The Ramble for 12-12-11

Indianapolis, Indiana--.. As this is written, I am in Indianapolis for the third week in a row.  They’ve got me picking up new trailers out here and ferrying them back to Rochester… an effort to upgrade the entire fleet

With the departure of chief economic adviser Austan Goolsbee, that’s the number of members from the original Obama economic team still working for the administration, not quite three years into the first term.

Rats, say goodbye to the ship of

Leaders lead, Dumbo shucks, from Daily Caller:

A cascade of bad economic and political news knocked President Barack Obama off his game today, and prompted him to revive his 2008-style criticism of his predecessor, and also to suggest

Quite frankly I don’t CAIR, from Paul Walsh, Star-Tribune (MN):

A national Muslim civil rights group is asking the head of Homeland Security to investigate the use of stereotypes after a man who appeared to be of Middle East

Obama the Sensitive, what a winning combination for a President, a thick skull and thin skin, from Michelle:

And now, the Boston Herald has been spanked by the White House for…running a front-page op-ed by Mitt Romney:

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

Dumbo on Guns, Barrack Obama, Arizona Daily Star:

It’s been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucson stunned the nation. It was a moment when we came together as one people to mourn and to pray

When the Fat Lady Sings, Fred Hiatt wonders how obesity became a partisan issue, from Washington Post:

That’s why obesity is not a Democratic or Republican issue. Obama has merely extended and amplified a campaign that began under

Close to home, Associated Press:

TORONTO — A magnitude-5.0 earthquake struck at the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, and homes and businesses were shaken from Canada’s capital in Ottawa on south

Hmnn, Naureen S. Malik, Wall Street Journal:

A small oil refinery just southeast of downtown San Antonio is on fire following an explosion, leading to a one-mile evacuation, a local fire department spokeswoman said.

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An 18-wheeler that was

Dumbo steps in how own  poop. I don’t know about you, but some of those little old ladies look mighty scary to me.  To you?  Speaking of scared, it appears that the Secret Service pressured the Quincy police to

Is Obama a good old boy redneck?

Barack Obama should drink less alcohol and try harder to kick his smoking habit, doctors say

Barack Obama should not only try harder to kick his smoking habit, his team of doctors warned,

The female version of Freddy Kruger is back, from Johnathan Turley{

Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, has been charged with attempted murder and arson. Mangum was the stripper who falsely accused members of the Duke lacrosse team.

Mangum allegedly assaulted

In a battle of wits between the The father/daughter tag team of Dick and Liz Cheney and the entire Obama administration, it’s easy to see who comes out on top:

Nice Deb.

President Obama has a huge problem:  jobs.  As in, lack of them.  As in, not creating any.  He promised them on the campaign trail, and he promised them as part of the $1.2 trillion stimulus package he signed a year