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I love this line from the AP story Democrats split over Iraq plan details.
The developments on both sides of the Capitol reflected disarray in Democratic ranks on Iraq. Swept into power by voters clamoring for an end to the war, Democrats have seen their efforts stymied under realities more complicated than they found on the [...]

Chad Evans does a masterful job of separating facts from faulty thinking in the New ITB Video: Confusion on Capitol Hill. Take a look.
*Blog Video

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it. ~ Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
There are two stories out this morning that are [...]

It is inhumane, in my opinion, to force people who have a genuine medical need for coffee to wait in line behind people who apparently view it as some kind of recreational activity. ~ Dave Barry

Nancy Astor: “If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee.”
Sir Winston Churchill: “And if I were your husband, I would drink it.”
Perhaps I should have waited until later today and filed this as a Ridiculous Headline post. Here’s the AP/Yahoo! Headline:
Democrats seek tougher action on Iraq
Wouldn’t that be a great thing [...]

The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh
It must be tough trying to portray yourself as a moderate to the country while at the same time making sure your base is convinced of your far left bona fides. It was the later [...]

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
By now you are probably aware of the blog post written by William Arkin of the Washington Post, The Troops Also Need to Support the American People. The blogospheric reaction has been scathingly accurate. Here’s a [...]

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Blue Crab Boulevard Ahmadinejad Issues Orders To Democrats — AFP buries it to the bottom of a story on Iran’s latest announcements on their nuclear plans. Those plans are quite chilling enough, mind you. Mad Mahmoud [...]

Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee. ~ Alexander King

One of the favorite memes of the left (examined and found wanting here, here, here, and here) is, “Stay the course is not a plan.”
The other side of that coin is this:
The only remedy to a series of Iraq policy failures by President Bush is a Democratic takeover of Congress in the Nov. 7 election, [...]

The very thought of waking up in 32 days with prospect of a Speaker Pelosi wielding the gavel should either scare you into a change of drawers or make you want to wrap your head in duct tape. Here’s why: Pelosi says she would drain GOP ’swamp’
Franklin Roosevelt had his first hundred days.
House Democratic leader [...]

Saddam Lawyer and apologist, Ramsey Clark, has opened his mouth to say the utterly stupid once again.
Ramsey Clark, a former US attorney general who is one of Saddam Hussein’s lawyers, said that any death sentence against the former Iraqi president would increase violence in the strife-torn country.
“It seems clear that a guilty verdict will set [...]