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Archive for April 14th, 2008

Blogger Protection Act

by @ 9:19. Filed under Politics - National, The Blog.

I should’ve pounced on this when Fausta had it almost 2 weeks ago, but it took Jon Ham’s catch of North Carolina’s lone co-sponsor to get me jumping. Rep. Jeb Hensarling introduced The Blogger Protection Act, H.R. 5699, on April 3. The bill is designed to put into the United States Code the current Federal Election Commission regulations that give bloggers the same protection from campaign finance laws given the rest of the media and declares advocacy by uncompensated bloggers does not constitute a contribution to a candidate.

There are currently 36 (37 if one counts the non-voting Puerto Rican representative) co-sponsors to this legislation, all Republicans. Paul Ryan is the only Wisconsin Representative among them. Where are the other 7? Where are the Democrats? Heck, where’s the Republican leadership; I see only Roy Blunt and Eric Cantor from the leadership team on the co-sponsor page.

The Morning Scramble – 4/14/2008

by @ 8:28. Filed under The Morning Scramble.

I need something upbeat to get me back in the swing of things…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I993PGacn4M[/youtube]

Plebian remakes a bunch of Charlton Heston classics.
William Teach notes we’re one step closer to Solyent Green.
Stephen Green rips those that initiate e-mail contact then don’t have the brains to automatically accept your reply.
Emperor Misha I gives another reason to not vote for McCain (I do have to put a language warning on this one; follow at your own risk).
Ace welcomes Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy as only he can (again, I do have to put a language warning on this one).
Michelle Malkin has the obligatory lush Hill caption contest.
– I can’t do better than Mondoreb, who has the not-necessarily safe for work Photoshop of the weekend.
John has the safe-for-work Photoshop of the weekend, the Clinton model sniper rifle (though the post itself may not necessarily be safe for work).
Jim Geraghty asks whether Barack Obama reads his own trade rhetoric.
Matt Lewis figured Obama was channeling Jesse The Body. It’s more like Karl Marx.
Flip has the perfect film for the Obama campaign.
Jim Lynch discovered the medical name of the ‘Rat campaign.
– Speaking of campaigns, RedState has a roundtable on whether to donate to the RNC and its subsidiaries, the RNCC and RNSC. I’ll be back on this in a bit, but the two-letter answer is “NO!”
The Investor’s Business Daily editorial page whacks those that want to burn our food.
Sean Hackbarth notes the typical liberal “cure” to the problem largely of their creation (see above) is worse than the problem.
Jim Hoft notes the Goracle is cashing in on Gorebal Warming. Who knew it was a Ponzi scheme </sarcasm>?
Owen has some fighting words for the ninnies in California that want to radically jack up the tax on beer.
Jib has the appropriate answer to another tax-hiking scheme from the land of earthquakes and wildfires. It’s a call to arms.
Ace notes the introduction of the aptly-named “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” bill. Anybody care to guess how much that took in in Arkansas when Mike Huckabee got that through their legislature? Lowball it, then halve it.
Dad29 has reason #142 to not appoint judges.
Tom McMahon answers the “Why are fire engines red?” question.
JammieWearingFool asks, “Is the woman 2 heartbeats away from the Presidency actively assisting America’s enemies?” I believe you can guess my answer.
Fausta mourns the decline of the Royal Navy from a pirate-fighting unit to a pirate-coddling one.
Stan has the bad news from DC; dancing in the streets is illegal. Of course, that’s only bad if you can dance, and I can’t.
Uncle Jimbo has your “Blowed Up Real Good” video fix.
Mondoreb has the stupid ad campaign of the weekend. I wonder how many accidents that caused.

I got some blogging to do.

Music to kill zombies by

by @ 7:21. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Boy do I miss a lot when I take a weekend off, but the allergies were just slaying me. Since Elliot picked this up from Rustemeister’s Alehouse, who got it from SayUncle and Armed Canadian, and because doubleplusundead and See-Dubya didn’t pick it up yet, I may as well play along. Songs I kill zombies by:

– I warm up to “Gone Shootin'” by AC/DC because it just isn’t healthy to limit oneself to bladed weapons against a horde.
– When it’s time to get up close and personal, “Iron Man” by Black Sabbath provides the shotgun beat.
– If all that’s standing between certain doom and me is my minigun, it’s time to break out “Four Horsemen” by Metallica.

And if I don’t want lyrics, it’s Doom and Doom II songs by Robert Prince.

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