That night on the marge of Lake Lebarge

A recitation on video of the Robert Service classic by a guy who looks a lot like the man that's known as Rock.

Ahh, the Left

Left-wing, anti-war group ANSWER held a rally in New York at the UN Plaza this past Saturday. Some telling placards from the rally:

• The U.S.A. MUST BE DEFEATED, NOT APPEASED!
• Jews, denounce Zionism for the evil it is and the Zionist state of Israel a heretic Country Whose Supporters will spend eternity in Hell!!
• NORTH KOREA NEEDS NUKES TO DETER THE U.S.

At least one banner tried to counteract the ANSWER folks:

• If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more violence.
  If the Jews put down their weapons today, there would be no more Israel.

(Hat tip.)

Quote of the day

Keith Olbermann, the ESPN anchor-turned-liberal-political-polemicist last week (video here):

[W]e now face... [a] government more dangerous to our liberty, than is the enemy it claims to protect us from.

Right, Keith. No real need to concern ourselves with Islamist terrrorists determined to kill us as long we keep the evil neo-cons in check.

Update: Turns out this is par for the course for Olbermann. Here he is on Oct. 23:

But the leading terrorist group in this country right now is the Republican Party.

(The latter quote via Stephen Spruiell, who comments, "the only difference remaining between Keith Olbermann and some 'peace activist' moron with a 'George W. Bush is the Real Terrorist' sign is that Olbermann has a TV show.")

Quote of the day

"Act locally, think globally: Shop Wal-Mart." --Michael Strong (via John Tierney)

Obama knocks Knox appearance for Colbert

Heh. And on the official Senate site to boot.

(Hat tip.)