Illegal Immigrant

Let me say, upfront, that I found this on the Rude Pundit blog. I’d link directly to that, but he used one of “those words” that is most appropriate for the story, but not appropriate for families.  Go and read his blog, but I’m afraid I have to link directly to the story.

He is correct, Bill O’Reilly and Michelle Malkin darn well BETTER report THIS STORY!

A 9-year-old boy dazed after his mother crashed their van in the southern Arizona desert was comforted by a man entering the United States illegally, an official said Friday. The man stayed with the boy until [...]

That Didn’t Last Long

Did it?  Is this relatively isolated?  Or the start of another disturbing trend?

Car Bomb Kills Nine in Baghdad

Hamid Ahmed, The Associated Press, says, “A parked car bomb exploded in a crowded area near a medical complex in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30, officials said. It was the latest in an uptick in violence in [...]

I’m Amazed!

Honestly, I can’t believe this is happening. I wonder who all these people are.  What jobs do they hold?  Are they maxing out credit cards? Are they paying lower college tuition bills than we are?

“Retailers Post Robust Start to Holidays”

Consumer spending is up a bit over last year at this time, The nation’s retailers had a robust start to the holiday shopping season, according to results announced Saturday by a national research group that tracks sales at retail outlets across the country. According to ShopperTrak RCT Corp., which tracks sales at [...]

An explanation?

Retail Sales Rise, but Stores Relied on Discounts and Early Hours

Resignation of the Day

No, it’s not Houston Nutt of the Arkansas Razorbacks.  That’s still TBA.  However, it is high profile and right next door.  And, it was, inevitable.  Plus, it would seem to confirm that this really is a huge scandal.

Richard Roberts calls it Quits

For many, the resignation of Oral Roberts University’s embattled president, Richard Roberts, seemed to be a question of when, not if, amid the financial scandal that hit the school nearly two months ago. Roberts, facing accusations in the lawsuit that he misspent school funds to support a lavish lifestyle, resigned Friday. “Those who have seen what [...]

Don’t Say I Didn’t Tell You

They can see into your homes and your cars.  Can you say “curtains” for privacy?  Maybe. via Raw Story

CNN: ‘Houston police use drone planes’

When neighbors noticed black trucks, satellite dishes, swirling radars, and “a portable launch pad, with something covered up” on a Waller County Ranch, they had no idea what to think. CNN’s Houston affiliate KPRC has partially solved the mystery: Houston police plan to start using unmanned drone aircraft. But, a question still remains: what, exactly, will the drones be used for? The mood surrounding [...]

Brokaw On Iraq and More

Good interview this morning on CNN.  Tom Brokaw spent a lot of time talking about the news and his career.  You know me, it’s difficult to leave old careers behind and I’ve always admired Mr. Brokaw.

Tom Brokaw Discusses Iraq, Network News, and the Upcoming Election During Romantic, Candlelit Interview With Howard Kurtz

Howard Kurtz broadcast a long interview with former “NBC Nightly News” anchor Tom Brokaw on today’s “Reliable Sources,” allotting the entire first half of the show to the newsman’s thoughts on a wide range of subjects, including his new book, “Boom! Voices of the Sixties: Personal Reflections on the ’60s and Today,” for which he has recently been making the rounds. Brokaw had a lot to offer in the interview — the transcript of [...]

Headed Into Evening

Guests are gone.  The house is quiet. Leftovers still fill the refrigerator and may stay there tonight.  Got a couple of interesting ones for your post-Thanksgiving reading.

Another case of planting? Giuliani calls on the same supporter first at multiple Q&As

Before there was the Clinton campaign’s outright question planting, there was Scott McCellen’s questions to sympathetic reporters Jeff Gannon and that Pakistani reporter who always asks questions about Pakistan-US relations. Looks like Giuliani is going about things the original Republican way: It is not exactly a plant, but Giuliani seems to have at least an overzealous [...]

Iraq Today

I always hesitate to point you toward two posts from the same blog, but it’s a holiday weekend and these are simply excellent posts.  The general topic, in my headline, is what’s happening in Iraq.  And the way it’s being reported and analyzed.

A shift in ‘tone’?

Quick quiz — when was this Hillary Clinton quote about Iraq first uttered: “The fundamental point here is that the purpose of the surge was to create space for political reconciliation and that has not happened, and there is no indication that it is going to happen, or that the Iraqis will meet the political [...]

Goalpost on the move in Iraq: ‘Reconciliation’ is out; ‘accommodation’ is in

For all its dissembling, the White House has actually been fairly clear about the purpose of Bush’s “surge” policy — more U.S. troops would offer Iraqi political leaders some “breathing room” to achieve reconciliation. From there, sectarian conflicts would ease, and some semblance of stability would emerge. It all sounds very nice, except the policy hasn’t [...]

Thanksgiving Weekend

It’s been a pretty good weekend.  Arkansas upset #1 LSU.  Missouri beat Kansas. Lots of leftovers in the refrigerator.  And more football on TV today!  Hope your weekend is going smoothly.  I’ve had five days off for the first time in a LONG time.  It’s been nicely relaxing and we’ve enjoyed showing out-of-state family around our city!

Let’s talk a bit of business…

We have learned nothing.

Enron. Tyco. The dot-com crash. No matter how many times we go through this, the business community never learns, and the public is bamboozled every time. Adam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations of the “invisible hand” — that an individual pursuing his own self-interest tends to also promote the good of his community as a whole. He believed the ridiculous notion that each individual maximizing revenue for [...]