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Mother Nature is not a feminist
2008-05-10 20:53:00
Why the cows, a/k/a the feminazi, a/k/a gender feminists are doomed.   Mother Nature is not a feminist.  The long explanation by John Derbyhire, National Review,: In biology, however, “fitness” is a term of art, a measure of how well an organism is adapted to its environment. Reproductive success is a pretty good measure of fitness, in this term-of-art sense. Thus if, as my reader seems to believe, dumb people have more kids than smart ones, then dumb people are fitter (in the biological sense) than smart people, by definition. They are better adapted to their environment. You might think that smart people are superior in some way to dumb people, but Ma Nature doesn’t agree with you. The only “superiority” She acknowledges is reproductive success. She also doesn’t insist that every species, in every environment, get smarter, faster, bigger, and stronger. If the demands of fitness decree that dumber, slower, smaller, and weaker bring reproducti...

Yet another ‘advisor’ with terrorist links in the Obama camp.
2008-05-10 04:17:00
The London Times: One of Barack Obama’s Middle East policy advisers disclosed yesterday that he had held meetings with the militant Palestinian group Hamas – prompting the likely Democratic nominee to sever all links with him. Robert Malley told The Times that he had been in regular contact with Hamas, which controls Gaza and is listed by the US State Department as a terrorist organisation. Such talks, he stressed, were related to his work for a conflict resolution think-tank and had no connection with his position on Mr Obama’s Middle East advisory council. “I’ve never hidden the fact that in my job with the International Crisis Group I meet all kinds of people,” he added. Now, one could certainly argue that the proper political response to the situation was given by Obama to this situation. But why are so very many of these incidents popping up? why I so many of old mom and his friends and close associates being found with ties to terrorist organizations? Even assuming...
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Pervert Parade
2008-05-10 00:39:00
Marco Giannangeli, Daily Express(UK): JOSEF Fritzl will never live to face trial, according to inmates at the jail where he is being held in Austria for his vile crimes. Prisoners have placed a bounty on his head. Last night it emerged that Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter, Elisabeth, in a cellar for 24 years and had seven children by her, had been moved to solitary confinement after his cellmate There is something good to said about thiefs and murderers after all. ST. ANTHONY, Idaho, May 8 (UPI) – Many residents of St. Anthony, Idaho, said they are shocked a 10-year-old girl gave birth after allegedly being raped by a 37-year-old illegal immigrant. The young girl delivered a baby Saturday at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, Idaho, after allegedly being raped by Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez sometime between November and January last year, KIDK-TV, Idaho Falls, Idaho reported Wednesday.   Maybe we should deport Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez  to Austria? As the Spit[zer...
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Nightly Ramble:Taxes, Expelled to a future date, Penn, more
2008-05-09 21:58:00
Yes, Art… I have seen the book as well. I have to tell you and honesty I found a depressing read. The reasons are rather simple; your first problem is that it does in fact make sense. I’m that basis alone it would never fly. Getting the idea? Of course, the second one is of a kind with the first, and it’s the one you list as your personal favorite, the current taxes will longer be used to manipulate and punish the American people for doing various things or not doing various things. Frankly, I don’t care what party they’re in. I suspect that in the end they will not want to give up that power. At least, that would include the crop of Republicans we currently have. By the way, I told Neal this several months ago after the book first came out. by all means go ahead and write them, but don’t expect them to be very conversant. He does get out of the hospital a couple days ago… a knee operation, I believe. I have to tell you that the plan would...

Liberal Talkshow host admits distrubuting Kiddie Porn
2008-05-09 17:43:00
Bernie Ward, liberal talkshow host finally admitted distributing kiddie porn on the net.   (05-08) 18:49 PDT SAN FRANCISCO – Bernie Ward, the most prominent liberal voice on Bay Area talk radio for more than two decades, admitted Thursday to distribution of child pornography by e-mail in a plea deal that will send him to federal prison for at least five years. Ward, 57, a former Roman Catholic priest, was a fixture on KGO-AM 810 for three hours every weeknight, known in recent years for his fervent denunciations of President Bush and the war in Iraq during his news talk show. He also hosted “God Talk,” a Sunday morning program on religion, and was a prolific fundraiser for the station’s charity drives. Is mentioning where he was… a Preist… and not where he is now… a liberal talkshow host, their version of ‘balance’, I wonder? He’ll be finding out how much time he is to serve on August 28th.   Technorati Tags: Bay A...

Jobs Americans won’t do
2008-05-09 16:25:00
Apologists for illegal immigraton argue that there are some jobs Americans won’t do.    They may be right.   A nine year old girl was raped, illegal alien charged, Araksya Karapetyan, KIDK: reports: We broke the unbelievable story last night of a 10-year old girl in St. Anthony who gave birth to a baby. She’s now one of the youngest kids in the country to become a mother. Residents both on and off camera were shocked and in dismay over the situation, today this is what they had to say about our story Well now I suppose that Guadalupe Gutierrez-Juarez will argue he can’t be deported because is the parent of an American citizen. � Technorati Tags: citizen, Guadalupe Gutierrez-, St. Anthony

Swamp Stomper Ring Traffic: How about a REAL change?
2008-05-09 15:21:00
Ann Coulter says it well, here: Well, it looks like it’s the end of the road for Hillary. Time for her to pack up her pantsuits and go back to — wherever it is she’s pretending to be living these days. Now we just have to get rid of the other two. Perhaps if I endorse Obama … This week, Bill Clinton lost his second presidential election for a protege. Ronald Reagan was so popular, he not only won a 49-state landslide re-election for himself, but he also won a symbolic third term for his boob of a vice president, George Herbert Walker Bush (who immediately blew it by breaking his own “no new taxes” pledge). By contrast, in addition to not being able to get half the country to vote for him in two tries, Clinton’s connection to any other presidential candidate spells utter doom. Both his vice president and his wife have been defeated in elections they should have won, but lost because of their unfortunate association with him. The country has ...
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The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Blogg
2008-05-09 14:28:00
John Hawkins has posted  the results of his informal polling on “The 25 Most Influential People On The Right According To Conservative Bloggers” BitsBlog participated. I’ll have some thoughts on this later this morning, and doubtless will have further in the Ramble, too. Technorati Tags: 25 most influential people, BitsBlog, Bloggers, Conservative, John Hawkins, polling

It’s 68 all over again… again.
2008-05-09 13:26:00
It’s amusing to watch this little trainwreck, and some of the comments on it, such as at TalkLeft: This is the supposed Michigan compromise. The state party’s executive committee voted today to ask the national party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee to approve the 69-59 delegate split when it meets May 31. The plan would shrink Clinton’s delegate edge in Michigan from 18 to 10 and allow the state’s 157 delegates and superdelegates to be seated at the convention. Clinton won the Jan. 15 Michigan primary and was to get 73 pledged delegates under state party rules, while Obama was to get 55. The state also has 29 superdelegates. The 69-59 split was proposed last week by four prominent Michigan Democrats who have been working for months to find a way to get Michigan’s delegates seated at the Aug. 25-28 convention in Denver: U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin and DNC member Debbie Dingell. Shorter version:...

Nightly Ramble:Hillary VP? Burma vs NOLA, more.
2008-05-08 22:07:00
We now hear chatter again about Hillary being offered the VP slot on Obama’s ticket. Not a shock to hear it, I suppose but it still strikes me that Obama would have to be suicidal to make such an offer.  The name Vince Foster leaps to mind. NBC’s been caught with more fake film. This time, Gobal warming, not pickup trucks.  Hey, listen, anything for the cause.  Isn’t that what Al Gore did? Reports have it that help is finally starting on on Burma , from outside agencies. Well, now, let’s see; How long did it take for outside help to get to NOLA? Of course the usual suspects are complaining how our people there were helped first, as Joyner informs us. I tell him, It strikes me that in the aftermath of Katrina, those at the bizzarely named “think progress” were busy blaming BOOOOOSSSSSSCCCHHHH for people not getting help, there, instead of putting the blame for their not getting help squarely on the shoulders of the local and state governments the...
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Eddy Arnold, RIP age 89
2008-05-08 18:01:00
The Tennessee Plowboy is gone. NASHVILLE, Tenn. —AP-    Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like “Make the World Go Away” made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography “Eddy Arnold: I’ll Hold You in My Heart.” His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip. He was a favorite of my Dad, who, while he was never large on country styled singers, liked Arnold’s easy-going style. He made up a reel to reel tape of his songs, years ago, that I still have. The last one on Dad’s tape works well. It’s an old Cindy Walker tune. (She wrote “Dream Baby”, which Roy Orbison had a hit with)  Cindy died, herself, just a couple years ago, now, so I guess she won&r...

The return of the hanging chad?
2008-05-08 14:31:00
Well, almost. The AP is )( this close to openly questioning if the vote in Indiana was tainted… not by Rush Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos, but by Obama supporters. GARY, Ind. (AP) —It was midnight and the nation was still awaiting results from the Indiana primary, one of the biggest remaining prizes of the epic Democratic presidential battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama. But as the clock ticked, the questions and accusations grew louder: What was wrong in Lake County? Was this more politics as usual in a county often suspected of harboring Chicago-style corruption? A day after Clinton eked out a narrow victory in the primary, no one raised allegations of illegal activity. But some say old-school politics were certainly at play in the state’s second-largest county, at the southern tip of Lake Michigan. “They wanted to put Barack Obama over the top with Lake County’s vote and games were being played like in the 1950s,” said Hamm...
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Nightly Ramble: Predicting the unpredictable and reaction to it, more
2008-05-07 21:54:00
How does one prepare for the unexpected, which is by definition, unpredictable? Apparently, you don’t. Chuck Simmins makes mention of a WMD course that was less than successful. Sounds rather like a problem with the teacher, to me, but then this is NY state, where idiocy knows no bounds. Saw a hybrid camping trailer, heading out, this morning. Loaded to the gills it was, and by the way it was going, I’d say it was headed for the north country. All I could think of was, maybe if I followed them, they’d keep me.  Been a while since I’ve had a decent vacation. the weekend stuff we’ve been doing for a few years is great but it’s no substitute for taking a week or two and hitting the road. This morning put an exclamation point on all of that for me. Speaking of the trailer, no, I’ve still not gotten it ready, though it looks like I should be able to this week. Gotta do the plumbing, the tires… the wheel bearings ought be OK, we didn&rsquo...
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Get the point?
2008-05-07 20:18:00
Britt Hume last night: And an artist in Portland, Oregon has stuck a 23-foot needle into the ground by the Willamette River and hopes to plant more. Adam Kuby says it’s a really large version of acupuncture. Kuby says he wants to help the city rejuvenate its “chi” — its vital energy. “It’s a visual way of expressing what a lot of people already know. [The city is] one organism, one body, one very complex, independent system,” Kuby said. This isn’t the first odyssey into oddity for Portland, which is or has been home to the 24 Hour Church of Elvis, the voodoo doughnut shop, nude bike festivals and what was billed as the world’s longest drag queen chorus line. Which links up rather well with the veggie rights thing I linked to the other night.  And don’t they just both play into the morality/cultural  shift I spoke to earlier today? Now, guess who these people will be voting for? Technorati Tags: acupuncture, Adam Kuby, brit...
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Bit’s BumperSnicker of the Day
2008-05-07 19:51:00
(On a Jeep that’s been set up for rock crawling… mounted upside-down:) If You Can Read This, blame my spotter Technorati Tags: BumperSnicker, Jeep

A moral foundation
2008-05-07 19:06:00
Gerson at the WaPo: There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a “war on science.” According to Hillary Clinton, the Bush administration has declared “open season on open inquiry.” “When I am president,” she promises, “scientific integrity will not be the exception; it will be the rule.” Which means, of course that you’ll tell Al Gore to sit down and shut up, right, Hill? I mean, ignoring, of course, all the stuff Bush has been able to accomplish, which Gerson does a fair job of scratching the surface of: The exceptions, in this case, are pretty exceptional: Elias Zerhouni, who has reformed the National Institutes of Health with widely praised efficiency; Anthony Fauci of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who helped set in motion large-scale AIDS treatment in Africa; Francis Collins of the Natio...
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When criminals do a better job of crime-fighting
2008-05-07 16:37:00
NEW YORK —(AP via Fox)- A sadistic gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured scores of East Coast cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by threatening to squeeze their testicles with pliers, authorities said Tuesday.An indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charged eight men with robbery conspiracy, drug dealing and an array of other crimes. Since the spring of 2003, the gang injured about 100 people while committing 100 holdups targeting large-scale traffickers in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, investigators said. The take: more than 1,650 pounds of cocaine worth $20 million and $4 million in cash. The scheme “was breathtaking in the scope of its crimes and in the danger it posed to our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Benton Campbell. Ya know, Mr. Campbell, it occurrs to me you should be hiring these people. They apparently managed to do your job in locating these drug rings. ...
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DD versus THD
2008-05-07 13:40:00
Bit finally wrote a subject which I can weigh in on: I’ve always liked Tim Horton’s, myself, Michelle. I believe Michelle has a rather good reason to patron Dunkin Donuts rather than Tim Horton Donuts, lack of choice.   There simply are no THD in Maryland.   You can’t eat what you can’t get. Living amongst what seems like dozens of THD’s, it is hard to remember that Tim Horton only has a regional and not national presence here, south of the border.   THD only operates in ten states.    Poor Michelle would have to drive to either Pennsylvania or West Virginia to get a THD donut.   I mean I like em, but not that well. As for myself, which do I prefer, DD or THD?  Well it depends which store  I am in.   I like both DD and THD coffee.   I like the DD combos better.   However THD has a wider menu, to include Chili. Then if you want to resolve the question for yourself, Gates offers the perfect location.   The intersection of Howard and Buffa...
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The real Winner of the Democrat primary: John McCain
2008-05-07 13:16:00
Armbinder last night says it pretty well: Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democrat ic Party has reached critical levels. Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they would be dissatisfied if Clinton were the nominee — that’s (I believe) the high percentage of Obama supporters who have ever said that. In both IN and NC, two thirds of Clinton supporters say they’d be dissatisfied if Obama were the nominee — I believe that’s the highest number recorded for that question, too. The percentage of Clinton voters who say they’d choose McCain over Obama in a general election is approaching 40% in Indiana. Put it another way: in North Carolina, less than HALF of folks who voted today for Hillary Clinton are ready to say today that they’d definitely vote for Obama in a general election. That’s the real result of the Democrat primary; John McCain won last night. Longtime...
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Al Gore: Ambulance Chaser
2008-05-07 01:46:00
Jeff Poor, Business & Media Institute “ Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a ‘Consequence’ of Global Warming:” Using tragedy to advance an agenda has been a strategy for many global warming activists, and it was just a matter of time before someone found a way to tie the recent Myanmar cyclone to global warming. Former Vice President Al Gore in an interview on NPR’s May 6 “Fresh Air” broadcast did just that. He was interviewed by “Fresh Air” host Terry Gross about the release of his book, “The Assault on Reason,” in paperback. Jeff Emanuel, Red State asks, “So tell me, Al, what caused all those *other* storms in Earth’s history? It’s so easy, too. All Gore has to do is wait for any day that feels a little warm or a little cool, or a day when the sun shines or is obscured by clouds, or when there is hail or sleet, and say that it was caused by his personal bugaboo, AGW. His *real* money is made, though, ...
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Save Books For Soldiers
2008-05-07 00:41:00
Swamp Stomper Ring Forward: (Art Smith/Conservative Reader) Books for Soldiers (booksforsoldiers.com) needs financial help. This is an organization that provides books and other media (donated or financed by members such as myself) to members of the US Military who are on active duty. I have personally had a positive experience with this organization. They know what they are doing when working with the troops and site members, and provide excellent controls throughout the process. They lack only sufficient funding to maintain an excellent program. Early on in the life of this blog we began promoting two non-profit organizations: Kiva and Books For Soldiers. BFS means a lot to me, and I will be providing a financial commitment to help keep them operating. Anything you can do, I appreciate. You can click the badge on The Conservative Reader sidebar (near the top) to go their site and donate. Below I have the content of an email we received today from BFS (I have verified at t...
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Nightly Ramble: Guam, cold retribution,”Reason”, and the lack o
2008-05-06 22:01:00
Yes, dear reader, I know I often write the Ramble s so you MUST click on the links to see what the subject is. That’s the idea. That said, let’s get to it. Not often in the last cycle did we see the fact that Obama won Guam by only seven votes. I suppose you can guess for yourself why. How sad is it when the outcome of a nomination is still in doubt by the time Guam comes along? How sad is it when one Democrat wins by only 7 votes? A pretty good idea, actually, Billy. But just so you knw, polar bears don’t come that far south, usually. While I have you, Billy, I wonder if you and Karen aren’t each viewing betterment of that publication in opposite directions. IOW, what she would consider better, you’d consider worse. Though, come to think of it, it’s hard for me to see how it could get worse, shy of hiring Jimmy “The Snake” Carville, Jerimiah Wright, or someone similarly gifted in what passes for reason, any more. So, now we see a charg...
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Bit’s BumperSnicker of the day
2008-05-06 19:30:00
Guns don’t kill people… small cars do. Technorati Tags: BumperSnicker

Who is to blame, again?
2008-05-06 15:25:00
Let’s break this down: Had Bill Clinton not vetoed ANWR drilling back in 1995, our supply of available crude would be at least 20% higher than it is today. That is one of several examples of our being prevented from drilling where the oil is. There are countless offshore examples, off California, and Florida. We have more crude oil available to us here in these not-so United States than is in the whole of the Middle East. However environmentalists make it their business to prevent us from getting to it. As a direct result of our environmentalist wing, we now have food shortages (Ethanol production) and an economy that is threatening to dive into the tank. If the world-wide left had wanted to ruin our economy, they could hardly have picked a better way to do it. Here it is, gang: In this country, the problem comes down to Democrats. Technorati Tags: ANWR, Bill Clinton, crude, crude oil, drilling, environmentalist, environmentalists, ethenol, Middle East, United States
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Mrs. Clinton jumps the shark
2008-05-06 13:23:00
“We’re going to go right at OPEC,” she said. “They can no longer be a cartel Ben Smith. Sure Mre. Clinton .   While you are at, why don’t you repeal that pesty law of gravity.   Serious times, require serious presidents.   The Clintons are not serious. � Technorati Tags: Ben Smith, Mrs. Clinton, OPEC
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A real ‘gas tax holiday’… does anyone really have the gu
2008-05-06 13:22:00
A while ago, and once again, earlier today, I pointed out a salient fact that nobody seems to notice: According to CNN Money, Exxon total “profits” if you don’t count exploration costs, were $40BUSD, in 2007. Their taxes, however, were $100BUSD. With this huge disparity in mind, let us contemplate what a real gas tax holiday would mean: Multiply this by the number of gas and oil companies there are around, and you’ll geta  rough estimate of how much is being paid by Americans in taxes, through their energy purchases.  Does anyone really think that the federal government is going to proclaim a real tax holiday by removing this tax load? I don’t think so, either. Does anyone think they’re put in a bind when they talk about dropping 20 cents a gallon off the federal tax bill at the pump? I don’t, either. Yet, we’ll all be told repeatedly about how much money the oil companies are making. You’ll forgive me if I don’t take any of the cand...
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Blog troubles
2008-05-06 01:43:00
Some of you may have noted elements of the blog that were missing around 7pm to 730pm eastern tonight. I had a software update blow up on me, and I had to revert to tape. We never went down outright, but some features were not available while I fixed things. Sorry about that. Technorati Tags: BitsBlog , blog, software update

Nightly Ramble:Feel the burn,Visualize Whirled Peas,”doing something&
2008-05-05 22:23:00
Oh, sure, Billy, I’ve gone out and given more than I thought I had, while doing a show. Even occasionally, a radio show. And you know, it’s not a physical thing, as much as it is a tension and mental strain that drains you so. And I’ve found that’s a good thing. Over the years I found myself eating those tensions like candy, and feeding the energy back into what I was doing. It got toa point there where I got a reputation as a bit of a madman on the hotter jobs. I know what you mean, Bro. It’s good, ain’t it? Oh, by the way, Billy; Visualize Whirled Peas. That snark aside, I dare to suggest to you the elightenment would not have been possible without the cultural framework, and in particular the reverence of each human life that Christianity and it’s values provided. It’s the truth, Gaius, that’s for certain. But it’s kind of like Congress passing laws thinking they’re going to do something about whatever the problem ...
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Bit’s BumperSnicker of the day
2008-05-05 20:53:00
Look out for the idiot behind me Technorati Tags: BumperSnicker

Dalhmer Jr
2008-05-05 19:05:00
From the UK Express: CHUNKS of flesh from a murder victim were found simmering in a stewing pot at the home of the first Mr Gay UK, Anthony Morley, it emerged yesterday. Chef Morley, 35, has been charged with murdering gay advertising salesman Damian Oldfield, 33. It appears cannibalism may also have been involved after cooked segments of human flesh were found at the alleged murder scene. Is it just me, or does this seem to happen rather a lot more often among, shall we say, certain lifestyles? The Telegraph: Police believe Mr Oldfield, an advertising executive for gay lifestyle magazine Bent, was stabbed to death on Wednesday or Thursday of last week. …. Anthony Morley, 35, from Doncaster - who won the Mr Gay UK competition in 1993 aged 20 - appeared in court earlier this week charged with Mr Oldfield’s murder. We now have to rather identical points on the map to draw one to the other, from Dalhmer to Morley while investigating this. There’s an amazing amount...