Borrowers beware

Bill Fleckenstein chronicles the ludicrous lengths homebuyers are going to in order to pay ridiculous prices for houses.... and the stupidity of the banks that make these loans.

Santorum vs. birth control

Senator Man-on-Dog shares his views on birth control. It's bad because it liberates women to have sex without getting pregnant. Watch the video.

Bill Richardson

I saw Bill Richardson in a cable network interview last night, discussing the Bolton nomination. He was coy about running for president, and came off as moderate and pragmatic. He also mentioned that he's been cutting taxes in New Mexico.

Richardson is still dirt cheap (3.6 cents!) on TradeSports. Buy him. He's going higher.

I can even see myself voting for him -- especially if the Republicans nominate a sanctimonious religious nut.

Santorum breaks speed record in going back on promise

Just a few days ago, I was relieved that right-wing nutjob Rick Santorum had ruled out running for President in 2008.

Now, Santorum is backing off that promise. All the more reason for us to hope for a crushing re-election defeat in 2006 that will end his maniacal power quest once and for all.

HT: Boinkette.

Howard Dean blames right-wing Court for eminent domain

Howard Dean: no longer just crazy, but stupid too.

Dean actually blamed conservatives for the Kelo decision:

"The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is 'okay' to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is," Dean said...

Let's see... Stephens, Kennedy, Breyer, Souter, Ginsburg... definitely the right-wing of the Supreme Court. Good thing our boy Howard supports those great liberal dissenters Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist, and O'Connor.

HT: Patterico and Anklebitingpundits.

Hillary '08

Jacob Weisberg says Hillary can't win. I don't buy his argument entirely, but I like what it implies for a Hillary - Condi contest.

Finally!

It's a great morning-- John Bolton is headed to the U.N.

And some people are really upset about it.

"The abuse of power and the cloak of secrecy from the White House continues," Kennedy said. "It's bad enough that the administration stonewalled the Senate by refusing to disclose documents highly relevant to the Bolton nomination. It's even worse for the administration to abuse the recess appointment power by making the appointment while Congress is in this five-week recess. It's a devious maneuver that evades the constitutional requirement of Senate consent and only further darkens the cloud over Mr. Bolton's credibility at the U.N."

I don't recall Fat Teddy complaining about "devious maneuvers" when President Clinton used a recess appointment to make James Hormel ambassador to Luxembourg... or when he used a recess appointment to put Roger Gregory on the 4th Circuit... or when he put racial bias advocate Bill Lan Lee in as Assistant Attorney General over the objections of the Senate.