Nightly Ramble: Please, Bit, Don’t Hurt ’em…; What McCain Should Say Tonight; The Race Card; More

Welcome, dear reader, to the most intense nightly read in the ‘sphere… The Nightly Ramble….

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

if ever there was a car made for the times, this would seem to be it: a sporty subcompact that seats five, offers a navigation system, and gets a whopping 65 miles to the gallon. Oh yes, and the car

These Nightly Rambles are all things I’ve found during the day. I input them all day long and auto-post whatever I’ve collected at around 4 to 430 eastern. I put things in here that catch my eye but that perhaps

• At some point, the rain around here has to stop. Not that we’ve had flooding of any serious amounts, but it’s rained around here about every day this summer, for at least part of the day. Today is another example.

(From The Conservative Reader)

Well, it took almost 3 months, but Congress finally passed the bill Saturday, on older version of which was  passed by the House in May, after some considerable back and forth between the Senate

• Create shortages in the oil markets by ensuring domestic oil supplies can never be used. This will force us to get oil from the least stable spots in the world, thus forcing not only higher prices, but forcing us to

Joyner this morning, notes:

New York is trying to collect taxes from online retailers who ship goods to the state, even if they have no brick-and-mortar presence. Amazon is suing, claiming the law is unconstitutional.

I tell him,

The Strib:

Al Franken’s career as an entertainer made him famous and rich and positioned him to run for the U.S. Senate.

But now, just as he appears on the verge of securing the DFL endorsement to take on Republican

Billy makes a great point this morning:

I don’t know why people keep referring to what’s going on with energy as a “market” while it’s stepped on by government every mile of the way from the field to your tank,

Over at OTB, James has noted that TV watching just isn’t the same. He notes an AdAge article:

Just because your favorite dramas and comedies are back on the air after the writers strike doesn’t mean you’re necessarily watching them.

Limbaugh likes to say on his radio program, that he IS balance for the liberal press. And in many ways, he’s quite right. So an interesting angle on this shows up today in an article by John Harris and Jim

Is Barack Obama giving a stump speech, or just engaging in self-parody?  Watch the video, and you decide:

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BO’s promise of “real” economic progress is an empty one. Obama simply does not understand economics. Barack Obama is economically ignorant, 

• April 15th. Tax day. It occurs to me as I watch the mail delivery guy in his jeep dropping off more bills for me to pay, that the tax bill may be due today, but by some estimates we don’t

Bruce McQuain, last night on the BlogTalkRadio show he and Dale Franks do, made reference to a 2004 appearance on the ostensibly friendly confines of Charlie Rose’s show. Bruce makes the point that Obama here is expressing pretty much the

The Clinton’s income, from the Drudge Report:

World Exclusive: 4/4/08 15:43:06 ET
2000-2007 Returns
Feds Taxes Paid: $33.7 million
Charity: $10.2 million
Her Senate Salary: $1,051,606
His Presidential Pension: $1,217,250
Her Book Income: $10,457,083
His Book Income: $29,580,525
His