A houseful and a project

Hopefully I will get to some blogging later today – if you’ve emailed me and not received a response, I beg your pardon. I did some traveling early in the weekend and for some reason the house seems to be very busy, the past few days. I have a project due by Friday…really, it’s due by Thursday…I’m going to try to finish it by Saturday at the very latest…

All of this by way of saying blogging will continue light-ish for a day or so. Meanwhile, some links to keep you busy.

I missed all the excitement over Pamela Hess declaring – bravely – that “the country is getting screwed” by reporters who dare not look at anything beyond the politics of Iraq, who dare not ask “what if we lose, what happens if we pull out,” because to do so may leave a perception that they are “carrying water” for the president. Good for Ms. Hess. Someone in the press needed to call out the rest of them. I won’t hold my breath waiting for them to scratch their heads and say, “ya know…she’s got a point there.”

Meanwhile, it appears no one in the press will ever ask any questions about Sandy Berger’s antics with classified material. Our press is not free. It is also almost sinfully incurious. And the nation is getting screwed.

Gaius’ son’s stay in Iraq has been extended for 6 months. Sometimes I think the parents of our men and women in uniform, to whom we owe so much debt, deserve their own medals for courage.

An interview with a soldier that is well-worth reading, if only to keep in mind the sort of folk we have over there.

And a very good, unusual piece about Cowboy Dubya. I like the last graph, in particular. H/T Sally.

Bizzy Blog says if you’d just been reading his damn blog, you wouldn’t be so surprised at the good economic outlook. Gay Patriot has an excellent overview of just how remarkable the Bush economy has been, since he entered office. Not that he’s gotten any credit for it.

Roger Simon predicts Al Gore’s Oscar. Egad, I can’t imagine how insufferable Gore will be when he gets it, but maybe he hire someone better for his make-up. That cover…it scared me.

An interesting Reagan clip from Cuanas. I’d never seen it before, anyway.