CombatEffective - I am the warrant and the sanction. (Ayn Rand)

Chill.

...he's not confirming this, though. I think he's playing this nomination very cool.

...these ignorant, vicious, petty little men should be tied to the stake themselves and burned alive.

...on Google, Combat Effective is the first hit. That's kind of cool, though not necessarily how I would hope someone would stumble across the site. :-)

UPDATE: This string "michelle obama whitey comment" returns Combat Effective as the first hit on Yahoo!.

How do I know this? I can see how people come to the site via SiteMeter's referring URL tool. I don't spend my time searching random strings to see if the site comes up.

...so the CombatWife and I have followed American Idol this year (a much needed break from politics!), and last night was the finale with the voting to be revealed tonight. Personally, I think David Cook is the better performer and vocalist. I just don't get Archuleta - every song sounds the same and his voice sounds kind of cartoonish (?). Yet they heap praises upon him. I'm definitely no Simon Cowell, Paula Abdul, or Randy Jackson but...really? Does he really sound that good?

Anyway, when it's all said and done it will have been interesting but nothing more.

The Boston Globe, unsurprisingly, would have you believe so. My sympathy to the Senator and his family in these difficult times. I do have a hard time with his lionization, though.

Why Gates gets it.

The thought of former President Bill Clinton as a Supreme Court Justice made me laugh - can you imagine his ego and the silliness that would follow? But the thought of Senator Clinton on the bench instead sends chills down my spine. From that seat, her ruthless ambition and agenda would be checked only by the other justices. If I had to choose between the two, I'd rather see her be President.

...and blame the price on OPEC price collusion. Shell CEO Hofmeister says that's not the case, that it's simply supply and demand at work. If I remember my ECON 101, increasing that supply will lower the price, right?

...waiting for the network to come back up (with the DMV) so they can knock out a smog check (who knew?) when this guy walks in with a six-shooter slung from his waist. That's just not something you see much anymore. The 2nd Amendment rocks.

The first commentor hits the nail on the head.

Wow. Has she spent beyond what she can contribute to the campaign?

It's not fair to keep going if you cannot pay the bills. It's wrong to incur debt if you cannot repay the debt. It's dishonest. It's bad planning and leadership.

Imagine what would happen if she were in charge of our economy? She has made so many costly promises. She's like a teenager with a credit card. Only the American public are the ones who will need to pay the bill.

Scary.

She's not paying her bills but wants you to vote for her.

Commentary Magazine thinks so. I think it'd be a mistake on his part, and one that would cost him the election. Many, many people voted for him - and crossed party lines to vote for him - on the notion of change. Picking Hillary Clinton (or John Edwards or Al Gore) as his VP would undermine that notion.

...not. Tolerance is only one way, apparently.

...it's official. CNN has an article on it and Obama's campaign is sending out emails about it. Obama has clinched the "absolute majority" of delegates, meaning there is no mathematical way Clinton can overcome his delegate lead. From the email:

 

The only way she's going to win the nomination is if she convinces the superdelegates to overrule the elected delegates. I think that'd destroy the DNC's chances of attaining the White House in November.

...and they all seem to toe the Democratic party line. Consider Social Security - he will not consider privatization. The gov't has no inherent right to my money; what they have, they take by force. There is a compromise: if you are going to force people to save for their retirement, at least let them do so using the market (like the wealthy do). So much for reaching across the divide.