The International House of Bacon

Now that I’m somewhat back in real-time:

* I’m sorry, but this speech is ridiculous, and I’m almost prone to beg for 4 more years of weird-cadence-no-emotion Bush “speeches” than this sort of nonsense. I can’t remember the last time a speech made me physically angry, simply in terms of the overwhelming platitudes and the outright lies he’s willing to peddle just to get people hopped up - and they drink it up. Yeah, here’s a reality check, folks: no matter what happens this November, the oceans are just as likely to rise or fall, people will still be able to get decent jobs, people will still have health care. If anything, Obama’s platform will do more to stand in the way of those things long term than McCain or anyone else. But don’t let the facts get in the way of a little hope. Redstate broke parts down fairly clearly for more.

* Sweden to parents: you cannot name your child Elvis. Uh, what?

* In what could be the best thing to happen to Presidential elections in decades, McCain has challenged Obama to a series of town hall-style debates. You’d think this would be a great move for Obama, having to match wits in front of an audience with a man who’s apparently “lost his bearings.” But no - Obama doesn’t want that, he’s more interested in a Lincoln-Douglas format, where the debaters generally do not address each other’s points, instead one speaks for a specified time, the second for a longer time, and the third plays catch-up at the end. Why, exactly, would Obama favor the latter except to allow him to rant on and on without being questioned?

* Also from Redstate, the Democrats on Obama. McCain would be VERY smart to exploit this.

* It’s from the National Taxpayers Union, so get your eyerolling out of the way first and then see their report on what the candidates will cost. They’re not kind to anyone, but if the debt is your issue…

* Between Jeb Bradley and now John Steven, this may be the first election in my lifetime I’ve felt I’ve had an embarrassment of riches in regard to my electoral choices.

* From Reason, an article on how we treated the dot com crash compared to the mortgage.

* Finally, the Liberty City Police are facing some strict scrutiny.