The Ramble for 7/8/11

Newburgh, NY– As this is posted, I’m new Newburgh, taking a break after having run a load up out of Mountain Top PA to here. As it happens, I’m directly across the street from the Orange County Choppers headquarters…. the

Ronald Reagan goes to Londontown, from Daniel Hannan, Telegraph(UK):

Ronald Reagan assumes his lapidary place in Grosvenor Square today, alongside Franklin D Roosevelt and Dwight D Eisenhower. All three presidents stood with Britain in war; yet Reagan –

Denver, PA– Hot here today. My truck’s info center advises me it’s 90degrees out here in the parking lot. Like I needed that info, thanks very much, Truck. From here to Carlisle, PA, I think.

• UNEXPECTEDLY? There’s that word again

York,PA in the midst of a really wild thunderstorm…–

I brought a load here from the Adirondacks, and will be on my home turf, tomorrow. I’m looking forward to this weekend; it’s been a particularly trying week… several repairs. Actually,

MoDo gets it.  How bloody obvious is the War on Terror when even Maureen Dowd gets it, from New York Times:

I don’t want closure. There is no closure after tragedy.

I want memory, and justice, and revenge.

Nice Deb on Harry Alford:

Harry Alford is the president and CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, and he’s a lot of fun to listen to. (You may remember his acrimonious confrontation with Barbara Boxer, at a

Dumbo relents, three years after Mrs. Clinton raised the issues and after months of the media claiming that it was legally impossible, Barack Obama finally  releases his long form certificate of live birth, from William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection:

Playing the Trump card,

Kyle-Anne Shiver, thinks Donald Trump has a plan, or well two plans, from American Thinker:

Now that we can pretty well assume Mr. Trump is running for president, it’s obvious that he has done

Reich come up short,  from Robert Reich, Puffington Post:

I hope the president decides he has to take a stand, and the sooner the better. Last December he caved in to Republican demands that the Bush tax cut

Putting a Boot up Max, from Max Boot, Commentary:

ContentionsTime for Close Air Support in Libya

“We do not provide close air support for the opposition forces. We protect civilians.” So says Gen. Carter Ham, head of Africa

Mt Vernon, NY–  I’m offloading as this is written.  So near to NY City, you have to run through the Bronx to get here. I had to come in at 3am so as to eliminate most of the traffic worries.

Avon, NY– Took a load from Batavia, NY to Carlisle, PA yesterday, and  today, brought one back.  Because of what I consider company security, I won’t get into a lot of detail of the problems encountered, but I will say

Dumbo forced to clean up his own mess, rather that hole in roof, Barack Obama seems to prefer mopping the floor, from USA Today:

President Obama is engaging in some post-WikiLeaks diplomacy.

In phone calls Saturday to the

Don’t Ask, Don’t Think, the New York Slmes goes stupid:

The Senate Stands for Injustice

On one of the most shameful days in the modern history of the Senate, the Republican minority on Thursday prevented a vote to allow

Dumbo Care is pile of poop, from the Cat Food Commission, via John Merline, AOL News:

2) Health reform’s cost savings apparently were bogus. Remember how Democrats boasted that health reform would cut the budget deficit by $170