Washington Meant What He Said – UPDATED

UPDATE: Bender gives us this in the comments; George Washington being told what to do by the “idiotic cerebral meritocracy”: This piece by Larry Getlen, at the NY Post is a must-read for the day: Washington’s plan was to conquer the Hessians on Dec. 26 by sending troops across the Delaware in three sections — [...]

Transparency Abounding!

I’ve been noticing how scarce seem the pictures of damage to the coastal wildlife of the Gulf. Now I know why. More at Hot Air; be sure to watch the second video. I wonder how much different all of this would be had the federal government–who is responsible for the protection of these waters–had not [...]

Heading out of weekend round-up

Heehaa! Time to round up those little doggies in my tab bar and send them into the corral afore the weekend gits busy. Here you go, cowpokes! I was in the middle of putting this post together when the Great Big Siege of First Things occurred and left me unable to finish culling together all [...]

Obama-McChrystal-Petraeus Reactions

On NPR this afternoon, I heard a report that some military folk on the ground at Kandahar believed McChrystal would get off with a tongue-lashing for the Rolling Stone piece, particularly since it was his underlings who made the most controversial comments. I tend to think more along the lines of Victor Davis Hanson: I [...]

Obama & Hayward; Two sides of a coin

Oh, this is rich, and as tone-deaf and irony-challenged as ever: A White House spokesman had a little fun at the expense of BP CEO Tony Hayward at the daily briefing Monday, tweaking him for taking his yacht out on the water for a race off English shores while the waters of the Gulf become [...]

Obama's BP Speech Set to Music – UPDATED

It was about at specific as this: Legal Insurrection has Obama’s speech in one sentence and questions. Even MSNBC is underwhelmed ReasonTV: 3 Reasons why Obama should kick himself. Stephen Green: liveblogged as did Althouse. Note, Obama is going to start a commission! So, he’s going to create “green jobs” which last week the WH [...]

1200 Hours After Rig Explosion – UPDATED

It has been 1200 Hours since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. Dead sea turtle lies on beach in Pass Christian, Mississippi(Source) There have been dozens of dead sea turtles found washing up on the beaches. And dolphins: And young herons: All manner of sea life are dying in the Gulf [...]