Aren’t you glad we did the “second stimulus” after President Obama took office? Here’s a handy chart to remind you what President Obama said would happen if we didn’t pass the stimulus, and comparing it to what has actually happened. Gee,… Continue Reading
If Steve Jobs dies any time soon, will the board of directors at Apple prop him up and carry his corpse around like Weekend at Bernie’s? At this point, I think they’d have to, in order to preserve shareholder value.… Continue Reading
There’s this cool classic rock song from The Who, Won’t Get Fooled Again. It’s used as the theme music for one of the CSI shows. I’ve always liked the interplay between the Hammond pipe organ and Pete Townsend tearing up… Continue Reading
Take a listen to Jill Biden at about 1:45 during this interview with Oprah: There’s a “clarification” later which basically disclaims the whole thing that Dr. Biden blurted out (and which caused her husband’s face to turn red).
There’s nothing like having a talented, experienced, significant member of your team who has your back when you’re under fire. That’s a great feeling of support and a powerful show of strength, one that you can use to your advantage… Continue Reading
There’s a poll that CNN is featuring prominently in which 23% of Americans say that Dick Cheney is the worst Vice President in American history. This is about the dumbest poll I’ve ever heard of. First of all, bear in… Continue Reading
We can look forward to a nuclear or biological attack on the United States by terrorists taking place within the next four years, most likely in the form of weaponized anthrax. And there is probably nothing we can do to… Continue Reading
Hillary Clinton cannot be Secretary of State. Why? Article I, Section 6 of the Constitution, sometimes called the Enoluments Clause, reads as follows: No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any… Continue Reading
My automatic lawn sprinkler control device fritzed out this morning. It won’t turn off (there must be a power feed from somewhere I can’t control) and one of the gates stayed open for four hours, watering one portion of my… Continue Reading
It seems to be the thing that every blogger is doing tonight, predicting what the outcome of the election tomorrow will be. So here’s mine — as optimistic for McCain as I can reasonably forecast. My prediction map shows an… Continue Reading