The Ramble for 12-26-11 Voting Rights, Vs Ensured Leftist Rule;Lugar’s an Idiot;Substantial Penalty for Early Withdrawal

Sloatsburg,NY– I’m here after driving most of the day. A quick run from rochester to Bethlehem Pennsylvania, then over to Quakertown for a loadfew of paper towels. —

• Voting rights:

  Over at questions and observations, Bruce McQuain in his usual

Indianapolis, IN–I’m still at Indy.

When I got done writing yesterday’s Ramble, I did my usual pre-trip inspection of my truck and found that I had oil coming from one wheel seal. This is a possibly dangerous situation, with

Professor Althouse likes Newt Gingrich, link:

There’s something I like about Newt Gingrich.

He reminds me of a law professor

Maybe law professors have their roles, like teaching law, but as bloggers I find the vast majority to be

Dumbo the failure, Peter Wehner, Commentary:

Obama has been a complete and utter failure

[…]

It’s Obama who promised to cut the deficit in half. It’s Obama who said if we passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care

Middle Village, NY–

I’m in  New York City dropping a load of drinks. I came in early this morning,  from outside Scranton, PA, and will leave noonish for who knows where.

My truck is  fixed now,

The Obama energy policy, or lack thereof, the Obami have very simple energy, and job, policy. It if has no possibility of success, subsidize it. If on the other glove, it will succeed, regulate it to death.

First on

Dumb Dickie Durbin, from Elise Foley, Puffington Post:

WASHINGTON — The Republicans are killing Keynesian economics with their attempt to cut spending as the economy rebounds from a recession, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said in a

Where’s your plan Dirty Harry? Dirty Harry Reid owns default, from Paul Conner, Daily Caller:

The Senate voted down a House-approved bill to raise the debt ceiling, leaving the ball in the court of Senate leadership to produce a

Port Chester, NY– I’m north of New York City, making a very early AM delivery. from here, I’ll drop down into Jersey to make a pickup.

• OBAMA OUT OF CLICHES:  When even the increasingly left-leaning POLITICO takes notice, you

College Point, NYC,NY— I’m here dropping off a load of iced tea, and such. Just amazingly hot here, and across the region. We had an earthquake of about 3.0 up around Belleville, Ontario,Canada last night, and I can’t help but

Is Hope Dead? From the Sharp Tack Clarice Feldman, American Thinker:

This was the kind of week where any self-respecting 2008 Obama supporter who had not yet yanked off his Obama-Biden Bumper sticker should have been in his garage

Making Dumbo and the ‘rats pay the price for throwing Granny under the bus, from Mark Tapscott,Washington Examiner:

So when Obama threatens not to pay Social Security checks on time, the proper response of congressional Republicans should

Dumbo walks, remember the media spin that somehow we were supposed to believe that Barack Obama has a world class temperment. Yeah sure, from Politico:

President Barack Obama abruptly walked out of a debt-limit meeting with congressional leaders

Dumbo isn’t all there, from Victor Davis Hanson, National Review:

In the world of Barack Obama, inflating tires and “tuning up” modern car engines precludes off-shore drilling. Four-dollar-a-gallon gas prices can be ameliorated by having the average consumer

Wesbury, Long Island, NY– I’m here at one of my regular stops. I ran down to Carlisle, PA to pick this load up, and ran it here this morning AT the moment, I’m waiting to get unloaded so I can