Why we are in this mess: How Countrywide Mortgage bought off regulators...

Dan Collins and the Conservative Commune explain.

The Toughest Job!

The Conservative Commune on the toughest job there is...

Cheetah R.I.P.

Star of Tarzan, Beloved Character Actor and Sidekick, Champion Poo Tosser.
1931--2011

Which of course begs the question:   Do you remember Winston Churchill's parrot?  How many other animal stars of stage and screen are out there living quiet lives in retirement?

Is Arnold still with us?


Update:  Another monkey falls, but this one less beloved.  And that may be some of the worse acting of grief I have seen.

Update II:  But as for the beloved Cheetah I can only say this:   And when I die, and when I'm gone  there will be one child born in this world to carry on.

Update III:  Conservative Commune notes the loss.  They also fill in some of the gaps from Cheetah's retirement life in near seclusion.  

Wall Street Repo Men

This sort of works...

Great article at NRO.


There is also a lesson in this tale from Instapundit.  Ben Nelson is not an evil man, but he was corrupted by this system.  And this corruption is in both parties.  There are still people who actually care about this country and do not want this corruption to continue.  Be it from Paulson and his Goldman Sach cronies working for Bush or Summer, Geithner, and Rubin and their Goldman Sach cronies working for Clinton and Obama.  And you don't think they are trying to back stop their positions with Romney if Obama goes down?  This insider corruption has to stop.

And it is frustrating that the one politician who gets it, is also completely nuts on most other issues and is unelectable.

Update:  But let's not forget who turbo charged the current depression we are in.

Update II:  Ace of Spades on the story...

Update III:  Hugh Hewitt does not like this article (what a surprise).