Drinking Problem

This so reminds me of the kind of guys I hung out with at that age. This one so doesn't:


I'm sure you've heard about the kids who thought a brutal beating of an innocent would make a popular Youtube video. I vote for wiping the smirks from their faces. Also, I predict Youtube will eventually get sued for glorifying this kind of behavior. Good.

A Little Perspective

From David Freddoso over at NRO:

Comparing Labor Market Data in 1996 and 2008

Democrats on the Economy in 1996:

“Our economy is the healthiest it has been in three decades.” (President Bill Clinton, State of the Union Address, January 23, 1996)

Democrats on the Economy in 2008:

“The bottom line is that this administration is the owner of the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover." (Senator Charles Schumer, Press Release, March 7, 2008)

Key Labor Market Statistics in 1996 and 2008
	March 1996	March 2008
1. U.S. Unemployment Rate	5.5%	5.1%
2. Number of Long-Term Unemployed	1.33 million	1.28 million
3. Average Weeks Unemployed	17.3 weeks	16.2 weeks
4. Median Weeks Unemployed	8.3 weeks	8.1 weeks
5. Not in Labor Force because discouraged over job prospects	451,000	401,000
6. Democrats calling for Extended Unemployment Benefits?	No	Yes
7. President’s Party Affiliation	Democrat	Republican

Another Sign of the Apocalypse

OK, it's San Francisco, and they're protesting. Nothing new there.


But they're protesting communists. And it's San Francisco. They're protesting communists in San Francisco. Really.

Strange times.

But, BTW, I agree with the protest. I seldom approve of communists, I mean, they're crushing dissent in Tibet, that's what communists do. So I'm probably going to boycott the opening ceremony. Heck, I may not even go at all.

Rice Jumps to New Record...

It was Drudge's headline, my photoshop.

Is there anything this woman can't do?

Teddy Shows His Ignorance

Via NRO:

SEN. KENNEDY:

“Just to come back to a question that was asked earlier, Americans want to know, after we have spent approximately $24 billion in training Iraqi troops in five years, why we have — when these forces are going to be ready and willing to stand up and fight on their own, so the Americans do not have to fight for them, as we have seen with the 1,000 that have effectively deserted or left their units.”

GEN. PETRAEUS:

“Senator, they are fighting and as I mentioned dying for their country in substantial numbers. Their losses, again, are some three times our losses of late. I might add that the Sons of Iraq losses are between two and a half and three times our losses in addition to that. So, they're very much fighting and they are very much dying for their country. They have indeed taken on the security tasks in a substantial number of provinces and they are shouldering more of the burden in a number of the others. Again, in Basra, there were not just the units that did not do well, there were also units that did do well, and some that did very well. Again, this is tough, tough combat, when forces are new and go into it they do bow at times before they steady, and we saw this in Basra and in some neighborhoods in Baghdad.”

Photo Op

Quick, get a baby into that man's hands. What? Unavailable? OK, Marsha, have them pass up the auxiliary baby. Use the auxiliary baby back-up if you have to. OK, good. Now, cue the fainters.

Lifted

Here's four and a half minutes you won't want back:



(sound needed not so much)

Duckie!

I should resurrect the mega-ducks, maybe have them run amok (how else could they run?) at the Democratic convention. In the meantime, Dymphna sent along a link to the soon-to-be fatwaed:

Mohammad the rubber duck wrote a book called the Qu'ak-ran.

About That Housework Thing

Scientists again:

Having a husband creates an extra seven hours of housework each week for women, according to a new study. For men, tying the knot saves an hour of weekly chores.

"It's a well-known pattern," said lead researcher Frank Stafford, an economist at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research......

Wait a minute. Getting married saves men an hour's worth of chores per week? For most guys, that would put them into negative numbers. Still, I wonder where the extra six hours comes from for women. Most likely, they need to work faster.

It's Monday

Take a seat in the lobby, someone will be with you shortly.