Evolution Explained In One Minute

I saw this on "South Park" last night but somehow it just seems funnier this morning. Hat Tip to Allahpundit for finding the YouTube clip. No matter where you stand on evolution, you should get a good chortle from this. It really does present Darwin's theory in an interesting light.

Nothing profane but it is after all "South Park", so don't go boosting them speakers too loud at work if ya know what I mean.

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The Photo That The MSM Is Ignoring

John Hinderaker of Powerline and I have something in common. We both didn't post this photo because we assumed it would be overkill:

Drudge has it up as do many bloggers, but the MSM has absolutely ignored it. Wonder why? Thus far, only the NY Post has picked up the story, calling it a "smart bomb" dropped on Kerry. So here it is.

Unfortunately, I had to crop it a bit because MuNu is having problems with turning images into thumbnails.

And the unit has been identified: 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 34th Infantry Division (MN National Guard). Give 'em hell, guys!

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The Witching Hour For Last Minute Dem Dirty Tricks

Based on what I've seen since 1992, the best window of opportunity for Dem operatives to drop an electoral bomb that would have its maximum affect on Tuesday is about to open.

Back when Bubba was squaring off against Bush 41 and the little martian, they released an allegation that Bush 41 knew more than he testified to over Iran-Contra. While Clinton may have won anyway, polls were tightening heading into the final weekend. If I recall correctly, the info was released the Thursday before the election.

Back in 2000, George W. Bush had a growing lead heading into the final week. The Thursday before the election, out pops the 25-year old DWI story. Incidentally, the guy up in Maine who was behind that little maneuver was recently arrested for dressing up like Osama Bin Laden and holding what turned out to be a toy gun on a streetcorner.

Why Thursday? Because that's the ideal time to dominate the media with a breaking story that will carry all the way through the weekend news cycle. It's just an MO that I've come to expect over the years. I'm sure the Foley situation was originally supposed to drop around now, but the Dems were worried so they let 'er rip earlier than they had planned.

In any event, if there's something else that they're hiding up their sleeve than the time to expect it would be between noon today and late afternoon Friday.

There very well may be nothing, but my advice would be to keep hitting "refresh" on Drudge until the weekend.

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New On The Blogroll

Walls of the City.

Featuring the pic of the soldier's response to John effin' Kerry.

And a BSG fan to boot. Go check him out. Now!

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Ned-renaline Level Dropping Fast - Campaign Dispirited

The New York Observer has an article today that looks at the sad state of the Ned Lamont campaign six days out from election day.

Democratic strategists and consultants, some of them sympathetic to the campaign, are already talking about it in the past tense.

“I think it was possible for Lamont to pull it off,” said Bob Shrum, a veteran political analyst. “There were moments right after the primary where it was basically a tied race.”

Yeah, that's quite the analysis from the "loss leader" himself. Shrum has the distinction of managing eight losing Democrat Presidential candidates. It would seem that it's all over but the finger pointing.

The apparent end of the much-ballyhooed Lamont phenomenon is causing a great deal of soul-searching and recrimination in all corners of the Democratic Party. The bloggers that once championed Mr. Lamont as an awkward but earnest savior now alternately blame WashingtonÂ’s strategists for hijacking their candidate and Democratic leaders for abandoning him. Beltway consultants fault the Lamont campaign for failing to move the candidate beyond his left-wing celebrity and define him for a greater electorate.

There's plenty of blame to go around. But if those that make up the nutroots are honest with themselves they'll consider the possibility that Bush-hatred is not enough to win support outside of their fringe movement and win in a general election. Though the chances of that are slim. The biggest target of blame seems to be aimed at Howard Wolfson, the consultant to Hillary that Her Shrillness lent to Lamont's campaign.

Still, bloggers held Mr. Wolfson responsible for the campaignÂ’s derailment. This month, the left-wing Huffington Post compiled its readersÂ’ grievances about the fizzling campaign into a premature concession speech for Mr. Lamont.

“I turned my campaign over to hired guns who think that running to the middle is a winning strategy—even though it’s proven to be a loser time and time and time again,” the post read.

In a recent post for his popular left-wing political blog MyDD, Matt Stoller called Democratic leaders “moral lepers” for abandoning Mr. Lamont.

“What I have seen in this race is a complete abrogation of responsibility on the part of everybody except the netroots and Ned Lamont,” Mr. Stoller said in a telephone interview. “Trusting these people is a huge tactical error. Never trust anything that these insider Democrats tell you,” he said, adding, for good measure, “Bill Clinton is a liar.”

Bill Clinton is a liar? You're just catching on to that one, huh?

But the significant line out of that quote goes to the heart of their problem: "running to the middle" as a strategy is "proven to be a loser time and time and time again".

Actually what's proving to be a loser time and time and time again is Left-wing radicalism. That giant sucking sound you hear is the air blowing out of the balloons at Lamont For Senate headquarters.

“I’ve become a little anxious about the quiet that seems to have set in,” added Catherine DeNunzio, an elegant 83-year-old woman wearing a blue sweater and matching eye shadow. She also complained about the enthusiasm leaking from Mr. Lamont’s campaign and wasn’t optimistic about his prospects. “But we might have shaken things up anyway.”

Shaken up? Hardly. If an Independent Joe Lieberman is returned to the Senate by a significant margin in a state as Blue as CT, what does that say about the significance of the nutroots?

Oh, and did I mention the Quinnipiac poll released today that has Lieberman up 12?

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Kerry Smears, Moonbats Cheer

Sen. John effin' Kerry's smear of the military is actually exciting some Leftards. Should come as no surprise as his insulting comment reflects exactly how they feel about them.

As Martin Lewis at the HuffPo screams for Kerry to stop digging himself deeper, some of the comments on his post speak volumes:

- from "balance":
"Anyone that would join the military and knowingly be used as a pawn for Bush is an idiot. I hope Kerry does not apologize."

- from "superfly":
"It's about time Kerry fought back! John, do NOT apologize to these criminals!"

- from "accountability":
"there is no bomb. kerry did not mispeak. i don't think he was telling a joke, instead confirming what we already knew, that under the abysmal bush, there is a steady recruitment of cannon fodder - the poorly educatied, with no jobs and no future to look forward to. "

and
- from "boblahblah":
"Even though Kerry apparently muffed his so called attempt at a joke - HE GOT IT RIGHT... THE BULK OF OUR MILITARY IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE COLLEGE DEGREES NOR A LOT OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES - THAT'S WHY MOST OF THEM ENLISTED!"

If you haven't already, it's time to circle November 7th on your calendar. And bring a friend.

Two years ago, this country dodged a major bullet. This year, it's just as important for Republicans to show up at the polls.

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Media Alert - Bush On Rush This Afternoon

The President will have an interview on the Rush Limbaugh show today.

UPDATE:12:30pm!!

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Quote Of The Day

"Could Karl Rove have dreamed up a better October surprise than having the Democrats' most recent choice for Commander in Chief suggest that the men and women are dying [in Iraq] because they weren't smart enough to get into law school?"

- Karen Tumulty
Time Magazine
10/31/06

John Kerry's attitude toward the military is locked in a template formed by Vietnam, and one that is shared by so many elitist Liberals. For them, military service is either a line item you use to pad your political resume or something that's only for suckers who can't get out of it, like jury duty.

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