A Little Busy

I’m at the hospital today. No, nothing major. Donna’s having a little elective surgery. So, if I don’t answer you right away you’ll understand why.

I have a couple posts working, though, and of course the Nightly Ramble will be

American seized at sea, NBC:

NAIROBI, Kenya – Somali pirates on Wednesday hijacked a cargo ship with 21 American crew members aboard, a diplomat and U.S. Navy officials said.The Kenya-based diplomat identified the vessel as the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama.

Stick a thumb in it,  Stink Progress:

President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world has been a welcome development after eight years of President Bush’s “us vs. them” approach. “Let me say this as clearly as I can,” he

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere: The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the snowstorm edition.
The picture to your right is one of our fair city as (not) seen by a skycam run

It is well known and publicly accepted among conservative, that Barack Obama’s words are but mere lies.     On the one’s groveling tour of Europe, Obama yearned for and promised to strive for a world as free of nuclear weapons as

[Barack Obama] epitomizes arrogance, dismissiveness, derision, and duplicity toward the American taxpayers and his own party. The president was elected with the grand expectation that he would transform the way Washington does business, but his new scheme of circumventing Congress

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

This is the State Park edition

• Newspapers: Billy, personally I’m sympathetic to these sentiments, as I think most Americans are… particularly

How utterly…. Pathetic.

Apparently, the extent of the help offered from the US to Italy for their earthquake troubles grand total of $50 grand. Can you imagine the reaction to GWB had he offered that little to something of this

The business in North Korea was remarkable, over the weekend, in that the missle test was an abject failure, (Unless they reall planned on delivering the missle to the sea of Japan) and yet was a resounding success for Kim

Tweeted by one Marko Moulitsas, a/k/a Kos:

When we were out of power, we organized to win the next election. Conservatives, apparently, prefer to talk “revolution” and kill cops.

Memorialized by Jim Treacher. Mother May I Sleep with Treacher,  

Bit I’ve always told you that Trya Banks was just Miss Andrea Sullivan in drag.    Anyhow,  Ms Banks seem powerfully interested in Bristol Palin’s sex life.

Levi Johnston not only says he practiced safe sex “most of the time”

• @jimtreacher It’s the shock and awe thing I spoke of the other day in reply to jimtreacher #
• @divadoll123 IF GM stock wasn’t in negative numbers friday it certainly will be in the morning in reply to divadoll123

Michael D. Shear and Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, quote the one as saying:

“Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something,” he said to loud applause. “The world must stand together to stop the spread

Norks launch missile, New York Times:

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea defied the United States, China and a series of United Nations resolutions by launching a rocket on Sunday that the country said was designed to propel a

The federal Oath of Office, for all Members of Congresss:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true