The Ramble for 12-19-11: Tebow; Hitch; Iraq Not Over; Role Reversals; Oil And It’s Future, More

Carlisle, PA--After three highly unusual weeks of running to the west it appears as though I will be spending the remainder of this year running east.  That’s a bit more normal for this truck line.  Frankly, we’re experiencing a

Hans Villarica, Atlantic:

New research shows that liquor consumption affects a person’s intention to have unprotected sex, one of the leading causes of HIV infection

PROBLEM: Alcohol consumption has long been implicated in the incidence of unsafe sex, the

Why we we pay good taxpayer dollars to support the useless Department of  Energy?

Graph Source:  Department of Energy.

In the thirty-four years the federal Department of Energy has existed, domestic consumption of oil has increased, domestic production decreased

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By Karen Leigh Jones

I posted as my Facebook status, “Bill Clinton, John Edwards, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, New Jersey Gov. John McGreevey: Anybody want those guys?”

This caused a downpour of comments from my Facebook friends. We

This is what many prominent left-kook environazis think about you…

“Isn’t the only hope for the planet that the industrialized civilizations collapse? Isn’t it our responsibility to bring that about?” -Maurice Strong, Head of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio

Max Boot in this morning’s LA TIMES:

During last year’s campaign, Barack Obama stressed that while he wanted to withdraw from Iraq, he was no pacifist. “As president,” he said on July 15, 2008, “I will make the fight against

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the Railroaded Edition

• A measure of commitment: A great one from Don Surber: The EPA should turn off its air

Now that the one has established the principle that policy difference should be prosecuted as felonies, will President Palin prosecute Obama administration officials promoting the fraudulent theory of anthropogenic climate changes,  Social Sciience Research Network:

Myth: Everyone understands what

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability

On the morning of February 17th,I was standing in line getting coffee at the little cafeteria at  my day gig. Behind me were two guys that had obviously been in heated discussion for some time. I don’t know either of

I’ve been telling you all along that Obama will govern from the extreme left. Another example comes from the Washington Post, this morning:

Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick as global warming czar, was listed