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July 1, 2006

It’s for the public good, redux

There’s little doubt that the editors of the Times Travel section agonized over this—trust me, their souls are aching (particularly around the groin area) from the epic battle fought with their consciences—but in the end, the precise location and details about the security of the weekend homes of VP Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld needed to be divulged.  For freedom. OR ELSE THE TERRORISTS WILL HAVE WON! Jesus.  You think

66% support prosecuting media for leaks

Via Hot Air, which points us to this FOXNews poll: Seventy percent, including 58% of Democrats, say they support “the U.S. Treasury Department tracking suspected terrorist financing through a secret program that looks at money transfers.” Among Republicans, 65% think media sources who publish national security secrets are guilty of treason; 55% of Democrats disagree. There’s widespread support for punishing the leakers themselves — 87% agree to that. Hot Air

a gift to our anti-war / soft-Marxist friends—done in song—so that they, too, can enjoy the holiday weekend!

“JINGO” There was a wingnut formed a mob and Jingo was itsname-o — J-I-N-G-O! J-I-N-G-O! J-I-N-G-O! and Jingo was its name-o! There was a chickenhawk formed a mob, And Jingo was its name-o — (boom)-I-N-G-O! (lynch Muslims)-I-N-G-O! (shred the Constitution and deprive us of our civil rights)-I-N-G-O! and Jingo was its name-o! There was a Chimp who formed a mob, And Jingo was its name-o — (boom)-(boom)-N-G-O (lynch Muslims)-(lynch Muslims)-N-G-O