The International House of Bacon

Catching up…

* The big story from the weekend is the commentary from Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki about withdrawal plans, allegedly supporting Obama’s timetable. Not surprisingly, a ton of people dove on this, and, not surprisingly, the translation was probably more than a little off. Keeping in mind the discussions with Bush that al-Maliki had prior to this, I agree with a lot of the pundits on this issue in two places: one, the comment utimately supports McCain more than Obama in the grand scheme of things, since Obama was so far off on the surge, and two, that the first point won’t matter and this might end up hurting McCain on the one area he was, to this point, completely in command. Go figure.

* Obama has 300 foriegn policy advisers? No wonder his policies are so schizophrenic.

* Dick Heller, of Heller v. Washington, DC, can’t register his bottom-loading pistol due to some new idiotic regulation put in place in the wake of the gun ban being overturned. It’s as if DC wants to go to court again.

* From FactCheck: The Democrats aren’t 100% honest in talking about the oil leases. Shocking, really. The thing is, they know it, and we might see a drilling vote soon. I can’t wait to see Obama vote no on this one. Or yes. Either one is a problem for him.

* Some great news: The archaeological looting that apparently occurred following the 2003 invasion in Iraq? Didn’t happen.

* In the “Captain Obvious” department, Obama aides worry that Obama has created unrealistic hopes for his supporters. No, really?

* I try to avoid things like this on these, but I’m just curious - for those of who who highlighted the McCain “Czechoslovakia” commentary last week, will you be harping on Obama’s “eight to ten years” comment? Just wondering.

* I’ll take stupid government interference for $200, Alex. Oh, and what a nice Armani tie you’re wearing.

* Who’s the change candidate on education?

* Finally, if you’re mourning the loss of our semi-daily Dr. Horrible, I’ve started watching The Guild, starring Dr. Horrible’s Felicia Day. It might be a bit too nerdy for many of you, but I also know it may not be nerdy enough for others.