Not a charge to be made lightly. Maybe I am misreading this. In retrospect, it’s clear the Plame and Wilson pulled off a monumental deception, with the help of the media. The facts suggest that Plame and her husband were determined to undermine the Administration’s Iraq policy and were prepared to go to extraordinary lengths to accomplish that. Together with their media allies, they created such a firestorm over the naming of Plame that the White House panicked into seeking... Read more
Austin Bay reminds us that August 7 is the 7 year anniversary of the terror attacks on the US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, and reprints his column from that time. The bomb blasts that killed some 250 people in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, have brought new attention to East Africa, in particular to Kenya’s frail internal political condition and its conflict with Sudan. … While speculation has focused on Iranian radicals or Saddam Hussein’s Iraq or... Read more
I’m going to call the poll “closed” now, because I am still trying to wade through the huge response! I thank all who answered, very much, for taking the time to do so, even my Baptist, Episcopal and Greek Orthodox respondants – lots of very interesting comments. I will tally the results and write something about all of this in a few days, so keep watching, and thank you, once again, for all the responses. For those of you who... Read more
Actually, it’s not the Mustang, it’s this incredibly moving commercial that Gateway Pundit has linked to. You’ll want to check it out. I know some will say “How awful! Ford is exploiting the war to make money!” My feeling: Anti-War tee shirts, anti-war movies, records, videos, books, etc are also exploiting the war to make money from a particular market. Deal with it. I don’t see anyone in the MSM making a fuss over Air America using money meant for... Read more
So, if you pick up a bulletin at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish, in Forest Hills, NY – you will find this amusing piece which explains to Catholics that yes, they are supposed to participate in Holy Mass, even if they are on vacation! VFTP: Yes, sister. Cute. Now. Tell me, please, is it true we can skip Mass if we’re on vacation? THEO: You’re kidding, right? Is there a hidden camera in here? VFTP: No. That’s a serious... Read more
Powerline writes: It must be very strange to be President Bush. A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius, he can’t get anyone to notice. He is like a great painter or musician who is ahead of his time, and who unveils one masterpiece after another to a reception that, when not bored, is hostile. Hyperbolic? Well, maybe. But consider Bush’s latest master stroke: the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The pact includes the U.S.,... Read more
By Michael Totten. The second “Hezbollah” picture says it all to me. But to see Daniel Pearl again…took my breath away. Read more
Really…this is pathetic. When you have to use the report on the president’s annual physical to give a shrill yell, throw hate darts and play politics, then you might as well just give it up, get back into the sandbox and stop even pretending that you are grown-ups. ATTENTION DEMOCRATS: If you want to be taken seriously – at all – in the next two elections, then you must learn appropriate responses. In this case, the appropriate response to good... Read more
Hugh Hewitt is raising an eyebrow as he links to the LA Times’ review of John Allen’s new book on Pope Benedict XVI. I think the review is as fair as anything written in the LA Times can be – they will always throw their bones to the left and make sure they get in a jab here or there. Allen’s book is entitled The Rise of Benedict XVI The Inside Story of How the Pope Was Elected and Where... Read more
This week’s Cotillion is up, and with an exuberant round of cross-posting, it seems. As always you will find the Big Three Roundup at Cotillion, but if you’re in a click-around kinda mood, you might want to visit each hostess seperately and enjoy their themes: Ilyka Damen has the We Queens theme, with some wonderful pictures, and she’s featuring links to photos from Camp Remembrance, a review of the Liberty Film Festival, a Helen Thomas Suicide Watch, Anti-Semitism, Forced Starvation... Read more
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