[1]Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… BitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble.
A fairly quiet couple of day around these parts…. not unexpected, given the post election lull. Still, that doesn’t mean that all is quiet.
- So, now we see Ayers saying Obama… welll… let’s let the Chicago Tribune say it [2]:
In a new afterword to his memoir, 1960s radical William Ayers describes himself as a “family friend” of President-elect Barack Obama and writes that the campaign controversy over their relationship was an effort by Obama’s political enemies to “deepen a dishonest narrative” about the candidate.
Hold it… back the truck up, here. Is Ayers a family freind as he claims? Then it’s not a dishonest narrative, and what we have here is Ayers spinning. Not unexpected, but yet another sign of how dishonest Obama and those around him are.
- I’m willing to bet you won’t hear much about how an aide to Babs Boxer got nailed in a child porn sting. [3]
- Why do I get the feeling that federal anti-terrorism forces won’t be swinging into full action over this one? [4] Once again, what I’ve said for years, comes into play… it’s not that someone hates, but whom. Where, dear reader, is the leftist outcry over this? Where is Saint Andrew the Incontinent over this? I’ve seen no comment on these terrorism matters… and that’s what this amounts to. Where is Greenwald?
[5]Never mind… rhetorical question. You and I both know they’ll be amazingly quiet. I guess all of this is OK, since the people in question aren’t Muslim. Says Reynolds, this morning….
OH, WHILE I’M PASSING OUT CONSTRUCTIVE ADVICE, [6] can I suggest that folks unhappy about Proposition 8 would be better-served by pushing for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act [7] than by protesting at Mormon Temples [8] and stomping on crosses? [9] …
No kidding. Oh… and remember, gang, Obama opposes homosexual marriage. [10] The left is like the cat with buttered toast attached to it’s back on this one… Spinning like a top and never hitting the floor.
- That flight from India landed on the moon. [11] The luggage ended up in Newark, however.
- I see the left is still trying to steal the election [12]for Al Franken. Again, not unexpected. Ed Morrissey has more on this [13], and is going to be the best source for info on the matter. Power Line [14], New York Post [15], www.redstate.com [16], Minnesota Democrats Exposed [17] and Townhall.com [18] have more, too. I see Chuckles the Clown Schumer [12]is claiming tha Republicans are ‘meddling’ in the count there. What he does not say, however, is that the Democrats have 12 lawyers per counting location [19]. Who is it meddling, again, Chuckles?
- Joyner notes Hayden’s speech yesterday [20], and the laughable “reporting” on it [21]. Joyner attended that speech, and says the reporting on it is vastly different than the actual speech. Let’s examine, though, the why of it. Says James…
It seemed obvious to me that the “news” was Hayden’s declaration that “Today, virtually every major terrorist threat that my agency is aware of has threads back to the tribal areas” along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. While not exactly shocking to those who have followed the news on the subject, it’s a much more sweeping statement than I’ve seen by someone in a position of authority.Interesting, almost none of the world class beat reporters covering the story led with that
What ARE they leading with…Walter Pincus at the Washington Post, for example?
CIA Chief: Iraq Not Main Front [22]
… and that of course has been the lefty meme all along… that Iraq never WAS the core of the thing. Of course they’re dead wrong in this, but never let here facts stop you. To the credit, by the way, of Pincus, he uses the words….
CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said yesterday that al-Qaeda remains the single greatest threat to the United States but that Iraq is no longer the central front in the broader war on terrorism
The headline, though, which Pincus himself doubtless didn’t write, meshes nicely on it’s face with the meme the left has been trying all along to sell. Go ahead, gang, and tell me how we’re not STILL being manipulated, here.
[23]Dennis Miller, as usual, gets to the heart of the matter. [24]Of course, the truth tends to annoy liberals. Isn’t it interesting how this played out over time? I mean, look, Miller’s response here is exactly what the left would have said in the 60’s. Work THAT one out for yourself. They have become what they were ostensibly protesting against, 35 years ago.- Obviously, Neal, [25] these people were never exposed to “Air America.” Wanna talk about hate? There ya go. Goes hand in hand with the Miller thing, too.
- A trend… If you can’t stand the truth, silence the truth speakers [26], appears to be the rule.
- Apparently, at least part of the message sent from voters was received… I see the GOP is now filing federal lawsuits against McCain-Feingold [27] campaign finance regulations. I’m telling you, gang… The voters understand how bogus the calls for ‘nonpartisanship’ are.
- Remember that Chris Dodd interview that Clear Channel spiked? They ran it… [28]but over 1000 miles away from where the interview was generated…. in Dodd’s home district. Gee, wonder why? Anyway, wanna hear it? Here you go. [29]
- West coast having wildfires again. [30] Around 100 million dollar homes destroyed. We’re about to hear all about how these poor people need federal bailout help to rebuild their $2.6MUSD(avg) homes. And after all the complaints we’ve had about ‘it’s all for the rich’ nobody will bat an eyelash when the come begging, because after all, these are liberals, such as Oprah Winfrey who live in that area. And I’ll bet they won’t understand the anger they get in response.
- Remember Monica Lewinsky’s girlfreind, Linda Tripp? She’s Baaaack… [31] Yet another Clinton administation retread. Is this ‘change’?
- Hey, West, you flipping MORON [32]… If you’re as you claim the ‘voice of this generation’, then we have solid indication just how badly we’re screwed. Of course we’re going to hear all about how this latest arrest [33]is becase you’re black.