Nightly Ramble:Snow,Green,Capitalism for the Poor, Spain, Always Darkest Before the Lawn,Iraq Tourism, Japan And More

• Got a few inches of snow up here yesterday, mostly lake effect stuff in the afternoon. Just enough to drive the birds crazy.they went through three lbs of seed in about a half hour. Yes, Virginia, that means a lot

• I see in Screw Up Your Life People Magazine Jenna Bush is getting married come this May. According to the story, they’re planning a small wedding at the Ranch.
• I wonder if this moron is one of the ones they’ve

Mike Huckabee, says:

‘The Lord Truly Gave Me Wisdom”

Well give it back, Mike.  You sure aren’t using any of it.   It one thing be given a gift.   It is altogether another, to actually use that gift.   It there

Noted in passing: The “Vets as Murderers” meme as pushed by the NYT being reacted to by Phil Carter:

 So, basically, the reporters went trolling on Lexis-Nexis and other databases to find “murder” within the same paragraph as “veteran”

Little Green Footballs notes:

The Only Man Who Can Save America tries to save himself from The New Republic’s article: Ron Paul Statement on The New Republic Article Regarding Old Newsletters.

“This story is old news and has been

Promoted, from comments.

We live in dangerous times and we need a leader who can make rational and sober assessments of the real world.   Sadly for us, we a have gaggle of candidates in both parties who either are

Flim flam artists are always trying to seperate a fool from his money.  

Case one, I ran with with this story on 28 October, but it bears repeating:

When Nomatter Tagarira, a spirit medium, claimed that she could conjure

There’s an interesting discussion going on and just now a cross blog discussion about religion and politics.  The interested parties I’ve noticed thus far are Cassandra over at Villainous Company, and Bruce McQuain over at Q&O. In turn, the discussion

If there is one thing I admire about Mrs. Pelosi is how clean her toes are: 

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at Republicans on Thursday, saying they want the Iraq war to drag on

I note Patterico and company taking major bits of backside off Chuckie, again. That’s OK. The guy can afford it.. as he’s amply demonstrated several times, he’s ALL ass. The documentation of that is here on BitsBlog, and in

I don’t know if there is a god or if he exists what he wants.   Nobody does.  Yet that does not preclude bigots like Fred Phelps and Mike Huckabee from proclaiming they know what God wants,  Linda S.  Caillouet,  Arkansas

Fellow Swamp Stomper Sister Toldjah, guesting over at Right Wing News:

One of their favorite retired Generals, Major General John Batiste, who appeared in an ad for the anti-war Vote Vets website, and who had an op/ed published on

Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta, former Carter adminstration stooge, and full time fool, has come out with the strangest endorsement I have ever heard.  Basically Young endorsed Mrs. Clinton because her husband, B.J. Clinton, diddled more black women than

From ABC’s The Blotter:

A Missouri mother says she will do “whatever it takes” to stop former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee from becoming president, because he freed the man who went on to rape and murder her daughter, Carol

And to think this idiot thinks for some strange reason he is qualified to be president.  Adam Leech, Seacoastonline:

“The President has no authority to unilaterally attack Iran and if he does, as foreign relations committee chairman, I will