The Failure Brigade

Mona Charen, as usual demonstrates she has a firm grasp on reality, unlike those she usually writes about.

Interesting write-up from Jimmy Walker, on Limbaugh / ESPN, this morning.

Money lines:

Here are a couple more stories that those attacking Rush would like you not to know about the role of racial politics and double standards in

Explain to me why I’d want to watch this world series.
I’ve watched my last baseball game this season, I guess.

Another masterful political move.

(Sound of tounge popping from cheek)

This move by Teddy Kennedy is totally inexcusable.
Brother Jack once intoned…

“Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price,

Money lines in the (Reuters) story:

The U.S. jobs market is showing signs of improvement and inflation remains low in the economy outside the energy sector, government reports on Thursday said.

The number of Americans filing an initial claim for

Annie says, just today:

“There is a fundamental difference between taking any drug – legal, illegal, prescription, protected by the 21st Amendment or banned by Michael Bloomberg – for kicks and taking a painkiller for pain. There is a difference

There’s been much said, even in this space, as regards how the position of the left has shifted as regards our actions in Iraq. I’ve devoted megabytes to the topic here, in the weekly BITs and in Usenet. Sullivan provides

Kevin McCullough has isued a partial retraction on his comments on Ed Asner, posted in this spoace a couple days ago.

However, a lot of people are taking this with more weight than needs be, I think. There’s still the

…. before we see the Cubbies get this close.

Geeeeezzzz… there’s that word again… not heard since Ultra-Leftist Mario Cuomo found himself on the losing end of a govenor’s race up here in NY, and was forced to carry Bill Clinton’s fetid water for him….. “Gravitas”. It’s interesting that

Interesting bit by Jill Stewart today, as regards the actions and motivations, and frankly, the bias, in the recent elections in California.

Money lines:

“It was visceral, and he made it clear he wanted something bad on Schwarzenegger and he

Three more dead on the Gaza strip.
When does the west learn that there are some people you simply do not negotiate with?

Michelle Malkin has an interesting column in TownHall this morning. Hers usually are, of course, but this one extends a discussion I’d started about liberals and racism…. their own, that is.

“On Oct. 12, Times editorial writer Adam Cohen penned

Boortz points out this morning that for all the whining you’re hearing about the debt being because of the tax breaks last year…. the so-called “tax breaks for the rich’…. you remember those…. tax revenue is actually UP.

Says he,

According to reports I’m seeing, the UN Security Council on unanimously passed a resolution expanding the mandate of international peacekeepers in Afghanistan outside the capital Kabul, yesterday.

The measure, which passed 15-0 with no abstentions, clears the way for the