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The Morning Scramble - 6/20/2008

I was going to save this for my return from my canoe trip in August, but Bryan Preston’s return to the land of the blogging with a wicked-good post on drilling is a better use for the song…

 

 

  • Miss a day of hacking the Obamination, miss a lot. Let’s start with the first dose of Jim Geraghty, as he discovers all of Barack Obama’s promises have expiration dates, and the expiration date on taking public financing for the general election was yesterday.
  • Cuffy Meigs (D'OH! on the misattribution) notes Obama’s u-turn comes only days after Tim Russert, the guy who Obama made one of the public financing promises to, passed away. Could we be seeing Zombie Russert taking revenge soon?
  • Cam Edwards introduces a new campaign-ism - Barack-tracking. Odds the Indispensible One picks this up - very good (memo to ego - it’s because he and Cam are good friends).
  • Sean Hackbarth found yet another “exaggeration” from Obama. It seems he wasn’t around when the bill that extended health care benefits for veterans, something he’s taking credit for, was considered and voted upon in the Senate.
  • Ed Driscoll whipped up a killer Barack the Pooh video.
  • Uncle Jimbo and Kev unleash a Freefly on Obama and his affinity for the life of the guy Ted Kennedy and CNN continuously confuse him with, Osama bin Laden (or is it his digitized replacement, M-m-m-m-max bin Laden?). Since it’s a Freefly, there is a language warning associated with this, so those of you who catch this at a government facility or in a radio studio, wait until the mics are off and the bosses are away to click (unless you are the boss; then you are encouraged to crank it up).
  • Emperor Misha I opens the Imperial Translation Service for those who are mystified on yet another Obamination flop (NAFTA). Unlike the Freefly, this one only gets a PG-13 rating.
  • Second dose of Geraghty; he drills for answers on Obama’s energy claims and comes up dry.
  • Alan Steinberg wraps a heap of oil news in his larger wrap. Bonus coverage - tanker wars (I’ll wager John McCain isn’t too happy with the GAO right about now).
  • Mark McNally adds Canada to the long-and-growing list of those drinking our oil milkshake. It seems they don’t have much of a problem with drilling under the Great Lakes.
  • Unfortunately, that’s the only item about which Canada shows any sanity. Ace notes that kids can now successfully appeal grounding and denial of parental permission to go on a school field trip to court, even if the grounding is the result of the elementary-school-aged skull full of mush posting “inappropriate” pictures of herself on the ‘Net. Note for those that are wondering about the double link; Ace and Mu/Mee.Nu guru Pixy Misa are in the process of moving AoSHQ to a mee.nu-based server, and Ace decided to open it up a bit early because his New Comments Thingy is being recalcitrant again.
  • Speaking of the decline and fall of Western Civilization, Leslie Carbone relays the sordid story of the Goucester Pregnancy Pact, at least 17 very-underage girls who apparently took Hillary Clinton’s call that it takes a village to raise a child literally.
  • Speaking of Clinton, E.M. Zanotti discovered what she’s doing with her “month off”.
  • Allahpundit found polling proof that the ‘Rats selected both major-party candidates. Why else would 42% of ‘Rats be “very satisfied” and another 36% be “somewhat satisfied” with the choice of candidates?
  • Michelle Malkin had several “spies” break into a “closed-to-the-media” town hall meeting between McCain and Chicago Hispanics. There is a reason why McCain took a step that he says he won’t take at fundraisers; he’s still for shamnesty and he doesn’t want the former GOP base to find out. Too late!
  • Related to that, Just A Grunt found that the European Union is willing to do what nobody in power or seeking power in DC is willing to do; deport illegal aliens.
  • See-dubya righteously rips Blackwater a new one for trying to have it both ways on the legal front. See, lefties, we on the right are not wholly-owned subsidiaries of Blackiburton Inc.
  • Mark Rahmlow has a three-point plan for the Wisconsin GOP.
  • Owen notes there will be no tax relief for the Lake Delton Five, who had their homes washed away by the emptying Lake Delton. I wish I had a recorder on my radio; Bob and Brian (from 102.9 The Hog) had some more bad news for them; FEMA’s not going to be much help either.
  • Nick Schweitzer has a Dew-spewing-funny look at male restroom etiquette. Remember, silence and speed are golden.
  • I seem to have forgotten a few things I highlighted last night in my feed reader (bad Egg!). Donna Martinez wonders how a barbeque festival that serves two tons of meat can claim to be “trash-free”.
  • The Liberty Brian looks at what would happen if we see a repeat and a direct reversal of 2000. Remember, it’s all about winning by any means necessary every means available for the ‘Rats.
  • Fred notes that the next Racine Unified School District tax-increasing referendum is being proposed just like clockwork.
  • Fausta found another link between Venezuela and terrorists, this time of the Hezbollah variety.
  • James Wigderson discovered that the official position of The Capital Times (Madison’s “mainstream” paper) is 9/11 Toofers are not “crackpots”.
If I get the bloated roll back at the main site cleaned up, I'll start the process of importing it here to replace the Mini Egg Roll.
 
Revisions/extensions (8:47 am CDT 6/20/2008) - Added a few more to the Scramble.
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The Morning Scramble/Open Thread Thursday - 6/19/2008

Allergies have knocked me flat, so I’m not in Manitowoc.

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  • Charlie Sykes points to the topic of discussion in Manitowoc and La Crosse today; “Healthy” (and Depopulated) Wisconsin. The money quote - “If (the assumption that health care costs can be brought closer to wages) cannot be accomplished, given the assumptions put forth by the plan’s supporters themselves, the program will face a shortfall of between $4.79 billion and $10 billion by 2017. The tax rate on businesses will have to increase to 13.51% and on employees to 4.62% in order to keep the program solvent in just nine years.”
  • The Vintage One remembers a couple of Communist traitors who received their just reward 55 years ago today.
  • Samantha Sault begins the wrap-up the reaction to the growing calls to nationalize the oil industry. Allow me to continue with a few that weren’t on that list.
  • Rick Moran whacks the Left like a good Sicilian.
  • Shoebox really lets the cat out of the bag. As Paul Socha points out, “Communism is alive and well in the United States.”
  • Owen caught the BBC practicing some bias. Incredibly, as a result of letting that cat out of the bag, the BBC changed their picture from Knut to an old James Bond movie set (or so says James Wigderson in the comments).
  • GOPgal lists the members of the House who support (or at least claim to support) the proper solution; more drilling. Somebody needs to explain to Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner that the introduction of ANWR oil to the world market, even if it doesn’t make it to Wisconsin, will reduce prices just as much as if it does make it to Wisconsin.

    One more thing; where’s Paul Ryan? He’s usually smart on items like this.

  • Purple Avenger warns that because we’re driving less, the gas tax is going to go up. After all, government can never live with only what they had last year.
  • Headless Blogger has the new slogan for the corn crop. One thing; our “friends” at ADM (and thus in the governor’s mansion) want but one of those three choices.

Even though this is late, I managed to avoid all mentions of the Obamination. Where’s my cookie from Mike Huckabee? Oops, guess I just lost the cookie; I have the same answer to the Huckster as Matt Lewis and Fred Thompson (courtesy Ed Morrissey).

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The Morning Scramble - 6/18/2008

In addition to the usual music video today, I proudly present Josh Schroeder’s answer to MoveOn.org’s “Not Alex” ad

Let’s get Josh’s video viral. Now, on with the music…

  • James Wigderson is celebrating 4 years in the blogosphere.
  • Start of the run at crAP - Michelle Malkin duns “that news organization” for $132,125.
  • Smackdown part deux - Jim Lynch reveals “that news organization’s” top-secret price list for words.
  • And the hits just keep on coming - Ace makes “that news organization” an offer it can’t refuse - $25.00 per link.
  • Jim Geraghty marvels at the supposed ‘Rat infestation of Ohio, to the tune of 55% of the populace according to Public Policy Polling. I wonder if that sort of bias crept into Quinnipac’s claim (once again, Jim is the Indispensible One) of an Obamination surge in Florida and Pennsylvania.
  • Ed Driscoll wonders whether Barack Obama will take the second-last major “first hyphenated-American President” title. Why not; Bill Clinton stole the “first ‘black American’ President” one.
  • Zip has Obama’s latest flip; he was for an undivided Jerusalem before he was against it. Now, where did the RNC put the official mascot of the John “Flipper” Kerry campaign?
  • McQ takes “Constitutional Law Professor” Obama (he was only a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago) to task over his view of the federal judiciary’s role.
  • A brief respite from the Obamination; Jay asks why we’re not impeaching the Lawgivers-In-Black that gave Islamokazis captured on the battlefield habeas corpus rights. Simple answer; ever since the end of WWII, more than a third of Congress has been invested in using SCOTUS as the means to cram the parts of the agenda that can’t fly through Congress down our throats.
  • Uncle Jimbo puts Obama’s foreign policy in the crosshairs and fires for effect. I do have to say that the t-shirt UJ’s wearing (available at the Blackfive store) is a beaut; I got mine yesterday.
  • The Game provides evidence of Obama’s willful ignorance on energy. If only John McCain didn’t have that plank in his eye (and yes, I’m discounting his “let’s open up the coasts” claim; he’s giving the states veto over that),….
  • Sister Toldjah takes a log-splitter to Algore Goracle’s increased electricity usage after he “greened up” his house.
  • SteveF delivers today’s economic warning about Gorebal “Warming”
  • William Teach drops the LinkBomb on the acolytes.
  • The Chris that’s On The BorderLine (there’s too many Chrises in my feed reader) explores the economics of loading the family in a Suburban for a trip between western Wisconsin and Chicago and a train trip between St. Paul and Chicago. He actually underestimates the Suburban’s highway mileage (it’s closer to 19 mpg than 12), and still the vehicle slated to become the “cause” of Janesville’s downfall comes out on top.
  • Warner Todd Huston cheers the Road-to-Damascus-Baghdad moment of James Kirchick, assistant editor of The New Republic. I expect PJ-Comix to note his tombstoning in the next day or two.
  • Wyatt Earp is amazed that a Romanian village voted for the dead guy. No word on whether he supports the Obamination like Chicago’s dead. One more thing; for those of you who haven’t found Wyatt’s new home, he has an inducement for you (I’ll take the first bribe; the second does absolutely nothing for me).
  • Flip has a contrarian reality check for at least most of those that think that rising gas prices are the end of the world. That’s right; adjusted for inflation, gas prices have “only” gone up 43%, or less than the average tax rebate welfare payment.
  • Cindy Kilkenny found another liberal government entity that requires photo ID, and this one’s to vote; the Elmbrook School Board. It truly is ironic how “protective” of the process those liberal entites can get when it comes time to oppose their free-spending ways.
  • Lawhawk deciphers the code of conduct Hamas is using; shell all they can just before a hudna, then wait for Israel to respond after the hudna takes hold and prepare to whine to the world how Israel is the bad guy.
  • Jib offers his own “Man Talk-to-Chick Speak” translation. Ladies, pay attention. Jib knows what he’s talking about.
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The Mornin...er, Afternoon Scramble - 6/17/2008

The trip back from Madison yesterday drained me more than I thought. I’m feeling a chest cold coming on…

  • Dave Bauer reveals who Abu Babear is in the penultimate episode of Blogs4Bauer’s Writers’ Strike Substitue. Next week; do we get our first Scientologist President?
  • Shoebox sounds the alarm for those of us forced to burn our food. I will note that since he’s in Minnesota, he has to deal with ethanol statewide (unless he’s driving a 21-year-old vehicle or a diesel; if memory serves, the latter suffers from a biodiesel requirement, and soybeans are about as flood-intolerant as corn).
  • Ace delivers an Instant Classic on the combined US/Saudi increase of 200,000 barrels of oil per day.
  • 3 wood reports on another (un)intended consequence of high gas prices; a further crash of the suburban housing market.
  • Kate has several cartoons on oil.
  • Lawhawk notes the 7th Marine of the Haditha 8 is about to be cleared. I wonder whether John Murtha likes crow.
  • Paul Noonan makes the case for doing to Ned Yost what the Mets did to Willie Randolph.
  • Tom McMahon 4-Blocks the difference between Jesus Christ and Barack Obama.
  • Jim Geraghty caught Obama’s likely National Security Advisor, Richard Danzig, dipping into the land of childrens’ books, and comparing Islamokazis to Luke Skywalker. No word on whether it was the Navy or the group by that name that fried Richard’s mind.
  • Of course, Slublog unleashed an Instant Classic SluShop in honor of that.
  • Plebian takes a semi-serious look at Obama’s VP candidate choices. I’ll leave it up to you to decide which parts are Shirley-quality serious.
  • Lance Burri has the latest Obamination verbal gaffe. Just remember, there’s a reason why authoritarians the world over want their subjects unarmed.
  • Robert has the cartoon of the day, mourning the impending loss of independence for America’s last mega-brewer. If only I could handle rice in my beer, I’d hoist a cold one.
  • John Adams notes the Department of Revenue sees a sluggish Wisconsin economy until 2010. I guess making Wisconsin a bigger corporate tax hell isn’t exactly conducive to economic growth.
  • Ed Morrissey explores the decision of the Associated Press to revisit its stance of suing blogs that use short quotations from its articles.
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The Morning Scramble - 6/16/2008

This will be brief; I have to find a way to Madison by 8:30 (or so). We need some speed (metal, that is)….

I don’t even have time to put up an Eggs On The Road post, even though there will be some traveling this week. I am off to Madison and Jim Sensenbrenner at the Center Right Coalition.

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Ask Egg - Volume 4

I’m almost out of pseudophedrine, and some political types seem to have ignored my advice, so let’s go into the mailbag once again to out them…

Letter #1 -

Dear Egg,

My state endured historic flooding over the weekend. Fortunately, the country club where I hold my annual golf fundraiser for my campaign didn’t suffer any real damage. Should I cancel it?

-Waterlogged in Madison

Waterlogged,

Of course not! However, you should turn over the proceeds of that to flood relief efforts. I’m sure you could find another day to shake down your donors for your own benefit.

One more thing; don’t spend most of the day there.
-Egg

Letter #2 -

Dear Egg,

Some terrori…er, freedom-fighters seeking to destroy this coun…er, liberate Gaia from the ravages of Americanism are being warehoused in Guantamino Bay. My fellow Justices and I currently have a lawsuit before us seeking to overturn action by Congress that we previously ordered them to take. How should we dispose of this case?

-Witless in Washington

Witless,

Get your behinds out of the business of conducting war. A previous iteration of the Court you’re on unanimously allowed the summary execution of Nazi saboteurs during World War II. Besides, Congress acted undier its Constitutional authority to cut you Lawgivers-In-Black out of the process.

Don’t commit treason.
-Egg

Letter #3 -

Dear Egg,

My opponent opposes drilling in ANWR and doing anything substantial to reverse the flow of illegal immigrants. He also supports making the tax code even more top-heavy, and closing Club Gitmo. How can I differentiate myself from my opponent while being true to myself?

-On The Road

Since you used an anonymizer, I can’t tell which candidate you are. You need to do what is right with the country and start differentiating yourself from him.

And no, I don’t mean a left turn either.
-Egg

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The Mornin...er, Afternoon Scramble - 6/13/2008

I have enough pseudophedrine in me to do another edition of Ask Egg, which combined with the fact that it’s Friday the 13th, means this thing’s late. Sorry about that. Hopefully this mega-edition of the Scramble will fix that.

  • First, I’ll highlight someone at Wednesday’s AFP Blogger School who will be on my bloated roll presently. Jessi relays a whacking of Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Madison, WI) weak response to rising gas prices by her presumptive opponent, Peter Theron.
  • Charles Johnson wonders when Barack Hussein Obama will throw his brother Malik under the bus.
  • Bull Dog Pundit fills Obama’s FICA tax increase full of holes.
  • TexasFred finds a few ‘Rats not falling for Obama. Hopefully there’s more of them than those of us not falling for John McCain.
  • Neo-Con Tastic comes back from the dead to do a wicked Photoshop as his entry to Red State’s Fake It contest. I’m a sucker for mushroom clouds.
  • John Hawkins caught Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wishes the hottest ring of Hell for those of us who disagree with Michelle Obama. Sorry, Dick; that’s already occupied by your friend Saddam Hussein.
  • Gabriel Malor caught another Obama supporter with a Che pic in his office. This time, it’s a Lawgiver-In-Black in Ohio.
  • Ed Morrissey asks, “Think that the Florida issue is over?” Seems the Obama crowd is trying to get more delegates than they’re entitled to.
  • Related to that, Jim Geraghty quotes from an e-mail sent by Obama’s Florida finance chair. Since Jim censored it, we need to do some character substitution: & = u, ^ = c, and % = k. Stay classy, Kirk Wagar.
  • While I’m done with Obama, I’m not done with the ‘Rats. Jim Hoft notes the continued free-fall of the Pelosi Congress. As my fellow Morons would say, “Epic FAIL!”
  • Hack-A-Chuck Part I - Shoebox hacks Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on his inconsistency over “windfall profits”. Last year, Schumer protected his constituents (investment fund managers) from an “windfall profits” tax.
  • John McAdams teaches Economics 101 to the ‘Rats.
  • Hack-A-Chuck Part II - Flip hacks Schumer on his inconsistency over the filibuster.
  • Dupray exposes the reason behind the lack of a ‘Rat energy plan.
  • Brian Faughnan notes the next step in the envirowhackos’ plan to return the US to the 17th Century - kill the Canadian oil industry through lawsuits. Considering that would put us even more at the mercy of the Islamokazis, maybe I should’ve said 8th Century.
  • Headless Blogger renews his call for the end of ethanol mandates in the face of a lot of flooded-out corn fields.
  • See-dubya teases us with news of 7 new refineries. Unfortunately, they’re in Iran.
  • Gopfolk explores whether solar is a viable alternative. The short answer is “No”, but do read the extended answer.
  • Michelle Malkin joins the calls for McCain to actually visit ANWR, and more importantly,
  • Neocon catches McCain doing some waffling regarding drilling. Considering he is willing to let states veto offshore drilling, and the states with the largest unexploited developments are against it, it’s more of a case of being disingenuous than waffling.
  • Uncle Jimbo takes President Bush to task for squandering the time that Club Gitmo bought us. Now, thanks to a power grab by the Lawgivers-In-Black, enemy combatants now hold more rights than the average citizen going before the IRS.
  • Jim Hoft has some good news; the Brits are able to tell the difference between crossdressing Islamokazis and the women in countries dominated by Islamokazis. Since the dead tango was wearing pink, I wonder when Code Pink starts their protests.
  • Elliot has the latest example of guns not killing people.
  • David St. Lawrence has a timely tip for those job-hunting; beware of bait-and-switch on your salary.
  • Gawfer celebrates his 500th post with a trip to the US Open. Lucky bastich; great pics.
  • Speaking of Club Gitmo, Matt has pics of the American staffers having fun on the water.
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The Morning Scramb;e/Open Thread Thursday - 6/12/2008

I wish the weather weren’t going to be changing for the worse, but you know what they say about sticking one hand under the wish fountain and the other under a faucet…
  • Dad29 has the latest piece of evidence that Red China is not our friend; they’re hacking into the federally-owned computers used by Representatives that see through the facade.
  • Ace and Slublog proudly present the Obamination High Ground-Clearance Bus SluShop.
  • Jim Hoft dips into the memory vault to catch what Jimmy Carter said about Barack Obama before the Peanut Farmer endorsed the Bus Driver.
  • Josh Schroeder came up with the perfect slogan regarding Obama - “Chance We Can’t Afford To Take”.
  • Stephan Tawney caught Obama with yet another flip-flop. I wonder what his Appeasment-At-All-Costs base will do once they catch wind of this one, especially since they rejected Hillary Clinton as a Joanie-Come-Lately.
  • Plebian introduces Candidate GPS.
  • Mary (and Mark Belling) catch Gov. Jim Doyle golfing at his personal annual fundraiser yesterday as towns wash away and freeways are threatened. Doyle essentially treated the flood as an inconvenience, starting his day at the outing, bailing for a short while to hold a press conference, and then returning. No wonder why his full title here at NRE is Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC/Potawatomi-For Sale).
  • Bruce thanks the last ‘Rat President for $4/gallon gas. That’s right, even the USA Today admits that ANWR oil would be flowing now if Bill Clinton hadn’t vetoed the authorization to drill back in 1995.
  • Second dose of the Gateway Pundit; he notes that the gas-price protests in Europe have turned deadly. And yet the ‘Rats want to emulate the European level of taxation.

    One more thought on that; I guess it isn’t all the collapsed dollar’s fault that gas prices are high here.

  • JammieWearingFool has some good news for those headed south of the border. From the halls of Montezuma….
  • James T. Harris runs the Chicago carnage during National Bike to Work Week. 2 dead so far this week, 5 since October. That allows me to break out my favorite movie question, “Is it safe?”

So it’s a bit longer than the usual bare-bones Thursday. Don’t let that stop you from contributing.

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The Morning Scramble - 6/11/2008

How long have I been doing this? Oh well; let’s continue flying…

  • Ace caught Mad Vlad’s man in the oil business saying, “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet on these prices.” Tell me again how the Sovie…er, Russia is now our friend.
  • Lawhawk explores using the gas weapon on Iran. No, not the ones that Saddam Hussein used; the ones the lieberals are using against us (the lack of refining capacity).
  • Jim Lynch puts the ‘Rat energy policy in a nutshell (with the emphasis on “nut”).
  • Dad29 has a plan to get back to $2.10/gallon gas.
  • It isn’t through biodiesel; James Wigderson asks whether we taxpayers can get our $250,000 back after construction on the biodiesel plant planned for Evansville was stopped because of “rapidly rising commodity prices and the decision by a key lender to withdraw from its loan commitment.”
  • Just because I can, Allahpundit has tape of Michelle Malkin offering the sane solution to the oil crisis. PSA time - Everybody, sign Newt Gingrich’s petition ; Wisconsinites, also sign Phil Williamson’s petition.
  • Slublog wishes John McCain wouldn’t go off the rails. Same here, Slu; I just don’t have the mad SluShop Skillz.
  • Ed Morrissey has news of a new “conservatives-only” PAC started up by Sen. Jim DeMint. Sounds interesting.
  • Plebian breaks out in song to Barack Obama. Trust me, it’s wicked good (besides, would I Rick-roll you?).
  • Dean has the dream ticket for Republicans. I will say this, an Obama/Hillary Clinton ticket would ensure that the Dems are not competitive in the “mushy middle”.
  • Bull Dog Pundit asks, “What makes a profit a ‘windfall’?” Answer; not enough cash kicked back to the party in power, specifically, the ‘Rats.
  • Anwyn lays the linguistic smackdown on “education”.
  • Speaking of education, Chris the head barkeep (or more-accurately, his oldest son) found out the hard way that grades bear little correlation to one’s accomplishments. I’ll remind everybody that Albert Einstein was considered a failure in mathematics.
  • Uncle Jimbo has unleashed the Dead Tangos: The Totally Unrated DVD. My birthday’s coming up soon (hint, hint).
  • Doubleplusundead has some Peeps video for those of you already jonesing for more HamNation. Air Peeps!
  • Paddy O’Furniture breaks out a laundry list of how stupid we’ve become over the last 50 years. I know Paddy usually doesn’t look for publicity, but this one’s just too good.
  • William Teach figures out which party is truly responsible for Gorebal “Warming”. Do note that it is a demonstrated fact that highly-urban areas are warmer than rural areas, and also note which party tends to dominate highly-urban areas.
  • Fred has the Drinking Right Quotes from last night. As always, they’re taken way out of context.
  • There are a bunch of places I could have taken this one from, but since Kevin Fischer asked whether the NBA has turned into the WWE, I’ll use him as the source. To answer the question it’s not a corinkidink that the most-obvious examples, as well as the one that’s the subject of the hot-and-heavy rumors, happened while the NBA was on NBC, and that NBC is the longtime home of what is now the WWE on network TV.

Let’s see if I can come up with some good stuff for Silent E while he’s on vacation. I’m one of those he left the keys of the blog to (I helped move his and Kate’s blogs to a more-reliable server).

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Obama conceding Wisconsin?

From the Wisconsin GOP into my mailbox…

Obama Campaign Pulling Out of Wisconsin?

MADISON – After a series of puff articles over the weekend raving about Senator Barack Obama’s Wisconsin operation, it was discovered Obama actually doesn’t have any campaign offices in the state.

“Perhaps Democrats realize that the most liberal member of the United States Senate is no fit for Wisconsin voters and took their field offices back to Chicago,” said Mark Jefferson, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. “This isn’t the first time the Obama campaign has sought to mislead folks in Wisconsin, and it no doubt won’t be the last.”

Phone numbers listed on the Obama website for Wisconsin campaign offices were discovered to be inoperable this week. Obama’s national campaign said there hasn’t been campaign offices since the state’s February primary and didn’t know when they would reopen.

According to Jefferson, Obama’s visit this week could be to mask his anemic state operation or it might be a farewell visit to the Badger State.

“It will take more than overblown pep rallies to convince Wisconsin voters that Barack Obama shares their values,” Jefferson said. “John McCain has a history of independent leadership that appeals to Wisconsin. Senator Obama has never put partisan interests aside to bring about progress. Maybe that’s why Democrats have to exaggerate their campaign operations.”

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I think it’s a bit too early to say that the Obama campaign isn’t looking at Wisconsin as a battleground state. After all, the Dems are but one Presidential election away from removing the last roadblock to unfettered vote fraud here. Also, Obama is fresh off a protracted, high-cost battle for his party’s nomination coronation, and Wisconsin’s primary came in relatively-early in that.

Still, it is rather interesting that there is no effective Presidential ground game on the other side. That draining of the Obama coffers and resulting lack of Wisconsin offices are a couple benefits of Operation Chaos.

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The Morning Scramble - 6/10/2008

As bad as things are in southeast Wisconsin, they don’t compare to losing an entire town (Gays Mills) or lake vital for the local tourism industry (Lake Delton)….

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The Morning Scramble - 6/9/2008

What I was doing all weekend…

As such, this is going to be a bit abbreviated, but I still consider myself extremely lucky. Only very minor seepage into the basement from a disconnected downspout (no damage), and the water on the streets in the subdivision only got to the top of the curb at the height of the storm. Elsewhere both in Oak Creek and the state, things got far, far wetter.

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I love the smell of irony in the morning

(H/T - Jim Hoft)

A few days after the Democratic Party ignored the will of its voters and selected Barack Obama as its Presidential candidate, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida) introduced a constitutional amendment to eliminate the Electoral College, which actually elects the President and Vice President, in favor of a nationwide popular vote.

My underlying thoughts on the elimination of the Electoral College remain unchanged from 2006, when an outfit called National Popular Vote made significant inroads on its unconstitutional scheme to have a sufficient number of states join in a compact to neuter the Electoral College. While it is still wrong as wrong can be, at least Sen. Nelson is doing it the way prescribed by the Constitution.

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Last HamNation

Hopefully it’s just the last Townhall version, but if it truly is the last, MKH is going out in style.

Hopefully the Washington Examiner lets her do a few.

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The Morning Scarmble - 6/6/2008

The band is American Hitmen, 5 Marines who served in Fallujah during Operation Phantom Fury, and the song is “Born Again” performed on the National Heroes Tour…

  • Ace catches NASA cooking the books (literally) to try to prop up Gorebal Warming.
  • Mondoreb has today’s Obamimation PhotoShops.
  • Moron Pundit does some Obama Demotivation.
  • It must be Obamination Friday; Ed Morrissey catches Barack Obama doing a backflip on Jerusalem. That new bus must have the highest ground clearance EVAH!; now he’s throwing whole countries under it.
  • Just one more Obamination; Sister Toldjah rips him a new one for ripping off the Comfort Inn logo.
  • Dupray celebrates the slaying of the Wicked Witch of the East, Hillary Clinton. Unfortunately, Obama is no Dorothy.
  • Jim Hoft tells Clinton the same thing the New York Congressional delegation is going to tell her Saturday (or whenever she makes her concession speech) by not being there; DLTDHYOTWO. If you need an explanation, search Michelle Malkin’s site.
  • Double-dose of Moron Pundit; he continues his Ask a Moron: Zombie Invasion series. Do catch the previous installments.
  • Speaking of zombies, doubleplusundead has the zombie news wrapup.
  • Ed Driscoll offers some sage advice to commencement speakers - don’t rip off The Onion.
  • Josh Schroeder has a warning for those of you storing beer under CFLs; be prepared to clean up broken glass and cry over spilled beer.
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