Nightly Ramble: The Birds, the Cats, And Other Things

(Quick, an extra fifty points; What song is the title referring to?  )

When I left the last minute, sitting and listening to the birds peeping away.  My wife, you’ll recall, just picked up a couple.  They’ve become adjusted to

Billy asks:

What on earth could be exactly as horrible as deliberately setting out to bear a deaf child?

I’d heard the story he relates, before asking this question some hours ago, and wasn’t sure what to make of it.

The Associated Press had demonstrated a fundamental ignorance of biology:

WASHINGTON — Mary Cheney, the openly lesbian daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne, is pregnant.

Mary Cheney, 37, and her partner of 15 years, Heather Poe,

Stossel over at Townhall:

But the idea that liberals give more is a myth. Of the top 25 states where people give an above-average percentage of their income, all but one (Maryland) were red — conservative — states in the

Hume last night:

West Virginia Democratic Congressman Alan Mollohan — who is currently under investigation by the FBI — is in line to take over the House panel that oversees the budget of the justice department — which includes the

NASHVILLE- AP An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.

The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported

David D. Kirkpatrick offers an interesting roadmap for the next two years,  “Power in Congress brings blacks new pressures:”

Here are some raw numbers:

WASHINGTON: The impending Democratic takeover of Congress in early January will elevate more blacks

You’ll recall when I left the last evening my wife was still having problems with a loss of her mother’s canary. She had been saying for years that when those birds went she didn’t want any more.  But, LO and

John Hawkins of Right Wing News , is diving back into the Conservative Grapevine.  this time, he’s bringing it up as a group blog, and I’ve applied over there for author status, and John apparently has agreed. Not quite

The Radio Equalizer, this morning, hosts a list of idiots who are still trying to prop up the monetary black hole that is known as “Air America”.  he seems to be amazed by the number of idiots that are

McQ this morning makes a point that I’ve heard before and dismissed… and I’m about to dismiss it again. He makes his point by attempting to draw a parallel between the red scare of the nineteen fifties and what he

 Thomas Sowell discusses “Hollywood Economics:”

It is not really news that Hollywood is still producing anti-business movies, but there is a certain irony in it nevertheless.

Although these movies tap a certain envy and resentment of corporate wealth,

TEHERAN, Iran- (The Jerusalem Post)- Iran’s parliament wants the next presidential elections to be held more than one year early, the Fars news agency reported Sunday.

Parliament approved a draft bill upon which the parliamentary and presidential elections would be

An emotional time around Casa De Bit tonight.

Longtime readers of these pages will remember that a couple of years ago my mother in law passed on.  Among the other consequences of that happening was that we inherited number of

Well not quite.  U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan remains the U.N. version of JImmy Carter, simply a man without a moral clue.

This  is Annan view:

“I think they are right in the sense of the average Iraqi’s life,” Annan said.