Speaker Tablecloth Goofs Again

Bit rambled earlier:

Donna writes me yesterday;

Pelosi said one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush’s exit from Washington. “It felt like a

Schlock is defined as cheap or trashy. If spending less than $160M to inaugurate Obama is cheap, God help us in the next four years.

DRJ, Patterico’s Pontifications.

The Messiah has been mocked.

“All of a sudden, ‘Gosh it’s so complicated to close Guantanamo Bay.'”

Dana Perion, as attributed by Kevin Vance, Weekly Standard, via Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fool

For Hamas, the only thing more prized than dead Jews are dead Palestinians.

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.

Roland Burris is a disagreeable mediocrity as a politician.

Voters have rightly rejected him numerous times in his bids for higher office—governor, U.S. senator, mayor of Chicago—because he’s at least six parts ego to one part performance, a charmless, presumptuous

Roland Burris is more qualified to be undemocratically appointed to the Senate than Caroline Kennedy is.

Jonah Goldberg, National Review.

Nice way to end the year, tying together two recent blog theme.    Good snarks  run in the Goldberg  family.

Gee, I wonder why she didn’t rush into Israel with medical aid when Hamas was launching their 10,000 rockets. Weird.

Tammy Bruce, On Cynthia McKinney,

As regards global warming, my view is essentially the same as yours: Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) is a scam, with no basis in science.

Frank Tipler, distinguished mathematical physicist at Tulane University, via William Katz: Urgent Agenda

Hat tip and

[S]he has no experience, no consistent voting record, and no views of her own. I suspect Governor Paterson is wondering how he’s going to wriggle out of selecting someone so embarrassingly unsuited for office. It doesn’t really sound so great

If AGW Is Real, Why Do They Have To Lie?

William Teach, Stop the ACLU.

Word from the Boston Pheonix, this morning:

This morning, Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested on charges of attempted extortion and wire fraud after an 18-month investigation by the FBI. The FBI alleges that Wilkerson took bribes from

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Tuesday. 28 days until the election.4 days until my vacation, and about 5 hours to the second debate. And if you don’t understand the joke

Imagine if Sarah Palin backed up one of her political opinions with the assertion that it comported with the doctrine of her church. I will wait and wait for Andrew Sullivan to denounce Biden as a Christianist.

That’s Ann Althouse

Like many, I’ve perceived the mainstream media as being in the tank for liberals and Democrats over the years. This year, however, it’s difficult to see them making it through November without collectively purchasing a larger tank. Between the ugliness

Bruce McQuain at Q&O:

Oliver Willis asks on Twitter:

“How many qualified and tested Republican women did McCain pass over for Sarah Palin? “

About as many as the Democrats passed over to pick Barack Obama, Oliver.  Why?

LOL… sometimes