Dick Wilson, the Guy Who Played “Mr. Whipple” RIP Age 91

LA Times:

 Dick Wilson, a character actor who turned “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” into a national catchphrase as exasperated shopkeeper Mr. Whipple in the TV commercial campaign that ran for more than two decades, has died. He was 91.

In the irony challenged story the day, Mrs. Clinton cites the need for experience to mend an ailing economy, but offers none.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The economy needs help and fast, Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Monday, claiming

Times are tough for the Republican Party and its candidates. Earlier this month, according to Gallup, more people strongly disapproved of George W. Bush than any previous president since the advent?of polling—and, really, how could things be any different? Bush

Fellow Swamp Stomper, Sister Toldjah

It never ceases to amaze me how some ‘modern’ women choose to ‘celebrate’ their femininity – by posing nude in the pages of Playboy magazine in desperate attempts to extend their 15 minutes of fame.

I didn’t see much of the debate last night, and very little of the reax this morning, so far. There’s a lot of it on Memeorandum… I’ve just not had time to look.

However, it doesn’t take a mystic to

Kevin Drum makes the usual argument…

VOTER ID….The State of Indiana has the most stringent voter ID laws in the country. Democrats are always griping about this, and have even gone so far as to challenge Indiana’s law in

Bit notes: Its veterans day.  Today is a day that we set aside to honor those who have served as true.  To honor those who have proudly worn the uniform and have helped keep this nation in pursuit of its

“Fat and stupid is no way to go through life, Son.” -Dean Wormer

I envision that line being fed to Rosie O’Donnel. It fits so very well.

Fat we know about. Stupid, we know as well, though there seems to

Says Michael Yon with this photo of his:

A Muslim man had invited the American soldiers from “Chosen” Company 2-12 Cavalry to the church, where I videotaped as Muslims and Christians worked and rejoiced at the reopening of St John’s,

Until about an hour ago, I had been concentrating on who won and who lost, and trying to make some political “Will of the people” sense about it all.  But no really clear picture came through until such time as

McGehee has a meme up, let’s go with it.

Rasmussen Reports:

Tuesday night’s debate was not Hillary Clinton’s finest moment of the campaign season, but there has been little or no immediate damage to her standing in the national polls. In fact, if anything, support for Clinton has ticked

By way of the Conservative Grapevine, we see Hewitt has an interview up with Huckabee.

Huckabee has some serious problems, particularly with his insisting on raising gasoline taxes… like that’s what the American family needs is more taxes… over and

That site that Israel bombed, was apparently correctly identified in the news reports that we all saw last evening.  This is a before and after shot:

As to the official reaction of Syria, Bruce McQuain makes an excellent point:

Seems

The L.A. Times this morning is reporting we’re dealing with cases of arson :

Amid worries of new blazes adding to the firestorm already afflicting the region, a man in Hesperia has been arrested on suspicion of arson, and police