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I'm 100% devoted to my iPod. This trusty little device probably spends about an hour a day with me, and I simply cannot imagine life without it. However, if you think I'd be interested in watching video on a 4x3...

Miers to face hostile queries from both sides of aisle

Bush stands by nominee's credentials

THe discussions about the appointment of Harriet Miers to the SCOTUS has turned into a sort of situation where you can't tell who the players are without frequent reference to the scorecard.

There's lots of commentary that is skeptical from both sides of the political landscape, and support (or at least some receptiveness) from both sides also.

The hearings will be interesting. After considering the situation to date, the Chief is still in a position of cautious optimism - hopeful that if approved that Ms. Miers is a judicial originalist. If she's not, then our system will be dead meat ultimately.

The only problem is, there's not much to go on to either oppose or support her, at least not yet.

ZenPundit offers a great analysis on Harriet Miers. Excerpt:Aside from a reputation of being personable, hardworking and gracious, that's as much as I can say in favor of Ms. Miers. It was not a nomination worthy of the ridiculous abuse...

The French press is noting Daschle [Update: Here's the link]:US ex-senator says undecided about whether to run for president in 2008 Tom Daschle, a former US senator who lost his seat last year, told AFP that he was undecided about...

If America had a true opposition party hanging around, you'd think this would be something of a banner week for them. Y'know, real salad days for folks who hate everything GWB and applaud every miscue real or imagined. Wrong....

Desperate Pakistanis Await Earthquake Aid

The death toll of this earthquake is still rising as officials keep digging out collapsed buildings, and still haven't surveyed countryside areas that were also hit hard.

Desperate Pakistanis huddled against the cold and some looted food stores Monday because aid still had not reached remote areas of Kashmir, where a devastating earthquake flattened villages, cut off power and water, and killed tens of thousands. Officials predict the death toll, now estimated at between 20,000 and 30,000, will climb because of exposure and disease. With winter just six weeks away, the United Nations has said 2.5 million people near the Pakistan-India border need shelter.

Anyone notice how the Islamofascists that were quick to label the gulf coast hurricanes as a sign of Allah's negative judgement are now in a state of deafening silence? (One can only hope that Pat Robertson doesn't embarrass himelf again.)

Another reminder that the world is NOT a place where one's security can be assumed. Anyplace, anytime, the whole show can come crashing down - the only question is how prepared (materially, physically, and spiritually) you are when TSHTF.

Remember in ancient days pre-Katrina when Homeland Security had the temerity to suggest that a 72-hour emergency kit was a great idea? And the H.S. Secretary was ridiculed by much of the MSM for saying so? EVERYWHERE has some form of potential disaster: earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, tornadoes, tsunamis, whatever....To prepare, or not to prepare...your call, you bet your life.

"LEARNING IS NOT COMPULSORY. BUT THEN AGAIN, NEITHER IS SURVIVAL."
- W, Edward Deming

See you not the rush of wind and rain?
See you not the oaks lash each other?
See you not the ocean scourging the shore?
See you not the truth portending?
See you not the sun hurtling the sky?
See you not that the stars have fallen?
Have you no belief in God, foolish man?
See you not your world is ending?
- ancient Celtic song

That is if they are Republicans. Unlike their position on Bill Clinotn?s allege perjury charges, the Democrats are convinced Tom Delay is guilty simply based on indictments?not convictions. The South Dakota Democrat exemplifies this as they go after John Thune...

From the Grand Forks Herald. See a fuller version, appearing on Jim's blog....

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