'America would back Israel attack on Iran'
Friday, February 18, 2005
'America would back Israel attack on Iran'
Thursday, February 17, 2005
That's actually far more productive than anything we'd have guessed they were doing.
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Friday, February 11, 2005
Senate OKs Limit on Class Action Lawsuits
We're tempted to go out on a limb and opine, based on the Senate majorities for this vote (72-26) and the Gonzales confirmation (60-36) that obstruction may be less of a problem this year than many of us had feared. We'll know for sure when the 10 filibustered Appeals Court nominees come up for a vote.
No doubt the rhetorical intensity will increase over the coming months, and we'll soon be faced with "The Mother of All Burning Hells."
Thursday, February 10, 2005
"You can't expect a victim to wait and ask, "Excuse me, Mr. Criminal, are you going to rape me and kill me, or are you just going to beat me up and steal my television?' "
What a concept.
The article also helpfully points out that:
The bill has law enforcement support because it does not allow homeowners to shoot law officers...
Cheney's instinct for the unvarnished was on display during his Jan. 20 conversation with Imus on MSNBC. The vice president did not retreat into diplo-speak when Imus asked him what dangers Iran's nuclear program posed: Iran's stated intention to destroy Israel meant that "the Israelis might well decide to act first and let the rest of the world worry about cleaning up the diplomatic mess afterwards," Cheney replied.
His words sent foreign officials skittering to the White House and State Department to ask if the vice president had just endorsed or warned against an Israeli preemptive strike.
Cheney has declined opportunities to dispel that uncharacteristic ambiguity.
Hold the phone! Ambiguity? How could any phrase be less ambiguous? Perhaps Mr. Hoagland has been listening to Bill Clinton so long he no longer possesses the ability to understand "plainspeak."
The article is worth reading, and Bredesen seems like the kind of Democratic we'd like to see more of, but his chances in 2008 are nil. Why? He'd have to get nominated by the party of Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. He'd have to raise money from Democratic paymasters like Barbara Streisand and George Soros. He'd have to get the MoveOn.org crowd and Michael Moore to support him.
Fat chance.
Enter North Korea. It's a problem, but one that the Bush administration has highlighted, not created.
Today North Korea has officially and publicly admitted what everyone already knew: They have nukes. They also pulled out of diplomatic talks and again threatened an invasion of the South.
How come these guys always escalate when we start getting serious with someone in the Middle East? The last time the North rattled its saber we were ramping up to invade Iraq--some unserious leftys even questioned why we didn't invade North Korea first. Now we are starting to get serious with Iran and the North is at it again. It's almost as if they were working together, you know, in some kind of axis of evil or something.
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
In case you have better things to do than wade through the noise, the bottom line is this: For years gays have told us that what happens in a person's bedroom is private and to mind our own business. Now they are upset that we are doing just that. Now they want us to care about what they are doing in their bedrooms.
No thanks.
Sen. Mark Dayton, the Minnesota Democrat who fled Washington in October because he feared a terrorist attack but returned after President Bush's re-election, is leaving the capital for good. St. Paul's KSTP-TV reports Dayton will retire from the Senate after just one term:
Dayton had been seen as vulnerable in a run for a second term. Late last month, a Star Tribune Minnesota Poll found Dayton's approval rating had fallen to 43 percent.
Dayton's departure from the race presents a major opportunity for Republicans in a state that has become increasingly more friendly to GOP politicians. Among those considering bids were Congressmen Gil Gutknecht and Mark Kennedy, as well as former Senator Rod Grams, who lost to Dayton in 2000.
Minnesota is a longtime Democratic bastion in presidential races, last backing a Republican in 1972. But in 2002 the GOP won races for both senator and governor, and John Kerry's margin last year was only 3.5%. You can bet the GOP will be eyeing this seat.
Monday, February 07, 2005
"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life son."
To those leaving, we wish you well. Really. What you are doing is not unprecedented. Before, during and after the Revolutionary War many Tories left the US for Canada, which remains to this day a member of the Commonwealth. God Save the Queen and don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Back to the IHT (a subsidiary of the notorious NYT). Focusing on those leaving without mentioning the long lines to get in is analogous to writing about the handful of people moving to Cuba each year while ignoring the thousands who risk their lives to get out. For shame.