In the words of Simon Cowell, magic. Even if you loathe American Idol and all the trappings, go here and watch this. It’s Britain’s version, Britain’s Got Talent and the story of a mobile phone salesman from South Wales.
… and Pucchini. (Kleenex alert.)
I don’t care who you are, if you can’t pull for this guy [...]
In Thursday’s immigration thread, Bruce asked the critical next question in immigration reform. Here’s one of the best answers out there and it’s brought to us by National Review:
The public is rightly dismayed at our incapacity to exercise a key attribute of sovereignty: control of the borders. For decades, our elected officials have passed immigration [...]
Some of our folks went to Washington to dry the swamp and made partnership with the alligators.
~Fred Thompson
“Here’s my strategy on the Cold War: We win, they lose.”
- Ronald Reagan
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
- Ronald Reagan
“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”
- Ronald Reagan
“Of the [...]
President Bush says ’subpoena, schmubpoena, you aint getting no stinkin documents’, or something like that:
WASHINGTON — President Bush refused Thursday to turn over records sought by Congress in its investigation of the firing of federal prosecutors, setting up a standoff with no quick resolution unless one side or the other blinks.
White House counsel Fred Fielding [...]
*I was wondering how fast I’d have to go before you’d give me a ticket.
*Don’t you have anything better to do than write tickets?
*Having a bad day?
*License? I have to have a license?
*I dare you to give me a ticket.
*Is it that time of year again?
*You’re wasting your time, after you write this ticket I’m [...]
If anything at all demonstrates just how much difference exists between conservative and liberal thinking in this country, it is yesterday’s decision of the Roberts court on race in schools juxtaposed against the ridiculous pandering and race baiting at last night’s Democratic presidential “debate.”
First, the “debate,” moderated by Tavis Smiley, concentrated on “issues important [...]
Politically, did the George W. Bush presidency just end? That’s the word in conservative circles today, with the failure of the cloture vote on the illegal immigration bill. The sentiment is that Bush has absolutely no more political capital left, and has permanently alienated the GOPers in the House, which up until now had been [...]
From the LA Times, a post mortem on who voted how and why:
It’s intriguing to note that in today’s Senate vote derailing the immigration bill, a solid majority of lawmakers whose seats up for re-election next year favored sending the measure into oblivion.
There are 34 such senators; among them, fully 24 voted against ending debate [...]
….Look away, look away, look away, Dixie Land….
The Census Bureau reports today that seven of the 10 most populous U.S. cities are within 500 miles of Mexico. In 1910, all 10 of the biggest cities were within 500 miles of the Canadian border. The once-dominant industrial cities of Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Buffalo find themselves smaller [...]
Some of you may recognize the author of this piece on Bloomberg.
And here’s how they voted:
YEAS:
Akaka (D-HI)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Craig (R-ID)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (ID-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)
NAYS:
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Barrasso (R-WY)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh [...]
the committee wishes to announce its first nominees for this year’s Ninny. They are the Senate Republicans voting for the Senate Amnesty bill and President George W. Bush for making it a Republican issue in the first place. The committee has been watching their efforts with increasing interest over the past few weeks, and it [...]
“The only person who would probably be prepared to be our president on Day One would be Bill Clinton – not Hillary Clinton,” ~Barack Obama
And Billy – seeming to agree with him – has struck out on behalf of his wife, in some sort of subtle assurance that he, unlike Dick Cheney will have some [...]