EPA Appointee is Under Obama Express Bus

Look, I know this has long since become a matter of repeating earlier comments and replacing the names, dates and positions not being filled, but another of he president’s appointees… this time the number two slot at the EPA   (Yeah,

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This is the Roadside Cafe edition

• The magical disappearing tax cut: One of the things that did come out of that presser

For generations, the Radical Islam has sought to move us back to the 14th century. Now, we see they have an unlikely ally in that effort; the moder enviro-whack-job.

David Owen in The New Yorker, today:

The popular answer—switch to

Remember the late Carl Sagan, the theoretical astronomer?    Sagan was probably the only astronomer to be regular quest to the Tonight Show.   For all I know, Sagan was very good theoretical astronomer.  Not my cup of tea.    However Sagan never

The graph shows the Bush administration debt in gray versus the projected Obama administration debt in red.   It is not a pretty picture.

Hat tip photo and full story: Herttage Foundation.

In short, the idea of Obama, the eloquent, elegant, trans-racial hero, able to inspire his way around anything, ran into reality and was dissolved by it, revealing a not-well-prepared neophyte politician with an embarrassing penchant for gaffes

Noemie Emery, DC

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the ‘Gee, you’re smart” edition.

• Irony, but no starchy:  I note Michael Barone  this morning, pointing out that Obama

After removing around 500 junk addresses today, mostly with Russian and PolishIP addresses attached, I’ve decided to turn off applications for membership at BitsBlog.  I’ve noticed an uptick in these of late as if someone’s trying to take advantage of

Ann Althouse says it well:

“If you read his opinion [in Lawrence v. Texas], he thinks it’s a good idea for two consenting adults who happen to be gay to be locked up because he is so disapproving of

From the Palm Treo, in the field:

I’m finding blogging from my Treo to be a liberating and yet frustrating experience.

One of the problems is a lack of capacity for cutting and pasting URL’s in the Native web app…

This morning, in my new Pajamas Media piece, I examine the spendng tactics of Brack Obama and the Democrats.

The entire country has been, until recently, frozen in amazement by the tactics used by the administration to ostensibly address

This what Fidel Castro did circa 1950:, via  Steve Gilbert, Sweetness &  Light:

The Obama administration is considering asking Congress to give the Treasury secretary unprecedented powers to initiate the seizure of non-bank financial companies, such as large insurers,

From the mailbag:

I voted Democrat because I love the fact that I can now marry whatever I want. I’ve decided to marry my horse.

I voted Democrat because I believe oil companies’ profits of 4% on a
gallon of

Backgr0und with respect to healthcare either side of the US/Canada border.

Calgary:

[T]he largest city in the province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and high plains, approximately

Michelle did blog BO’s speech.

So qustion what i the difference between Barack “BO” Obama and Captaion Chesley “Sully”: Sullenberger”   Captain Sullenberger walked away from his crash.

New poll from John Zogby:

However, President’s Obama’s approval ratings tell