The Democratic Underground Post Of The Day: Osama Is Innocent!

John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has been watching the space cowboys over at the septiuc tank known as the Democratic Underground, and came up with this gem.

“What, exactly, did bin laden do again?

All we know is

The Volokh Conspiracy seems to think the idiodic ruling in the aforementioned Jose Padilla case will be over-ruled.  It worries me that anyone can even consider this as an issue.

Yes, I saw the Boortz post about it this morning,

ABCNEWS.com : Appeals Court Says Bush Can’t Hold U.S. Citizen

What about ‘We are at war” do these idiots not understand?

Dan Drezner is falling into a trap, I think. One the Democrats have been falling into for some time, for a different reason.
He complains, in his recent Slate article:

“A third criticism has slowly emerged over the past

I saw this business with Hinkley last night, (the guy who shot Reagan is getting out on unsupervised visits) and wondered what possible motivation this judge could have had.  I should have said something in here that it looked politically

Jeffrey Overstreet’s interview with John Rhys-Davies

Yes, I’m a LOTR fan, have been since the late 60’s.
I was rather disappointed when Viggo Mortensen turned into such an idiot. But this interview with John Rhys-Davis I found encouraging.

Says Rhys-Davis,

CNN.com – Material Girl covers Clark with praise – Dec. 16, 2003:

“LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) –The Material Girl has stepped onto the political stage and endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark.

‘I think he has a good handle

My Way News:

“PARIS (AP) – French President Jacques Chirac said Wednesday he will ask parliament to pass a law banning Islamic head scarves and other religious insignia in public schools, a dramatic and potentially explosive move aimed at

I admit I was half asleep when I heard the story this monring.  But the tale, as I recall it, goes:
FNC’s green room yesterday afternoon. Mort Kondrake is prepping for his early eveining gig on FNC, and Former Clinton

Iraqi Minister Scolds U.N. for Inaction Regarding Hussein:

“UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 — Iraq’s foreign minister, Hoshyar Zebari, accused the United Nations Security Council today of having failed to help rescue his country from Saddam Hussein, and he chided

Deb Orin at the NY Post lays it out

Republicans are rightly annoyed, and point out that if anything like this had happened at an event where a top Republican was present and did nothing to stop it, we’d hear

The Truth Laid Bear: President Saddam — Again?

The Bear asks an interesting question:

“During the buildup to the war, and since, many who opposed the war declared it an “illegal” action and a violation of international law.

Now that

Dean: America Not Safer After Saddam’s Capture: “WASHINGTON — Anti-war candidate Howard Dean (search) said Monday ‘the capture of Saddam has not made America safer,’ directly contradicting President Bush and drawing the wrath of two Democratic presidential rivals.”

The

Isn’t it interesting?
All the international left is leaping to the defense of Saddam…. Kofi Anon, for example, saying he doesn’t want the death penalty for Saddam….  So much concern for the idea of human life. All so very noble.

Yahoo! News – US official in Europe for Iraq debt talks: “The Iraqi delegation visiting Paris, led by council chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, met Monday with French President Jacques Chirac and Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, who said France