This is not to say that I don't know and like Ted Nugent. He moved to a ranch around Waco , where he preserves game and hunts, and often has wounded soldiers from the Middle East over for a barbecue. Good man.

This may be an urban legend but having seen him interviewed, I believe it has the ring of truth to it.

Nugent was being interviewed by a liberal journalist, an animal rights activist. The discussion came around to deer hunting.

The journalist asked, "What do you think is the last thought in the head of a deer before you shoot him? Is it, 'Are you my friend?' or is it 'Are you the one who killed my brother?'"

Nugent replied, "Deer aren't capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is, 'What am I going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away.' They are very much like the Democrats in Congress."

The only thing that I can disagree with is the running away bit. Some of them are running away from Obama but I have yet to see a mass defection from their statist policies, and this is not something that I expect to see, for their essential nature is that of interfering bossiness.

It is a major character flaw but they don't see it that way. And any who are retired will be in denial of the reasons.

Last year when Mr. Obama vacationed in Martha's Vineyard, a hot-selling item was a tee-shirt saying, "I vacationed with Obama." One store owner last year sold over 4,000.

This year his biggest seller is a tee-shirt with a picture of George W. Bush saying, "Miss me yet?"

Ohio, which is hardly a typical red state, was polled and that state would prefer Bush to be president over Obama 50 to 42%.

Even Democrat pollsters are bracing for a bad November. But they ought not worry yet. There's still time for the Republicans to screw it up.

(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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Enjoy. I surely did.

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.

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

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.

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."

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.

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.

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

...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.