The Ramble for 10/24/11

Sloatsburg, NY— I’m at the Thruway Rest area just north of the NY-NJ border. From here I’ll head to Connecticut, and then back here to Jersey, and then to Western NY. Getting cooler by the day, and we’ll see rain

Hanover,MD– I came in last night arriving here around 5:30 this morning, for an unload. ‘ll be headed elsewhere around noon or so.

I spend most of yesterday eradicating a virus from my home network. Those who have some experienjce

The Obama recovery plan, spend money, and imagine jobs, from Karin McQuillan, American Thinker:

Obama tells us his stimulus plan was a brilliant success. Yes, it plunged us into economy-destroying debt and deficit.  The alternative would have been

Dumbo’s job plan — SSDD, from Reuters:

VINEYARD HAVEN, Massachusetts — President Barack Obama is finalizing a jobs package that could include a program to refurbish school buildings nationwide and tax breaks to encourage firms to hire workers.

In the fabled antebellum south, of Gone with the Wind, plantation slaves existed to create wealth for their white masters.

In the Twenty First Century democrat plantation, blacks exist to blindly give their votes to their largely white political

In order for Americans to get their jobs back, Barack Obama must lose his, from Shannon Travis:

Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) – Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is getting more creative, and apparently more aggressive, in her

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

Obama-speak, from Peter Kirsanow, National Review, via Clarice Feldman, American Thinker:

“The real problem with ATMS . is not so much that they destroy jobs, but that in at least 50 of 57 states you can’t conduct

Dumbo does not do economics, more evidence that Barack Obama lacks any understanding of economics, from Fox News:

It was explained to Obama that the permitting process can delay projects for “months to years … and in many

(Elmwood Park,NJ)– I’m at a paper company here picking up a load for Rochester, which will bring me home.  I was at Middle Village, NYC again this monring. Here’s a pic taken while I wanted for a dock to open

Bronx, NY– As this is posted, I’m in The Bronx, waiting to be unloaded. I ran back to Mountaintop,PA overnight (Through heavy fog) to get this load headed for the Bronx. I’m certainly getting to see lots of the big

Firing Squad perhaps? From Jim Miklaszewski and Courtney Kube, NBC News:

WASHINGTON — The Army on Wednesday filed 22 new charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of illegally downloading tens of thousands of classified U.S. military and State

First, some great news to pass along. I’ve been assigned a new (to me) truck… and boy it’s a beauty. I had the chance to drive it for a day last summer and fell in love.  Never figured I’d get

SOTU reax, Washington Post:

PRESIDENT OBAMA entered office promising to be a different kind of politician – one who would speak honestly with the American people about the hard choices they face and would help make those hard

An Obama Hate Machine, from David Corn, Politics Daily:

The OHM [Obama Hate Machine] — led by a wide-ranging collection of conservative media outfits, right-wing bloggers, and GOP partisans — has already effectively undermined Obama’s presidency by propagating