The Ramble for 8/9/11

Albany, NY– I”m actually just outside the state capitol, within sight of the antenna for WGY, the 50KW flamethrower on 810khz AM… a station that’s heard all over the east coast. Caught some serious thunderstorms in Harrisburg, last night, and

Is Hope Dead? From the Sharp Tack Clarice Feldman, American Thinker:

This was the kind of week where any self-respecting 2008 Obama supporter who had not yet yanked off his Obama-Biden Bumper sticker should have been in his garage

Throwing Granny under the bus, from James Taranto, Wall Street Jourmal:

President Obama is pulling out the big guns and pointing them straight at your grandmother. “Obama on Tuesday said he cannot guarantee that retirees will receive their

Senator Fred Thompson Twitters today:

Has there EVER been a bipartisan deal with Democrats that didn’t involve spending great big piles of money? http://bit.ly/fV50r9 #ftrs #tcot

The answer of course is a resounding “No”, which is why,  by its

There is little to no doubt in anyone’s mind that there is going to be a massive change in Washington , come November, and probably an even bigger one, come 2013.  There’s also little doubt as to exactly why.  The

Dumbo’s economics, It seems obvious that Dumbo b/k/a Barrack Obama doesn’t know much, if anything, about economics.  Dumbo does seem to know how to play the class envy card. from Matthew Continetti, Weekly Standard:

What’s more, President Obama’s

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• YEAH, I KNOW…. I let these Nightly Forays into political  and social commentary slide for a few nights. I’m still getting used to

I Won blind to Tea Party grievances, Brit Hume, Fox News:

The president says the Tea Partiers ought to thank him because many if not most of them got a tax break courtesy of his stimulus package. In

It is hard having to correct the boss.  
But I’ve been doing it for a long time and somebody needs to do.  Alas!   Eric rambled:

ISSUE AVOIDANCE: It is flat out amazing to me that the wild scramble for

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• Iran: I’ve not commented much on Iranian election, mostly because the thing was breaking so fast

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That’s two Truck Stops in as many weeks, I know. I’m not sure what

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• I have the POWER…. So now Arlen Specter is willing to compromise on “Card Check”?  I

If the Obama adminstration wants to make so-called drug treatment thnir weapon of choice againt the perils of hard drugs, like cocaine, I suggest that patient one be White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, f rom Gary Fields, Wall Street

I know Eric already rambled on Colin Powell.   However, I am still going stick my two cents,   For the record, Chris Strohm, Congress Daily

The Republican Party is in big trouble and needs to find a way to move back