I hate to say it, but this thing has Karl Rove’s fingerprints all over it.
July 2005
July 15, 2005
red pills found behind the sofa cushions, Bastille Day edition
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
July 14, 2005
For your consideration
Sure, we can find and arrest al-Qaeda operatives working out of Iraq. But how exactly does that help us in the important national security work of rescinding Karl Rove’s security clearance? WHY ARE WE DIVERTING RESOURCES FROM THE REAL WAR ON TERROR, MR BUSH? Which, it occurs to me I’ve just answered the question I posed here yesterday. And, y’know, that’s always nice.
July 14, 2005
Quick notes on the latest Beltway feeding frenzy
For those of you interested in the intricacies of the Rove / Plame pseudo-scandal, Tom Maguire is doing fantastic work deconstructing arguments from both the left and right. His secret? Research. There’s a lesson in there somewhere, but I’ll be damned if I can ferret it out. For what it’s worth, my take on this whole affair can be summed up thusly: I believe whatever Chuck Schumer doesn’t. Which, in
July 14, 2005
in which I make a startling confession with regard to the Global War on Terror
On FOXNews moments ago, former Clinton Special Assistant for National Security Affairs P.J. Crowley made the case that, in the wake of the London bombings, we in the U.S. really do need to turn our attention to understanding the “root causes” of terrorism. And you know what? I agree with him. And I can’t be afraid to say so any longer—even it it means I’ll be mocked by my more
July 14, 2005
Forty-fourth in a series of real-time empirical observations
In the time it takes you to read this post, THE SEARCH FOR NATALEE will have proceeded apace an additional six or seven seconds—each and every one of those seconds the subject of a breathless special report from FOXNews’ Greta Van Susteren.
July 13, 2005
Tortured reasoning (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the thong)
Tom Elia makes the case that Ted Kennedy and Carl Levin are wrong to label forcible interrogation techniques used at Gitmo “torture”– something the two grandstanding liberal Senators have no problem doing in this AP report (which, ironically, outlines an independent investigation’s findings that suggest a profound and troubling lack of torture, if you ask me. But then, I’m barbaric that way). Given the near certainty that these two flabby
July 13, 2005
Literary revisionism, 4: “If Ernest Hemingway’s ‘The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber’ showed a pro-life bent” (from the protein wisdom conceptual series)
“Yes, it’s all taken care of, ma’am. That’ll be $250. And you’ll want to keep off your feet for a few days.” ~finis
July 13, 2005
“Love means never having to say ‘so howsabout baking me some cookies, grandma?‘“
“And while we’re at it, keep that walker of yours out of the hallway, wouldya? Almost broke my fool neck the other day making a run for the crapper.”* (h/t Bill)