Lee Hazelwood, Singer Songwriter, Age 78

LAS VEGAS —AP-  Lee Hazlewood, a singer and songwriter best known for writing and producing “These Boots Are Made for Walkin'” for Nancy Sinatra, has died. He was 78.

Barton Lee Hazlewood died at his home in Henderson of kidney

I didn’t bother posting anything about the six miners trapped in Utah, because I estimated that the thing would be over by the time I got it posted.  As it turned out, they’re still not out of there… And what

AOL Sports is reporting:

You can’t buy a Michael Vick jersey anymore. You can’t buy his Nike shoes, you can’t buy Vick-related apparel from the NFL’s online shop and you can’t buy his stuff at sporting good stores.

So

Michael Goldfarb at the Weekly Standard is reporting:

THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned from a military source close to the investigation that Pvt. Scott Thomas Beauchamp–author of the much-disputed “Shock Troops” article in the New Republic’s July 23 issue as

WASHINGTON (AP) – Declaring a new direction in energy policy, the House on Saturday approved $16 billion in taxes on oil companies, while providing billions of dollars in tax breaks and incentives for renewable energy and conservation efforts.

Let’s see. 

John Hawkins at Right Wing News has posted the most recent blogger poll, selecting the most and least desired Republican nominee for 2008.   Unsurprisingly, Fred Thompson walks away with this particular popularity contest.

The list of Bloggers:

Aaron’s CC

Kathryn Jean Lopez, Natonal Review, posts: 

Bill Bennett asked this at the top of his show this morning: If Jeri Thompson’s old boyfriend is front-page news, will we get prominent treatment of Hillary Clinton’s husband’s extracurricular activities? Investigative

The Volunteer Opinion Journal:

Did global warming impact the YearlyKos?

It’s as good an excuse as any, I suppose.  The article goes on to quote The American Prospect, which I’ll nest, here:

As the Military and Progressives panel came

So, the big draw on the blogs this morning, is the Defeatist wing of the Democratic party, and their blogging mouthpieces complaining about the passage of the updated FISA law.

Reaction from the New York Times and the Washington Post

The Palestinian Authority’s security organizations are unable to assume security control of cities in the West Bank, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayad told senior Israeli officials during recent meetings. Fayad told Israeli officials that the PA’s security forces are unable

It is hard to find precedent for a supposed major presidential canidate as inept as Barack Obama, who is causing such international embarrassment.  Consider this Assocxated Press item:

Pakistani tribal protesters gather to condemn the U.S. presidential hopeful candidate Barack

According to several sources, today, Hosting Matters has been having problems, today. I noted problems hitting a few sites, including Captain’s Quarters. It seems resolved at the moment, but I gotta tell ya…  I’m starting to wonder at the frequency

“He’s gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove in one week,”

Mitt Romney on Barack Obama (video).  

Hat tip:  Allah Pundit, Hot Air

I agree with Allah, that Mitt’s remark was scripted.  However, Obama did leave himself wide

JPOD says: 

“In short, I am white, privileged, middle-aged and boring,” Stephen Metcalf in his rather startlingly vicious review of the Why I Turned Right anthology Stanley has been blogging about. “But one thing I am not, and never will

Charles Johnson on the topic of Kos:

Imagine, if you will, the reaction among LGF’s admirers on the left if I started deleting topics and comments wholesale.

And that, in my view, cuts to the heart of the matter .