Nightly Ramble: Suicide; Diet; The Obama Droop; Congress’ Ban on Oil Drilling to End in October, Assuming They Don’t Legislate a Ban Extention; More

• It’s August, already? Where the hell did July go?   2/3rds of the summer is gone and I’m just getting started on the stuff I wanted to do this year.
• Honorable Mention at OTB’s caption Contest. I gotta admit, that

• At some point, the rain around here has to stop. Not that we’ve had flooding of any serious amounts, but it’s rained around here about every day this summer, for at least part of the day. Today is another example.

• Twice this week we’ve started with a Bruce McQuain post. Unusual, but worthy. Bruce notes AL Gore’s endorsement of Obama, yesterday and says If Al wants him, I sure don’t … Interestingly, Fox has been running a headline reading: Gore

Mmmfph.

I was afraid of this, though I must say it came sooner than I figured it.

I’ve never been a fan of John McCain. Not only is he not a conservative, he may have done more damage to the

Ann Coulter says it well, here:

Well, it looks like it’s the end of the road for Hillary. Time for her to pack up her pantsuits and go back to — wherever it is she’s pretending to be living these

John Hawkins has posted  the results of his informal polling on “The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Bloggers”

BitsBlog participated. I’ll have some thoughts on this later this morning, and doubtless will have further in

John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has an interesting interview up with Will Breazeale, who is an Iraqi vet running for Congress.  In the interview, Breazeale tells an interesting story regarding Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer;

“I was a

John Hawkins has put together a great list of quotes that to my mind personifies conservatism. A couple examples:

“A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the

Following up on Bit’s link  to John Hawkins’ interview with Dawn Eden.   I present the polar opposite view.   Our culture become so perverse we have made a virtue out of being a slut.  Loose sexual morality and winking at it,

John Hawkins has an interview up with Dawn Eden, the author of the “The Thrill Of The Chaste.”

I know you describe being chaste as rebellious, which is the opposite of what a lot of people probably think. Talk

By way of John Hawkins’ Conservative Grapevine, we get news that backs something Ive been saying for weeks now. I’ve been saying that we’re about to see a massive price drop… that even exclusive of any major finds, that

John Hawkins. Right Wing News, continues to explore the gynosphere:

The article and the revelations in it about the trials and travails that female bloggers have had to endure was well received and started a lot of discussion. So,

Barack Obama in thirty seconds, video:

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Hat tip: John Hawkins, Right Wing News.

Preface:  One, it is neither my intent to blog about Silda Spitzer, nor to pass judgment.   She only  serves as the vehicle of this discussion.   Two, I find it aggravating when discussing issues pertaining to women that some can not,

If John Hawkins’ latest polling on the matter is anything like accurate, McCain still has a lot of work to do to gain the trust of the base.