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This is a joke that my Pa just sent me, and I’d read it before, but it’s still funny…
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised [...]

What every conservative should quote in response to anyone who now denigrates a public backlash against the Obama agenda…
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.” –  WFB
I still miss that man, and am just sick at what his son has made of his legacy.

The first of a few in the next 4 years.   And I….  I just have one thing to do, regarding the pending retirement of this fine, fine, Republican appointee….  (more below the fold)

There is a contingent of (liberal) pols and bloggers, etc, who are so enamored with The Lightworker King President Obama the First, Beloved and Immortal (TM)  that they want to repeal the 22nd amendment, and allow him to be coronated elected for a third term.  (Already, they want this.  I know, right ?!)
While I am [...]

This entire post over in the Corner is dripping with delicious awesomeness, so you are hereby directed to read the whole darn thing, but this part will thrill your soul, warm your heart, and (just maybe) cause a little tingle in your naughty parts.
How do I say this so people will understand? Fascism isn’t a [...]

Is there a better day of the year than Opening Day of baseball season ?
Come on, folks, get into it. You 1/2 own the new stadiums in NYC. And if my Nat’s don’t start playing better I’m going to hope the Kasten family requests a federal bailout.

Well, that’s not really the reason, but it doesn’t hurt.  Got a few posts coming up, and that’ll be part of it.

If Obama is such a fan of spreading the wealth to help the less fortunate why hasn’t he shared any of the 650 million he has raised to buy this election with McCain ?
Not fair, because McCain is a serious threat ? Why hasn’t he shared any with Bob Barr or Ralph Nader ?
Because [...]

I hadn’t even really thought about this, and I won’t comment on it much, but it’s gonna happen either way. This is what happens when you raise two generations on grievance politics. This is the liberal education system coming back to bite these big-city liberal politicians right in their stupid asses.
Public safety officials [...]

I used to follow Politico many times a day. Now I check it once a day, if that. It has become as much of an Obama-booster as the rags the others used to work for. But I did like this, that- yes, HotAir again- picked up on….. Politico is giving McCain advice [...]

HotAir has, as usual, ripped this to shreds, but what is amazing to me is that the American public can even see it with the thick, heavy, choking cloud of the media smoke screen that has been floating around this election cycle. I mean…. it’s so incredibly obvious that it amazes me people still [...]

From what I will dub a “who gives a flying frock ?!” file, the media are having a itshay itfay about the RNC supposedly buying Sarah Palin some new “style”. I guess she could have worn her normal attire, but I think it would probably suck to be standing in an airport hanger in [...]

Well, apparently Senator Biden is confused.  Which Joe are we going to see tomorrow?  Or the next day?
Depends upon the day, I suppose. Today’s Denver Post has Biden accusing Senator McCain of “bashing,” whatever that means. Looks like Joe did some bashing of his own not too long ago. Trouble is, he [...]

Readers of the old TTA site will probably recognize my passion for this issue.  Some will like it, some will hate it.  The former will support me, the latter will likely condemn me.
I took a fishing trip this weekend to one of my favorite campgrounds.  I’ve spend the past few months tying flies on the [...]

No brain scans in released Biden medical records
Joe Biden has no brain. I’m not exactly sure what one of these “no brain” scans shows, but this should be a bigger story, no ?

The Washington Post has endorsed Barack Obama for President.
In other news, ice is cold, knives are sharp, and puppies are cute.
Seriously- do media endorsements serve any purpose at all ?

Get this guy off script, and he gets funny.
At some concert fundraiser shindig- why is He still raising money ? I thought the election was over already. Anyhoo… At some event headlined by Bruce Springsteen (who hasn’t done anything good since “Born in the USA”) and Billy Joel (who I like, and [...]

This should, in a just world, infuriate every person in this country. So the Supreme Court (in a 5-4 decision to follow, I’m sure) has decided that Ohio doesn’t really need to follow their own laws or federal law regarding voter registration veracity. Ain’t that just perfect ?
Ohio is in the middle of [...]

I will have more later. I need to take care of a few things real quick. But my first reaction: That was, without a doubt, a McCain knockout. Grand slam. Hat trick. 3-pt technical play. Trifecta.
McCain had not impressed me a lot in the last two. In [...]

This occurred to me the other day….
When Bill Clinton left office he signed a bunch of pardons on his last day. Some ok, I’m sure, some really bad. Think Marc Rich, FARC, and- oops- some Weather Underground folk. That really hurt Hillary in the primaries. Anyway.
Has there ever been a presidential [...]

This is the kinda BS that we can get used to, if Obama is elected. And it just makes me really sad. And pissed.
I live in a small town, with even smaller people sometimes. We have a few council races coming up. YOu don’t care about that, and really neither do [...]

This has been a running theme out of the Democrat pie-holes lately, and I really don’t understand it. Here is the jist of it:
McCain wants to alter the health insurance system so that people will get a 5k tax deduction to be able to purchase their own insurance. Let me state now that [...]

I’m not gonna quit working for him to win, because I want to plant seeds about how terrible an Obama presidency will be. But McCain said something today that probably lost him the election.
And I won’t post much more because I’m so pissed off about it I can’t even see straight, and I’m out [...]

Actually, not channeling at all- flat out theft. From the “Yeah, What He Said” file:
The Campaign for Real Debates
That’s a lobby group I can get behind. Mark Levin’s point that McCain “doesn’t flat-out lie the way Obama does” is a way of acknowledging that the stilted artificial formats of these debates principally benefits the [...]

I really want to be in politics. I would be a fantastic campaign manager. I understand this stuff more than most, and a lot more than some of the “elites”. Plus, if you take Bob Beckel and Dick Morris as any indication, ya get hookers and stuff.
I won’t sell my soul for [...]

First, my thanks to Mr. Jim Treacher for giving me the opportunity to get a few comments in over at his live blog. I am sure I was making him crazy, because if you read the transcript you will see he allowed roughly 25 of the comments I submitted. That’s about 10%. I [...]

I’m not gonna do it here, I’ll be joining Ace or Treacher on theirs.
Considering my tremendous wit and delightful insight, I’m sure I’ll become a major player published from their comments. You agree, don’t you ?
UPDATE: I’ll be lb’ing over at Prof. Treacher’s place. With any luck he’ll let me sneak a [...]

As noted below TTA will be live-blogging the event, but I thought I might offer a few ideas before we actually get there tonight.
First, I really don’t get the expectations game. The consensus seems to be that this is a make-or-break night for Sarah Palin, but Ole’ Joe can all but punch her in [...]

Will begin tonight at 7:30 Central. The link is at the top, and we’re doing it through CoverItLive.com, which is a cool little site. Comments from readers will be welcome, some will even be posted. And if you’re good enough I’ll add you as a “contributor”.
So get here at half-past seven and [...]

That Reid is wrong. Harry Reid, that is. I am watching him now on C-SPAN2, and ya know… he’s a partisan hack, but he’s not a socialist. He’s just stupid. He’s as dumb as a box of hair. He says one thing one day, or in one sentence, and negates [...]

This is just scary. A bunch of Obama’s fellow travelers- most notably the head of NBC TV ?!?!- have begun the process of actually brainwashing young children into singing songs about the Dear Leader. I mean…. this is like an SNL parody, except it’s…. real. I really can’t believe this.
Anyone who knows [...]

From Amy Holmes over at NRO: (yes, I’m stealing the whole thing, because it’s brilliant and it’s brief)
It seems to me that the real problem with [Nancy Pelosi's pre-vote] speech was its illogic. She stridently attacked George Bush’s “failed economic policies” and then, in the same breath, implored members to support his most [...]

I must admit that the results of the vote this morning came as a bit of a shock to me. Much has been said about the reasons for/against passage, and what the potential fallout may be. The motives of the votes from various members have also been thrown up, ripped apart, and examined [...]

Since the media seems so hell-bent on investigating people, let’s spread the field a little. McCain has gotten mired in bad strategy over the last week or so, but has shown a streak open to game-changing ideas, so here’s one. Start rolling out potential cabinet personnel immediately. There are currently 15 cabinet [...]

This crazy itch-bay needs to stop drinking beer at noon on Tuesday.
Is there anything more vapid than some empty-headed celebrity type trying to cash in some street cred to gain political sway, when the only arrow in their quiver is some idiotic slogan ? (come to think of it, isn’t that pretty much the [...]

I gotta say, at this point, I am not feeling optimistic. I think both had good stretches, but overall I think Obama had a better night.
But have no worries, kiddo, I am a geek, so I will watch it two or three more times before I have a full analysis. The lingering feeling [...]

Kathleen Parker has new fare out that, I gotta say, is just so completely bizarre I am not sure where to begin. Here’s a piece of it:
Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.
The basic [...]

Award winning screenwriter and proud conservative Burt Prelutsky has written a gem over at Townhall.com. Read it all, but here’s the closer:
The brains and values of left-wingers have decomposed to the point where they actually believe Keith Olbermann, Rosie O’Donnell and Chris Matthews make sense and that people like Whoopi Goldberg, Al Franken and [...]

After pseudo-praise of Paul Krugman I have to have something to wash the filthy taste outta my mouth. Enter stage left- Joe Klein, about whom it can’t be said to “stick with what you know” because, well, he doesn’t know anything.
From his new blather:
John McCain faced another crisis yesterday–a political one, not the financial [...]

I’ve always thought that Krugman was at least marginally credible when he pontificated on economics, and approaching moron levels when discussing politics. Today’s column doesn’t change my opinion.
Now, let me say off the bat that I don’t agree with everything in the piece, and of course he couldn’t close without making a cheap shot [...]

Drill baby drill ! It seems that the Dems really did a bang-up job this year, as they got within a week of the end of FY’08 without ever passing one single appropriations bill. Not. One.
Isn’t that kinda like being the janitor at the local high school and going a whole year [...]

So the Oxford, MS debate is up in the air at the moment. I have mixed feelings on the issue, personally, but let me offer a few thoughts as I work my way through it.
I do think this is a bit of a stunt. Not sure if it’ll play one way or the [...]

Ya know, I’m pissed about this. Joe Biden just delivered a rambling address in Cincy, and he made two statements that directly admit violations of the Logan Act. No transcript available yet, but here’s the jist of it:
Obama negotiated with the Iraqi government regarding troop levels, or at least tried to.
Obama negotiated with [...]

Chad over at Ace’s realm has an open blog piece up, and it’s just….. damn.
There once was a time when the NYT actually did real journalism. Now this is just getting stupid. The McCain camp and the Obama paper (that’s the New York Times, for you newbies) are having a little lovers spat, [...]

Treacher posts this as an Obama/Biden lap-dog kinda deal, but I see it a little differently.

What I see is a cute, fluffy, adorable little creature with a small mind but a devotion and love for it’s handlers. Handlers who feed and water and pet it on it’s little head every day.
And a dog.
PS: [...]

There seems to be some pushback on the lefty blogs about the whole Biden/FDR/TV thing, so let us take a moment to boil this down, shall we ?
TTA will stipulate that TV was in it’s infancy in 1929, and did in fact exist in Philo T. Farnsworth’s basement or something. TTA will also stipulate [...]

Have ya ever noticed that conservatives seem to have a constant struggle with reflective thought ? That is an affliction that the liberals never seem to suffer. We are not thrilled with the specter of a McCain presidency, but we are thankful he is a serious man as opposed to the boy-child that [...]

I’ve been pondering this for a few days. I am not one to discuss race often, mostly because I find it a fruitless discussion in near all cases. Living in the south one of the quickest ways for a conservative to get the ubiquitous “Hitler” gambit played against them is to get into [...]

This piece is priceless. I don’t know that I’ve read this young lady previously, but I shall certainly read her in the future. Kudos to you, Ms. Kristina Goetz.
What’s that ? A few excerpts ? Why of course, dearhearts:
Welcome to Oxford, East Coast Media Elite. I’m sure your advance sheet included [...]

If I have anything to say about it this dire consequence will never come to pass, but….
Do all these people in Alaska not realize that, on a GOP loss, Sarah Palin is still the governor for another 2 years ? Should she and McCain lose in November she will be back in Juneau until [...]