Nightly Ramble: Why is History Always Such a Surprise to Some People? 

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -George Santayana

It fascinates me, that so many people expected change for the better when the Democrats to power , at the first of the year.  Of course, it

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Yes the Sun is shining in Mudville today.  The Baseball writers got it right today.  Both Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn won easy election to Baeeball Hall of Fame.  Goose Gossage finished a

The New Jersey Constitution says that idiots can’t vote. No, seriously … it does. If we had that clause in the U.S. Constitution Nancy Pelosi would be selling flowers on a street corner in San Francisco.

That’s Boortz, today.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 —New York Times-  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed extending health care coverage to all of California’s 36 million residents as part of a sweeping package of changes to the state’s huge, troubled health care system.

What is a major difference between republicans like George W. Bush and democrats like Nancy Pelosi and John Edwards.   Whereasa the president see Islamofascism as Freedom’s enemy, clearly Mrs. Pelosi does not see Islamofascism as freedom’s enemy.  Tammy Bruce cites 

Years ago, there was a tagline: “Not tonight, dear, I have a modem”.

Well, my twist is, not tonight, dear, I have an HD TV with 5.1 surround. To say the very least, I’ve been having some fun with it.

Peter Wehner, today:

President Bush has said that the war against global jihadism is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century. We are still in the early years of the struggle.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. gunship has conducted a strike against two suspected al Qaeda operatives in southern Somalia, but it was not known whether the mission was successful, U.S. news networks reported on Monday.

The U.S. Air Force plane,

There’s several things about this that smell… well, bad.

As Surber suggests:

So 6 weeks after people asked AP to produce him, AP produced him.Now to verify his claim that 6 Sunnis were burned alive.

Look, even taking the first

Texas Rainmaker asks “How Cn we Trust Democrats on Iran?” 

Again we have a nuclear ambitious, Islamic tyrant playing games with the United Nations. And the Democrats are acting the same way they did towards Iraq prior

AUSTIN, Texas -AP- Police shut down 10 blocks of businesses in the heart of downtown Austin early Monday after dozens birds were found dead.

Experts were testing for any sort of environmental contaminant or gas or chlorine leaks that might

The ‘Rats have a dangerous addiction to spending other peoples’ money, as in your tax dollars.   Cuit, on Flopping Aces writes,”Democrats Plan To Dig Deep Into Your Wallet.”  Over on Townhall, Mary Katherine Ham serves up much

I see Joe Biden has decided he’s going to try again for the presidency. I can only assume the man is a gluton for punishment, or he likes the brief flirt with the publicity every four years.
Look; Even absent

Forget that investigation of Mollohan. He now chairs the subcommittee that oversees the FBI budget. Some swamps are drained, others are protected wetlands.

Murtha chairs the subcommittee overlooking the defense budget. His brother will be lining up the suitors on

Did anyone notice Reynolds calling himself

…extremist, but in an eclectic fashion.

Someone had better send the man a dictionary.