The Ramble for 12-21-11

Fultonville, NY– I’m at a rest area along the New York Thruway, after having turned around 500 miles today. Not much to report, really.

• Saithood?  I commend to your reading an article by Thomas Sowell. I made a point

Some folks at the New York Times seem to think this is a  reason for celebration, via Doug Mataconis, Otside the Beltway:

BAGHDAD — The last convoy of American troops to leave Iraq drove into Kuwait on Sunday morning,

Batavia, NY– Today is Columbus day. I submit to you that everything that is wrong with our government can be seen each and every Columbus Day. I’m out here busting my ass while our “servants’ get the day off…. a

President Barack Obama, a/k/a Dumbo,  continues to so what he does best, flat out lie,from Jennifer Epstein, Politico:

“We believe in a big America, a tolerant America, a just America, an equal America,” Obama told the Human Rights Campaign’s

Anwar al-Awlaki dead of unnatural causes, to wit one Predator missile.  from the Unhinged Mind, Glen Greenwald, Salon:

It was first reported in January of last year that the Obama administration had compiled a hit list of American citizens

Paul Krugman growls, from New York Times:

Back in 1980, just as America was making its political turn to the right, Milton Friedman lent his voice to the change with the famous TV series “Free to Choose.” In episode

This economy is lost, from Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard:

For President Obama, with job growth stuck near zero, the simplest question is a domestic one. How do you think jobs are created?

This has never been asked of

Tapper is the new Russert, Jake Tapper plays one man tag team on White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, Tapper asks a simple, A or B question, and can not get a straight answer, from ABC News:

Which

Girly-Men, in India, female children are being genitally mutilated from Daily Mail(UK):

Girls as young as one are being forced into sex change operations in India by parents desperate for a son.

Surgeons in the city of Indore

Dumbo asks for, then ignores legal advice, from Tiger Hawk:

Long-standing fans of the back-and-forth will remember the enormous grief that the Bush administration got for following the opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel, particularly on the

Pattersonville, NY, along I-90–

Took a break to deal with a few issues and drop a note on the blog. Rain and fog here today, and some serious thunderstorms threatening. I’m cooking some lunch after which, I’ll be heading to

Lessons for life, Don’t step on Superman’s cape and don’t piss in the girls’ room, unless you are really a girl.

Great quotes in non-history:

I will find the real killer or killers, if have to look on every

Taking Mr. Krugman to school Paul Krugman, New York Times:

Earlier this week, The Times reported on Congressional backlash against the Independent Payment Advisory Board, a key part of efforts to rein in health care costs. This backlash was

Special Sgt. Schultz edition.

Stuff it Ed, from Mark Finkelstein, News Busters:

ED SCHULTZ: Republicans are attacking the Commander-in-Chief during a time of war! . . . There should be no debate: we ought to be kicking [Gaddafi’s]

Trump Card, Donald Trump continues to play the role of useful idiot,from Newsmax:

Potential 2012 GOP presidential contender Donald Trump is doubling down on his call for President Barack Obama to produce a birth certificate, saying “facts are