Or, 7 Deadly Sins vs. Hillary Clinton and the Posse of Outrage*
July 26, 2005
Future scenes from the upcoming Congressional committee hearings into “Plamegate”
First Senator: “Uh huh. And this Joe Wilson fella is who again –?”* Second Senator: “—Hey, can he say ‘Wilson’? Because if not, I would like to register a strenuous objection to my esteemed colleague’s flagrant disregard for the national security of this great nation.”* **** Lots more here; and for additional Nadagate analysis, see Tom Maguire, Mark Kleiman, and The Daily Howler.
Policing the rubicon
Confederate Yankee addresses the second guessers (the majority of whom are non-British) of Operation Kratos, the London police policy of using head shots to kill suspected suicide bombers in an effort to save civilian lives—and he does so by detailing exactly how suicide bombings work, and why the London policy is more than simply appropriate, it is necessary: “Jihad for Dummies: A Non-technical primer” Personally, provided I’m convinced the police
From the “if Howard Dean didn’t exist, Republicans would be forced to invent him” file
From Townhall, this amusing bit from Howard Dean’s DNC Magic Misery Tour: After asking the students to donate money to the Democratic National Committee, [DNC Chair Howard] Dean said “one of the biggest problems in this culture of corruption that the Republicans brought to Washington, is they sold our government to the highest bidder. “If we want it back, we’ll have to buy it back,” Dean said. He also said
Why Rhetoric Matters, redux: a few closing thoughts
Will Femia of MSNBC’s Clicked links to my piece criticizing western leaders and media sources who provide rhetorical cover for terrorists, an argument prompted by London bomber Shehzad Tanweer’s purported admission to a cousin that “the abuse of Muslim prisoners in Guantanamo Bay” calls for “violent retaliation.” Muses Femia: Here at MSNBC.com we get letters about how talking about terrorists too much actually encourages them. Are terrorists (or anyone) really
