Jules Crittenden:

I’ve been ignoring the big talk about Pentagon intel before this because, to put in bluntly, it doesn’t mean anything nor does it change anything.  Then or now.  It is simply a stick, and not a very impressive

Barack Obama hates the phrase “Global War on Terror”, and loathes the very idea of fighting militant Islam.  Yet Obama seems to have to problem waging war on the American public, from Tim Stanley, Telegraph (UK):

Those crazy American conspiracy

Andrew J. McCarthy, National Review:

{F]or President Obama to seek a congressional declaration of war, or at least an authorization for the use of military force, as the Bush administration understood was required before commencing combat operations in

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

Lots going on, today, despite it being a holiday. Let’s get to it.

• It’s about time you did this, Mr. President.  Only one

The victim of a big Mac attack today is Al Sharpton, lover of criminals, and terrorist.

How Sharpton loves criminals, Heather Mac Donald, City Journal:

“Stop the killing!” Since 1993, 11,353 people have been murdered in New York City.

Admittedly, it’s a slow news day, and therefore, around here a slow blogging day…  And this is the kind of story, that pops up on such a day is this, as if to save us from ourselves.  It’s too bad

Good news, of sorts, Glenn Greenwald endorses the Patriot Act, kind of, sort of:

The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is, without question, the single worst law enacted during the Bush presidency, and is one of the most destructive

First, a belated nod to Rodney Dill, who awarded your Bitmaster an Honorable Mention in the latest OTB Caption Contest.

*The Music: Tonight, I’m doing the internet radio thing… at SmoothJazz.com

Print media is not the only medium loving to

James Joyner notes:

Conservative firebrand Bob Barr has quit the Republican Party and become a Libertarian.

A former Georgia congressman who helped spark President Clinton’s impeachment has quit the Republican Party to become a Libertarian, saying he is disillusioned with

Captain Ed….

Newt Gingrich has tried to position himself as the premiere conservative candidate for the 2008 Republican presidential primaries, a mission made easier by the list of front-runners already in the race. However, he may have taken a stumble

A few clips of Fran, yesterday, along with my comments;

Your Curmudgeon is an ardent hawk. He believes passionately that Islam must be whipped back into its Arabian kennel and quarantined there, no matter what that undertaking might do to

10:01 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Yesterday I delivered a — the second in a series of speeches on the situation in Iraq. I spoke about the violence that the Iraqi people had faced since last month’s bombing of

10:32 A.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Welcome. Please be seated. Thanks.

Last night I addressed the nation about our strategy for victory in Iraq, and the historic elections that took place in the country last week. In a nation that once

THIS is why the Patriot act needs to be renewed.

Hat tip to Byron at Slings and Arrows

I’m going to go outside my usual blogging for this one, because I consider it of greatest import that we know who we’re dealing with.