More on Domestic Drilling

McQ over at O&O made a trip to an oil platform, and relates his experiences here.

There’s a lot going on in that post, but I do want to point up something  that relates to a discussion we had the

In Washington,  if you can’t beat it, spin it.  Sherry Argov, New York Post,  apparently runs into the brick wall that voters refer to Mrs. Clinton as a bitch, because she is a bitch:

 November 18, 2007 — You

Socialists, and leftards, do I repeat myself, chant that healthcare is a right.  Nonsense.  Healtcare is a commodity.  That it is product of human endeavor.   Healthcare only exists when some human endeavors to create it.

Humans who are required to

Nothing to see here. Just Move On, Citizens.

(Washington Post) – Federal prosecutors on Friday accused Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) of soliciting bribes in two alleged schemes that had not been previously disclosed.

The allegations, detailed in a seven-page

From Michelle, by way of the fellow Swamp Stomper Dread Pundit Bluto

Why is this baby crying? Because his mother dropped him on his face while using him as a human shield to disrupt shipments of military equipment from the

Laughable, this report from Robert Novak:.

WASHINGTON — Agents of Sen. Hillary Clinton are spreading the word in Democratic circles that she has scandalous information about her principal opponent for the party’s presidential nomination, Sen. Barack Obama, but has decided

Vince Flynn, author of the NYT listed best selling novel, “Protect and Defend”, in the Washington Times, today:

Question: In the real world, how effective do you think torture is with Islamic terrorists?
A: Far more effective than liberals

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What would life in the United States be like under a President who is obsesssed with personal power, does not respect the rule of law and has no tolerance for criticism?  The Pittsburg Tribune-Review, is kind enough to offer

From Mona Charen, who I quote all too infrequently around here:

Memo to: Ron Paul supporters

Subject: Your e-mails

Okay, enough is enough. Like every other journalist in America, and who knows, maybe the world or even the universe,

And we see Doctor Krauthammer, this morning;

When the Democratic presidential candidates pause from beating Hillary with a stick, they join in unison to pronounce the Democratic pieties, chief among which is that George Bush has left our alliances in

Several folks, including Billy Beck, and a pile more at Memeorandum, have noted thet Barry Bonds was indicted in that BALCO thing. Chicoer.com:

SAN FRANCISCO—Barry Bonds, baseball’s home run king, was indicted for perjury and obstruction of justice Thursday

You’ll recall last night I commented on the drooling idiot, Kos and how Newsweek had lowered themselves into hiring the guy, saying, “That’s OK… Newsweek didn’t have any credibility left, anyway.  No loss.”… Well, perhaps… just perhaps… I under-estimated Newsweek.

Say what you will about Mrs. Clinton’s campaign, the MSM is no longer accepting her as inevitable.   CNN”s Wolf Blitzer asks a good question of Mrs. Clinton.   Bill Sammon: 

 “If she can’t handle the heat during a Democratic contest,

 Sarah el Deeb,  Associated Press

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Gaza’s Hamas rulers issued an edict Wednesday banning journalists from working in the coastal strip unless they submit to sweeping press restrictions, and it said it would soon impose new