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

...the CNN analysts just reported that Obama needs 55% of the remaining vote to upset Clinton's efforts there. The remaining votes are all in area that favor him, so it's possible.

If he did, do you think she'd bow out? I think she'd almost have to.

Further, how's she going to raise cash after today? He closed the initial gap in Indiana from 18% to 4%.

...in North Carolina. The man can give a speech and says a lot of good things. I disagree with his source of funding (corporate taxes) for many of his initiatives, but he's a commanding candidate.

Conversely, I caught McCain's speech today, too. He sounded like he was reading a book.

I'll not be watching Clinton's speech. I just can't do it.

Various news outlets are reporting a tight Obama/Clinton race in Indiana, but an Obama blowout in North Carolina. Drudge has the running numbers on his site for the former. Nothing on the latter but it must have been a large win for folks to be calling him the winner without numbers displayed.

Fox has an interesting poll up today...

 

What does it mean that they're all virtually even? Everyone thinks 'their' candidate represents the little guy.

Call me shallow, but I would take my kids, leave, and go straight to the divorce attorney!

McCain even admits it's only $30. When 200 economists disagree with you, it's time to at least re-evaluate your position.

...Rep Corker points out that both McCain and Clinton have come out in favor of upcoming "cap and trade" legislation, which he says amounts to a tax on gasoline. He calls the current talk about a gas tax holiday pandering, especially in the context of their aforementioned cap and trade support. I need to research that stated legislation a bit, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least to find this is true.

...are just, well, dumb.
 

Question: Why would you park like that?

Answer: Because you don't give a damn. Because you think you are entitled to. Because you think you are special.

I can't guarantee this, but I would bet money the owner of this vehicle is anti-war, anti-Bush, and anti-government (except when the check is in the mail).

...as seen on NoodleFood.

The IRS decides to audit Ralph, and summons him to the IRS office. The IRS auditor is not surprised when Ralph shows up with his attorney.

The auditor says, "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."

"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ralph. "How about a demonstration?" The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead."

Ralph says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."

The auditor thinks a moment and says, "It's a bet."

Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops.

Ralph says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye." Now the auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet.

Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph's attorney as a witnes s. He starts to get nervous.

"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asks "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."

The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy could possibly manage that stunt, so he agrees again.

Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, but although he strains mightily, he can't make the stream reach the wastebasket on the other side, so he pretty much urinates all over the auditor's desk.

The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands. "Are you okay?" the auditor asks.

"Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty-five thousand dollars that he could come in here and piss all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it."

...come with strings attached for the military gov't? As in, you will hold free elections conditional to receipt of this aid? I know it'd be viewed by most as too harsh and unsympathetic...just thinking out loud.

One month before September 11, while Saudi Arabian terrorists were finalizing their plans to fly fuel laden jets into the towers, Bill Ayers was engaged in his own version of anti-Americanism.



Freedom of speech is both a great and terrible thing. 

... ouch. That's all I have to say.

 

Okay, one more thing. That's almost as bad as the last picture I saw of Cindy Sheehan's rally.

 

You know your campaign's in trouble when you start drawing roughly the same size crowd as Ms. Sheehan.

...much sympathy to the many families affected and destroyed by this disaster.

An interesting article that Mr Klein sums up with this tidbit

Liberals see America possessing tremendous power that must be tempered and legitimized by the rules we choose to follow and the restraint we choose to apply. Conservatives see great vulnerabilities that can only be assuaged through sufficient application of violence and will.

I don't think that's actually the case. Liberals see American possessing tremendous power and believe that power inherently evil; they think it must be tempered and legitimized by an international consensus that bows to the lowest common denominator (though they themselves would probably not refer to, say, Sudan as such). Conservatives see American power as a force for good in the world. They see great failure in the larger world that could be assuaged through judicious application of violence and will.

Where do I fall? I see an amazing opportunity for American power that must be tempered and legitimized by rules we apply to ourselves. We must hold the higher ground. But we must not fail to act for fear of our own power.

This blog thinks so!