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

...first, I think Obama is right. It's a shell game by Clinton and McCain. A suspension of the .18 cent Federal tax, which I support in principle, would in practice save us the consumer very little money. Simple math bears this out. I put $67 dollars in gas in my tank yesterday (Nissan Frontier); that was app. 18 gallons. The suspension of the tax would save me $3.24 twice a month, if gas prices stayed at their current rate (which is far from certain; the gas companies may, as Obama suggests, simply raise their prices to take advantage of the increased profit potential). All things remaining equal, for a four month suspension, I would save...wait for it...$25.92. I'm not one to ignore a 'free' $25, but at the same time, this is not the major issue Clinton and McCain want to make it. Not even close. They're pandering to the masses, hoping we're too ignorant to do to the math and realize that if you vote for one of them over this issue, you'll have sold your vote for $25.92.

And Sen McCain...that is about 1/6th the cost of my last textbook.

...so much for her newfound momentum.

...Clinton is good at what she does. That being pandering, evasion, and accusations.

Ms. Smith thinks it based on some type of misogynistic attitude. I disagree; it's about qualifications, sincerity, and Clinton-fatigue. What would she think of the liberal attitude towards President Bush, I wonder? It's at least as vitriolic as some of the comments she describes.

More to follow!

...of all people to be levying such a charge, Al Sharpton is among the last.

...gets some prompt attention from the military. I love how the first commenter rails against the Bush Administration for the condition of these barracks. As if. These barracks have been around since the '50s. Want to know how many Presidents have come and gone since then?

Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush I , Clinton, and the current President Bush.

Granted, the President is the CINC but there are so many people between that office and these barracks that to blame the POTUS is, well, asinine.

...are being charged. Good. I hope they get the maximum punishment possible for their gross inaction; they killed their daughter.

Previous post here.

...this freakish clown (Stephen King's "It" type) is set to get a maximum of 15 years under Austrian law. That's far too light a punishment.

Wouldn't surprise me; we'll never know the truth of it, though, due to the FEC's reporting rules and Clinton's oh so strategic timing.

...as I was reading this article, I thought to myself these guys are politicians. Sure enough, the Mayor's of Stamford, Rochester, and Cincinatti have banded together to write "Earmarks by Another Name: Democracy".

They posit (among other things) that: By any reasonable standard, nearly all congressionally directed grants would be considered a good use of taxpayer funds.

Um...not. (It's a .pdf)

Robert Spencer has the rundown on the latest honor killing, this one in Australia. The first commentor nails it with his first word: Psychopaths. The only possible, justified response to the action of these honor-less animals is the same punishment they visited on an innocent woman: death. Don't go waxing philosophical about the irony of taking the same action they did. The actions are much, much different.

...I read someone's comment the other day that it's amazing how quickly the narrative changes (can't remember where). It is Orwellian; Obama's still rocking the Democratic vote but certain media types who still fawn over the Clinton's want the narrative to be "Clinton" so much that one win and they're back with the "momentum".

...proof that no tax ever truly goes away, only increases over time to feed the beast.

...the IOC apologizes for China, saying one of the world's oldest civilization needs more time to evolve.