Quite honestly, I think too much is being made over Ken Mehlman’s bringing up Hillary’s anger. So, she’s angry, so what, this is news? We can’t tell, most of the time, just by looking at her? But I love this quote, from Hillary, herself, on anger. Six years ago, as a Senate candidate in New York, Clinton questioned the temperament of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was expected to be her Republican opponent. Giuliani “gets angry very often,” Clinton... Read more
I have never seen this site before (H/T to Mary Katharine Ham) but here are pages and pages of cartoons about the so-called Cartoon Wars, and some of them are really excellent, not simply in terms of commentary but of execution, as well. I was particularly struck by this one: Read more
Both Confederate Yankee and Tom Maguire took time to fisk Adam Nagourney’s rather hilarious piece in today’s NY Times, entitled, Some Democrats Are Sensing Missed Opportunities. Isn’t that a great headline? It’s right up there today’s other NY Times observations: West Beginning to See Islamic Protests as Sign of Deep Gulf. This is our intelligensia today, folks. Kinda maybe sniffing that their party ain’t doing so well, and…gee, you know…maybe there is something to what some have been saying about... Read more
Blocked by the Dems (and a few weepy Republicans) from confirmation because he once glared at someone with his hands on his hips, John “Two Hips” Bolton has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize Last year, Democrats and a few Republicans refused to confirm Bolton to the U.N. post, forcing President Bush to resort to a recess appointment. Bolton and Kenneth R. Timmerman were formally nominated by Sweden’s former deputy prime minister Per Ahlmark, for playing a major role... Read more
Vaughn Ververs at CBS’ Public Eye has a well-written and strong piece up examining the mainstream media’s reluctance to print the “offensive” cartoons even though a story this huge sort of demands it: “…All of which brings us to the role of Western media, specifically U.S. media, in this face-off. Often lost in discussing this story is the fact that the cartoons were originally printed in a Danish newspaper some five months ago (conspiracy theories are currently raging as to... Read more
Check out Chris Muir’s cartoon today! Oh, come on, you’re not really surprised, are you, that Coretta Scott King’s funeral got political? I’m not. I remember this: Sen Paul Wellstone Memorial After President Bush praised Dr. King, things went downhill, apparently. Video is available here. Really, what was so surprising? I remember Jimmeh Cartah, and his lovely wife Roslyn, saying of his successor, Ronald Reagan, “anything would be better than what we have in the White House, now!” I remember... Read more
From First Things. One, perhaps, for the hard drive. Read more
He could have. This is a thought-provoking essay by Herbert E. Meyer in the American Thinker. To think clearly about the looming crisis with Iran, close your eyes and imagine that you’re standing outside your children’s school. It’s 2:55pm, and you’re chatting amiably with other parents while waiting for the 3pm bell to ring. Suddenly you see a man running toward the school, holding a hand grenade and shouting: “I hate kids. I welcome death.” Now, what do you propose... Read more
I love this. I haven’t picked on the press in a while, but this one I couldn’t let pass. Check out the headline: EXCLUSIVE: Is CIA Leak Probe a ‘Witch Hunt’? Wow…sounds pretty interesting, doesn’t it? Sounds like those Bastard Bushies are putting on their stormtrooper uniforms and getting ready to goosestep into Foggy Bottom any second now, with a McCarthyist witchhunt! They’re going after EVERYONE! Except…that’s not really the case… According to people familiar with the Goss e-mail, sent... Read more
When this story about the murder of Father Santoro broke, I received an email from a taunter who wrote that the priest was “probably shot by some kid he raped…” Because a handful of bad soldiers means all of our military people are bullies, right? And a handful of bad priests condemns all of them. The scandals of some unfaithful priests will, undoubtedly – and possibly for our own good – follow Catholics around like a bad shadow, but I... Read more
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