William Faulkner on Pickett’s Charge::
For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it’s still not yet two oclock on that July afternoon in 1863, the brigades are in
General Alexander M. Haig, United State Army, died today at age 85, from Mark Feeney, Boston Globe:
Alexander M. Haig Jr., who as secretary of state declared “I’m in control here” when Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, and
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International Atomic Energy Agency pulls head out. There as been a change at at the head of the IAEA. Wereas the old head, Mohamed ElBaradei, had his head buried whee ithe Sun never shines nad by the way is
The female version of Freddy Kruger is back, from Johnathan Turley{
Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, has been charged with attempted murder and arson. Mangum was the stripper who falsely accused members of the Duke lacrosse team.
Mangum allegedly assaulted
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- POPULISM? Frankly, I have always had my difficulties with political populism. But it strikes me is nothing shy of hilarious that

No more Dopes from Hope, from Allah Pundit, Hot Air:
Yeah, granted, it’s practically home-field advantage for a former governor of Arkansas, but it’s also evidence of Huck’s abiding strength in the south even as Palin’s national profile

Hey Chuckles, how do you feel about sand bagging Norm Coleman now, from Ed Morrrissey, Hot Air
[David] Axelrod took the brunt of anger from the caucus, especially Al Franken, not exactly known for his sunny disposition. However, Franken
Rush Limbaugh uses the term ‘retarded” a lot, video:
Hat tip video: Media Spatters.
Tim Shriver, Special Olympics, soils his nappies, from Ben Smith, Politico:
But the Special Olympics, which organized a delegation that ultimately accepted Emanuel’s apology and
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There may be many names for what Barack Obama is dong thiese days, from Paul Kane and Shailagh Murray, Washington Post:
A day after President Obama called on them to renew efforts to pass his ambitious agenda, congressional Democrats
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- A CHANGE OF JOBS: The last one? Yeah, for a while… maybe a month, we don’t know. I’m changing jobs, in
The Obama administration year long effort to demonize Fox News has achieved results,
from Tom Jensen, Public Policy Polling:
Americans do not trust the major tv news operations in the country- except for Fox News.
Our newest survey looking
Comment by Jammie Wearing Fool:
Obama Reflects On His Favorite Subject
Barack Obama is trying to sell his favorite subject, to wit himself, Glenn Thrush, Politico:
Rep. Marion Berry’s parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link,
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- IDIOCY SQUARED: I mentioned in last night’s Ramble that the Democrats are busy avoiding the real issue… and used that blithering
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- ISSUE AVOIDANCE: It is flat out amazing to me that the wild scramble for pinning the blame on somebody for the Democrat






