The International House of Bacon

Let’s see what I can’t tear through…

* My only thoughts on the bailout - immensely stupid, shows a complete disregard for history and good government, and those of you who laughed when I compared Bush to FDR can begin eating your hats anytime now. But let’s not pretend it was deregulation - the regulatory structure is at the root of the crisis. Also, a good editorial from The Atlantic about the bailout that’s worth reading.

* Speaking of which, if you’re an Obama supporter upset about tossing $700b in cash away, are you as angry about Obama’s Global Poverty Act, which costs around the same amount? Just wondering.

* I’m ashamed to say I liked Paul Hackett. On one hand, I felt that he was the type of Democrat Democrats should look at. It seems that he’s just another nutter.

* On one hand, Eoin Colfer is a good-to-great children’s author. On the other, we REALLY don’t need a new Hitchhiker’s Guide. No, really, we don’t.

* Interesting poll: 89% of Americans believe taxes are too high. Obama wants to raise those? Oh, wait, the economy’s not in good enough shape. But still…

* Remember, McCain’s the only one running a dishonest campaign.

* Most of you won’t find this funny, but here’s an Obama word cloud from his speech in Hollywood last week.

* Matt Welch (author, McCain: Myth of a Maverick, a must read) on the libertarian case for McCain.

* QandO dissects Obama’s tax plan.

* Obama’s failure to create equal pay in his Senate office is coming up again. Why can’t he practice what he preaches?

* It’s John Lott, so this link comes with a huge grain of salt, but the numbers don’t really back up the “McSame” meme. Most of us who pay attention already knew this, though.

* The misleading numbers behind the uninsured Census numbers.

* McCain is at his best when he’s attacking, and when the McCain campaign calls out the New York Times for being partisan, that’s a plus for him. It doesn’t hurt that it’s true. More from Patterico and the campaign itself.

* Dear Barack Obama: $40 billion is not a “deep cut” in a $3 trillion budget, and $40b is not a cut at all when you’re proposing hundreds of billions in new spending. Same old politics?

* I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again - when the media reports on Sarah Palin, it’s probably safe to assume the opposite. The whole charging victims for rape kits issue keeps coming up. The problem? It appears that no one was ever charged for a rape kit in Wasilla. Follow the links in the second link to the discussions in the legislature where no one knows of any kits being charged, and that there’s a state agency that pays the bills already. Did CNN bother to research this? Probably not.

Okay, I’m done for now.