Glenn Greenwald’s Hissy Fit

As a candidate Barack Obama created a terrible box for himseslf.  He could placate his leftard base and abandon an effective war on terror, or he could placate his base, and thus imperil both the nation’s safety and his own

First off, you’ll pardon me if I don’t shed any tears over Tom Daschle. Hopefully, he’ll be staying gone for good this time, though I doubt that’ll happen.  He’s too deep in the councils of the Democrats to stay gone

Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere.. Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Gonna be a short one today, I’ve got some personal issues today.

• In answer to some email, I really wish I could have a

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… Bitblog’s Nightly Ramble.

Friday, and lots of fresh snow up the ground in Bitsville, today. A lot of it coming from the Obama people, and congressional

Joe the Plumber. You remember the story. Obama rolls up to his house one day. Joe plucks up his courage and asks a question of Barack Obama, the subject of which Mr. Obama would apparently rather not discuss. Result? 

Great news!

Since a week ago when I last posted on this topic, Books For Soldiers has been able to raise another $4,000! Thank you for all you’ve done so far, including passing this word along to others!

They still

Ya know, I can’t help thinking on Billy Beck as I read Mark Levin this morning:

I’ve been thinking this for a while so I might as well air it here. I honestly never thought we’d see such a thing

Michael D is miffed at Obama for suggesting that the solution for oil supply problems is to find more. Apparently to him, that’s not painful enough for us.

Look, I know that there are people who are suffering because of

Bit wasn’t the only one wrestling with problems this morning.

Ended up watching Zulu last night.  Good movie.  I’d seen the movie before.  So I wasn’t going to watch the whole movie   Needless to say, I got caught up in

• I note with interest, Brian Mahoney over at Radio Equalizer, pretty much echoing my thoughts of  as regards the Knoxville Shooter and the attempt tp attach him to all things right-wing. As Brian says:
  

  Our lefty friends need to decide

• 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.

• A second place at the OTB Sheep Off caption contest.

• So, the Democrats are almost to a man, includng Obama, claiming that the Surge didn’t work. So why, then, is Obama proposing another surge, this time in Afghanistan?

• Oil is

• Yeah, I was out all weekend. So, we made the trip over the weekend, to Fair Haven State Park, which is one of the best in the state. There’s a problem, though with the state Reservation system for their campgrounds;

Barack Obama caught red-handed trying to scare seniors into voting for him:

GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) – Democrat Barack Obama told seniors Sunday that Republican ohn McCain would threaten the Social Security that they and millions like them depend