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You need one to cash a check. It’s a necesity if you want to drive a car. Unless you look as old as I do (and if that’s the case, I’m sorry) you need one to buy and adult beverage or a pack of cigarettes. If you want to rent an apartment, a hotel room, or even a dvd from the video store you better have one.

Some of the commentary offered by Rush Limbaugh yesterday and today, along with some of the discussion regarding the stance taken by McCain, Graham, Collins, and Warner, brought and interesting thought to mind: is there still a struggle of right vs. left, or is the biggest political struggle the right vs. the right?
Let me explain [...]

If it wasn’t for coffee, I’d have no discernible personality at all. ~ David Letterman
In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) Hezbollah Demanding Child Killer — “According to the Jerusalem Post, Hezbollah is refusing to negotiate over the release of two abducted IDF soldiers that started the latest Israel-Hezbollah war. Hezbollah’s demand instead is rather simple. [...]

Personally, I’m not buying it:
War turns southern women away from GOP
So Sis, Lorie, Debbie, Beth, and any of the other southern women out there, is this right?
A recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that three out of five Southern women surveyed said they planned to vote for a Democrat in the midterm elections.
Well?
UPDATE: That’s a no [...]

Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. ~ Alphonse Allais
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Kerry Couldn’t Find Mainstream With Both Hands And A Flashlight — “In case Kerry doesn’t recognize it, and there’s no particular reason why he would considering his own legislative track record, that’s the mainstream in Connecticut. And [...]

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul. ~ Isak Dinesen
Confederate Yankee Cohen Blames Israel — “Cohen rails against “the idea of creating a nation of European Jews in an area of Arab Muslims,” in a land where Jews predated the very [...]

“It’s just one of those cute little things that belong in the weird news section.”
Uh, yeah.
Jeff Ippel is a Republican, involved in a three-way primary race for a seat in the Kansas House. His wife, Pam, is unopposed in the August Democratic primary _ for the same seat.
Pam Ippel, whose platform emphasizes health care [...]

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odour to the nostrils. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) 2006 Agenda 2.0 — “The Democrats have announced their latest version of the electoral agenda for the 2006 midterms, but they selected an unusual news day for [...]

Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty lip, Digestion waits on pleasure as you sip. ~ Pope Leo XII
NOTE: The Munuvians appear to be back in business. So much for my plans for a Mu.Nu. Kegger at bRight & Early [...]

William Jefferson has refused the request from House leader Nancy Pelosi to resign his seat on the Ways and Means Committee.
Democrats sought to get embattled Rep. William Jefferson (news, bio, voting record) to resign his seat on the House’s most prestigious committee.
“In the interest of upholding the high ethical standard of the House Democratic Caucus, [...]

I was reading a story on the immigration bill when a phrase struck me. It really has nothing to do with the immigration debate, but I think it’s an important thing to consider none the less.
Landmark legislation offering eventual citizenship to millions of illegal immigrants suffered a potentially fatal blow Friday in the Senate, the [...]

Breaking news regarding the DPW terminal operations deal:
A Dubai-owned company said Thursday it is giving up its management stake in some U.S. ports, a move made as congressional leaders warned President Bush that both the House and Senate appeared ready to block the takeover.
It was not immediately clear whether the announcement would be enough to [...]