We have yet another tax issue showing up on the list of people nominated for service in the Obama administration. There seems something of a pattern, here. Jake Tapper and Jon Karl at ABC say:
ABC News has learned
I’ve been teling you since… well, forever, that FDR made things worse not better… So along comes Harold Cole and Lee Ohanian at The Wall Street Journal this morning:
Continue reading about “New Deal” Prolonged the Depression; Chapter 1724
After years of planning and billions of dollars spent on new equipment, including those $50.00 digital TV converter boxes, the government is currently trying to figure out whether not actually wants to follow through on the timetable it originally proposed
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Yes, to answer a few E-mails, I’ve seen the back and forth at Pajamas Media.
As best I can gather it, (And frankly, what I’ve gotten is online… I’ve not managed to get ahold of anyone yet to confirm this)
Congrats to the RNC for making a fine choice for Chairman.
Michael Steele is a great voice for and a great believer in our cause, as I have always said, here. I wonder if Biden will find him to be
From the mailbag:
How can 2 million blacks get into Washington DC in sub-zero temps in 1 day when 200,000 couldn’t get out of New Orleans at 85 degrees with four days notice?
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Quite a bit going on, today. Let’s get to it. And while we’re at it, let’s try something new with the formatics of
The reason you’re not hearing much from Davos is that the building consensus among western political and business leaders makes Barack Obama look like a fool. Financial experts from all over the globe are standing up at the Davos economic
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From the mailbag:
An airline captain was breaking in a very pretty new blonde stewardess. The route they were flying had a stay-over in another city, so upon their arrival, the captain showed the stewardess the best place for airline
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Yes, we’re still trying to shovel out from under the snow, but we’ll carry on with a little wishful thinking. Forgive me, but I
Continue reading about Nightly Ramble: The Day After the Storm, the Nonsense Continues
Heather Mac Donald over at The Corner touches on Kirsten Gillibrand, perhaps unintentionally making a nice follow on to my Pajamas Media peice of last week:
What are the chances that New York’s new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, will
From KPLC/7:
From Coushatta Casino Resort:
“Beloved Pianist for the Lynyrd Skynyrd Band, Billy Powell, passed away last night. We have no further details.
The family and band request your respect and understanding during this difficult time. Thank you.” Kirt
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Fifty-three percent of American voters voted for Barack Obama; 46% voted for John McCain, and 1% voted for wackos. Give that 1% to President Obama. Let’s say the vote was 54% to 46%. As a way to bring the country

Welcome, one and all to the very Snowbound edition of the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere: Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.
Yeah, the usual Nightly Ramble sign is under all that snow, somewhere. We got at least most of
The Washington Post:
Republican criticism of the stimulus package that the House will vote on tonight has focused on its soaring price tag, but some Democrats on Capitol Hill and other administration supporters are voicing a separate critique: that
Continue reading about Despite It’s Pricetag, It Won’t Work; Time to Stop It.

