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If you want to walk the heavenly streets of gold, you gotta know the password, "Roll Tide, Roll!" Paul "Bear" Bryant |
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| Sarah Palin lied about the Bridge to Nowhere and now all the media outlets have debunked her lie. Apparently she didn't get the memo, because she's continuing to repeat the lie on campaign stumps across the country. Can we trust this woman? I think not! |
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| The McCain memory/housing glut story is a lot of fun. And
I suspect it will do McCain a lot of damage. But let's not forget that
there's an even bigger story today in the presidential race -- at least
in terms of substance and possibly politically too, at least over time.
John McCain has staked his whole campaign on opposing Barack Obama's
call for a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. His very
support of the notion, to McCain, illustrates his naivete and unfitness
for the job of commander-in-chief. And yet today, the US and Iraq have
agreed on a "timetable", using that very word, for leaving
Iraq. Reality, the Bush administration and the Iraqi government have
jointly endorsed Obama's position and left McCain a relic. Once the fun
of the house story settles down from a boil to a simmer, the Obama camp
must pivot off this development.
--Josh Marshall |
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The fact is the Republican policies in the Middle East have made America and our ally Israel less safe, not more.
George Bush's policy - refusing to speak with countries he
deems "terrorist" - is a total and complete failure. Certainly
nobody can deny that eight years of this misguided policy have left us and our
friends in a much worse situation than existed prior to this administration. |
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Drivers and Pedestrians Huntsville has a problem: drivers pay little or no attention to pedestrians, even in crosswalks. It's time for some education, some enforcement, some publicity on this problem. We don't need to see more people killed crossing the street. I just returned from a visit to Maine, where there were prominent signs warning motorists to stop for pedestrians and where crosswalks were marked with signs in the middle of the street. I was impressed with the courtesy that drivers showed to pedestrians there. Surely we can do the same. |
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"What you've got is everything -- and I mean everything -- being run by the political arm. It's the reign of the Mayberry Machiavellis." John DiIulio |
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| Bicycle racing and doping: I'm a bike rider,
admittedly a 65 year old not in the least like those that ride in the
Tour de France, but I'm embarrassed that my sport is known best for
doping problems, and I don't like it one bit. I think that any
professional rider who in any way runs afoul of the anti-doping rules
should be immediately dropped from whatever race he is in and banned
from the sport. Vino is out of the Tour, and Rasmussen should be
as well. I know that there are those who will say that Rasmussen
has only missed being tested during off season and he lives in Mexico
where the mail doesn't work very well, but that is no excuse. He
is a pro. He knows the rules. He knows when the time he
should have been tested has passed, and yet he acts as if it is all
OK. Throw him out. Throw out the guy wearing the Maillot
Jaune and people might, just might, begin to take the problem seriously.
Update: They actually did it! They threw out Rasmussen! Maybe there's hope for integrity in bicycle racing yet. |
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Those magnificent Americans; so much power and so little understanding how to use it.
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| Let's see, it's now 5/1/08, that's FIVE years since "Mission Accomplished." What's wrong with this picture?? |  |
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| "Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano player." At least that's the way Alberto Gonzales seems to be portraying himself. He's got his back to the room and is totally unaware of what is going on around him. |  |
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Do not be fooled by the dunce act. This one is more dangerous than he'd like you to believe. |
