The Ramble for 11-7-11

Carteret,NJ– I’m dropping  a load of canned veggies. I’ll camp out for the night, once that’s done. It’s getting colder at night, but thank God my Auxiliary Power unit is working fine. This will be a short week for me;

Dumbo  b/k/a Barack Obama gets WaPoed  from the left and the right, from the left Dana Milbank, Washington Post:

It’s not exactly fair to blame Obama for the rout: Almost certainly, the markets ignored him. And that’s the problem:

Obama’s speech, or lack thereof, reax from Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post:

He did say one indisputably true thing: The downgrade was more a comment on our political dysfunction than on our ability to repay our debts. That is

Jessup MD– Dropping a load here, then running to Carlisle, PA later. One of the hottest days in recent memory. How long till we hear “Global Warming’s to blame’…. (slap)

• REPAIRING THE IMAGE:  Glenn Reynolds asks an interesting question,

I’d like to offer up a re-post of mine from a tenth of 2009. I post this with an eye toward the argument over the debt ceiling limit. I submit to the reader that had we not been holding the

Denver, PA– Hot here today. My truck’s info center advises me it’s 90degrees out here in the parking lot. Like I needed that info, thanks very much, Truck. From here to Carlisle, PA, I think.

• UNEXPECTEDLY? There’s that word again

(New York City)-– I’m actually not far from where I was the other day, at Middle Village. Just up the Metropolitan Bvd, in fact. A nice drive this morning. Now, it’s about a 5. 1/2 hr drive, though so

(Elmwood Park,NJ)– I’m at a paper company here picking up a load for Rochester, which will bring me home.  I was at Middle Village, NYC again this monring. Here’s a pic taken while I wanted for a dock to open

Harford,PA Today I’m at the Flying J truck stop in Harford, along I-81. I ran from Rochester, down to Carlisle PA and am currently running up toward Albany.

I got the antennas fixed on the truck last week, and so

Hey, Billy:

Glenn Reynolds:

“Personally, I believe that ‘fairness’ consists in the fruits of my labor not being taken by corrupt hacks to redistribute to their cronies in exchange for votes.”

Oh, yeah?

Well, dear professor, let me only

L & O DOA, Deadline:

This one is a shocker. Veteran crime drama Law & Order will not get its shot at history after all. I hear that after long deliberations, NBC has decided to cancel the long-running

Schooling the Professor, Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit:

THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER is pushing an Obama cheating scandal story. Bah.  When was the last time they got one of these things right?

Granted the Enquirer has developed a knack for finding

Obami, fly shat, pepper, boxing gloves, Robert Spencer, Front Line Magazine:

Barack Obama has removed all mention of Islam from the National Security Strategy document, which during the Bush Administration said: “The struggle against militant Islamic radicalism is

Either a very stupid Obami or devious counter plant by Karl Rove, video:

Hat tip: Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.

The Americans for Prosperity video is so good, that I have no need for additional commentary.  BZ gentlemen.

Missouri Congressman

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• FIRST, THIS SNARK:  From Reynolds:
  

  POLL: Tea Party 48, Obama 44.

  Best headline: Tea Party More Popular Than Obama, Frank Rich