From On High

• Indianapolis Colts Look Out

  
  In  local news:
  New public safety football team snaps to it
  A newly formed minor league football team is made up of firefighters, police officers and sheriff's deputies from the Roanoke and New River valleys.
  By Amanda Codispoti, Roanoke Times
  
  Monday was the third time [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:19am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  John Hinderaker in the prosecution of those union thugs out in St. Louis:
  It occurs to me that if these union thugs had been Navy SEALS apprehending a terrorist mass murderer of Americans, rather than agents of the Democratic Party trying to suppress expression of a political view [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:43am EST
  

• Subheader of the Day

  The fuzzy math and goofy logic of government-goosed employment
  [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:49am EST
  

• The Devil In The Details

  As experts pore over those Climategate emails, more damning proof of subterfuge comes to light.
  
  This wasn't a matter of naïveté.  Nor of chums communicating colloquially about the data they had accumulated.
  
  It was FRAUD.  From start to finish.
  CRU's Source Code: Climategate Uncovered
  By Marc Sheppard, American [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:21am EST
  

• Fabulous

  Along with the appropriate shock and anger that have flowed from the Climategate revelations, we now have - thanks to the wonderful nature of the internet, a heaping dose of ridicule and scorn directed at those "scientists" who have been pushing the global warming hoax.
  
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:18am EST
  

• The Corruption May Be Widespread

  Anthony Watts reports that those CRU "scientists" may not have been alone in manipulating climate data in order to achieve a desired result:
  Uh, oh – raw data in New Zealand tells a different story than the “official” one.
  
  The New Zealand Government’s chief climate advisory unit NIWA [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:00am EST
  

• Here's Why It Matters

  The New York Times this morning, front page:
  Businesses in U.S. Brace for New Rules on Emissions
  By Jad Mouawad
  
  The nation’s corporations have long been bracing for the day when they would be required to carry out sharp cuts in the emissions that cause global warming. That day [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 4:50am EST
  

• Here It Comes

  On the lighter side this morning, "One Single Payer System," the musical.
  
  Turn up the volume.  Bend over:
  
  
  
  
  Shouldn't we at least get a kiss first, Barry?' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 4:37am EST
  

• A Worthy Cause

  Elizabeth Strother, writing in the Roanoke Times:
  For those who have too little
  
  In our part of the country, the Southwestern Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank reports 20 percent to 30 percent increases over the last two years in the numbers of people getting emergency food assistance from [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 7:51am EST
  

• Headline Of The Day

  Isn't this how these stories always turn out?
  
  First you get the wild-eyed wienies on the left screaming about some right-wing conspiracy and then ...
  
  ... the truth comes out:
  
  Census worker murdered by conservatives not actually murdered by conservatives
  
  As it turns out, the' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:47am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  Charlie Martin on those global warmists who have been caught fudging their work:
  
  "Simply put, scientists aren’t software engineers. They don’t keep their code in nice packages and they tend to use whatever language they’re comfortable with."
  
  While possibly true, it's not right.
  
  If a scientist [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:29am EST
  

• On The Science Scandal of the Millenium

  Here's where those purloined emails are leading the (new media) investigation.  The scientists who gave us global warming had to seriously distort their own data in order to reach their pre-established conclusions.
  
  Charlie Martin:
  I think there’s a good reason the CRU didn’t want to give their data' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:22am EST
  

• Our War-Time Commander

  Tick tock.  Tick tock.  Tick ...
  
  “After eight years, some of those years in which we did not have, I think, either the resources or the strategy to get the job done, it is my intention to finish the job."
  
  “And I feel very confident that when the" [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:52am EST
  

• Things Are ... Heating Up

  Expect to see a lot more activity like this as concerned citizens try to get a better handle on the nefarious activities of those climate alarmists who perpetrated the worst - and most damaging - hoax in the history of mankind:
  Competitive Enterprise Institute Sues NASA in Wake of Climategate [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:50am EST
  

• Try Again, With Feeling

  If bowing before foreign rulers is a sign of respect ...
  
  ... why isn't anyone bowing before the Great and Powerful O?
  
  
  
   
  
  
  Are they all then being disrespectful?
  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:37am EST
  

• Looks Like I'm Not Alone

  A record number of people polled by Rasmussen are now strongly disapproving of the job performance of Barack Obama.
  
  If only they had listened when it counted.
  
  The latest:
  
  -15 and dropping.
  
  I guess talk of hope and change will only [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 4:23am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  Ouch.  This, from Der Spiegel, has to hurt:
  When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it's not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming.
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:26am EST
  

• A Huge Disconnect

  60% of the United States Senate supports ObamaCare.
  
  Nearly 60% of America opposes it.
  
  What's wrong with this picture?
  Support for Health Care Plan Falls to New Low
  Rasmussen Reports
  
  Just 38% of voters now favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats. [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:13am EST
  

• It Seems So Simple

  "We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better."
  -- Jeff Bezos
  
  Yeah?  If only.
  
  So I was standing in line at the bank' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:07am EST
  

• 'Low Ebb,' Gutter, One in the Same

  A point to be made about those who hate - or fear - Sarah Palin:
  Sarah Palin and the low ebb of the cultural left
  By Claude Sandroff, American Thinker
  
  One of the great challenges when writing about Palin is to keep focus on her concrete accomplishments (the energy [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:05am EST
  

• Really?

  Here's a liberal Washington Post columnist's take on Obama's submissive bow to the emperor of Japan:
  
  "There's been a lot of misguided criticism of President Obama's trip to Asia. You're upset that he bowed to the emperor of Japan? Get over it. Obama was being respectful" [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:59am EST
  

• What's Al Gore Going To Do For a Living Now?

  Even his close allies in the struggle to turn us back to the Stone Age are abandoning ship:
  Global Warming Promoter 'Dismayed and Deeply Shaken' by ClimateGate
  By Noel Sheppard, NewsBusters
  
  One of the world's leading promoters of the anthropogenic global warming myth claimed Monday he is convinced the' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• How's That War Planning Coming, Barry?

  Obama Thanks Hollywood With Coveted Invites To First White House State Dinner
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 4:23am EST
  

• Trying To Provide Cover

  Feebly.
  
  From today's Roanoke Times, a laugher:
  A real threat to Medicare
  editorial
  
  There is one real and immediate threat to Medicare patients that touches on the health care reform debate: Republicans and some fiscal hawks among Democrats are balking at a measure to avert a 21 percent [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:23am EST
  

• Whereas Joe Biden Couldn't Pack a Denny's Restaurant ...

  .. at lunch hour, Sarah Palin drew the masses on Sunday:
  
  Palin welcomed by 1000+ fans at Roanoke book signing
  
  Wow. [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:04am EST
  

• A Permanent Situation, We Hope

  Fort Hood suspect paralyzed from chest down, lawyer says
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:47am EST
  

• We Want Someone's Head on a Platter

  Here's the least we can expect from ClimateGate, the evolving story that has to do with those global warming scientists activists who cooked their data - and colluded in how best to present it and argue it:
  
  Names are being named.
  
  Reputations are being ruined.
  
  Careers are' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:17am EST
  

• A Telling Tale About Those Who Hate Sarah

  Jonah Goldberg, writing in National Review:
  Slate magazine is just one of the countless media outlets convulsing with St. Vitus’ Dance over that demonic succubus Sarah Palin. In its reader forum, The Fray, one supposed Palinophobe took dead aim at the former Alaska governor’s writing chops, excerpting the following [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:54am EST
  

• This Is Just Great

  You can bet, Osama bin Ladin and 12 million other Muslim fanatics around the globe will be tuned to their TV sets for this:
  Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views
  By Karen Matthews, Associated Press
  
  New York (AP) - The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:42am EST
  

• When Fools Run Things

  I'm not sure whether I should be more upset with tho L.A. Times reporters or with idiotic Congressional spokesmen over this one:
  LA Times Changes Its Mind: Science Doesn't Matter On Climate Bill
  By Candace Moore, NewsBusters
  
  That thumping sound you hear is the Los Angeles Times moving the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:32am EST
  

• He's Goin' Down

  I'm no expert but I'm guessing this isn't good:
  
  
  Why aren't more people approving of Obama's job performance, I wonder.  Shouldn't we all be appreciative of his efforts to reduce unemplo ... of his efforts to win the war on terr ... of his efforts' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:27am EST
  

• Did Anyone Expect a Different Outcome?

  After all, they are DEMOCRATS:
  
  Reid bill: 16M uninsured U.S. citizens pay a penalty tax. 8M uninsured illegal aliens do not.
  
  I'm trying to remember, when Obama was campaigning to be president, did he tell us that his primary goal was to punish Americans and reward illegals?' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:13am EST
  

• A Phenomenon in the Making

  Even the Beatles, in their heyday, wouldn't have garnered such enthusiasm:
  Hundreds waiting for Palin's book signing in Roanoke; video of overnight campers
  By Katelyn Polantz, The Roanoke Times
  
  7:10 a.m.: More than 300 people camped overnight Saturday outside Barnes & Noble Booksellers at Valley View Mall to await' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:22am EST
  

• I'm Not Sure What To Make Of This

  As anyone who lives in rural Virginia can tell you, skilled craftsmen and contractors are hard to come by.  Electricians, plumbers, builders, carpenters - ya need a good one?  Get in line.  And prepare to wait.
  
  So what happens when ...
  
  (a) the government pours a pile of [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 7:09am EST
  

• For You Car Buffs

  What is it?
  
  
  Hmmm.  The front kinda looks like a '57 Chevy.  But the back looks more like a '59.
  
  You're right!
  
  
  
  
  It's a custom (seriously custom) 1957, 1958, and 1959 Chevy!
  
  I think it looks' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:49am EST
  

• Lies. Damn Lies. And Global Warming Studies.

  If, for all these years, you've maintained your faith in the "evidence" provided you by those global warming "scientists" as being supportive of your belief that the planet is, in fact, warming, you don't want to read "The Alarmists Do 'Science': A Case Study," an exhaustive analysis of the [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:17am EST
  

• The Church Must Stand For Something

  Or it might as well not exist.*
  
  Well, let it be known that the Roman Catholic diocese of Providence, Rhode Island stands for something.  And thank God for it:
  Report: Kennedy barred from communion by bishop
  By Ray Henry, Associated Press Writer
  
  Providence, R.I. (AP) — Roman [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:11am EST
  

• He Never Liked Them Anyway

  " Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza.  Ethnic cleansing [by] the Zionists is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don't want Barack talking like that because that's anti-Israel.
  
  
  "The Jewish vote, the A-I-P-A-C vote, that’s controlling him, that would not let him send representation' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:31am EST
  

• How Cool Is This

  In the "How did they think that up" department:
  
  
  
  
  The lengths to which they'll go to sell a car ...' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:20am EST
  

• Obama's Plan To Bankrupt the Coal Industry ...

  ... kicks into high gear:
  
  Interior increases oversight of mountaintop mining
  
  Here's the short-hand version of the article:
  
  Obama's Interior Department will soon be rolling out regulations that will make it impossible for any proposed surface mine to ever receive the necessary permit again.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:38am EST
  

• 'I Am Stupid'

  "So Philip Morris owes me $300 million."
  
  Only in America, 2009:
  Ex-Smoker Wins Against Philip Morris
  By Duff Wilson, New York Times
  
  Legal experts predict that thousands of tobacco lawsuits could gain momentum in Florida after a Fort Lauderdale jury ordered Philip Morris USA to pay $300 million [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:51am EST
  

• Spin 101

  The New York Times this morning:
  
  "A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would."
  
  Like Obama's "jobs saved or created" chimera, this cynical "fewer shed" jobs' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:23am EST
  

• This Is News?

  About an hour ago, a pack of coyotes was howling and yipping like crazy in the pitch darkness that enshrouded the forest just beyond my barn.  Like they do every morning.
  
  It's an every-night/morning occurrence.
  
  That's why this doesn't startle me:
  
  Coyotes roam Botetourt area
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:17am EST
  

• Say What?

  So I'm perusing a list of endangered sites in the Roanoke region as provided to the Roanoke Times by the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation, and, mixed in with the not-surprising homesteads and abandoned factory buildings, I came across this on the list:
  Several mountainsides that are undergoing logging operations,' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:10am EST
  

• Titan In Running Shorts

  They've tried their best to destroy her.
  
  They have failed.
  
  She shoulders on.
  
  Still they hate her.
  Palin-Hating 101
  By S.E. Cupp, Town Hall
  
  Her influence and allure are practically unprecedented among failed vice presidential candidates. (Can anyone imagine Lloyd Bentsen, Jack Kemp or' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:04am EST
  

• Obama Is Known To Say Just About Anything

  As he stood atop the Great Wall, amiring its "majesty":
  
  Obama says Asia trip about jobs
  
  
  Whatever you say, Barry. [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:06am EST
  

• Lest We Forget

  There are those we become accustomed to ignoring.
  
  Those who never ignored us.
  
  
  
  I think I'll call my mother this afternoon.' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:13am EST
  

• Solutions To All Our Problems

  From the desk of former Delegate Barnie Day:
  Solving The Budget Crisis
  
  Forget the $3-per-ton tax credit we give Virginia’s billion-dollar-profit utilities for burning Virginia coal. Forget the billion-dollar rebate we send to localities for taxes they impose. Forget the hundred million dollar fee we pay retailers just for [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:04am EST
  

• It Isn't Funny Any More

  I always got the biggest kick out of ridiculing those "scientists" who believed - despite all evidence to the contrary - that the globe is warming.
  
  This goes beyond fun.  And deserves far more than ridicule in response.
  
  Exile is appropriate.  If not the lash.
  
  As [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:56am EST
  

• It's Come To This

  Where once thousands were employed, this part of Virginia now looks for someone to kick in a few thousand ... dollars:
  Railroading groups join to woo tourists
  By Jenny Kincaid Boone
  
  Tourism gurus have a plethora of options for marketing the Roanoke Valley and its surrounding areas as a [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:18am EST