long time. It may even cost Obama votes.
- Speaking of Obama supporters, how much rock does it take for this [25] to happen? Or is she really that good to deserve that kind of reaction? Somehow, I doubt it.
