Maybe it’s just me, but while Iran is trying to get its hand on a nuke; while armed and uniformed Mexicans are shooting at U.S. law enforcement personnel along our borders; while congress is spending us into oblivion — I somehow find it hard to get worked up over how we learned that Dick Cheney [...]

So far a Google search produces no Dick-Cheney / Aaron Burr comparisons. Give it time.

Quote of the Day (HT to John Fund of WSJ) “Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), hosting a morning roundtable with reporters, had nothing nice to say about Alito… Briefly, Kennedy rewrote the outcome of the 1964 election. ‘This nominee was influenced by the Goldwater presidency,’ he said. ‘The Goldwater battles of those times were the [...]

Chuck Muth has a nomination: I hereby nominate lobbyist Jack Abramoff for Humanitarian of the Year. I’m dead serious. Ever since his guilty plea, scores of politicians from both parties have been donating money they received from Abramoff to various charities by the bucket-full. How long will it be before Howard Dean calls on a [...]

Good to the last dropping. HT: WSJ’s opinion journal.

The know-it-alls have decided to spend the taxpayers’ $225 million on a new spaceport rather than an NFL stadium. But they have ignored an important complement that we already have for the new stadium: a blimp.

We know our Guv had presidential ambitions; and he thinks he is quite important. But doesn’t this sound like a bit much? HT: Mickey Barnett

Answer is here. Hat tip to Robert Lawson for the link. This BC cartoon would work especially well for NM too. How about bubbles that say “I’m a tax cutting governor,” “education reform will work” and/or “more economic development incentives?” Email me if you have any more suggestions (hmessen@nmia.com).

Harriet Miers is the pick for me. I agree with what former Senator Roman Hruska once said about a failed Nixon pick: “G. Harrold Carswell is a mediocrity but mediocre Americans deserve representation on the court as well.” Hat tip to Charles Krauthammer via Mickey Barnett.