Breakfast Scramble: ‘Rats are Thugs

Ronald Reagan goes to Londontown, from Daniel Hannan, Telegraph(UK):

Ronald Reagan assumes his lapidary place in Grosvenor Square today, alongside Franklin D Roosevelt and Dwight D Eisenhower. All three presidents stood with Britain in war; yet Reagan –

Fred is back! Well, kind of, sort of.  It no secret that the last presidential candidate we liked was Fred Thompson.  Alas Fred was just not into that campaign thing.  Well now the closest incarnation of Fred has announced.  Thad

College Point, Queens, NY–  This one is a regular stop for me. Dropping a load off here, heading to MOuntain Top, PA then to Buffalo, NY and then home early Saturday morning. Alex went home after the thrid day. Sad,

Two takes on Dumbo’s presser, first the literate, from Yuval Levin, National Review:

It all had the feel of a childish tantrum by a person who desperately wishes he were living in a different reality — one in

Barack Obama, a/k/a Dumbo, was for corporate taxes breaks before he was against them.

Dumbo then, from February 18, 2009 Fox News:

WASHINGTON — Just a few months after lawmakers scolded auto executives for flying to Washington in

Fact checking the Fat Lady, Wordsmith compares and contrast this FLOTUS, b/k/a Michelle Obams, quote with the real world, from Flopping Aces:

“See, what you all need to know about the President you helped to elect is that

Jon Huntsman, stalking horse, Jennifer Rubin explains why the newly launched Jon Huntsman campaign so  hyped by the media, and so dead in the water, from Washington Post:

From the mainstream media’s standpoint, he is the McCain 1980.

Middle Village, NYC– I’m here dropping off yet another load. I’ll be headed for Bethlehem PA, shortly. Middle 80’s outside. Looks like we’re building for that storm I spoke of yesterday.

• John Huntsman in: He tried invoking Reagan. And

Dumbo’s Economics, more on yesterday’s Scramble theme of Barack Obama’s economic ignorance.  First up, from Robert R. Baker, American Thinker:

[President Franklin] Roosevelt responded to the recession he inherited with a combination of massive spending on new government

Very interesting, from Toby Harnden, Telegraph(UK):

Whether or not she[Sarah Palin] runs for the White House – and the solid consensus among Republican leaders is that she won’t – the scramble over the Palin emails confirms her status as

Scranton, PA– OK, I had the burned wiener festival last night. The Wiener is toast, and it’s all over but the signatures. So, I’ll not mention that whole thing.

• Like hell, I won’t. Ya gotta love Breitbart basically hijacking the

The O-conomy, from Jim Geraghty, National Review:

Since January 2009, American businesses have faced at least three big potential risks to their bottom line besides the lingering effects of the 2008 crash: A) the possibility of tax hikes

(Newburgh, NY–) I’m off Interstate 84 at Exit 5 tonight, at the TA in Newburgh, NY. It’s been a long day and I’m feeling tired but with the feeling I have accomplished something for the day.

I’ve showered…. always a

Middle Village, NYC, NY– I’m back in Middle Village, awaiting an unload.  Hot down here today.

I should explain my absence the last few days of last week; My truck broke down, and they had to put a new transmission

We got Pawlenty, from Alexis Levinson, Daily Caller:

Tim Pawlenty announced his candidacy for president in Iowa Monday afternoon under the banner of ‘truth,’ presenting himself as someone whose campaign would not just be made of empty promises, and