Americans to bossy government: “Shut up and go away!”
Michael Barone looks at the President’s recent theory of why his party is about to get an unholy beating at the polls next month and offers his own three theses: First is that the Progressive theory of History, that it inevitably moves leftward and toward bigger government is demonstrably untrue. After the vast expansions of government under Wilson and FDR (and statist Republicans like Nixon), for example, there were corresponding periods of moving toward deregulation.
SF 49ers at the Carolina Panthers (UPDATE: PANTHERS WIN 23-20!)
The 0-5 Panthers look to score their first victory of the season against the league’s other “worst team” – my co-blogger’s SF 49ers. The 9ers are coming off their first win of the season last week (17-9 over Oakland) and will look to capitalize on that with another win this week.
Big kittehs vs. the evil pumpkins!
A bit of fun for your Sunday morning: watch as tigers, leopards, and other great cats play with (and destroy) leftover pumpkins: