Weekend Rambler

An Old Wells Fargo station from the Gold Rush.

I took a little exploratory trip to the Yuba Gold Fields a few miles away, it was a gray and misty day and I had cabin fever so why not, besides why own a 4x4 if not to go splashing down unmaintained roads in the rain. Access was more limited than I had hoped for from looking at the maps of the area.Wild flowers were abundant on the piled tailings of the dredging operations that took place in the Yuba river during the gold days and I will go back on a more photogenic day for some pictures as this rain will help the flowers along even more. It is an interesting contrast.

Meanwhile back in the present exploring that information frontier of cyberspace I came along this great piece by Fred Kagen at the Weekly Standard, it is long but worth the read for anyone interested in progress in Iraq. His answer to both questions "Can we win?" and "Can we lose?" is yes and lays it out by the facts on the ground. I know we can win and we must for it is pure evil we are facing and that is what our troops are saying as well, that is why they volunteer to go back time and again even the wounded fight to heal so they can rejoin the battle to protect the innocent from the horrors of that evil that has become islamo-fascism.

Michelle Malkin has been taking emails from the military community in response to Sen Harry'Retreat'Reid and his "We've lost" comment and posting them, fun reading if you are a right thinker.

Hugh Hewitt is all stoked and full of steam at the airing of the psychopathic murderer's final tirade of evil by the MSM, most notably NBC. I agree as we got a copycat in my county and a lockdown of two school districts here in California soon afterwards, after some meth-head threatened to beat the VT atrocity. The authorities got the psycho and my applause to them. This insane sicko will now be a poster boy for the sick evil that will come from it. I for one would rather be charged with unlawful gun possession on campus than be gunned down without a fight.

My man Mitt Romney, keeps impressing voters as they get to know him through his truelly modern and unique web outreach and impressive stump speeches. Rudy and Mitt were both well recieved in Greensboro, SC. while Sen "no show"Mcain skips another important GOP convention in an important early state. His supporters were not happy. The Townhall fox Mary Katherine Ham has an interview with Mitt posted as well.

Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard also highlights Steve Hayward's video "A Convenient Fiction" that I linked to via NRO last night. I could not say it better.

Have a good week end!

PS: A Barnyard welcome the The Huntress