Thanksgiving Break (Read: Get me the Hell Out of Iowa State)

Hey everybody!  Well it's that time of year again and I'll be in Marengo, IL for the coming week.  Posts will probably be sparse because the Mrs. and I will be rather busy carving turkeys and um... climbing... horses or something.

Anyway I just wanted to say that it's been an awesome couple of weeks and I think our little community is off to an awesome start.  Thank you to everyone who contributed and like I said in my email, if you have opinions you'd like published or even jokes you want posted, feel free to drop me a line any time.

With that, I leave you with this: Sarah Palin recently floated Glenn Beck as a potential running mate in 2012, to which John B proposed the following bumper sticker:

Palin Beck '12 - How fucking stupid are you?

 Happy holiday all and as always, feel free to leave your comments at the front desk.

GOP Infighting Caused by...FOX?

A recent MediaMatters post was quoted a-thusly:

In other words, in just the last 12 months, the balance of power within the conservative movement has completely swung in the direction of the right-wing press, which is stoking the flames of the GOP civil war. It's a partisan press corps that no longer documents internal Republican squabbling; it initiates the infighting.

That's right boys and girls.  Fox News, the bastion of Republican all-that-is-good has become the harbinger of their demise.  All hyperbole aside, Fox was largely responsible for ousting Scozzafava and allowing a Democrat to be elected in NY District 23 where Republicans had held office since the Civil War.

The article is a short read, depicting Fox's inability to get their men/women elected while at the same time destroying the chances of the men/women who have actually have a fighting chance!  My thoughts: Glenn Beck's haircut is the one to blame.

Good news for all you egg fans, because they yoke's on the red states!  Feel free to leave your comments at the desk.  Unless they have to do with bashing that hilarious joke I just made.

Credit to John B for the lead.

Obama's Failing? Afghanistan Edition

Thought of the day from John B:

There has been much breath-holding and nervous excitement as the Obama Administration considers General McChrystal’s request for 40,000 additional troops for Afghanistan.  Today word is leaking tout that instead of simply rubber stamping one of four options provided by the military the President wants a thorough analysis of what works and doesn’t about our current Afghan policy, possible scenarios for using our resources differently for better results, and a withdrawal strategy.  Considering the facts of steadily declining popularity for this war among Americans (under 50% now), high cost in money and lives, an extreme desire on the part of Afghans for us to leave, and results that have been almost nonexistent since removing the Taliban from Kabul almost 8 years ago and the wisdom of this approach is obvious.  The Washington press corps has naturally decided that this represents an extreme political risk for Obama.  That’s right, once again they’ve decided that one plus one equals the square root of two, or perhaps something else from this family http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_number

.  Hey, David Frum said it, Fred Kagen said it, Rush said it, when have those guys ever been wrong?

Hit the nail on the head, as usual.  Once again Barack Obama's messed up but this time in Afghanistan despite the wisdom of such a thoughtful approach toward a high stakes war.

Thanks John!