What Motivates the Times? A Political Agenda.

It’s interesting, watching people avoiding the obvious about the NY Times, and the McCain smear. Roger Simon, for example:

Excuse me for going psychoanalytic, but there was something weirdly self-destructive in the newspaper’s behavior on this matter.

I cannot

Andrew the Incontinent is back on his mountain, and expounds thus:

It was extremely pleasant not to have to respond in real time to the McCain story. Reading the blogosphere as a simple observer, it was, however, a little depressing

By way of fellow Swamp Stomper, the Dread Pundit Bluto, And Breitbart, we see AFP offering up:

Presumptive Republican nominee John McCain Friday said he hoped Fidel Castro’s resignation would be followed by his speedy demise, and rapped

For the benefit of those who are new to this blog, I’ll say up front I don’t like John McCain. DOnot mistake this string of comments, therefore as a defense of him. But it will be useful for us to

• I’m going to have to post a really good quip someday. Meanwhile, your humble webmaster got himself another Honorable Mention at the OTB Caption Contest.
• I said it last night; I had my doubts that Sadr was going to break

Alter is saying Obama is going to win because Hillary Clinton ran the worst campaign in history. Which of course, ignores that what was being sold was simply unsellable. I suspect she ran the best campaign she could.  People know

• The Jawas say Toshiba‘s given up on HD-DVD, and Sony will win this one with their Blu-Ray.. I dunno, after they lost on Beta, I guess it makes sense. The difference being this time quality at the

Local weather:  Twenty-four degrees that feels like thirteen. 

As the culture coarsens:

LEESBURG, Va. – (Fox News)-A children’s book about two male penguins that hatch a chick together has been pulled from school library shelves in Loudoun County,

• James Joyner notes the passage of another milestone… 24 million. He’s up to a million hits per month, now. I suppose this to be a good bench test for WordPress. Congrats from here, James.
• With the new job, my posting

Barack Obama may not be much of thinker.   Notice first how Obama plagiarized Duval Patrick.   Then note how Obama completely avoids Patrick’s John Kennedy quote.    Kennedy challenged Americans and the World. 

Kennedy video:

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Duval Patrick video:

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Barack Obama

The more Mrs. Clinton speaks, the more she lies:

CINCINNATI (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton declared herself the “candidate of, from and for the middle class of America” as she worked to keep her Democratic coalition in Ohio intact

• Congrats to the Confederate Yankee Bob Owens, and his wife Christine on the birth of a daughter on Thursday. By the way, guys… after some serious research, we now know what causes things like this: Beer.
• A nice Valentine’s

“At a minimum, a head of state should have a head.”

Vladimir Putin, in reference to Mrs. Clinton, via Ben Smith, Politico.

Hoplophobes in Space:   Liberty Papers, reports on hoplophobia:

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun.

Oh the horror! Then comes the letdown:

Religion of Peace:  Gateway Pundit, via Hot Air, reports on

James Joyner:

Between RealClearPolitics and Memeorandum, there must be a dozen articles this morning wondering if Barack Obama’s nomination is now a foregone conclusion, how Hillary Clinton managed to blow what seemed a sure thing, and how long Obama