Via Instapundit

HOPE, CHANGE, AND A NEW KIND OF POLITICS:

Barack Obama "had nothing to do" with Gen. Wesley Clark's curt dismissal of John McCain's military record, the retired Army officer wants everyone to know.

"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," Clark said of McCain on "Face the Nation" - and then repeated it on several nationally broadcast venues.

But Obama's not about to stop using Clark as a campaign surrogate.

I don't think being booted from your NATO command is a qualification to talk about other people's military careers, either . . . .

And if, as Rand Beers says, the fact that McCain missed out on the 60s antiwar protests by being in a POW camp means he's "isolated" on national security issues, then what of Obama, who was attending elementary school in Indonesia at the same time?

UPDATE: Rick Moran: Wesley Clark and the Unbearable Banality of Campaign ‘08.

ANOTHER UPDATE: James Webb flipflops on military service.

Good Job....

San Francisco’s Latest Immigration Outrage That Is Helping To Destroy Our Quality Of Life:

"San Francisco’s efforts to shield illegal alien crack dealers from federal immigration officials most obviously did not “backfire” as the report states…The city’s efforts worked only too well. After all, you don’t see them in federal custody, do ya?"

And what else would you expect?

How to write a New York Times article to make it seem like women work harder than men

Ann Althouse...

Where are the children?:

"Of all the things that make me feel as though my time was in the past and I don't understand this world today, first on my list is the absence of children playing outdoors in suburban neighborhoods."

Indeed. I was thinking the same thing when my kids were growing up. They hardly ever just "went outside to play"....

Up yours!!!!

Microsoft to stop selling Windows XP on Monday

"Microsoft Corp. is scheduled to stop selling its Windows XP operating system to retailers and major computer makers Monday, despite protests from a slice of PC users who don't want to be forced into using XP's successor, Vista.

Once computers loaded with XP have been cleared from the inventory of PC makers such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., consumers who can't live without the old operating system on their new machine will have to buy Vista Ultimate or Vista Business and then legally 'downgrade' to XP.

Microsoft will still allow smaller mom-and-pop PC builder shops to buy XP for resale through the end of January. A version of XP will also remain available for ultra-low-cost PCs such as the Asus Eee PC."

Unintended consequences.....

The Worm Turns - Curing Diseases With Parasites?

"“Hygiene has made our lives better,” says Weinstock, now at Tufts University. “But in the process of eliminating exposure to the 10 or 20 things that can make us sick, we’re also eliminating exposure to things that make us well.”"

I'm surprised that Bloomberg didn't think of it first...

Now health and safety cut number of holes in chip shop salt shakers

"Pot-holed roads, crumbling schools, litter-strewn streets – there’s no shortage of problem areas crying out for their attention.

But councils believe they have found a better use for their money: reducing the number of holes in chip shop salt shakers.

Research has suggested that slashing the holes from the traditional 17 to five could cut the amount people sprinkle on their food by more than half."

The Times is always in favor of giving the store away....

Israel’s Diplomatic Offensive

Maybe not what you think...

An article giving strong evidence of global warming...

Solutions from far away.....

I Don’t Even Know Where To Begin…

Jeffery Fagan, professor at Columbia University, and Stephen D. Sugarman, professor at U.C. Berkeley, have a plan on how gun manufacturers can help curb gun-related homicides in the U.S. If their credentials alone don’t make you chuckle at this premise, reading their actual plan might. If you can call it a plan.

"But what do you expect from two left-wing college professors?"

Freedom's just another word.....

Who’s responsible for shutting down a number of anti-Obama Blogspot accounts?:

"But a short time later Snedeker received an email from another blogger claiming that a number of anti-Obama blogs had been “hacked” that same night. After some digging it became apparent that several Blogspot accounts had been shut down because of similar spam issues, and nearly all of them had three things in common: Most were pro-Hillary Clinton blogs, all were anti-Barack Obama, and several were listed on justsaynodeal.com, an anti-Obama website."

THIS, is real change....

Solution, or Mess? A Milk Jug for a Green Earth

"A simple change to the design of the gallon milk jug, adopted by Wal-Mart and Costco, seems made for the times. The jugs are cheaper to ship and better for the environment, the milk is fresher when it arrives in stores, and it costs less."

Hush my mouth!

Iraqis: 43% say Iraq is going well while 17% of americans say USA on right track

Quite the understatement...

Why Windows Software Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air

"Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support such weight. Windows seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it."

Patterico makes some points...

Mistakes in Heller — Substantive Ones

The mistakes are listed here — and suggest that Justice Stevens and his clerks didn’t read the cases they cited.

The most significant error: at page 2 of his dissent, Stevens said of the Miller case: “Upholding a conviction under that Act, this Court held that…”

Only golf may be more difficult....

What's in a skill?:

"Childcare is hard. I would far rather do almost anything else than care for someone's baby full time (I am told I will probably feel differently about my own, in the event that any arrive). That doesn't make it skilled. Cleaning houses is also incredibly difficult. But assuming that one has had a semi-normal upbringing, one can master the tasks involved in well under a week. After that, the main skill is not jumping off a bridge on the walk home."

The Constitution of Convenience....

The Great Equalizer:

"The same folks who can read the Constitution and Bill of Rights and find an unassailable right to abortion and gay marriage can't find a right to possession of a firearm."

Via Instapundit

BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS IF WE NEED MORE ENERGY: U.S. Halts Solar Projects Over Environment Fears.

Okay: Nukes are out, coal is filthy, wind power destroys Ted Kennedy's view, and solar leads to "environment fears." Do they just want us all to freeze in the dark? Pretty much, I'd say . . . .

(Via Sonic Frog). Seems like this would be a good campaign issue for somebody . .

Laurie David in all her glory...

Advice Goddess Blog:

"You gotta take a step back in awe at the hubris of a Hollywood soon-to-be-ex-wife who takes private jets and owns a second home in Nantucket and who's begging the rest of us to save energy by unplugging our shavers. Larry David's estranged wife is also worrying in print (on the HuffPo, natch!) about all the empty soda cans the airlines are throwing away,"

Huh?

Our own lives are weak and meaningless. Only through identification with a great leader can they achieve substance and purpose.