Who is to Blame for This Meltdown?

Investors Business Daily:

Obama in a statement yesterday blamed the shocking new round of subprime-related bankruptcies on the free-market system, and specifically the “trickle-down” economics of the Bush administration, which he tried to gig opponent John McCain for wanting to

I note Hawkins has a nifty little list up…. the 20 Most Obnoxious Anti-Palin Quotes (So Far )

Some examples:

20) “What is the difference between Palin and a Muslim fundamentalist? Lipstick.” — Juan Cole at Salon

15) “If the

So, now it starts. Soren Dayton:

I just got an email from Barack Obama’s campaign urging me to drive to Pennsylvania. The thing is… I live in Virginia. Virginia is supposed to be a swing state. They would rather

Betty Friedan is dead.  Gloria Steinem is seveny-four and gender feminists are as relevant as dinosaurs.  Lisa Schiffren, National Review, expalns why:

NOW will be endorsing Barack Obama for the Presidency of the United States. The committee carefully considered other

Another busy day, here in Busytown.

• In case you didn’t notice, the Markets went UP today. Bigtime, up. Meanwhile, Oil goes below $92/BBL. I guess we can reschedule the end of the world, huh?.
• If Iran, who likes to

The Charlie Rangel thing I mentioned yesterday is getting hotter.

Glenn mentions it this afternoon.

 if I were the GOP I’d put together an ad featuring Biden’s credit-card connections, Dodd’s sweetheart mortgage scandal, and Rangel’s ongoing problems and run it

Barack Obama’s camaign is pumping in record amounts of cash.    Meanwhile back at the ranch, the Democratic National Committee has a mere fraction of the cash on hand as does the Republican National Committee.   Rick Moran, American Thinker: 

The

 We went for a two day run over to Golden Hill State Park. The Campground was a great one. Facilities were good, even the rest rooms were pretty well kept, not that we really needed it with our current rig.

I note in my morning rounds, this from Glenn:

SOEREN KERN: Anti-Americanism in Europe Fueled by Ignorance. “Those who know the least about America seem to hate it the most.” Thank state-controlled media for both.

OK, they at least have

This a must see video. BO is caught telling two different stories about his relationhip with the terrorist Bill Ayers. With Bill O’Reilly, BO described Ayers just one of thousands of people he knew.  When BO was running for Congress,

First day back from the camping trip. And yes, I’ll get to those pics; I promise. But there’s lots going on.

• Offshore drilling is coming up for a vote. Democrats are finally being forced by political reality, and by

MELBOURNE: Scientists have discovered that going veggie could be bad for your brain-with those on a meat-free diet six times more likely to suffer brain shrinkage.

Vegans and vegetarians are the most likely to be deficient because the best

So, on top of all of the rest of it, Chalie Rangel is now caught taking trips on the dime of lobby types without declearing it as such, which is what the Democrat’s own rules… rules Rangel himself helped to

Megan McArdle on the Atlantic/Jill Greenberg photo nonsense:

Magazines have to extend their writers and photographers a great deal of trust. The editors can’t follow people around to make sure that they don’t make up quotes or stage photographs,

Bank of America buys up Merrill, AIG’s looking for cash to stay afloat, and Lehman is basically dead on it’s feet. I’m no more worried now than I was a few months ago about our financial sector.

Why? Look, people,