This is a great  comparison.  The two photos say it all.

Just look at the paraphernalia this pompous ass carries into a school to speak to small (more…)

H/T to NM Pancho and the incomparable Ad rem!

The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).
However, let it be noted that according to her ship’s log, “On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum.” (more…)

SEATTLE  — President Barack Obama charged  Sunday that the GOP vision of government would “fundamentally cripple America,”  as he tried out his newly combative message on the liberal West Coast.
Aiming to renew the ardor of Democratic loyalists  who have grown increasingly disenchanted with him, the president mixed frontal  attacks on Republicans with words of encouragement intended to buck up the  faithful as the 2012 campaign revs up.
“From the moment I took office what we’ve seen is a  constant ideological pushback against any kind of sensible reforms that would  make our economy work better and give people more opportunity,” the president  said at an intimate brunch fundraiser at the Medina, Wash., home of former  Microsoft executive Jon Shirley. (more…)

ATAAAAAAAAAACK  WAAAAAAAAAATCH!!!

Calling for a weekend to “cool off,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set up a Monday vote on replenishing the almost-empty federal disaster relief accounts as all sides race to beat a deadline to keep money money flowing to disaster-stricken states and to keep the federal government at large running.
“Cool off a little bit. Work this through. There’s a compromise here,” Mr. Reid said Friday, minutes after the Senate blocked back a bill drafted by House Republicans that would have replenished the disaster fund accounts through Nov. 18.
Without an agreement, the government could shut down in a week, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency could run out of money even before then. (more…)

Although we’re some 14 months out of the 2012 presidential election, knowing  who will be facing President Barack Obama is still up in the air.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry initial splash garnered him a lot of  attention and a bump in the polls, but some are saying that luster has worn off.  On this weekend’s broadcast of “Inside Washington,” Washington Post columnist  Charles Krauthammer, who admitted he wasn’t sold on Perry, seems to be leaning  toward former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. (more…)