This and That: Ron Paul's Idea, Boilers Win, Bhutto

Thursday notes to get a day started:

-Via Hullabaloo and tpm: Some discussion of the Ron Paul candidacy in the progressive blogosphere. He's the guy on the Republican side who wants to bring all our troops home, not only from Iraq but also from the rest of the world. Tim Russert asked him about this on Meet the Press and wondered if Paul knew how many that would be. He didn't but Tim did: 572,000. Hmmmm, that's a lot of our guys sitting in posts around the world. As one who served overseas, I for one thought it was a great experience and would love to do it again. But, hey, I can do that in some other capacity, a non-military one. So, what the heck, let's do as Ron Paul suggests and bring the boys and girls home and beef up the diplomacy and other gentler means of getting along with our fellow earth bound travelers.

-Purdue wins in Detroit last night in a game that was high scoring and decided with a last second field goal. The Boilers edged the Central Michigan Chippewas. Gotta love the parity in college football these days.

-Just saw the news that Bhutto was assassinated. That's a kick in the stomach. Makes everything else small and inconsequential at the moment.