Nightly Ramble: The “Yet Another TruckStop” Edition

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This is the “Yet Another Truck Stop” Edition

That’s two Truck Stops in as many weeks, I know. I’m not sure what

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This is the “Future Camper” Edition

• I have the POWER…. So now Arlen Specter is willing to compromise on “Card Check”?  I

Senator Arlen Specter, (U – Scotland) has made if official.  He will caucus with the Democrats and seek re-electiion as a Democrat.

Chris Cillizza, Washington Post:

Specter To Switch Parties

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation

By way of Bruce McQuain, who you will recall, I was a little harsh with last week on the AIG thing, comes this news:

The other shoe concerning the AIG “bonuses” and the administration’s knowledge of them is beginning

Ed Mrrrissey, Hot Air, on Scarlet Obama, “Gone With The Change:”

I’ll think about it tomorrow.  After all, tomorrow is another day.

The final couplet from Gone with the Wind offers an instructive look at the

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

From the San Francisco Examiner:

If the recently enacted $787 billion economic “stimulus” package is intended to save or create jobs, why does it encourage states to move people from work back to welfare? Yes, you read that correctly.

I admit that I have not been following the Minnesota Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken too closely.  After all the thought of  joker like Franken in the Senate is just too depressing.   However of late, there been

Breaking:

WASHINGTON – The Associated Press has learned Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant seat.

NBC news reports Burris is meeting with the Senate leadership now as Senate Democrats look for ways to defuse

Has anybody ever accused Dirty Harry Reid of being smart?    I have not.  Apparently Roland Burris appointment by indited Illinois Governor  Rod Blagoveich might not be so tainted after all.    Dirty Harry is apparently considering letting Burris have his Senate

Now I will not say that Dirty Harry Reid is the worst Senate Majority Leader ever.   I will say that Dirty Harry is about two pounds of sand short of a brick.   On Meet the Depressed,  Dirty Harry called

It should be no secret that I am not exactly a member of the
Dirty Harry Reid Fan Club, gee is anybody?    However Dirty Harry does seem to generate some consensus across the political aisle.

The lefttard who I love

Well, the question I asked a while ago, about who would want to be named to the Senate by Blago while he’s under criminal investigation, would seem to have been answered…

The answer is: ,former Illinois Atty General Roland Burris.

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Lots going on today, most of it predictable, most of it was avoidable. Let’s get to it:w

• The value of Oil has dropped

Michael O’Brien, Hill, reported that  Jennifer Granholm(D – Canada ) has called Senate Majority Leader Dirty Harry Reid (D-NV) Un-American:

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D) said it was “un-American” for senators to have voted against approving a bailout of