Nightly Ramble: Gas Taxes; How Stimulating; More

• Not that it ever amounted to much anyway, but Fox Business blog notes that the gas tax holiday went bye bye, before it ever got going. And let’s be honest, here, 18.4 cents at the pump doesn’t even scratch the

Sorry, I’m just not excited about this at all. Know why? Because there never should have been a handgun ban in the first place. So as far as I’m concerned, this decision was way overdue, and it’s about damn time.

Billy commenting again about Sullivan and his praise for $4/gasl gas had me hunting around for something. While doing that, I found something else… a post of mine from about a year ago, that perhaps deserves revisiting, so as to

I made a flash yesterday about Heller, et al  yesterday, but didn’t really comment much on it.  I guess I should comment for the record, that I support the ruling. Personally, I thought the case fairly well cut and dried,

The New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a law meant to level the financial playing field when rich candidates pay for their own political campaigns.

The 5-to-4 decision, legal experts said, was significant for

Having attended my older son’s graduation a few days ago, I sat down upon reaching home, and started writing. Odd thing; It’s what I do, anymore. I sit down and try to capture in amber all the thoughts in my

Glenn Greenwald the Unhinged Mind, discovers Keith Olbermann is a Barack Obama whore, “Keith Olbermann: Then and now”

On January 31 of this year, Keith Olbermann donned his most serious face and most indignant voice tone to rail

• Look, left-o-shere… if you’re that pissed at the Democrats in Congress over FISA and whatever else,  that you’re going to waste all our time and bandiwth with your screaming, does that mean you will be doing America a favor and

Word just coming off the wires now that the USSC has ruled on In District of Columbia v. Heller, in a 5-4 ruling which strikes down Wahington DC’s 32 year old handgun ban, as being incompatible with the

“$4 a gallon is the best news this country has had in a very long time. Here’s to $5. It’s the only way Americans will ever learn.”

Sullivan: “The Joy Of $4 A Gallon”. It’s just wonderful that

• My older boy is graduating from High school tonight. I will doubtless blog about this further, on Sunday,  but I thought I should make note of the milestone. I’ve noted lately that they’ve been going by a bit faster.
• Another

Consistancy, as I like to say here, is only a virtue if you’re not a total screwup. Bruce Bawer has a note today over at Pajamas Media that reminds us that the New York Times has been fairly consistant in

Bruce explains the reaction of Congress to our gas prices very well, indeedL

Why do you suppose Congressional leaders are spending all their time blaming current oil prices on speculators, price gougers and OPEC?

Because if they addressed the

Me at OTB just now:

Every major scientific body in the entire world is on the same ‘side’ on this one. And any payola to Hansen or any influence of Gore is far outweighed by Exxon-Mobil paying for the

From several sources, this morning:

Barack Obama is not legally a U.S. natural-born citizen according to the law on the books at the time of his birth, which falls between “December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986? Presidential office requires