Mass Transit Becomes Mass Casualty

From the DC area’s biggest news voice, WTOP:

WASHINGTON – An inbound Metro train smashed into the back of another at the height of the Monday evening rush hour, killing at least nine people and injuring scores of others

Earlier Eric remarked:

The polite leftist explanation for Obama‘s lack of serious response to the events in Iran has been that such a response would allow Iran‘s tyrannical leaders to blame the United States for the

Even the Egyptian Government gets it from the June 18, 2009. in Al-Ahram (Egypt),

“Events in Iran have followed in close succession since the announcement that fundamentalist candidate Ahmadinejad was elected to a second term in the presidential elections. Between

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post:

And where is our president? Afraid of “meddling.” Afraid to take sides between the head-breaking, women-shackling exporters of terror — and the people in the street yearning to breathe free. This from a president who

Aaron Task over at Yahoo’s tech Ticker makes a point I’ve made here at BitsBlog several times:

Before this discussion goes any further, Jeff Matthews of Ram Partners, wants you (and presumably policymakers) to remember this: “The epicenter of the

There is a nascent cry for freedom, the natural yearning of all men, in Iran, video:

Hat tip:  Michelle

More, Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit:

Madness! Obama Administration Silent As Iranian Students Are Slaughtered in Streets– Announce They Will Negotiate

No question what the biggest story yesterday was.

The Biggest story yesterday was an 88 year old nutbag walking into the Holocaust museum in DC and opening up with a long gun. Not suprisingly, the lone gunman was a Neo-Nazi.

There’s been much fury and spittle being passed back and forth recently regarding the outing of “Publius”… his real name and position being revealed, by Ed Whelan over at National Review, incidental to an argument over the nomination of

Lee Cary over at American Thinker:

In a one sentence order, Justice Ginsburg left open the possibility that the SCOTUS may scotch the Chrysler-Fiat deal that gives 29 cents on the dollar to the Indiana Fund and other Chrysler

Twenty close of last year, the President Bush told us we are going to start looking seriously at offshore drilling, thus increasing supply,  as a way of bringing down oil prices.  Based solely on that move, worldwide oil prices went

John Hawkins has a great interview up with Aaron Klein, author of   The Late Great State of Israel: How Enemies Within and Without Threaten the Jewish Nation’s Survival, up just now. Go and read.

There’s much to discuss in terms of implication, as regards the shooting of abortionist George Tiller, none of them particularly complimentary to those claiming to take up Tiller’s side.

Even from the outset, my instinct was that the reaction to

Words of wisdom mere words from the one, via Useless Toady:

I am shocked and outraged by the murder of Dr. George Tiller as he attended church services this morning. However profound our differences as Americans over difficult

I haven’t commented on this Tiller thing yet, mostly because  there hardly seems a point in discussing at any length, something that wasn’t “all in”, as yet. You will admit the story broke rather quickly. I didn’t comment on it

First, Doctor Krauthammer:

Heller [the Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees gun ownership for individuals] is hardly settled law. It is law in its infancy. It’s a couple years old. And if she is on the court, she