Archive for: July 2005

…Not that it matters, of course.  Carter’s just a fringe element of the Democratic party anyway, and besides—who listens to ex-Presidents? 

And do you honestly believe terrorists don’t have more important things to do than pay attention to the partisan …

“Nineteen spicy chicken sandwiches, yes.  And a six-piece McNuggets.”

…this guy ain’t much of a fan.  Him either.

On the plus side, though:  more testimonial blurbs!

protein wisdom:  where the glass is always half full.

Me: “So.  What do you think about the idea that the original leaker is Judith Miller—that she is in fact in jail protecting herself as the source?”*

Karl Rove’s breakfast burrito: “Again—I’m not at liberty to discuss …

Well, no, but I’m afraid there won’t be much dancing today, anyway. The little guy injured himself Wednesday throwing me batting practice, and he’s just now able to get out of bed after taking a vicious line drive off the …

From BBC News, “Madrassa foreigners ‘must leave’”:

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says all foreign students at madrassas, or religious schools, some 1,400 pupils, must leave the country.

“Any (foreigners) in the madrassas—even dual nationality holders—will leave Pakistan,” …

You know, for an older gentleman, G. Gordon Liddy is really quite sexy.  Not that I’m gay, mind you.  God forbid. 

No, seriously:  God forbid.

When you see arguments like this one beginning to circulate through the left side of the blogosphere (where it will doubtless gain traction, then be dutifully repeated by Keith Olbermann and the folks at Air America, and …

From FOXNews:

All four men suspected of trying to plant bombs in London’s transit system on July 21 are now in police custody in London and Rome, several media outlets reported Friday.

Two of the suspects were picked up …

As an antidote to the consistently defeatest talking-head punditry of, say, Chris Matthews and his ilk, I think it useful here to excerpt a bit of Austin Bay’s evocative—though no less troubling …