Monday, June 27. 2005
 Discovery Channel
For what it's worth, the Discovery Channel's online poll of "Great Americans" puts Reagan as #1. What a wise people we are. Is this a real guy, or what?
Euro Leftists Funding Al Quaida Who is surprised? In Vodakpundit Voice of a Suicide Bomber It seems to be mostly about God. In Time. A Few More Views on Kelo Samizdata: But perhaps this is for the best as there is no long any doubt that things are badly broken Scott at Powerline: The founders observed that tyrannical rule and material scarcity had by and large been the fate of man through the ages. They saw the confiscation of property by government in the name of the sovereign power of the state as an old and sorry story. Through the protection of property rights they aimed to forge a new order of the ages. It lies to us to regain their understanding and act on it. Captain's Quarters has a review of jurists on the potential for abuse on the Court, including Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, in 1930: “As the decisions now stand, I see hardly any limit but the sky to the invalidating of those rights if they happen to strike a majority of this Court as for any reason undesirable.”
Wednesday, June 22. 2005
Arnold's Gamble, Arnold's Guts and what he can do for the CA Repubs: Walker in Intell. Cons. Krauthammer on the Supremes "With Thomas's originalism at one end of the spectrum and Scalia's originalism tempered by precedent -- rolling originalism, as it were -- in the middle, there is a third notion, championed most explicitly by Justice Stephen Breyer, that the Constitution is a living document and that the role of the court is to interpret and reinterpret it continually in the light of new ideas and new norms. This is what our debate about judges should be about." PRECISELY! Read entire in WaPo Tim Graham not happy with PBS in NRO Online Mugabe: Vegetable Gardens damage environment What will it take to get rid of this guy? The AAUP Defends Terrorist Faculty in American Thinker "Cheer Up, Conservatives" Micklethwaite and Woolridge in Opinion Journal: The biggest advantage of all for conservatives is that they have a lock on the American dream. America is famously an idea more than a geographical expression, and that idea seems to be the province of the right. A recent Pew Research Center Survey, "Beyond Red Versus Blue," shows that the Republicans are more optimistic, convinced that the future will be better than the past and that they can determine their own futures. Democrats, on the other hand, have a European belief that "fate," or, in modern parlance, social circumstances, determines people's lot in life. (And judging by some recent series in newspapers on the subject, the party appears to have staunch allies in American newsrooms at least.) If the American dream means anything, it means finding a plot of land where you can shape your destiny and raise your children. Those pragmatic dreamers look ever more Republican. Mr. Bush walloped Mr. Kerry among people who were married with children. He also carried 25 of the top 26 cities in terms of white fertility. Mr. Kerry carried the bottom 16. San Francisco, the citadel of liberalism, has the lowest proportion of people under 18 in the country (14.5%).
Tuesday, June 21. 2005
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity Thanks, JS. Here. Aid to Africa Preble in Reason: In recent decades, of each dollar given to Africa in aid, 80 cents were stolen by corrupt leaders and transferred back into Western bank accounts. In total, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo estimated, "corrupt African leaders have stolen at least $140 billion from their people in the [four] decades since independence." All that is left when these regimes eventually collapse is a massive public debt. Click here: Reason: Trade, Not Aid: Farm protectionism threatens farms in Africa, wallets in America, and lives everywhere Glacial Meltdown Is this why Hannibal's elephants survived? Click here: The Coming and Going of Glaciers: A New Alpine Melt Theory - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News The Politician Stole My Penis African politics.
Monday, June 20. 2005
The EU Vote The problem was that the voters "got too much info" - MartiniPundit Sri Lanka taxing aid vehicles Truly disgusting, mercenary, and deeply wrong. Makes you want to say "the heck with 'em." Gay and Right. I (Heart) Gitmo Isn't capitalism something? The Band T Shirts Proudly display your excellent taste in music. From Riverdance to modern dance In CSM - Cool. What is your emotional age? Blogthings. Don't lie! Lying is a far worse thing than being immature, and self-deception is maybe the worst form of it. "Nuke the Jews" Rafsanjani: It doesn't bother the BBC? in LGF Maureen: Too much pressure No Maureen to kick around any more? Is she really leaving the Times? To start a blog, maybe? Anklebiter.
Friday, June 17. 2005
Blogs akin to "unpoliced conversation" Huh? WTF? Well, according to the Archbishop ("Archdruid") of Canterbury...in Country Store Bernard Goldberg's new book The author of Bias has his new book, 100 People Who are Screwing Up America. Surely a book about the Big Termites. This will be a best-seller. No, the review won't tell you who the 100 are - I checked. Al Quaida in Canada Gee, Canadians are just so nice and tolerant. At some point, the famous "Canada nice" begins to creep me out. Is it nice, or is it sheer fecklessness and spinelessness? In Jihad Watch. Vast Left Wing Conspiracy An interview with York, at American Enterprise: Click here: The American Enterprise: The Empire Strikes Back Peace Studies for Jihad From the nation's Orkin man, Horowitz: Click here: FrontPage magazine.com :: Pacifists for Genocide by Eugene Girin
Thursday, June 16. 2005
The Chinese spy network in Australia Is Spitzer following the Giuliani path to office, on the backs of innocents? Bainbridge on the Grasso case. The Warrior Ethos. Winds of Change More on Rule 18: John Leo mentioned this last week. Now Steyn:Click here: Selective angst - Commentary - www.washingtontimes.com, America's Newspaper No serious allegation of torture at the camp has been substantiated, and in the al Qaeda training manual found in Manchester, England, a couple of years back Rule 18 couldn't be more explicit: When held captive by the infidel, members must "complain to the court of mistreatment while in prison" and say "torture was inflicted on them."
Wednesday, June 15. 2005
Did Kofi lie? Captains Quarters How to Lie with Statistics: Hawkins points out another example of the numeric illiteracy of the press. How to Lie with Statistics, #2: Krugman is a lying propagandist, not a columnist. Powerline rips him a new one. Arnie goes to the People: In Ankle Biter She studies; he plays. Duh. But this is chimps. Billy Grahams' Last Hurrah for Jesus - In NYC. God bless him. Turkey (love that country) blames themselves.
Tuesday, June 14. 2005
Big Bird to Leave Nest after 25 Years, here. More on the Canada Health System Breakdown, from Ex-Donkey Sex and the Family - where Protestants and RCs come together - from Touchstone: Click here: Touchstone Archives: The Facts of Life & Marriage Steyn on why to not fear China: here. Take Back the Memorial. A website: Click here: Take Back The Memorial
Monday, June 13. 2005
New Yorkology: Visiting NYC this summer? Here: Click here: NewYorkology: A New York Travel Guide In Denial about China? From Powerline and and others. EU Unravels Further with France and Germany ganging up on the UK, in Yahoo Jazz in June: The Vision Festival in NYC: NYSUN Why Gun Rights Matter, In Zimbabwe, from Winds of Change Climate Alarmism, Murray at Tech Central Dylan Tour, May-July. How does he keep up this pace? JihadWatch: A useful website.
Friday, June 10. 2005
Quotes from Janice, from Right Thinking. She is better than I thought. And more on The Deal by Pejmanesque Canada's Health System in crisis: Be grateful Hillary failed. Ankle Biter the first, I think, to pick this story up, and more from Right Thinking. Nerds are best lovers: Instapundit has link. Olasky on David Horowitz's cancer, and prayer, in Town Hall Portland, Maine Schools ban Evil, Evil Boy Scouts: The Termites are at it again, nibbling away at sanity. In Intell. Conservative Restless Leg Syndrome: It is real, fairly common, highly annoying, treatable, and may correlate with ADD and ADHD. In Science Daily Intelligent Design in the news: One by Pinkerton at Tech Central and one by Brewton at Intell. Conservative. My view on the subject? Aw, you don't care what I think. These are excellent discussions. Inequality in America. Powerline has it right - these guys are experts on the subject. Ben Stein on The New Yorker, in The American Spectator. It's about the Termites in the Press. Rule 18 of the Al Quaida Handbook: You must claim you were tortured: John Leo in Town Hall.
Thursday, June 9. 2005
The latest on Mugabe, from Normblog. Another fine essay on Hayek, from Ocean State Blogger. Targeting Byrd in WV., from Front Page Dean: the latest Tape. You could laugh, but it isn't really funny. The Feral Hog Story, in FLA. Beginning of the end of Europe's Nightmare: Acton Inst.Click here: Commentary: Europe’s Statist Nightmare — Beginning of the End? Pedicures for wife-beaters: From your State Dept, on Town Hall Steyn on Africa: (from Country Store) The issue in Africa in every one of its crises - from economic liberty to Aids - is government. Until the do-gooders get serious about that, their efforts will remain a silly distraction.
Stop the ACLU: thank you, reader, for forwarding this Yahoo discussion group Grizzly Eats Girl: in Daily Pundit - Click here: Daily Pundit Individual Archive New Aircraft Carrier: In Jane's - Click here: US Navy to press ahead with new aircraft carrier Hillary's Polls Stink, says RWN China requires website registration, with 30,000 internet thought police. Gee, all so they dont read Maggie's. In Science Daily - Click here: China forces Web site registrations
Wednesday, June 8. 2005
Federal Program to Help Tell White Christians Apart at Polls: Dean asked for this one from Scrapple-Man. - when he said yesterday that the white Christians just keep voting repeatedly because poll workers can't tell them apart. Seriously said that. Learning to Walk - Literally. At Cognitive Daily. Immigration Alert, from The American Thinker: In fact, the total immigrant population of the United States now stands at 33 million, or 11% of the entire population, which, according to The Center for Immigration Studies, is significantly higher than at any time in history.At this rate, immigration will swell the population of the United States to 400 million in 50 years. (This includes all immigrants, legal and illegal.) Consider that we have 10.3 million illegals here now, with at least 800,000 more entering every year. In twenty years we will have 26.3 million illegals, plus any children they may have. The population of the United States when it was founded was only 3 million. This is over 8 times that number, and these people have all entered this country illegally. In fact, there are over 3 million children born in the United States to families headed by illegals. The Population Reference Bureau, furthermore, shows that the overwhelming number of illegals are men between 18 and 39 (43%) followed by Women between 18 and 39 (29%) with 17% being children. The age breakdown is important; it means that the bulk of the population is at prime childbearing age, or will be in a number of years. We are about to have a baby boom of children of illegal immigrants. I'm Sick of these money problems Excepted from The Onion: Hola, amigos. What's goin' on? I know it's been a long time since I rapped at ya, but it's like life keeps raining shit down on me and I don't have a shit shovel big enough to clear it all away. My ride is giving me grief. The muffler is coming loose, so it's making a lot of noise. The car might sound badass if it were, like, a Thunderbird or something. But it's a Festiva, so it sounds like a souped-up lawn mower. I took a tin can and some muffler tape and patched the pipe up, but my repair job isn't going to last for long.
Sewage in our Rivers, from DC to us. The Fed EPA wants to lower sewage standards. While such things are state and local issues, the EPA sets the minimum. Bad idea. Science Daily. Lefties in Charge of 9-11 Memorial. You won't believe this. In Dons Attic - thanks LGF. The beginning of the end of the Euro. Prins: This remarkable week has put onto the agenda a development that was previously unthinkable but which may materialise rather quicker than the elites expect: the unpicking of the euro. Read entire excellent analysis of the European runaway brides. Hodgson: Conservative Blogs Poison Political Atmosphere. Yup, blame it all on Maggie's Farm. Free speech is a big problem, isn't it? The Klein Book: The pre-emptive strike against the book has begun. The book will have no impact on anything, sorry to say. Hope I am wrong about that. Rip Currents: A timely piece, and excellent, in the NYT. I always believed that you just let it carry you, and that seems to be the case.
Tuesday, June 7. 2005
Prayers for Iowahawk: The most droll, the most wise, the most adolescent, the most...well, you know - we love the Hawk. He needs your prayers. We have been worried about him. Steyn: Hillary is Dems only hope. Repubs know it, too. How did it get to this point? Who is she and what has she done? Krauthammer on US grovelmania Ferderalist 45 and Pot: I agree with Right Thinking. What are these folks thinking on the SC? "Why would the Times publish this article?" Turner nails it but good on Tech Central. Saving Hemingway's House in Havana., in CSM. Faith of the Framers: And yet more on this recently-reawakened story. Border Patrol Catch and Release: What am I missing here? Oh, I get it - both parties are closing their eyes. From RWN. Columbia Drug Wars - A good summary in Reason A Note to Repubs in DC from the News Junkie: Earth to Repubs - you won. Act like it.
Monday, June 6. 2005
"Larry is a Weenie, Larry is a weenie." Heather McDonald: Even Harvard’s bottomless resources cannot buy a miracle, however. So instead of a magician, the university has brought forth the next best thing: a report on “diversity” that, like all such products, possesses the power of shutting down every critical faculty in seemingly intelligent people. For connoisseurs of diversity claptrap, Harvard’s just released “Report of the Task Force on Women Faculty” is a thing of beauty, a peerless example of the destruction of higher learning by identity politics. Because the report will undoubtedly serve as the template for future diversity scams in colleges across the country, it’s worth studying. Read entire in City JOurnal. Vote won't affect EU: No, they will just keep on doing what they do, regardless: CSM They have created a kingdom of bureaucrats. NPR: There must be something sick and perverse in me that enjoys some of the NPR stuff. With only 2% of their income now coming from the govt=us, time to quit that 2% and let them do their thing. What the heck. Piece in Intell. Conservative. Hayek is of course the hero of modern conservatism and a fountain of wisdom. View from 1776 is always referring to him. A good piece on Hayek from Ocean State. Koran. Will post nothing re this trivial silly non-issue. Not worth the virtual ink and I am fresh out of virtual urine. But I will quote LaShawn: Despite what they may say, Muslims are and have always been on a mission to conquer and kill infidels. They’ve been doing it for centuries and will continue until we’re all dead, or they’re all dead, or the world ends, whichever comes first. We need to get over ourselves and focus on stopping the spread of Islamofacism. Period. Save civility and Koran “handling” for less perilous times. Gun Nut. The real thing in NJ, the kind of idiot that makes responsible gun owners look bad. Shame on this old fool (82 years old). The Dutch EU Vote has been sort of ignored by the MSM. Nice summary in Squaring the Boston Globe - quotes from the voters are great. Christian-Hating Dems: Why, why, why? Someone please explain to me why the Dems hate Christians. Harkin, in this case, but it might as well be Dean. Hillary too smart to say stuff like this, whatever she thinks - and that you will NEVER know. Captains Quarters.
Friday, June 3. 2005
McCain permanently in the doghouse: kiss the ass of the NYT and you are GONE, pal. AI is as gone as McCain: story here. What jerks. Grow up or go away. Deep Thought: No, not Deep Throat - that was a tempest in a teapot, all to get Tricky Dick who the lib media hated. Not that he was a nice guy, but who in politics is? They do far worse right here in West Bumfuk, MA. than Tricky Dick ever dreamed of. No, this is Henrie's piece on what Traditionalist Conservatism is all about. It deserves your time. Satanic EU: Auster thinks so.
Thursday, June 2. 2005
Excellent summary of insurgency tactics in Iraq, and their evolution, and the counter-measures, in Conferderate Yankee. Feeling good? Read this one in Democratic Underground and feel like your normal grumpy self again. Or laugh. Bloggers and the FEC: Let the FEC know what you think - RedState has the links and the info, and I quote RedState here: My apologies for missing this, but I've seen this quote from yesterday's Tribune article tossed about on some blogs and in some cases used as a justification for people remaining on their backsides. Web loggers, who pride themselves on freewheeling political activism, might face new federal rules on candidate endorsements, online fundraising and political ads, though bloggers who don't take money from political groups would not be affected. In short: um, no. People that support campaign finance reform often repeat the mantra: "we don't regulate speech, we regulate money." Over and over we hear it. But if it's not true, it's certainly not complete. The FEC can regulate anything of value - even perceived value. Don't believe me, see for yourself. (2 USC 431) (A) The term “contribution” includes— (i) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value made by any person for the purpose of influencing any election for Federal office Getting worried yet? Good. If you sell advertising on the open market and then give an ad away to a regulated political entity - you're stuck. Worse would be the FEC determining that favorable blog posts were the equivalent to advertising. |  | | Jun 1st, 2005: 08:43:15, Not Rated This is a free speech issue, as is all campaign finance regulation. They are only taking input for two more days, so send your opinion, as I already did, in a friendly, informative, respectful manner to: Internet@FEC.gov |
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Wednesday, June 1. 2005
Kerry says he "re-read the New Testament the other day" and guess what? The New Testament is a Democrat. I can't believe this jerk. Nobody on earth "re-read the New Testament the other day." Story here. Not fun being an MD in Iraq. The problem isn't lawyers - it's armed relatives. Yes, it's from Al Jazeera, but it rings true. They have to throw in some true stuff once in a while. Egyptology: Where is Egypt headed? Interesting. Save the Tasmanian Devil. A sad story, in the NYT. Why the Tom Delay story will go away. Here. Oregon goes Canadian. Maoism arrives at the University of Oregon, and the faculty doesn't like it. But ain't it always this way - they want to do what they think is best for YOU, but hate it when it applies to THEM. Cuz they're virtuous - right? And you are evil, right? Love is powerful. Hmmm, gee, well, if the scientific studies say so, maybe it's true. Correcting the Blacklist Myth: Always thought they got more mileage out of being listed, than the other way around, in the end. A new book, noted by Simon. Lame Duck? Say it enough times, and, in DC, it becomes "true." Hey, Karl Rove - vacation's over. It's the ideas, stupid. Hawkins joins the truth squad on the left's political problems. GK Chesterton: Took a peek into that website posted yesterday. This guy could write essays. An excellent role model for all bloggers. Try this one: A Piece of Chalk
Tuesday, May 31. 2005
The Mess at St. Paul's Ongoing problems at the once-excellent school, but it's had troubles since they eliminated daily chapel, and whatever other traditions went along with that - in my opinion. Banning Kitchen Knives This is what nanny liberals in a nanny state will get you - a movement to ban kitchen knives because people are being killed with them. But of course, dopes - if they can't have guns, what's the next best thing? How long until the Brits have a movement to ban axes and hammers? Did they ever hear of "people kill people?" Or do they prefer not to believe that? In Confederate Yankee. "Banned in Boston" - Banning Spanking Soon?
And, as if to compete with the Brits in insanity, Boston - well, the prosperous Boston suburb of Brookline - has issued an anti-spanking advisory. Does this include not spanking terrorists, I wonder. No doubt it does. In Brookline, next time your 5 year-old runs into the road, show respect and understanding, OK? Right Thinking has a little piece.
Route Irish Still, sadly, dangerous. Despite Chrenkoff, Baghdad is not yet in full control. Like Israel, Iraq may have to adjust to a long period of trouble.
Surfin in NYC Guess what? New York has better beaches than Hawaii. All you need is a wet suit in the winter.
Art News
The great moguls have been the collectors and patrons of art since the Renaissance, at least. Now we have a bunch of newly-minted moguls, from the hedge funds, who are making sure those prices stay well beyond my reach. From Institutional Investor:
Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors (whose earnings of $450 million put him at No. 4 on our top 25 list) has rapidly assembled a serious collection of contemporary and modern art. He reportedly paid $52 million for a Jackson Pollock, $20 million for a Manet and $25 million for a Warhol. Cohen also shelled out $8 million for Damien Hirst's Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a 14-foot tiger shark entombed in formaldehyde. ARTnews has named Cohen one of the world's top ten art collectors for the third straight year. Kenneth Griffin of Citadel Investment Group (No. 8 on our list, with $240 million) made the ARTnews ranking for the first time last year, after plunking down an undisclosed sum for a Cézanne still life, Curtain, Jug and Fruit Bowl; it sold for $60.5 million in 1999. At least eight hedge fund managers were among the magazine's 200 top art collectors in 2004. Institutional Investor
Friday, May 27. 2005
Put me in, Coach: Macho Coach Drops Trousers Pray, not Prey, Pastor: Pastor-Investor Pleads Guilty Caffeine and Hyperactivity, Here Saudis and Homosexuals. From Gay and Right Poll says 60% say country on wrong track, CBS gleefully reports
Russert and Dean: From MSNBC Transcripts: MR. RUSSERT: Let me stay on your rhetoric. January, I mentioned that "I hate the Republicans, what they stand for, good and evil, we are the good." In March, you said, "Republicans are brain dead." You mentioned you're a physician--and this is April. "[Dean] did draw howls of laughter by mimicking a drug-snorting Rush Limbaugh. `I'm not very dignified,' Dean said." DR. DEAN: Well, that's true. A lot of people have accused me of not being dignified. MR. RUSSERT: But is it appropriate for a physician to mock somebody who has gone into therapy and the abuse for drug addiction? DR. DEAN: Here's the point I was trying--as most of these things are taken by the Republicans, spun around Washington saying this in a one sentence, which I generally had said. But then they're sort of manipulated around, saying this is the kind of thing he said. The Rush Limbaugh comment was one that I made about Rush Limbaugh, and I also said something about Bill O'Reilly. The problem is not that these folks have problems. They do, and they have problems in the case of a drug addiction. That's a medical problem. And I respect those who clearly, in my profession, who are trying to overcome their problems.The problem is it is galling to Democrats, 48 percent of us who did not support the president, it is galling to be lectured to about moral values by folks who have their own problems. Hypocrisy is a value that I think has been embraced by the Republican Party. We get lectured by people all day long about moral values by people who have their own moral shortcomings. I don't think we ought to give a whole lot of lectures to people--I think the Bible says something to the effect that be careful when you talk about the shortcomings of somebody else when you haven't removed the moat from your own eye. And I don't think we ought to be lectured to by Republicans who have got all these problems themselves.Rush Limbaugh has made a career of belittling other people and making jokes about President Clinton, about Mrs. Clinton and others. I don't think he's in any position to do that, nor do I think Bill O'Reilly is in a position to abuse families of survivors of 9/11, given his own ethical shortcomings. Everybody has ethical shortcomings. We ought not to lecture each other about our ethical shortcomings.
Thursday, May 26. 2005
Monkeys alive and well in Kansas - More curriculum monkey business. The downside: They make religous folks look dumb. The upside: It's a free country. Being free to be dumb is better than not being free, and subject to the "experts." Think about it - how often do those "experts" turn out to be wrong? In this case, the expert theory is probably more right than wrong, but still... Child welfare dept. drops the ball again: WATERTOWN, N.Y. -- State and local authorities are investigating how a convicted rapist from Oregon failed to register as a sex offender in New York and was allowed to serve as a foster parent in an upstate county for four years before it was discovered.
"We are treating this matter very seriously," said Brian Marchetti, a spokesman for the state's Office of Children and Family Services. "Children's' safety and well-being are always our top priority. Every child deserves to be protected from sexual predators." Click here: Newsday.com: Authorities probe how convicted rapist became foster parent
Where the rich put their money: Not in hedgies, right now. A Blog: The UN: One World United Under a Global Dictatorship Walking away with Birkenstocks? Here. Another Blogger for ya - from California: Thompson at Large Another Blog: Pave France - The British Need More Parking Stanley Kunitz Turns 100 this summer. McCain vs. Frist? McCain is running for sure. Bad Taste Humor - as bad as above item: A Michael Jackson cartoon. The Latest on Soros - Click here: Accuracy In Media - AIM Report: CNN's George Soros-gate - May B :The latest campaign by the Soros-funded operatives is to "save PBS" because Kenneth Tomlinson, the new Republican chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), is demanding that public TV and radio adhere to federal law requiring fairness and balance in programming. The New York Times sparked the controversy when it reported that Tomlinson had authorized monitoring of the liberal bias on the Moyers PBS show and had backed a PBS show for Paul Gigot and members of the Wall Street Journal's editorial page. Lincoln Bedroom: Sorry - donors still sleep there.
Wednesday, May 25. 2005
The Obesity Scam - who is behind this hysteria? There is NO obesity health crisis. Pure BS and pure pseudo-science, yet another big fat arena for the trial lawyers. Fat ain't very appealing, it's fatiguing, it makes you look like an out-of-control person, it's a turn-off, and it damages your hips and knees, but being fat doesn't damage your health all that much, especially when balanced with the joys of good food. Get fat if you want! It's a free country! All it is, is gross and it won't help your sports. Disclaimer: Yes, I do own shares of McDonalds, but I can't eat that crap myself. If you can't do the time, don't do the crime. And I hate the way they tie you down and force that Big Mac down my throat. Barf City. Global Warming - Antarctica ice cap is growing?!?!?http://www.nature.com/news/2005/050516/full/050516-10.html You call this a church? Photos and details of Oakland's new Christ The Light Cathedral, at Curt Jester. Amazing architecture. It would not go over in New England. The New Mai Lai. You can do 999 things right, and some jerk can do one stupid thing, and as far as the Left goes, you are now the Devil. Unless you're a Dem or a Lefty, in which case it is overlooked. I hear there are wives who think like that. Abu Graib is the current "one dumb" (trivial, tho illegal) thing. But Larry Summers is now being led around on a dog leash with a choke collar by rabid maiden schoolmarms in Cambridge, and no-one complains. Is it because he's not a Moslem? Where is Seymour Hirsch? On Abu Graib, there's even a new book out, and articles like this one. What I hate about this stuff is how delighted the hate-American-first crowd is when we screw up, and how depressed they get when things go well.
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