commission in SC? Somebody, GC?, who knows SC politics know the back story on this? I can’t see the Gov. letting 77K people miss their UI checks unless there’s something good and juicy underneath it.

Every time I read a story like this, it makes me glad we have the pure appointee structure for most of our government. We don’t have any elected agency heads on only a couple of commissions with real governing power. In what I know of this one, if the Alaska head of the unemployment unit told the Governor he wouldn’t agree to an audit, he’d be unemployed before he could finish the sentence.

Isn’t it great for Packers fans that we have a real franchise QB in Aaron Rodgers?! In his first year as the starting QB, he has passed for over 4,000 yards, 25 TDs with 4 rushing TDs, just 13 interceptions, and a 94 rating! Oh my…what a surprise when he fell into our laps when Packers picked him with 24th pick in 2005….

Brett Favre who? He once agian leds NFL with 22 interceptions and only 21 TDs…

I’ll bet you Packers will be going to Super Bowl next year. Watch out for Rodgers and Co.!

Just guessing.

…and the Eagles make the playoffs.

Otherwise it was pretty much a dud.

Because he is the answer to ever significant question. And I don’t mean his ill-fated presidential run.

I mean, Fred Thompson has become this generation’s magnet that draws all conservatism to a central point. You may think I am kidding, but I am not. Not since the 1994 incarnation of Newt have we had a person who is the focal point of conservatism.

I actually think the two biggest stories of the year had a lot to do with robotics and technology. I’m not talking about social networking sites, although those were important:

I’m talking about the almost unqualified success of the USAF in using unmanned drones armed with missiles at standoff distances against terrorists.

And secondly,

The very very unwelcome counterpart to this use, which is going to be mileage taxes on automobile usage based on satellite and GPS technology.

To me, those are the two most important stories of the year.

The third most important is how the overreliance on mathematical models of risk allowed the entire financial system of finance capitalism to implode.

Computer modeling is never, ever going to be a substitute for common-sense thinking: lending money to people who cannot pay it back can never again serve as the basis for securitized debt obligations. And while credit-debt swaps may have initially freed up previously moribund capital, they did so at a profound and almost unrecognized level of risk.

The common assumption in both of these mistaken ventures is that things will always go up. They won’t. And nobody should ever believe again that they will.

We know Chris Dodd was responsible so…

I Peter Schiff running against Chris Dodd in 2010?
http://schiff.polaction.com/

A very happy, healthy and prosperous (whatever that means in 2009) New Yer to all my friends at RedState!

I’m doing the research now, but it’s looking like a real humdinger of a story. We’re wondering how far the conspiracy to remove Stevens went. And conspiracy it was.

and don’t be drinkin’ and drivin’.

You and I both had babies….well ok our respective wives did…yeah it would have been bigger news if we had had babies, but I ain’t down with that!!!…..;^)

May your 2009 be better than your 2008, and may God as you understand Him bless us — every one.

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Looking back, I want to thank Erick, Neil and the “faceless Directors” for getting RS3 up and running. And especially thank Neil (as I’m sure EPU would agree) for his excellent work with the RecList.

Looking forward to 2009 and hoping that Republicans will find spines, a small government philosophy and the willingness to fight 24/7. I’ll miss Dick Cheney and … nobody else.

Hopes for Condi Rice to be NFL Commissioner (so we don’t have to talk about her POTUS candidacy anymore), and maybe a Senate run for John Bolton. And sincere hopes that we never hear the names Mike Duncan or Chip Saltsman again.

It’s hard to believe I’ve only been here for six months. I’ve had a great time, and I look forward to many more great times here on RedState.

The next four years are our time to rebuild the party, get back to basics, and build up our cause for 2012. We cannot let Obama win a second term.

Best wishes to everyone, and here’s hoping that 2009 is the best year ever for you and yours.

Now I get it.

I guess it’s paying off for them now.

The man overseeing the Senate recount, Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, was also endorsed by Acorn, and his election campaign in 2006 was funded in part by something called “The Secretary of State Project.” This latter group, founded by MoveOn.org’s former grass-roots director, exists solely to install far-left candidates as secretaries of state in swing states.