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The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.

Archive for September 3rd, 2008

RNC Convention live thread – Palin, Steele, Romney, Huckabee

by @ 18:42. Filed under Politics - National.

This party’s starting at 7 (or thereabouts). Because I don’t trust the alphabet soup to carry the speeches, I’ll point you to Ustream’s live stream.

The Morning Scramble – 9/3/2008

by @ 9:53. Filed under The Morning Scramble.

I’m on-time (I think)…

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  • Thomas Lifson describes why the America run by the presstitutes won’t be able to take down Sarah Palin.
  • Cynical Alaskan explains how Palin has handled corruption. The takeaway – “In 2012 she will be President.”
  • Ragnar wants the DUmmies and KOmmies to keep bashing themselves against the rock.
  • Kate pictures the difference in experience between Palin and Joe Biden.
  • Dad29 explains why there is Palin Derangement Syndrome.
  • Jim Hoft found Barney Frank (D-MA, he of a prostitute ring out of his apartment fame) declaring Palin’s family fair game. Did he really want to go there?
  • Geoff answers why Frank shouldn’t have gone there.
  • LBG found an unusual alliance formed by the emergence of PDS – PUMAs and the VRWC.
  • Michelle Malkin describes the four stages of conservative female abuse.
  • Erick Erickson found the “Party of Privacy” invading Palin’s privacy so much that the portion of Palin’s Social Security number that is hardest to get is now out there.
  • More Michelle Malkin – she found the “Kossified MSM” dipping into the classic “a cut in the rate of increase of spending on social programs is a cut even if it’s a threefold increase” jar in their attempts to slime Palin. While the presstitutes are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kos and Soros (more on that in a bit), it’s hardly a new tactic of the mathematically-challenged Left.
  • Jim Geraghty found a key difference between Teams McCain and Obama; marketing their seconds. I only hope that the last item was put in at the suggestion of Mrs. Geraghty.
  • Gaius noticed somebody missing from the blogosphere. He’s not dead, he’s not even resting, but he’s not the top-of-the-Scramble focus anymore.
  • Mike found a direct link between Barack Obama and R. Hunter Biden (son of Joe Biden and ethically-challenged lobbyist). Again, I ask, “Did Barney Frank really want to go there?”
  • Jim Geraghty found Team Obama forgetting who their running mate’s son is. What else should we expect from a campaign so threatened by its running mate, it offers no merchandise featuring that running mate?
  • One more from Geraghty – he caught that forgotten ‘Rat running mate forgetting where the top of his ticket lives. Welcome to the Swimmer/CNN Osama bin Obama Club, Plugs.
  • Mark McNally turns the tables on those calling for Palin’s head by asking when Biden will drop out.
  • Thomas Sowell explodes the “experience” meme.
  • Mark Hemingway found another item tossed under the Obamination Express – the ‘Rat evangelical outreach. I’m shocked, SHOCKED that someone who supports actual infanticide and who believes babies are a punishment would give a giant Foxtrot Yankee to those that choose life.
  • Patrick dips back into the memory vault to remind us just how much Obama hates life for the unborn and those too stubborn to accept their murder.
  • Swint reminds us that both halves of the ‘Rat ticket opposed the means that allowed us to hand over day-to-day control of Iraq’s Anbar province to the Iraqis.
  • John Hawkins explains why Obama hasn’t pulled ahead.
  • Slublog compares and contrasts the planned actions of Obama on McCain’s nomination night with the actions of McCain on Obama’s nomination night. It figures that “hubris” is one of the 9 reasons highlighted by John Hawkins.
  • Faith Ammen wonders where the “first term” modifier the LeftStreamMedia loves to toss around Palin’s neck is for Obama. After all, he has never, ever run for re-election.
  • JammieWearingFool found the ObamiNation ready to wage a race war if the “post-racial” candidate doesn’t win. Bonus – he wonders which side Obama will fight for.
  • Owen caught Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle using a state aide to write his DNC speech. Since Doyle controls the continued employment by the state of all 6 members on the Government “Accountability” Board, I expect nothing more than a 6-0 whitewashing should things get that far, and further expect GAB counsel Jonathan Becker to be unemployed very soon.
  • Martin illustrates that identity politics is all about the Marxism. That’s not entirely accurate; it’s a battle between the Trotskyites and the Stalinites (your guess on which are the PUMAs and which are the ObamiNation is as good as mine).
  • James T. Harris asks a “what-if” question more geared toward those of us in Wisconsin, but very applicable for the rest of the country. I’ll say this; had Obama had more seasoning in the Illinois State Senate, he would in all likelyhood truly be the tollbooth-land version of former Wisconsin State Senator Gary George (D-Milwaukee Grafton), felon.
  • Charles Johnson confirms that the presstitutes are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of Kos and Soros.
  • Amy wonders where the coverage of the anarkids’ assault on the Twin Cities has gone.
  • Emperor Misha I went into the bumper sticker business with the failure of Hurricane Gustav to repeat Katrina, and the disappointment of the Left.
  • Shoebox explains energy mathematics to the four-year-olds.
  • Ramesh Ponnuru has some bad economic news for the ‘Rats and Warren Buffet – Inflation-adjusted median family income was at an all-time high in 2007. Why doesn’t it feel that way? I blame ‘Rat-induced taxes and ‘Rat-induced energy inflation.
  • Frank Lasee proves there is no real link between education spending and education results. Takeaway – despite a 0.37% drop in enrollment between 2000 and 2006 (the last year he has figures), there are 1.10% more teachers.
  • Bill Quick chronicles the latest effort of Google’s attempt to take over the world from above; snagging exclusive rights on another photosat.

Guess I better start shopping for a new desktop; this thing is starting to freeze on me.

Talking to Four Year Olds – Energy Addition

by @ 5:31. Filed under Energy, Talking to Four Year Olds.

A good technique when working with four year olds, is to use “teachable moments.”   “Teachable moments” are not to be confused with disciplinary action required when your four year old has done something wrong.   Rather, a “teachable moment” general has nothing to do with your four year old.   It usually is an issue unrelated to your four year old, but is one that helps your four year think through something that may otherwise be a complex subject for them.

Today’s teachable moment has to do with energy production,  specifically, oil production.

Approximately 25% of our domestic oil production comes from drilling that is done in the Gulf of Mexico.

Do you know what happens to oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico when a hurricane, almost any hurricane comes across the Gulf?   Yup, oil rigs get shut down.   Maybe for just a few days, maybe longer.

Do you know what happens to oil rigs in the gulf of Mexico when a BIG hurricane, like Katrina or Rita come through the Gulf?   No, not environmental disaster.   These rigs have been built to put the safety of their crews and the environment first.   In fact, while there were about 13,000 barrels of oil that escaped as a result of the hurricane damage, the final study done for the MMS noted that there were no on shore impacts from any of the spills! Yes, that’s right, 25% of our oil production goes offline, some of it for several months.

Do you know which coastal state has never had a recorded hurricane?   Yes, Alaska has never had a recorded hurricane.   The waters around Alaska are too cold to allow one to form.

If you were going to increase oil drilling, would you increase it in the Gulf or would you go where hurricanes can’t strike?

Don’t quite get it?   Let me try another approach.

If you had $10 to bet on future energy would your rather:

A.  Bet it on the extreme long shot of “Alternative Energy?”…if you win, you win big.   If you lose, you’re screwed.

B.   Bet it on the choice sure to lose money;  just find ways to  use less

C.   Bet on a proven doubling of your money by increasing drilling and opening oil shale fields.

Good answer, now you’ve got it!

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