Jim Bunning throws another Perfect Game

Here in my little world, anyone who throws a perfect game in a Phillies uniform automatically qualifies as a diety.  Doing it on Father’s Day against the Mets is arguably a greater feat than parting the Red Sea.  Sadly, like Moses, Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning will not be remembered as a silver-tongued orator.  But  he can still play hardball, as Fed Chair Ben Bernanke discovered  Thursday at his confirmation hearing.  Let’s just say it wasn’t the Tee-ball session Bennie expected…..

 You can find the full video and transcript at the Daily Bail.  This is a must see!  Bunning holds Bernanke’s feet to the fire and doesn’t relent.  Heli-Ben completely wiffs defending the indefensible.

Quotes:

“…. the A.I.G. bailout alone is reason enough to send you back to Princeton”

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My apology to Tim Geithner

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s been getting slapped around like a ping-pong ball lately.  Hatin’ on him has become as perennial as turkey and stuffing.  As much as I’d like to join the dogpile, there’s something I gotta do first…..

My old man was 100% purebred, stubborn Irish blockhead. When he made up his mind about something, he changed his opinion like most people change eye color.  Mom was half stubborn Irish blockhead, and almost half  hot-head Italian (there’s a pinch of French blood that the family doesn’t talk about).  Atonement isn’t in my genetics.  I get headaches whenever I begin re-thinking my position on anything and changing my mind usually results in what I can only describe as near-death experiences. So either I need a double dose of Tamiflu or I owe Tim Geithner a sincere apology…

Background

I’m no Geithner fan (this is widely known), so when the Daily Bail asked me to write some commentary about the Financial Regulatory Reform proposed by the Treasury department, I gladly accepted. It was an opportunity to metaphorically hang, draw and quarter the Treasury Secretary on a pretty big stage. I planned my attack. I would start with Timmy’s tax evasion. I’d written briefly about it before, but this time, I would show in glorious detail his devious nature or fundamental stupidity (hopefully both). I began digging for the dirty details….

And that’s when things went horribly wrong……

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Emergency Broadcast Warnings?

I’d say on average, I catch a test of the Emergency Broadcast once every couple months or so…so it strikes me as odd that I’ve caught three (two on TV, one on the radio) in the last twelve hours.  The world’s not supposed to end for three more years.  I was curious if anyone else has been hearing these tests more often lately….