So Was It Serious, Or Not?

You’ll recall Richard Clarke suggesting that Terrorism was the highest priority in the Clinton administration.

John Weidner over at Random Jottings asks :

“Does anyone else find it odd that in his entire run for president, Al Gore never mentioned

Cap’t Ed over at Captain’s Quarters has an interesting discussion on an editorial from of all people, Michael Young, the opinion editor of the Daily Star in Lebanon:

As far as the Bush administration was concerned, a democratic Iraq

I knew there was something I liked aboutVictor Hanson:

“Most Democrats we saw this year …Howard Dean, Al Gore, John Kerry, Terry McAuliff, and John Edwards…either grew up in aristocratic bounty or are themselves multimillionaires. Does this matter?….only

AP’s wire says::
“Explosive Found in French Railway Bed
6 minutes ago

PARIS – A French railroad worker found an explosive device buried in the bed of a railway line heading from France to Switzerland on Wednesday, the Interior

Boortz this morning, makes the obvious point about Hamas, CAIR and Yassin, etc:

Thanks to James Taranto’s Opinion Journal column, we can now take a look at the Covenant of the Hamas.  This document was issued on August 18, 1988. 

AP quotes Clarke’s resignation letter:

“‘It has been an enormous privilege to serve you these last 24 months,’ said the Jan. 20, 2003, letter from Clarke to Bush. ‘I will always remember the courage, determination, calm, and leadership you

With all of the praise being heaped on Richard Clarke by a press wiling to believe ANYTHING that will cause president Bush political problems, perhaps it’d be worthwhile to examine what the press, and the left…(A redundancy) thought of him

Think France is our friend?
You may want to read:

Winds of Change.NET: France – Pas Comme Les Autres

(Hat tip: Mike Totten)

A downright brilliant bit or reasoning, and of writing, over at Belmont Club: today. Here’s a few pieces of it:

“September 11 proved that terrorism could not be contained. It had to be finished. A prescient European foreign policy

Dodd over at Ipse Dixit points out some good news on the economy… one point of many….:

“Ford Motor Company announced plans today to invest $73 million at their Louisville truck plant, almost doubling the size of their stamping plant.

I’d like to say I’m shocked by this article over at Random Observations, but I can’t honestly do that.

“Showing their usual commitment to democracy, freedom, and human rights, France has now teamed up, militarily, with the Communist Chinese

Daily Newsbrief: Who is John Kerry – the China Connection examines the questions about Kerry’s China connections… points I’ve broought up here previously…  Joe gets into some detail, though. Read it.

Reuters is reporting:

“DUBAI (Reuters) – An Islamist web site published a statement Monday purporting to come from an al Qaeda-linked group vowing revenge on the United States and its allies over Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed

Sean over at Everything I Know Is Wrong links over to walter Willams, who makes some excellent points about quotes from: Democrats on WMD’s. Example, John Kerry:

“In January 2003, Kerry added, ‘Without question, we need to disarm

Like, I’m supposed to feel sorry for Sheikh Ahmed Yassin?
Please. Show me where this scum’s grave is so I can pee on it.
Once they get done scraping his butt up off the sidewalk, that is.

Forget about making