Wednesday Linkage
Fun All-Star game last night, eh? I went to bed after the 10th inning. Tonight, Ann & I hit the AA Eastern League All-Star Game, which is an exciting prospect all its own.
* Let the Obama shift On Iraq continue. I do find the “we’re just going to pretend this never happened” part somewhat amusing, but yeah.
* Thomas Sowell on Obama and the facts.
* Common wisdom suggests that defense spending is the biggest line item on the budget, and that the spending has exploded. Not true.
* Honestly, if Bush spoke like this regularly, he’d be much more popular. Where was this Bush the last 7 years?
* Speaking of Bush, an interesting thing appears to have happened Monday: Bush lifted the executive ban on offshore drilling, and crude futures dropped nearly $10. This is why drilling now is a good answer for prices now - the parts that are governed by speculators will decrease as the ability to get more oil increases.
* Rasmussen: Hillary Clinton still polls better against John McCain.
* Finally, for some fun you can either read the Onion’s AV Club list of The 20 most jarring “Darren Effect” recastings, or play Defender in the favicon.