…only one of which, surprisingly, claims Queen Elizabeth is given to screaming “butter my parsnips!” at the height of her royal ecstasy. And believe me, I’ve looked.

“Sorry, Comrade Lesnar. When I said I’d be heading home to have a nice dinner and then share some intimate time with my wife, of course I meant with I’d be asking you home for a nice dinner and some intimate time with our wife…” Developing…

Unfortunately, while Kurtz’ points will resonate with those of us who vote with an eye toward more than simply “fashion” or “symbolism,” they will likely be brushed aside by those raised on a nannystate grown increasingly legitimized by both parties. From “Something New Here,” NRO (which, given its importance, I’ll quote at length): During his first campaign for the Illinois state senate in 1995-96, Barack Obama was a member of,

Well, it was partly Mr Ayers’, too, so let’s “spread the wealth” of praise a bit, shall we? From the NY Post: Chicago’s former schools chief has flunked the education foundation headed by Barack Obama and founded by 1960s terrorist Bill Ayers – saying it failed to monitor projects and funded school “reform” groups that campaigned against boosting academic standards. “There was a total lack of accountability. If you went

So argues the LATimes blog. Personally, I’m not bothered by that death. But what I’d like to see is a clear set of rules and those rules adhered to. I suspect that, forced to compete, the GOP — or perhaps even a fledgling new party — will find a way. And the market will once again show its wisdom.

First, I bet Oliver Stone wishes just now he’d tempered the General’s portrayal in the disappointing W. Beyond that, though, why is there any surprise Powell would back Obama? As I’ve been writing about for years now, contemporary progressives — either to separate themselves from “neocons” for electoral purposes (and so cynically) or because they truly believe in the foreign policy realism of Nixon, George H W Bush, 70s-era Kissinger,

Let’s call it the unitary executive: Liberals pretend that only President Bush is preventing the U.S. from adopting some global warming “solution.” But occasionally their mask slips. As Barack Obama’s energy adviser has now made clear, the would-be President intends to blackmail — or rather, greenmail — Congress into falling in line with his climate agenda. [Review & Outlook] AP Jason Grumet is currently executive director of an outfit called