Like Dr. Sanity, I could not find television coverage of the Able Danger hearings. But Dr. Sanity looked further and found a webstream source, from which she writes a really excellent summary of what was discussed today and what conclusions intelligent folks may draw. All of it is troubling, and all of it calls into question the theatrics of last year within the 9/11 commission. Dr. Sanity thinks that perhaps AD was disbanded because it shed too much light on... Read more
The New York Times is sounding a little bit like a very domineering and scary father I once knew who would not allow his daughters to go to college because, to his way of thinking, “education is wasted on women; they’re just going to have children and stay home.” The father was, of course, very foolish. Education is never wasted and women – even if they elect to spend many years raising their children – still find themselves needing to... Read more
Read this and follow the links. That is all. You have your mission. Go. Read! :-) Read more
A kind of strange Cotillion this week – a bit off kilter, so to speak, but there is a lot of good writing going on. This week’s hostesses are Fistful of Fortnights, Knowledge is Power, Soldier’s Angels and…well, Crystal’s gonna get her’s up soon. I believe she is hula-dancing for money or something, just now. I’m especially taken with Darleen’s post this week – but as usual, the Cotillion gals bring diverse and entertaining dish to the party! Unfortunately, my... Read more
Betsy Newmark is unimpressed with Mayor Nagin’s most recent performace. Nagin, interviewed over the weekend in Dallas by Fox News, questioned Allen’s credentials: “Since I have been away a day or two, maybe he’s the new crowned federal mayor of New Orleans Was that comment necessary? Allen seems to be making extremely reasonable objections and was very circumspect in what he said about the Mayor and the Mayor has to go and try to assert himself and assure everyone that... Read more
Confederate Yankee takes some offense at Mother Sheehan being referred to as the new Rosa Parks. He makes a point of laying out the differences, for those who don’t get it: Rosa Parks… fought the system to obtain constitutional rights. Cindy Sheehan… says our constitution isn’t worth fighting for. Rosa Parks… was “tired of giving in.” Cindy Sheehan… wants for nothing more than for the United States to give in. Rosa Parks… inspired freedom-loving people around the world. Cindy Sheehan…... Read more
So you and I don’t have to. We take the NY Times on weekends – I like the crossword puzzle and my husband likes the car section, but he’s tired of hearing me rant about the rest of the paper. I think because we are weekend subscribers I am entitled to a free online subscription…but somehow, I cannot bring myself to be particularly interested in doing so – mostly because the columnists I am supposedly “missing” are so incredibly predictable... Read more
I’m not terribly interested in polls – I think for the most part they are too easily manipulated by the way in which a question is asked and do not take into account that one person who “disagrees with how the president is handling Iraq” might mean they want the US to pull out, while another person may support the war very much but wish the US were being more aggressive. So, if you notice, I rarely post on polls,... Read more
You see, there is a rule about toture and how offensive one finds it. There is a condition. The condition is this: In order to be offended by images of torture, the torturers have to be U.S. Troops, serving under a CIC who has an R after his name. That is what it takes. So, if you happen to come across a story about a 22 year old gay man in Iran who is subjected to 100 lashes for the... Read more
This is why the RNC never sees a dime from me. Stupid. Just stupid. Toweringly stupid. Utterly spineless. There is no way in heaven or on earth I would ever vote Bill Frist into the White House. Or to any position where he has to show a little resolve. Read more
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