The Ramble: 1-19-12

Ulster, NY- Been a hell of a long week. Tomorrow’s the last day I’ll leave here and run to Newburgh, then to Northern NJ to grab some pasta… and head to Rochester with it

• Huntsman: Huntsman joins the list of

Dumbo’s Economics, more on yesterday’s Scramble theme of Barack Obama’s economic ignorance.  First up, from Robert R. Baker, American Thinker:

[President Franklin] Roosevelt responded to the recession he inherited with a combination of massive spending on new government

Brooklyn, NY– I’m at a store, waiting for an offload. I often forget how crowded it gets down here. All it takes is five minutes worth of driving here to remind me.

• Obama: The latest example of how socialism

Good Intentions, by Jay Ambrose, Orange County Register:

Good intentions will get you if you don’t watch out. That’s true of the invasion of the body scanners, of minimum-wage laws, of some welfare programs and – please don’t

Not only no, but Hell no, George Pataki is hinting at running for President, from Rick Klein, ABC News:

“When you look back at the past two years, it’s been very disappointing, not only — not just for Republicans, but

Unfortunately, watching the gubernatorial race here in New York, is I think indicative of what’s going to be happening in the whole of the country.

As of this writing Cuomo is something like twenty points ahead in the polls.  Of

Disarmament is fool’s gold, Thomas Sowell, RCP:

But the only country we can disarm is our own. The only countries we might be able to persuade to disarm are countries that intend no harm in the first place.

Jones To The Grindstone.com

Adding stress to an already stressful situation is not a good idea, especially when dealing with the U.S. Army. While deployed in the desert, around a dozen men found out their wives back on the post

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• THE OBAMACARE VOTE:I really don’t have a whole bunch to add to what I said earlier this morning.

Still in Dallas while the truck goes through some repairs. Some added comments on the world around us today, in Ramble format::

• CUT IT OUT: How can any honest assessment of the founding of these United States, leave out Thomas

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• ANOTHER 20 INCHES: Another 20 inches of snow for the DC area, we are told. Too bad. It’s holding up

As I walked up the carpeted flight of stairs and choked the white enameled handrails, I wondered what in the hell I was putting myself through. Once I was at the top of the

At least Martha is amusing, video:

From Robert Coata National Review:

Here’s the transcript (via the Brown campaign):

Dan Rea: Umm Would Barack Obama be in if this thing was not this close?

Martha Coakley: Umm it’s hard to know,