Poverty Pimps

I make this point up front.  Destitution, the lack of access to the essential commodities of life is bad.   Poverty, as officially defined is not necessarily bad.   Destitution means lack of ability to get the needed commodities of life.  Poverty,

Bitsblog reminder: Spring ahead, lose an hour of sleep, NASDAQ:

The U.S. and much of Canada will move to daylight-saving?time from standard time on Sunday, when clocks will be moved forward by one hour.

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Alas poor Dirty Harry, Jay Newton-Small, Time:

Both Dick Durbin of Illinois and Chuck Schumer of New York say they firmly believe Reid will be reelected, but for several months the number two and three Democrats in the Senate

Go for it Liz, from Alex Spillius, Telegraph(UK):

Ms Cheney is now reportedly contemplating a run for office herself either in Virginia, where she was raised, or in Wyoming, her parents’ home state.

Don’t be too quick to rule

Denial is a river that runs through the White House.

Noemie Emery, Washington Examiner.

Fred Phelps and Phree Speech, ok Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church are loud vulgar, but political, bunch.   But if the First Amendment does not protect loud and vulgar political speech, what good is it.   From, Chris Weigant,

Tbe Obama administration to declare war on angless and state budgets.   While I am not a fisherman,  there a lot fisherman in New York.  It is big business and the state sells lots of fishing licenses, but no more, from

Health care is Obama’s Stalingrad, William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:

Waterloo was a short but decisive battle. The health care fight has turned out to be more like the battle of Stalingrad.

The battle of Stalingrad was a

It was just 16 months ago that weeping men and women celebrated his victory over John McCain in the American presidential election. If they weep now, a year and six weeks into his rule, it is for different reasons.

Jeffrey

I can’t find it, but during the campaign Mrs. Clinton aaid that both she and John McCain had world of experience and Barack Obama had “nice speech” he gave in Two Thousand Two;.  Then there was Mrs. Ciinton’s Three AM

Asymmetrical Warfare, Donald Borsch Jr., Right Pundits:

Adam Gadahn, the American Muslim who is the official voice for Al-Qaida here in the States, is exhorting all American Muslims to rise-up and duplicate the cowardly actions of US Army

What ever happened to Separation of Church and State?

The White House on Friday announced a “summit on entrepreneurship” to build economic ties with the Islamic world, part of President Barack Obama’s outreach to Muslims.

The White House said it

Stop playing games, MSM. John Patrick Bedell was a registered Democrat, Michelle

More Massa, When Eric Massa (NY-29) announced he would not seek re-election on Wednesday, cited health problems.  There were also reports of ethics investigation.  Yesterday, I asked a

With the lies and the unarguable hypocrisy, I truly must ask whether Obama is stupid. What person with a shred of common sense or decency would do these things? Or is he just playing politics (poorly)?

Michael Avitablile, Wizbang

Eric Massa (NY-29) Will not seek re-election, Bob Recotta, Corning Leader:

First-term Democratic Congressman Eric Massa announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election.

Massa, a Corning resident who unseated John R. “Randy” Kuhl Jr. in the 29th Congressional