Nightly Ramble: The Sporting Goods Edition

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This is the Sporting Goods Edition

• Letterman smear? Of a 14 year old, no less? And of course it’s OK if they’re

Welcome, one and all to the most intense Nightly Read anywhere on the ‘sphere…;The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “Ad Campaign” Edition. Well, look, I spent all that money on billboards, I’ve gotta get some return on the

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble.

This is the “Yet Another Truck Stop” Edition

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

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “Change the oil, rotate the Tires” Edition

• Men are from Mars and Earth Girls are Easy… or something: John

Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.

Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African American president stepped forward to address

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

After years of planning and billions of dollars spent on new equipment, including those $50.00 digital TV converter boxes, the government is currently trying to figure out whether not actually wants to follow through on the timetable it originally proposed

From the mailbag:

How can 2 million blacks get into Washington DC in sub-zero temps in 1 day when 200,000 couldn’t get out of New Orleans at 85 degrees with four days notice?

Bruce at Q&O dives into the swamp known as Gustav in relation to the RNC. It’s a worthy article, but one point of disagreement:

Frankly, keeping Bush out of the convention limelight is a positive. How to do that without

This has to be seen to be believed.

Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler, on an airplane back to South Carolina, is caught laughing that Hurricane Gustav is going to hit New Orleans at the start of the GOP

• Snowing in Rochester at the moment. Nothing newsworthy about that, particularly, except that the line of snow as this is being written runs from north and east of here to the south southwest, all the way down to New Orleans.

I see that Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.

Let’s break out the spreadsheet.

NOLA has 484,674 residents. Broken down by person, that means each one gets paid $516,528.00

OK, with the holidays, I freely admit being horribly behind in my reading..

Sister Toldjah, just before Christmas:

I read this blogpost by Michelle Malkin this morning about a fanatical black woman shouting down white people during an angry

Malibu-(LA Times)-The most destructive fire in Malibu in nearly 15 years raced through parched canyons Saturday, consuming 49 homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents.The so-called Corral fire burned 4,700 acres before the fierce Santa Ana winds

Sounds rather like a forthcoming football game, doesn’t it? Interestingly, this little subtext drama gets played out in the sports venue of each city.

(Sigh) I haven’t even attempted to cover the fires in SouCal. I’m simply not equipped for