All Things Can Be Explained By The Offspring

Whether it's people with self esteem issues, pop culture insanity, bad drivers, sexual abuse or the downside of the hook-up culture, Dexter Holland and the boys have written about it and do it in a whimsical but intelligent way.

 This one seems fitting at this point in time so close after the conventions:

Going to see The Offspring in a couple of weeks. They still rock, check out this crowd down under a few years ago.

*Note: Videos and pictures seem to be sized wrong, I've tried different things and they don't work well. Just click on pictures or video to see full size.

How American Ingenuity Will Change the World Again

There's a simplistic formula for making money in America.

First you have smart people come up with an idea and develop that idea. They then find wealthy people to financially assist them in bringing their idea to fruition (private equity). A company is born and the the idea becomes a viable product or service. The product or service is marketed and is provided to consumers at the best price possible while the company provides it in the most efficient manner possible.

In the end, everyone make money including the people who developed the idea, the financial backers who took a risk and those who subsequently work for the company. Consumers get what they want at a good price as the industry develops, expands and becomes even more efficient.

Notice that I did not mention government assistance or regulation at all in the above formula.

We're seeing that play out in an industry that we were not even key players in a decade ago.

Natural gas is second only to oil in making the world run. Ten years ago, the US was a player but not a large one. Russia ruled the natural gas markets in Europe and Asia and used that power to hold continental Europe by the balls.

Enter some smart people who developed hydraulic fracturing that allowed natural gas once thought untouchable to be removed and sold. This has been so successful that the price of natural gas--used in everything from power plants to boilers--has dropped dramatically keeping prices reasonable in Obamanation.

To be honest, this is the only truly successful sector in America since Obama took office and he's doing everything he can to kill it through regulations, but I digress.

Today, natural gas can be bought for $2 per million cubic feet in the US but in Asia is ten times that amount. We are sitting on something that, properly exploited will ensure a strong America for decades.

Some issues still remain--such as restrictions on exports instituted by politicians who don't know the first thing about energy and environmentalist's screaming just to scream--but the industry is one of the few bright lights in an otherwise gloomy economic world.

Here's a must read.

Obama Talks Down to GOP, Libs Wet Themselves

The One met at a retreat with Republicans. He lectured them on what partisanship means and other such things that he's an expert on after a total of about four years in Washington. The GOP were as stupid as ever by allowing cameras and Obama took full advantage but didn't really say anything substantive.

That didn't stop the leftosphere from getting all tingly though. Check out the links to this at Memeorandum. He fired up his dwindling base but everyone else is still in the malaise and watching him drone on for 70-minutes the other night didn't help his case. Still no real jobs plan and still no concrete economic plan so we're where we were last week/month/year.

To read a thoughtful post on what occurred, read Althouse instead.

Thoughts on the SOTU

We needed leadership and got the exact opposite. We needed Barack Obama to stand up there and tell us what he plans to do to get us out of the economic chasm we are trapped in. Instead we got a wonkish 70-minute speech filled with lies and platitudes. It was a stump speech when we needed a rousing fight speech. We needed Reagan in 1983 or even Clinton in 1994 (who was hyper-partisan but at least sounded mostly presidential) but instead got Carter in every year.

I don't really want to discuss the contents of the speech but want to say what you will never hear anyone in the MSM say: Barack Obama is a public speaker. His cadence is irritating while he has no sense of when to break for applause lines. He drones instead of soaring. My son said he watched an interview and stopped counting at 50 "ums". That from a 13-year old.

The SOTU is not supposed to be a political speech per se but one in which the sitting president explains what he's planing and how it will be accomplished. We got none of that. We got business bashing and class warfare rhetoric when the very same people he slandered are the ones who will get us out of this mess.

The Obama administration is one year in and acts as if they arrived last week. They're a group of amateurs who are winging it and have no sense of what the country is feeling and going through. The only substantive thing uttered by The One was the end of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. The Joint Chiefs seemed to love that.

He had the chance to motivate people and instill hope and instead just added to the malaise.

A Memorable Day for the GOP

They don't necessarily deserve it and should serve a bit more time in exile for selling out their base by passing the prescription drug bill and running up what were once considered huge deficits (until Obama). But the GOP has been gifted a horrid first year by Obama and generally loathesome Dem candidates in two big races in the last couple of months. We have new life it seems.

First off, Chris Christie took over for Jon Corzine in New Jersey in what can only be a harbinger for the new year. Corzine made McGreevey look sane and centrist with his ultra-liberal policies. Businesses ran for the exits and taxes went sky-high. Christie has vowed to cut spending and if he doesn't thisae state will not elect another Republican for twenty years. I think he'll do okay but he is facing massive deficits and a bloated beuracracy.

The other big event is the possibly impending win by Scott Brown. No real exit polling, only anecdotal info but there's huge turnout. The polls close at 8:00 EST. Much more on this later. It could be a momentous day for us on the right.

Update: The Inquirer didn't even put the Brown-Coakley race on the front page but instead put some drivel about Obama mobilizing his grassroots. The biggest story of the new year is being intentionally ignored by the Inqy. About what I expected.

Obama, Palin and Ethics

The left has had a field day labeling Sarah Palin a "quitter" and other choice words in the midst of her recent press conference saying she would step down from office. It was the icing on top of a seven=tier cake filled with unceasing attacks or her and her children. Attacks that, has they been aimed at a Democrat woman, would be discredited in every op-ed page in the nation.

Anyone who watched and more importantly, listenened would have seen that she had other reasons and they weren't purely political. How could anyone stand the withering garbage sent her way daily by a legion of scumbag bloggers who threw everything out and didn't care if it had one iota of credence. This raging horde was led by a once-respectable writer--Andrew Sullivan--who has obsessed over the birth of one of Palin's children to the point of insanity.

The WSJ breaks down the real reason for Palin's leaving:

Contrary to most reports, her decision had been in the works for months, accelerating recently as it became clear that controversies and endless ethics investigations were threatening to overshadow her legislative agenda. "Attacks inside Alaska and largely invisible to the national media had paralyzed her administration," someone close to the governor told me. "She was fully aware she would be branded a 'quitter.' She did not want to disappoint her constituents, but she was no longer able to do the job she had been elected to do. Essentially, the taxpayers were paying for Sarah to go to work every day and defend herself."

This situation developed because Alaska's transparency laws allow anyone to file Freedom of Information Act requests. While normally useful, in the hands of political opponents FOIA requests can become a means to bog down a target in a bureaucratic quagmire, thanks to the need to comb through records and respond by a strict timetable. Similarly, ethics investigations are easily triggered and can drag on for months even if the initial complaint is flimsy. Since Ms. Palin returned to Alaska after the 2008 campaign, some 150 FOIA requests have been filed and her office has been targeted for investigation by everyone from the FBI to the Alaska legislature. Most have centered on Ms. Palin's use of government resources, and to date have turned up little save for a few state trips that she agreed to reimburse the state for because her children had accompanied her. In the process, though, she accumulated $500,000 in legal fees in just the last nine months, and knew the bill would grow ever larger in the future.

"The Alaska ethics elves had painted such a target on Sarah's forehead that she had begun turning down pretty much every invitation she got -- even though they were pouring in every day by the dozens," a confidant of the governor's told me. "It is not throwing in the towel. It is deciding that she was ineffective in fighting for her principles and could do more in another role."

About what I thought when I first heard the news--she stepped down to ensure her legislative agenda would move forward and her Lt. Gov. would be in a position to win and push for the changes that she now cannot.

Her political adversaries used the laws of the state in ways that weren't imagined previously and were backed by the heft of the Democratic party. They set out not to weaken her but to destroy her and piss on the corpse.

On another note, the part above I emphasised is amusing when juxtaposed with this:

Both Obama daughters are along for the ride this time around because school is out of session back in the Washington, D.C., area, allowing them to travel overseas on weekdays without missing classes. On an earlier presidential visit to France, Sasha and Malia showed up in Paris on a weekend after school was done for the week.

Asked if having his daughters joining his wife on a high-profile trip helps take the edge off the tough diplomatic negotiations, Obama told CNN it's fantastic to have his girls "being able to see the world and then report back to us on what they are seeing" on the trip, which included the daughters getting to check out the Kremlin.

"You know it makes a huge difference," said the president. "The girls are just a joy. And then Michelle just, she's always — she's a star at home and abroad."

This is a business trip paid for by the American people and the man has taken his family again. What about reimbursement for them?

This is the fifth foreign trip. He's been in office a little over 5 months. Not even mentioning the overnights to NYC to see a play or the frequent trips around the nation, the guy is spending huge amounts of money to prance around a stage. I'm guessing his teleprompter alone has enough frequent flier miles to go to the moon and back. The media just eat it up led by the once-great CNN.

Anyway, Palin is not gone but has shifted to a position where she can do more for the party. She left Alaska better than she got it and will be a strategic part of the GOP for the foreseeable future.

Let's finish with this incredibly idiotic letter from a typical Dem:

Gov. Sarah Palin gave Alaskans the best present possible this July Fourth weekend by proclaiming her intention to resign later this month. It's obvious Palin should never have been governor in the first place.

One hopes that some of the ground lost by our nation's largest state can now be regained; that Palin can have plenty of time to devote to her family; and that all of those who shivered when Sen. John McCain tapped her to be his vice presidential running mate can continue marveling at how history has played out.

Good riddance.

Susan Kross

Ellenville, N.Y.

sbkross@hotmail.com

Should never have been governor in the first place? She was elected by a decent margin and forced out machine politicians. She pushed through a pipeline that had been stagnant for years and cut taxes leaving the state financially ready to deal with the Obama recession. Look at the other states--including New York Ms. Kross--and tell me that the liberal stronghold on that state has been a boon or that Paterson or Spitzer had one-third the impact that Palin has in making their state better.

You, Ms. Kross, are a typical liberal. Misogyny and sexism are abhorrent when aimed at a liberal woman but the barrage aimed at Palin is okay because it's for the greater socialist good. You are a hypocrite and incredibly wrong and should ridiculed for such an inane and infantile stance.

One day history will take a clearer view on Palin and what was done to her through the concerted efforts of the Democrats and media. One suspects that Palin will be revealed as an even bigger victim than we know now. I would hope that those who are perpetrating these acts against her and her family would feel some shame but I further suspect that people like you, Ms. Kross, have none.

The Stimulus Craters, But Hey, it's Politically Correct

In what will go down in history as an example of what not to do during a recession, the stimulus plan put together by the Obama team has had no impact and in fact may have driven us much deeper into the recession bordering on depression.

His tactic of using fear to further his agenda and his bold predictions are coming back to bite him and despite a compliant media apparattus, people are starting to see right through his bluster and platitudes.

Today we have a couple stories that the media tries to white-wash but can't quite seem to gloss over enough. First from the Weekly Standard:

A "man-cession." That's what some economists are starting to call it. Of the 5.7 million jobs Americans lost between December 2007 and May 2009, nearly 80 percent had been held by men. Mark Perry, an economist at the University of Michigan, characterizes the recession as a "downturn" for women but a "catastrophe" for men.

...The National Organization for Women (NOW), the Feminist Majority, the Institute for Women's Policy Research, and the National Women's Law Center soon joined the battle against the supposedly sexist bailout of men's jobs. At the suggestion of a staffer to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, NOW president Kim Gandy canvassed for a female equivalent of the "testosterone-laden 'shovel-ready' " terminology. ("Apron-ready" was broached but rejected.) Christina Romer, the highly regarded economist President Obama chose to chair his Council of Economic Advisers, would later say of her entrance on the political stage, "The very first email I got . . . was from a women's group saying 'We don't want this stimulus package to just create jobs for burly men.' "

The result as anyone can see is predictable. Construction jobs that would have had an enormous ripple effect were eschewed for more women friendly jobs and have had the effect of stifling job growth. But hey, it was politically expedient so who cares if it doesn't actually help get us out of the economic malaise?

Next we have the Inquirer publishing this piece on the non-effect of the stimulus. Christina Romer--a chief architect of this monstrosity--tries to defend it:

She said she could well imagine many people saying, "OK, we passed the stimulus act [four] months ago; the economy should be better."

Romer is chair of the president's Council of Economic Advisers and coauthor of the stimulus package, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. In an interview from the White House, she said the stimulus had had major impact.

"We were an economy in free fall, and that's no longer the case," she said. "If you think where we were in January, that was really frightening."

Is Romer deluded? It's more frightening now then it was in January but the Obama administration is trying to paint a happy face on a pile of shit and Romer is sucking down the Kool-aid in ever larger amounts and will soon be mainlining it into her veins like Layne Staley did heroin.

But it gets better and sums up New Jersey in one statement:

He read that New Jersey would get $17.5 billion in tax relief and spending. Based on a formula, the White House said the stimulus would foster 100,000 jobs in the state.

He kept up with the news last month as ground was broken on the first part of $652 million in road work that New Jersey will get. That's what got him calling government offices.

He was led to the state's stimulus Web site, nj.gov/recovery. He saw no jobs there. But on a Transportation Department site he found names of firms that had won highway contracts.

When he got the owner of one company on the phone, the owner asked him, "Are you in the union?"

"No," he said.

Donahue figured he couldn't catch a break.

"They said they were only hiring union workers."

So we now see that if you are not union or a woman, you are screwed. The funny thing is that it's only non-union companies who are thriving led by the union-busting Wal-Mart. Payback is not so fast in coming for a trade union near you in spite of the sop paid to them by Obama.

I guess if you are a woman, union and a democrat, you're probably having a good recession. The rest of us are pretty much fucked.

I'm feeling so incredibly hopey and changey today, how about you?

Playing Politics With Pay to Play

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine is in a bind. He's trailing in most polls and faces an uphill battle to maintain the chief executive spot in the state. So what does he do; lower property taxes? Lower the sales tax? Uh no, he cheats:

A sweeping pay-to-play ban that curtails the ability of candidates to raise money - effectively handing an advantage to wealthy politicians who can fund their campaigns - will be tested for the first time in this year's governor's race.

...The untested campaign-finance law was written by former Gov. Jim McGreevey in 2004 just before he stepped down. At the time, McGreevey's administration was awash in a series of scandals.

McGreevey's executive order banned the state from awarding contracts of more than $17,500 to companies in which high-ranking officials contributed more than $300 to a gubernatorial candidate or state or county party organization.

So what does that mean? That means that challenger Chris Christie or Steve Lonegan will be unable to tap into the companies who have business with the state effectively cutting them off and in this state, everyone has a contract where state money is involved, me included.

But Corzine didn't just stop at the McGreevey parameters, he strengthened it more under the guise of stopping pay to play:

McGreevey's order covered contributors who controlled 10 percent or more of companies getting state contracts. Corzine included any partner, officer, or principal of a vendor firm, further limiting the number of people who would be willing to contribute to gubernatorial campaigns.

Because Corzine is funding his own campaign, he won't have to worry much about that law. But independent candidate Chris Daggett and the survivor of the increasingly heated Republican primary will.

Corzine is scamming the system to protect his seat and that is about as anti-American as any law can be. He's put together an elaborate ruse and effectively has shut down his opposition from obtaining money from a major source.

We're not Illinois politics but we're a close second.

Foreign Policy Channels ER

Foreign Policy wrote it better but essentially came to the same conclusion I did that President Bush left Obama a win in Iraq and made his exit decision immensely easier.

Obama lost a great opportunity to put Hope and Change (TM) into action by giving credit where it was due but couldn't bring himself to do so:

Obama could have caveated this to death -- "I opposed Bush's decision to begin this war, I opposed how he sold it to America, I opposed the way he prosecuted it," etc. But he could have recognized that Bush's decision to change strategies in 2007 is in large part why the security situation in Iraq has turned around more than anyone could have hoped, why we can now begin drawing down our forces with a good measure of confidence, and why our troops now feel more and more that their sacrifice is worth it.

Not only would this have been magnanimous, it would have been smart politics. It would have acknowledged the bipartisanship that underlies the decision to begin bringing our troops home by drawing an important line of continuity through our Iraq efforts of the past two years. It would have disarmed Obama's more hawkish critics on Iraq by conceding their point on the surge and turning it into an argument for the drawdown, which it is. And it would have shown Republicans that Obama is committed not just to a bipartisanship of style but of substance -- not just being willing to recognize when the other side has valid points, but actually incorporating them into one's own thinking.

Israeli Election Day

Polls say Netanyahu but it's close and things change once people enter the voting booth.

Aussie Dave is live blogging at Israelly Cool.

In absolutely a non-surprising fashion, the LA Times seems upset that Israel would favor security of her citizens over negotiating with terrorists.

Tom Hanks Attacks Soft Target; Wimps Out on Hard Target

Tom hanks is a good actor but as with most in his line of work, once they get off script they tend to sound pretty damn stupid:

Tom Hanks, an Executive Producer for HBO’s controversial polygamist series “Big Love,” made his feelings toward the Mormon Church’s involvement in California's Prop 8 (which prohibits gay marriage) very clear at the show’s premiere party on Wednesday night.

“The truth is this takes place in Utah, the truth is these people are some bizarre offshoot of the Mormon Church, and the truth is a lot of Mormons gave a lot of money to the church to make Prop-8 happen,” he told Tarts. “There are a lot of people who feel that is un-American, and I am one of them. I do not like to see any discrimination codified on any piece of paper, any of the 50 states in America, but here's what happens now. A little bit of light can be shed, and people can see who's responsible, and that can motivate the next go around of our self correcting Constitution, and hopefully we can move forward instead of backwards. So let's have faith in not only the American, but Californian, constitutional process.”

Note that Hanks didn't go after a group that also overwhelmingly supported Prop 8; African-Americans. The media all but ignored the gay community's reaction, which was essentially to become psycho racists and drop the N-word at any black they saw.

But Hanks, being a typical liberal, goes for the easy target and one in which he won't be accused by his fellow elites of going against liberal dogma. It's easy to see how this works: attack a religious group who was against a political cause you support = good, attack a minority group who was against the same cause = bad.

These people have absolutely no balls when it comes to intellectual integrity.

Tuesday News and Notes

The second to last day of the year saw Rod Blagojevich give the finger to the Senate and other news. it's all below.

Sarah Palin selected as Most Desirable Celebrity Neighbor. Probably because she is like most of the neighbors you already have.

The 7 Biggest Political Blunders of the Year.

San Francisco "Progressives" not really all that progressive. It sounds as though they're a bit racist...how dare they in this year of hope and change.

Shocka! Bias at CNN.

Paris helps the Aussie economy.

Obama Disses Base Again

Obama once again gives his base the finger with both hands:

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama is not planning to implement a windfall profit tax on oil companies because prices have dropped below $80 a barrel, an aide said on Tuesday...

Obama, who signaled early in his campaign for the White House that he would take an active approach to oil markets as president, had planned to use the revenue from a windfall profits tax to fund a tax rebate for low- and middle-income families struggling with high energy prices.

For crying out loud, the way oil has fallen, he's going to be bailing them out soon.

So Obama once again plays Lucy to Charlie Brown and pulls the football out again. As expected, they aren't handling it so well.

Obama seems to be saying what all libs and Dems say once they've been elected: "Thanks for the money and your vote now screw you...but give me more and vote for me in four years". Suck on that lefties.

What You Should Be Reading Instead of Me

Good stuff from around the Web:

Imported drugs are not the answer and could be a catastrophe. A must read.

PETA wants vegan cafeteria in a proposed gay school. What the hell would the cafeteria ladies in that place look like?

Israel laments a possible Obama win.

Compare and contrast: Palestinians support Obama, Iraqi's support McCain. It's amazing what freedom from tyranny does to ones preference.

What was the most-watched political-related ad on You Tube this election season? This was, with 11 million hits and it should make Obama ashamed:



Thank you for your service and sacrifice, brother.

Rave Reviews For the Obama Infomercial

Or not:

HONESTLY, it kinda creeps me out that Barack Obama bought all that TV time on all those networks last night - too much like a Big Brother thing, in the controlling Orwellian sense.

If not for ABC wanting to air its quirky "Pushing Daisies" - a sitcom, not a news report on John McCain's campaign - Obama would have scored a TV "roadblock," meaning it'd be tough for almost any viewer to get around seeing him.

As is, he hog-tied 30 minutes starting at 8 p.m. on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox (pre-empting the World Series pre-game show), BET, Univison and TV One.

It was "HEY, AMERICA, YOU CAN'T NOT LOOK AT ME! I COMMAND IT!"

This from a left-leaning paper in a hardcore Dem town.

Personally, I couldn't bring myself to watch it as my Phillies winning the World Series were delayed by this political circle jerk, that's enough to piss anyone off.

Anyway, he probably would have drawn a better audience had he featured Sarah Palin. He drew 33.5 million (mostly in cities he's already won) while the VP debate drew 52 million.

I think it was a mistake as most Americans hate people who are egotistical enough to buy network time with money they received after lying about public financing.

Explaining Conservatism

George Bush strayed. Zo didn't:

Chicago Politics Writ Large

Chicago has always been known for it's brutal political battles and dubious voting legalities. This is the Chicago of ballot-box stuffing that led to JFK beating Nixon by a few votes. The birth of the old saying "vote early and often" and voter rolls filled with dead people are an intrinsic part of the Windy City's history.

Now that win at all costs attitude has hit the national stage and spread like a cancer. Barack Obama learned well from the Daley's and Ayers's and has incorporated the Chicago way into his campaign nationwide. Today, we have our example from Missouri:

KMOV aired a story last night, that stated that St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch and St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, both Obama supporters, are threatening to bring criminal libel charges against anyone who levels what turns out to be false criticisms of their chosen candidate for President.

Add to this the apprehension people have of being called a racist for even criticizing Obama and you have a toxic landscape where Americans are having that most precious of rights--free speech--curtailed by thug tactics. It's un-American in the extreme but par for the course for the Democrats who have always placed party above country and winning above anything else.

Expect a lot more of this over the next five weeks.

Update: An Instapundit poll on just this subject.

Chicago is a Quagmire

Democrat party, out of Chicago!

Barack Obama's old "community organizer" stomping grounds seem to be having some problems:

CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 245 people were shot and wounded in the city.

I think the the main problem is that we're just not seeing political reconciliation between the various factions. You have the Jesse Jackson faction that has held power until a Democratic offensive forced them out last year. Instead of implementing a "de-Jacksonification" policy, the occupying Daleyist's should have been more inclusive and allowed some Jacksonians to remain instead of allowing them to carry out an insurgency. The third faction is the deeply ingrained Obamaist's who have gained power and worked closely with the Dayeyists.

It's time for a "surge" I believe. Perhaps this may be one that Barack Obama may actually get behind.

Update: It seems like the only "hope and change" happening in C-Town is the criminals hoping they hit their target and changing an empty clip for a full one.

The Speech of Her Life

And probably the biggest speech since George W. Bush addressed the nation in the wake of 9/11.

She's going to do what VP candidates do, go for the jugular from what I'm hearing and reading. Most in this situation have a lot of time to dedicate to the speech but Palin has withered a storm in the last week that would make many slink away. I believe she's made of tougher stuff.

I believe this speech will make her career with her clear delivery and body language. She's a natural speaker, even more so than Obama in my opinion (that should garner some comments as the left and media [but I'm redundant] treat Obama as if he invented the concept of effective oratory).

Rudy's speaking now so we're close to the reckoning and Sarah Palin has a great many people pulling for her. He's thrashing Obama pretty good on The One's lack of experience.

Check back to this thread as we go along.

Update: Giuliani has a great line about using the term "Islamic terrorism" and the only people being offended being Islamic terrorists. He mentioned that "Islamic terrorism" wasn't even mentioned at the Dem convention. Now he's creaming Obama on the surge. The crowd seems ready for Rudy to be done and get on to the newest Conservative hero.

Nice smack at Obama flip-flopping though. "If I were Joe Biden, I'd V.P. thing in writing!" Sweet.
Update: Thank goodness Giuliani is on our side. Rudy now has them in a frenzy so I take back the being done thing I said above, jeez.

Update: Rudy's done and it's on. He killed the crowd.

Update: Let her speak, y'all. The crowd showed that they have her back big time.

Update: She's got the eye of the tiger, man. It's definitely on. The next 63 days will be evntful and a bloggers dream.

Update: Bristol's fiance is not looking comfortable. Give the dude credit for coming.

Update: Damn, she's smooth with the delivery. Again, better han Obama.

Update: "A small town mayor is like a community organizer, except you have actual responsibilities". Epic! She's going after Obama hard.

Update: I speak for a living and I would kill to have her delivery and cadence.

Update: Compare and contrast her speaking style with Hillary. It's not even a fair fight.

Update: Out of the mouths of babes. My 9-year old daughter just sat down and said "I like her" not having a clue who she is. I then had to get a moth out of her room (after a comedic chase) because it woke her up and school starts tomorrow.

Update: She's rockin' it folks. Juxtapose her and Biden and see who did better. It wasn't even close.

Environmental Republican on Sirius Satellite Radio

I've been asked to appear on Sirius Radio's Blog Bunker program tomorrow at around 5:00 PM.

The show is good, especially if you enjoy blogs and the people on the channel don't buy into political labeling. It's a free form atmosphere that is a mix between a couple people sitting at a bar having beers and moves at the pace of the blogosphere.

The show is on Channel 110 and I would suspect we'll talk Palin heavily among the other political issues surrounding the GOP convention and overall campaign. Tune into Sirius Indie Talk channel tomorrow to hear me discuss the events of the day.

As they say, I have a face for radio and that's where I'll be tomorrow.