Isn't that his "composite girlfriend"?

Mr. Lileks does a great job indeed, and I just want to reiterate that I have no regrets for paying to be a member, even though I rarely have anything to add. You have to admit though, Mark Steyn was, in large part, what brought many of us from the podcasts to the website. 

While I love being a member of ricochet, I truly miss what it could be with Mark Steyn still participating on the podcast and writing on your pages. Maybe we're not supposed to "go there"?

Black Coffee in Bed was one of my favorites as a kid! I had the privilege of seeing the lead singer at a coffee house sized venue about 15 years ago. It was packed with about one hundred people, and he was so annoyed with the size of the venue that he played his last three songs out on a rear patio that looked onto Wilson and Clarendon Boulevards in Arlington, Va. Most of the people on the street had no idea who he was, but they all knew the tunes!

If medicare and social security aren't means tested, how is the gov't saving money on people that have large savings? Don't be mistaken, I'm not advocating means testing. I just know that my father and his wife are retired, have a nest egg, yet are part of the medicare system and collect social security as well. I'm not saying people with savings aren't less of a burden on gov't, I guess I just don't see how.

I am right there with you, but if you fall into the 10% bracket under the Ryan plan, you should be able to save money without the incentive of a tax break up front. My big fear is that this story is indicative of the desire of liberals to confiscate savings to add to "social security" as the first step down a slippery slope.

I'm concerned about incentives or penalties assesses by the federal gov't. through the tax system, so I guess I would ask, why should we be giving tax breaks for savings?

Don't get me wrong, I don't think the gov't. should start confiscating more from the people without meaningful spending reform, but isn't the 401k, IRA just one of those loopholes that needs to be closed with a flatter tax system that Paul Ryan proposes?

As a current District resident, and a lifelong DC area resident, I can say that there is a lot of talk about the lack of funding to the Park Service for the National Mall. Most people blame it on the fact that we have no voting representatives to secure valuable earmarks for maintenance, but funding for the mall was $33 million in 2008. You can hire a lot of workers from the parking lot at Home Depot for that kind of cash.

I'm just wondering, did Hayes say what Obama attributed to him? just wondering if the quote is accurate?

Awesome episode of RedEye and a great tribute to Breitbart.

Instead of upgrading to the new iPhone from my 3gs, I chose a "free" HTC android phone, and it was the beswt money I never spent. Never, ever going back!

One of the many cliches in sports interviews is that the star of the winning team thanks God in the post-game interview. It is indeed a time honored tradition, and on that was rarely even questioned until Tim Tebow came along... Here is comedian Jeff Stilson on that topic:

"I’m trying to wean myself off sports, it’s too time consuming. I don’t watch football anymore, I gave that up. I got tired of the interviews after the games, because the winning players always give credit to God, and the losers blame themselves. You know, just once I’d like to hear a player say, “Yeah, we were in the game, until Jesus made me fumble. He hates our team.”"

I am more afraid of the political fallout from a "conservative" supreme court overruling the ninth circuit on their prop 8 decision. That, more than anything, will drive their base. It will also probably be just in time for the election.

The pic didn't attach? This is who Dukakis looks like

In order to better identify with the retirees in Florida, Romney came to the rally sporting an original 1960's RCA tv remote, and those sunglasses your grandma wears over her eyeglasses when she drives.