Breakfast Scramble: Obama’s Mere Worlds

Dumbo, a one trick donkey, from William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:

Whenever Obama’s in political trouble, he gives a speech.

Whenever he’s in a lot of trouble, he gives a major speech.

When he’s on the verge of

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  I am not a big fan of saying that officials should resign

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• Death Wish 17: Is it just me, or does the name of Charles Bronson sound odd in this

Don LaFontaine, the man whose resonant voice read the trailers of thousands of movies over the past three decades, died

Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, fights to keep his Rolodex relevant, and explores the issue of the Reverend Al Sharpton’s relevance:

Sharpton has “been eclipsed, because Obama puts guys like Sharpton in the shadow,” said Fred Siegel, a historian

Nice to hear from the Conservative Reader (The Iowa Swamp Stomper). Apparently 1040/WHO is going to be running an Immigration Reform talk show, today. C. R.  has the links.

Last week, we mentioned a number of TV stations in the Scranton PA area that were knocked off the air by the ice storm that blanketed that area.  Scott Fybush over at the Northeast Radio Watch advises us that things

Acting on a hot tip from a fellow Swamp Stomper,  I found this after action report on Ron Paul’s foray on to Meet the Press.   Jeff Freeland, National Ledger:

[Ron Paul] was on the defensive from the start of

Two tidbits from National Review:

First, Lisa Schiffren:

Klo — That very silly feminist blog you linked to this morning — where everyone sleeps with their current boyfriend in the first week of dating— (in later threads some claimed

Good news and good news from the TV Food Network, more Rachel Ray and less Emeril Lagasse:

NEW YORK (AP) – The Food Network has ordered extra helpings of Rachael Ray. A new prime-time series, “Rachael’s Vacation,”

Word from Scott Fybush that the weather system that brought us all the snow David spoke of yesterday, brought down a bunch of TV and radio stations in the Scranton area.

Just before 7:00 Sunday morning, the 823-foot tower of

The fallout continues from Bernie Ward’s arrest on child porn charges.  San Jose Mercury News:

Ward’s lawyer told KGO the alleged pornography involves research Ward did more than four years ago for a book.

“He was doing research,” said

Scott Fybush is reporting the death of Hy Lit, one of the very first Rock and Roll DJ’s in the country.

Hy Lit died Saturday, almost two weeks after undergoing what was supposed to have been routine knee surgery for

I was interested to see Blue Crab Blvd commenting on the possibility of Rosie O’Donnel showing up at MS-NBC:

The Melted Steely Knoll Troll and the Mouth That Roared Lies together at last. Obviously, MSNBC is trying to corner the

From the radio world, comes news that 1600/KOKE has dropped Err America.

Ratings apparently were the biggest factor… in the last book, they couldn’t even pull 1% in a town known for being liberal, despite having 5000 watts daytimes/(700 night)