I would ask him to forgive me for taking great pleasure in this. Guess that’s what schadenfreude is all about.

…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.

Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.

…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.

Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.

…to hear that Venezuela’s currency is collapsing. Such are the wages of socialism. No doubt he’ll blame it on George Bush.

Let’s hope that it leads to the collapse of Hugo’s government. I would think, at a minimum, that it bodes well for lower oil prices, because he’s going to have to start selling it off faster to prop up his national shell game.

Pete Seeger has (finally) denounced Stalin. And written a new song about it.

[Update on Monday morning]

More Pete Seeger discussion here. Some people don’t think that he deserves as much credit as he’s getting for denouncing Stalin, when he still refuses to denounce communism itself. I think they’re overexpecting a very old dog to learn a new trick.

From cutting and running:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has backed down from demands for a withdrawal of our troops in Iraq by next spring.

Selling voters on cut and run was always tough, but now a new UPI/Zogby Poll finds that 54% of Americans believe the Iraq war is not lost.

Beyond the achievements of our forces, the public is obviously impressed that Iraq’s five top political leaders have agreed on a series of compromises, including oil wealth distribution and provincial elections.

Well, that’s what happens when you govern by poll instead of principle.

Some thoughts about Republican “sex” scandals.

Of course, the Democrats will just point to this as evidence that Republicans have “hang ups” about sex.

When I was reading this blog post about the Marines at Haditha being cleared (sort of–you’ll see what I mean when you read the post), this phrase jumped off the screen at me:

“We can’t say those guys didn’t commit a crime,” said Michael F. Noone Jr., a retired Air Force lawyer and law professor at Catholic University of America. “We can only say that after an investigation, there was not sufficient evidence to prosecute.”

That statement could have been about Bill and Hillary Clinton, without changing a word. Bob Ray’s report didn’t clear them, contrary to popular media (and Democrat) myth.

And no, it’s not old news. She’s running for president, and seems likely to be the Democrat nominee. And “innocent until proven guilty” is a principle for the courtroom, not for public opinion.

Abandon it.

Why do these people think that they are entitled to American taxpayers’ wallets to build another disaster waiting to happen? Give them a grant, and tell them to move.

Instapundit has a roundup of Katrina links, including continuing myths in the press.

Here’s a(nother–see comments*) example:

He told the governors: ‘Who’s going to fight [the war on terror] in the future if we’re a generation so sick that we don’t have the capacity to show up for work?'” So: In addition to folksy, populist, and funny, we need to start adding the adjective “dumb.”

Between that and his proposal for a nationwide smoking ban, I think that you can stick a fork in him for the Republican nomination. Sorry to those Democrats* who were looking for a southern Democrat to run on the Republican ticket.

* “I like Mike Huckabee. He speaks with a level of candor other politicians do not and he is just about the only GOP candidate that might tempt me to cross over in the general election.

However, this also means he is very, very unlikely to become the GOP nominee. “