Some things are just so predictable....

Mother from Hell Teaches Son to See Himself As Victim:

"Yes, of course she’s an attorney"

Too commonplace....

Ghoulish Jew-Hating Egyptian Cleric Drools Over Holocaust Footage:

"The mentality that fueled Nazi Germany is alive and well in radical Islam today. This mentality is sick, twisted, and disgusting. What’s appalling is the thought that it is also commonplace."

Always a voice of reason...

Michael Yon:

"...I wanted to tell the Ambassador that I hope the Israeli Defence Forces ripped Hamas out by the roots. Apparently they did not, but the thousands of rocket strikes against Israel warranted a serious response. Some people say that the Israeli response was disproportionate. I agree. A more proportionate response would have seen Israel launching thousands of rockets into Gaza. I read one report that the peak times for Hamas to launch on Israel is when the kids are going to school, or coming home from school. Yet while many international players reflexively point their fingers at Jews and Israelis, clearly the Israelis want peace. The Jews would rather be in school than in a tank."

Via Instapundit...

DOWN THE TUBES AT THE EUROPEAN UNION: “If you want to see just where the EU is going, then take a look at sections 1205-00 and 1206-00. Both of them say that it is a crime to ‘insult’ the State, the Nation, the symbols of the State or Nation, or representatives of the State/Nation. Does this mean that it is considered a crime if someone writes an op-ed that is disparaging of a politician? Sure sounds like it.” Experience suggests that if challenged, they’ll say of course not. Then, in the right case, they’ll change their mind.

Yup! We sure need to be more like them.....

A life without consequenses....?

Victor Davis Hanson:

"If anyone wished to know what the baby-boomer generation would do when, in its full maturity, it hit its first self-created, big-time recession, I think we are seeing the hysterical results. After two decades of unprecedented economic growth, rampant consumer spending, and unimaginable borrowing to satisfy our insatiable appetites, we are suddenly going into even larger debt and printing trillions of dollars in paper money to ensure that someone else after we are gone pays the debt. As if the permanent solution to a financial panic and years of spending wealth we didn't create were a government take-over of the economy in the manner we currently witness in Spain, Italy, and Greece—or the high-tax, high-spend ethos of a bankrupt California."

More Hope & Change!!!

Instapundit:

AS WELL THEY SHOULD: Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN. It’s like the whole thing is just about steering money to supporters and cronies.

But why “stimulate” a place that runs a sweatshop? “Pushed to meet daily quotas and bullied by bosses if they didn’t, Ohio ACORN workers faked voter registrations, signed up people more than once, and even paid off registrants to keep from being fired, its canvassers told The Post. ” I thought Democrats were against sweatshops?

More Hope & Change!!!

Instapundit:

AS WELL THEY SHOULD: Republicans Object to Stimulus Dollars for ACORN. It’s like the whole thing is just about steering money to supporters and cronies.

But why “stimulate” a place that runs a sweatshop? “Pushed to meet daily quotas and bullied by bosses if they didn’t, Ohio ACORN workers faked voter registrations, signed up people more than once, and even paid off registrants to keep from being fired, its canvassers told The Post. ” I thought Democrats were against sweatshops?

Quote of the Day:

Samizdata.net:

"A large number of people, certainly the majority of the political looter class, think the best way to deal with the rapidly deepening economic crisis is via 'stimulus packages' with money plucked off the magic money tree... which is to say, by trying to re-inflate the credit bubble that actually caused the crisis. This is a bit like treating alcoholics by urging them to buy more whiskey."

...And we're here to "help" you!

Congress Close to Delaying Digital TV Switch

This is just the perfect example of why we should NEVER be allowing the idiots in government to do anything important. This fiasco has been going on for nearly 10 years. TEN YEARS!!! And we are no closer to having it done properly. So what difference will 4 months make?

None... you can count on it. But, of course, the Obama administration considers this a major victory....

Lord help us all.

Yes, but MSNBC is happy.... so you don't count

GayPatriot:

"I never thought I’d think this, but perhaps the two friends I lost in the terror attacks of 9/11 have, in fact, died in vain."

Taranto (again) always has his finger on the pulse....

More than 144 hours into Barack Obama's presidency, the economy is still in recession, the country is still at war, and in many parts of the country it's still cold outside. Citizens are growing impatient: Wasn't President Obama supposed to bring change?

Yet one institution has changed dramatically, and in a very short time: the press. After spending the Bush years as a voice of opposition, American journalists have by and large turned on a dime and become cheerleaders for the man in power....

Where do they come up with this?

Patterico:

"See, if al Qaeda attacked Bush, it would be because Bush did such terrible things to the Arab world. If al Qaeda attacks Obama, it’s because Obama is getting under al Qaeda’s skin by being so gosh-darn popular with Arabs.

The idea that al Qaeda is just going to attack any American president doesn’t appear to have occurred to these chowderheads. The article is filled with analysis from “experts” telling us how the über-popular Obama is scaring the h-e-double-hockey-sticks out of the terrorists with his enormous popularity."

I don't know if I should Hope or Change....

JammieWearingFool:

"The panel created on Sept. 24 to probe the Harlem Democrat's alleged ethical lapses has been virtually disbanded, after meeting only twice in four months on the matter, The Post has learned.

Of the four congressmen named to look into the powerful Ways and Means Committee chairman, only one remains - Alabama Republican Jo Bonner. The three others left the Rangel probe last month when they were 'rotated' off the 10-member Committee on Standards of Official Conduct."

Lemme' get this straight....

Pelosi says birth control will help the economy.

A novel idea.....

You have to wonder....

I Guess The Economy Isn't So Bad:

"If the politicians in Washington won't do the right thing and support a plan like that, there's no reason for the American people to trust them with spending this money. If there's an emergency, they should start acting like it, instead of the usual bunch of pigs at the trough."

Thank God Krugman disagrees. Now I know Riehl is probably on the right track!

Your Congress hard at work...

The Stimulus Time Machine

As usual, no one....

Gaza in Ruins: 'Who Has Won Here?':

"In the Gaza Strip people are returning home -- or to the rubble that was once their home. Many are blaming Hamas for the destruction because the militants hid among civilians and attracted Israeli fire. Yet no one dares to speak out openly."

Business as usual....

Blowhards:

"We wouldn't be surprised to see the President's green future wrestled to the ground by the likes of Mr. Delahunt, the Kennedys and other anticarbon Democrats. Environmentalists love the idea of milking Mother Nature for power, but they hate the hardware needed to make it work: huge windmills, acres of solar panels, high-voltage transmission lines to connect them to the places where people live. Of course, they still totally, absolutely, wholeheartedly support green energy -- as long as it gets built where someone else goes yachting."

Huh?

Unprecedented!

Hope and Change!!!

Barney Frank’s hypocrisy:

"Ah, the dirty little secret is out. That $700 billion TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) bill was in part simply a variation on congressional pork - except this time the recipients were banks with friends in high places.

One of those powerful friends was Rep. Barney Frank (D-Newton), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee. And one of the recipients of a $12 million infusion of federal cash was the troubled OneUnited Bank in Boston - a bank that had already been accused of “unsafe and unsound banking practices.” Its CEO, Kevin Cohee had also been criticized by regulators for “excessive” pay that included a Porsche."