Month: October 2012

The Devastation in Danville

  The best way to sum up the Vice Presidential debate is to simply say that Vice President Biden had an epic meltdown. It was the first time in American history that a sitting Vice President went down in flames on national television. Even as Chris Matthews and the rest of the gang at MSNBC go gaga over Biden’s performance, it was a disgrace to watch Biden. I can’t begin to describe how cringe-inducing it was that Biden interrupted Ryan a grand total of 82 times in the debate. It wasn’t just the fact Biden had that idiotic smirk...

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No Debate About It

By Tarzana Joe  ❧❧❧❧ There must have been some network payoffs To put a chat on jobs and layoffs Up against the baseball playoffs Then some conniving double dealers (And you know what they do to squealers) Scheduled the Pittsburgh Steelers With one man known to gaffe and botch Did they want anyone to watch? I watched although I had a hunch There wouldn’t be a knockout punch Here a jab and there a poke Every time Joe Biden spoke He said from 6 to 7:30 We’re for clean and you’re for dirty We’re for sunshine, you’re for rain...

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The White House and State Department’s Egregious Handling of Benghazi

  Wednesday morning marked the start of the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee hearings on diplomatic security in Libya, and the setting and seriousness were vaguely reminiscent of the Watergate hearings 39 years ago–with the exception that these hearings concerned government inaction that resulted in Americans being brutally murdered. Rep. Darrell E. Issa, chairman, moderated and opened with: “The Oversight Committee mission reads ‘We exist to secure 2 fundamental principles. First, that Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent, and second, Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them. Our duty...

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A better Hughniverse chat for Windows users

This post is “inside baseball” for Hugh Hewitt listeners who are frustrated by the Flash/Ustream chat window on hughniverse.com.   The Hughniverse chat window has been reported to be hard to follow, doesn’t retain much history, and the behavior of the scrollbar is erratic as best.  However, there is an easier way that makes chat during the show easier, more robust, and even fun. (If you’re not a Hughniverse member, go — now — to www.hughniverse.com and sign up to join the Tribble herd … 8^) What follows may look complicated, but it just involves downloading and installing some free software...

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