OK, then, here is an easier one. Can you say "irony"?

(Jesse) Jackson's Caddy SUV was stripped while he was in town promoting green jobs.

Read the whole thing here.

This may be the smile of the weekend. And on the Labor Day holiday, for us to celebrate the joys of Organized Labor. More irony. h/t Drudge

Polling is interesting, but I tend to think that the real mood of the nation is now best captured by comedians, normally left-wing people, making Obama jokes. And here are some of them:

The liberals are asking us to give Obama time. We agree . . .
And I think 25 to life would be appropriate.
--Jay Leno

America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs
a Halloween mask.
--Jay Leno

Q: Have you heard about McDonald's' new Obama Value Meal?
A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it.
--Conan O'Brien

Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?
A: A fund raiser.
--Jay Leno

Q: What's the difference between Obama's cabinet and a penitentiary?
A: One is filled with tax evaders, blackmailers, and threats
to society. The other is for housing prisoners.
--David Letterman

Q: If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle
of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved?
A: America!
--Jimmy Fallon

Q: What's the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?
A: Bo has papers.
--Jimmy Kimmel

Q: What was the most positive result of the "Cash for Clunkers" program?
A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road.
--David Letterman

And I heard Letterman crack a joke about this being Obama's last term. Yes indeed. Let's hope it is.

The Senate is trending Republican. I heard Dick Morris think that it might be a shift of 80 seats in the house but he's seldom right in his projections. Most interesting is Krauthammer's observation that the generic gap of 10% favors Republicans more than it ever has before.

Juan Williams is nearly incoherent these days, trying to defend the indefensible, and he's not quite the liar of Rubin who will brazenly tell one whopper after the other and refuse to back down. Now Williams is saying that the country is tired of Obama, not the Democrats.

In the last week or so the mood seems to have shifted from anti-incumbent to being more strongly anti-Democrat. I'd take either but prefer the latter.

Let's hope that Nancy et al keep marching off that cliff. And where are the hearings for Charlie Rangel? It's time for some Democrat sleaze to be aired. There's plenty of it.

I started my blogging career as a contributor to one of the early conservative blogs that wound up being an original Pajamas Media site (it isn't anymore). I was a pretty minor contributor and the blog didn't lend itself to local issues or personal blogging (which I never really got into). So, I decided to buy my own domain and write a local/personal blog.

As a contributor all I had to do was opine. Running my own domain and local/personal blog required me to make MoveableType play nice and write every couple of days! Regardless of my interest in the news of the day.

Needless to say, running my own personal blog wasn't for me, so I started commenting on a certain local blog and expounding on certain comments on my own blog when I thought the reply needed more background.

Then on August 11, 2006, I was asked to join the contributors of said local blog, and it truly was the beginning of the end of my personal blog. Today it is official. I've totally wiped the site, and in a couple of months when the domain and hosting contracts are up I will not renew.

Jessica's Well has been my home for over 4 years, I don't need another.

Yesterday in a lightning, unforeseen trip, I traveled to Midland to buy a copy of Windows 7. I've never used Windows and wouldn't now except that I have an application which must have Windows. I admit that some of it is snobbery but in this town if it were known that I knew something about Windows, I'd be expected to fix Windows machines. This is not being in control of your life.

I wanted to put Windows 7 on my 17" MacBook Pro, which has all the connections that I need, but couldn't find a copy of Windows 7. Only upgrades.

This means of course that no one in Midland would be silly enough to buy a new copy of Windows 7.

So last night I bit the bullet and for the sake of convenience, ordered my very first Windows machine, an HP notebook. Which will serve.

But I'm going to have to isolate it at night in a safe lest all the Macs in the office suddenly start displaying the Blue Screen of Death.

I'll hunker in my foxhole to avoid the incoming.

Scott Rasmussen send me an email every day, booming himself of course, but also interesting me. A good deal is naturally Schadenfreude and I'm serving up huge, big, heaping helpings of Schadenfreude every time I look at the polls for the upcoming election.

Very interesting is that in the race to replace the late, and completely unlamented, Senator Robert Byrd, the Grand Kleagle of the KKK. Senator Byrd was noted for being the biggest porker in the Senate, and not a single tear was shed in my house when he assumed room temperature. Even the cats Calvin and Hobbes laughed. It must be contagious. (Let's hope that it doesn't work the other way because a sandbox doesn't sound all that convenient.)

This West Virginia seat, from a state which has often trended Democrat, is now a race between the Republican, Joe Manchin, and the Democrat, John Raese. The Republican is eight points ahead of the Democrat. This is like snow in Honolulu. Recall that this is the state which also elected, over and over, Senator Jay Rockefeller, who for my money is the stupidest senator of all, including Patty Murray. And this is not a one-size-fits-all insult. Listen to Jay Rockefeller. I had no idea that so few generations of Rockefellers could breed the brains entirely out, like inbred European royalty 200 years ago.

Harry Reid is even with Sharon Angle in Nevada, and the drive-by media's been so successful in demonizing her that even normally sensible people are being spooked by some of Ms. Angle's comments.

Senator Boxer is only one point ahead of the Republican challenger, Carly Fiorina.

Meg Whitman, the Republican, is eight points above Jerry "Medfly" Brown for governor of California. I do not know Ms. Whitman but I have seen Governor Jerry Brown interviewed. Earth to Jerry!

And in the generic ballot, the Republicans are ahead more than the margin of error.

This is all well and good but the most interesting thing is that Joe Miller of Alaska beat Senator Lisa Murkoski in the GOP primary in Alaska. The credit goes to endorsements by Governors Palin and Huckabee. The Tea Party is reforming the GOP.

Republicans, here's your chance. If you're smart enough to take it, the GOP can be saved by the Tea Party. I have over and over found myself being disgusted by elected Republicans getting a "new-found respect" in Washington, which means of course that they've moved left. The Democrats, vile though their policies are, at least tell you what they're going to do.

Good. If the Tea Party is even somewhat successful in reforming the Republicans, I'll quit referring to the them as Get Out and Push, or Republicrats or Democrats Lite.

in the 40s and the 50s Warner Bros made some cartoons in which the cartoonists were having lots of fun drawing Daffy funny or erasing him, depending on how much sass he gave them. And of course he gave them quite a lot.

Here's a modern-day denizen of Termite Terrace, Alan Becker.

Enjoy. I surely did.

This is getting to be embarrassing even for a non-supporter of The Chosen One like yours truly. He is falling back to type under pressure. As we all do.

Fearless Leader is a thin skinned, socialist, elitist, Chicago machine politician who was way-not ready for the prime time national stage. No real surprise there for some of us. What is a surprise is his so becoming a victim. This looks real good to our remaining allies...

"The facts are the facts. We went through some of this during the campaign -- there is a mechanism, a network of misinformation that in a new media era can get churned out there constantly," said a visibly annoyed Obama...

Read the whole thing here at Politico, h/t Drudge.

Jessica's Well. Node 6.SJ.7 of the anti-obama network of misinformation.

For the record, we at J's W have always fried bigger fish than the Birthers.

Like the Truthers.

Registered Republicans in Arizona are forbidden from ever again playing or listening to The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again." Ever.

McCain?? Really? MCCAIN?!?!?!?!?!?

There are a couple of interesting things on the Agenda, Minutes and Reports page at the MDC.

First, apparently there was a joint special meeting held on August 10 with the Midland City Council. The whole meeting was an executive session, to discuss economic development incentives, so the subject of that meeting is not open to public scrutiny.

Second, the meeting this Friday has some interesting agenda items:

• Pursuant to Texas Government Code §551.101, the Board of Directors will hold an Executive Session which is closed to the public to discuss the following matters as permitted under the following Texas Government Code Sections:
  
  Section 551.087 Deliberation Regarding Economic Development Negotiations Discuss business prospects that the Midland Development Corporation seeks to have, locate, stay, or expand in or near the City of Midland, Texas and discuss possible incentives, and discuss contract compliance on the part of businesses with which the Midland Development Corporation has an existing contract.
  
  Section 551.129 Consultation with Attorney(s) from the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. by Telephone Conference Call Pursuant to Section 551.129, the Midland Development Corporation Board of Directors will consult with its attorney(s) from the Fulbright & Jaworski law firm by telephone conference call to discuss potential financing of a project.


• Discuss legal issues related to projects.

I'm a bit concerned when the board has to meet with their high powered out of town lawyers to discuss the financing of a project. That usually means there is something quirky about how a deal is to be structured. I don't know about you, but the possibility of creative public financing of development deals makes me nervous.

The sad part is, most of this is happening in executive session, so we in the public are not privy to these proceedings.

A joke so good that I had to pass it on. It's labored but worth it:

---

On a Saturday afternoon, in Washington, D. C., an aide to House Speaker
 Nancy Pelosi visited the Bishop of the Catholic Cathedral in D.C. He told the Cardinal that Nancy Pelosi would be attending the next day's Mass, and he asked if the Cardinal would kindly point out Pelosi to the
 congregation and say a few words that would include calling Pelosi a saint.

The Cardinal replied, "No. I don't really like the woman, and there are
 issues of conflict with the Catholic Church over certain of Pelosi's views."

Pelosi's aide then said, "Look. I'll write a check here and now for a
 donation of $100,000 to your church if you'll just tell the congregation
 you see Pelosi as a saint."

The Cardinal thought about it and said, "Well, the church can use the money, so I'll work your request into tomorrow's sermon."


As Pelosi's aide promised, House Speaker Pelosi appeared for the Sunday
 worship and seated herself prominently at the forward left side of the
 center aisle.
 As promised, at the start of his sermon, the Cardinal pointed out that
 Speaker Pelosi was present.


The Cardinal went on to explain to the congregation,
 
 "While Speaker Pelosi's presence is probably an honor to some, the woman
 is not numbered among my personal favorite personages. Some of her
 most egregious views are contrary to tenets of the Church, and
 she tends to flip-flop on many other issues.

"Nancy Pelosi is a petty, self-absorbed hypocrite, a thumb sucker, and a nit-wit.
 Nancy Pelosi is also a serial liar, a cheat, and a thief.

"I must say, Nancy Pelosi is the worst example of a Catholic I have ever
 personally witnessed.
 She married for money and is using her wealth to lie to the American people.
 She also has a reputation for shirking her Representative obligations
 both in Washington, and in California. The woman is simply not to be trusted.

The Cardinal, remembering his vow to Pelosi's aide, took a breath and continued, "But, when compared with Obama and Senators
 Harry Reid and John Kerry, House Speaker Pelosi is a saint."

---

Personally the stretch is a conservative Cardinal; the priests that I've known tend to be progressives who would think that Nanski is a saint.

This from Rasmussen:

Sixty-eight percent (68%) of the Political Class, however, favor building the mosque near Ground Zero. Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Mainstream voters are opposed.

As though we needed it, here is more evidence that America is being held captive by an arrogant group of people who are utterly contemptuous of what normal Americans feel, which is pride in being an American. Or sensible that America has made more wealth and freedom than any other nation on earth. Progressives are too big for America, really; their opinions are defined, not proven, to be virtuous and meant for the ages. The Current Truth is current to them as of 7 AM this morning. And the Current Truth, that they received on their tin-foil hats, is an imperishable truth. Until tomorrow at 7 AM, when the next imperishable Current Truth will be delivered and adopted. Just don't be in a room with the political class when all their tin-foil hats are rebooting. It's what Night of the Living Dead ought to have been to make it really scary.

And of this political class, 52% believe the obvious lie that the mosque is being built to honor those who died in 9/11. I realize that this is a bare majority but what kind of fool do you have to believe a lie this transparent? To deliberately believe a lie this big?

This is the biggest lie since the Soviet Union fell and could no longer talk about peace through communism. But then the political class exists, riding a wave of lies and deceits. Journolist's Spencer Ackerman said that the Republican advances were worrying enough that it was time to call Fred Barnes and Karl Rove racists. No matter whether or not it's true--just fire the blunderbuss. Yes, a wave of lies and deceit and they're in it up to their elbows.

But why am I surprised? I'm assuming that I know what the term "political class" means; I feel that it is something which defines itself, like couch potato or channel surfing. I'm guessing the political class is most legacy-media journalists, most of academe, and those people who have fed at the public trough all of their lives. And we've known for years that they closet socialists. As Thomas Sowell so memorably said

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

This is why I was so adamant that I am not an intellectual when Jimmy Patterson thought I might be. Apologies to Jimmy for my heat, but I think that I'm rather better grounded, intellectually, than most intellectuals.

Another bon mot from Sowell, "Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face." He obviously said that before Ms. Pelosi was made Speaker.

Anti-American blather from Prez Obambi dissected by Prof Bainbridge. Read it all.

...the left's culture police are prepared to jump on any corporate donation that offends their sensibilities...

Yep.

Unlike corporations, which typically hedge their bets by giving to both parties and mainly to the party in power, union contributions flow 90%+ to Democrats.

Stay angry.

Having bunch of guys who....let's face it....work for a fashion magazine judging the manliness of anything is probably not the best idea.

There is a term for an iPhone 3g running iOS4.

It's called a crappy phone.

We all recall how Blanche Lincoln was bought for her support of Obamacare. There was some consternation that it might have political repercussions; despite the Clintons, who are thieves of a global reach and grasp and who could be based anywhere, Arkansas is in general a conservative state.

And Blanche Lincoln was right to be worried. The Republican John Boozman has 65% support; the incumbent Lincoln 27%. This is seismic.

Unfortunately Patty Murray, the affectless liberal drone/hack from Washington leads the Republican by 4%, but that's nearly within the margin of error. Senator Boxer is holding a slight lead too. Harry Reid is even with his Republican opponent and I personally think that she may have a screw loose. Not as many as Harry, but still, a fair number.

Although I never underestimate the Republicans' ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, there is some reason to hope that November will be a bloodbath for liberals.

In a nutshell: "Not all of those opposed to the building of a mosque at Ground Zero are racist and intolerant. Some of them are Democrats."

More here.

The 9/11 "Truth" movement, while it will never completely die, is but a shadow of its former self. Thankfully.

If you are up to investigating this for yourself let me suggest the web site Debunking911.com. There you will find a discussion of theories that are supported by peer-reviewed science, engineering and some right impressive cipherin'.

Recent visitors here at the Well have tried to advance alternative theories regarding the "truth" behind 9/11 and the collapse of the Twin Towers and also WTC Building 7.

Please notice the difference between the two methods taken by those trying to explain what happened that day.

One side's theories are backed by provable science.

The other side simply accepts that the buildings were brought down by the actions of others besides Islamofascists and proceed to fill us in on the politics and conspiracies behind the attack.

Here is a sample:

First off let me explain 1 position of mine, it wasn't bush's fault, he's just a puppet. bush was a product of the intelligence community just like his father who was a former DCI, ran with the BCCI in the iran contra deal, same goes for clinton who was also involved w. these affairs. Now we come full circle to obama and whos father and mother and step father all worked for intelligence in kenya. obama's mother and father actually met in a russian language school in hawaii where he was conceived and later probably born in kenya. he was later adopted by lolo soetoro in Indonesia who was under NOC and recalled back to kenya to help a US sponsored coup against the communist leader there.

what we are facing here is a monolithic and ruthless intelligence apparatus that has literally overthrown our republic. that is a truth that you have to see here. the effects or causes of the towers coming down is just 1 rosetta stone in this deal amongst hundreds of other slip ups that the globalist made. PDD 51 the executive created a plan for a national disaster which suspends the constitution and dismisses the congress

There is more....

the end product of all this is you the individual will ultimately not be able resist this high tech overlay of scientific and economic tyranny that is just around the corner. homeland security was built for you, the patriot act was aptly named for you, the patriot. and the fema camps will eventually be used as a place of refuge, you'll want to go there, you'll want to put on your bracelet and let the government protect you. you will eventually willing take their shots they force upon you and your children as you cling to them for shelter. this is a fate all of us face unless you wake up now.

make no mistake about it, 9/11 was just the tip of the iceberg for these people. I honestly believe wholeheartedly they have another one coming, probably a nuke, another false flag they will inflict upon millions of innocent people, and blame it on iran. I fear for my people, they will ruthlessly kill anyone with untold megadeaths to secure their prize which is a vision they have lusted after for centuries - world domination.

One set of theories is dominated by science and engineering and the other is dominated by talk of new world orders, CIA Black Ops and world-domination. And if you think such a discussion is not truly complete without a reference to Tri-Lateralists or even the freakin' Rothchilds you won't be disappointed.

Odd, isn't it, how they can just dismiss out of hand what can be calculated, modeled, and largely re-created through scientific means, but then fill us all in on stuff that even if it was reasonable truly is unknowable.

Take your pick.

GITMO not even close to be being closed. (Full disclosure: I don't want it closed.)

Super Genius Lawyer Barack Obama and his team of other Super Genius Lawyers hectored us all on the moral imperative to close GITMO for an entire campaign.

Again, where is the evidence that this guy is so damned smart?

Vapid autobiographies, no work history, no experience, no notable legislation, and no transcripts.

Show me.

In a perverse way it is good that someone who is this incompetent has no real work ethic. Less damage that way. Fore!!!!!