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Ultimate Responses and the Necessity of Pragmatism in the War on Terror

It occurs to me that I’ve yet to comment on the now infamous (and oft misrepresented) Tom Tancredo remarks concerning potential US military responses to a WMD attack on American soil—remarks that a number of rightwing bloggers (as well as just about every blogger on the left side of the ‘sphere, given the subject matter) have been quick to criticize—often quite forcefully. Thankfully, Juliette, Instapunk, Froggy, and Allah have saved

How the Right killed FREEDOM!

Blogging will of necessity be light today as I sit back and allow baseball and fresh air to act as a sort of mental sorbet, cleansing my brain of this bit of Atrios idiocy, in which the crowned prince of anti-Bush cant and his band of verbose cheerleaders manages to blame the shooting of a London terror suspect (who turned out to be nothing more than an illegal running from

A question of FREEDOM! (updated)

I wonder if all those who’ve spent the last month wringing their hands over the Valerie Plame “leak”—in particular, those thousands upon thousands of progressives suddenly so concerned with protecting “covert” CIA agents and enforcing the Espionage Act that they’re willing to do so at the expense of the free flow of information inside the beltway—are going to express their outrage over this. BECAUSEOFTHEHYPOCRISY! Sure, it’s thinly sourced story—and the

a CITIZEN JOURNALIST continues to look into the Natalee Holloway case and to offer theories on her disappearance that could, perhaps, prove fruitful, were the Aruban government to follow-up on them—and were Greta Van Susteren to take up the mantle and really really dig

I’m just spitballing here, but how close is Aruba to the Bermuda Triangle, anyway…?

Terrorists strike Egypt (updated)

…And Leaning to the Right wants to know why we’re not “all Egyptians now.” Well, I certainly can’t speak for everyone, but for my part it’s because of the rampant anti-semitism in Egypt, and the fact that they don’t have many Jewish citizens.  But the innocent victims of the terror attacks are in my thoughts and prayers, nevertheless. For detailed coverage of the attacks and their aftermath, keep visting here.

Why Rhetoric Matters

From the Times Online (UK): On his last visit to relatives in Pakistan this year, one of the London bombers, Shehzad Tanweer, boasted of wanting to die in a revenge attack over the way Muslims are treated. While his family in Leeds had no idea about his suicide mission, Tanweer confessed to his cousin his ambition to become a “holy warrior”. At his father’s home village 30 miles from Faisalabad,

Odds, Ends (updated)

1.  The latest news in Nadagate involves a State Department memo, Ari Fleischer, the Washington Post, the New York Times, a gaggle of (un)subpoenaed reporters and subpoenaed White House records, Bloomberg News, the scarlet letter “S”, Murray Waas—and now, former CIA analyst Mel Goodman, last seen, after signing this letter the left is using to trumpet the seriousness of Rove’s “crime” (I’m still not at all convinced any such crime—or

Come on.  You know what we’re waiting for…

Yeah, I know.  But I can’t find him anywhere.  And even if I could (and I have a pretty good idea where he’s heading), it’s so hot in Denver right now that I’d probably just stick the little bastard in the freezer for a half hour, then—when his shell got good and cold—tuck him into my boxers with the hope that his icy smoothness might beat back the crotch rot

If instead of a partisan cheapshot artist disguising herself as a journalist, Washington Post ‘Style’ reporter Robin Givhan were one of the Magi

Robin Givhan: “Uh, no offense?  But this manger tableau bit has been done to death, don’t you think?  And the whole ‘wrapped in a natural cotton blanket’-thing?  Christ—could we be any more bourgeois…?”* **** (h/t Michelle Malkin; see also Wuzzadem, Captain Ed, The Anchoress, Betsy’s Page, QandO, and Mary Katharine Ham) **** update:  Robin her own self—looking for all the world like a half-eaten chocolate cupcake from a Mary Kay

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, abridged 18

Contrary to what your parents may have told you, it is perfectly healthy to rev your own engine from time to time. And no, doing so won’t cause any lasting damage to your headlamp—nor will it cause hair to sprout from your grips.