The “They Do It Too” Defense

Apparently, the press is desperate to get something in the paper to push Norman Hsu off the front page, and for the ability to say “They have crimnials too”. Via Memeorandum, The WaPo is an example:

Republican presidential candidate Fred

Mike Soraghan, Hill, reports on Senator Tom Colburn(R-OK) getting his priorities backwards:

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said Congress’s deficit spending has become a moral issue surpassing abortion because it saddles future generations with massive debt before they’re born.

“The

I’m pleased to announce that Blue Crab Boulevard has joined the Swamp Stompers.

Welcome Aboard, Gaius!

I’ve got one in the quips, that runs something like this:

There is no such thing as an “illegal immigrant”. Either they are immigrants, who arrived here and live here legally, or they are criminals. The former, are entitled to

Lucy Laing, Daily Mail(UK) has the good news of the “boy who refused to die.”

Commentary by Karen, Doses of Reality:

This story has stirred up some conflicting emotions in me. On the one hand you

Today’s story, is not about ONE individual showing unusual  courage, but two.

Find the whole story at Q & O.

Project Hero, is a worthy attempt on McQ’s part to remind us that we have heroes among us. Further,

Rich Lowry has an interesting article on Real Clear Politics by way of Memeorandum:

Would someone be fit to be attorney general of the United States if he had once said, “I think there are probably very few people in

We’re about Draining Mrs Pelosi’s swamp.

Send me some feedback, and we’ll get you started.

The more I read Joe Klein the more I’m convinced the guy is working at being stupid. Nobody could come by his level of stupid, naturally. When he opens with this, you know it’s going to be brainless:

I’m puzzled

Captain Ed notes:

Pervez Musharraf has declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, apparently not content to wait for the Supreme Court decision on his presidential election victory last month. So far, he has given no reason for the declaration,

Mega-Idiot, Matt Stoller:

I like Tom Perriollo, though I find this diatribe on the common good very annoying.

Censorship may not be a viable or appropriate solution, but do any of us honestly believe that the ready availability of internet

An interesting, but alas, not particularly shocking article appeared over at Q&O yesterday under the headline 8 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote.

We all saw or are now familiar with the recent dust-up in the

Rasmussen Reports:

Tuesday night’s debate was not Hillary Clinton’s finest moment of the campaign season, but there has been little or no immediate damage to her standing in the national polls. In fact, if anything, support for Clinton has ticked

With a Nod to Billy Beck for the link:

(The Telegraph) Brigadier-General Paul Tibbets, who died on Thursday aged 92, commanded the USAAF bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima on August 6 1945.

In September 1944

Says Fred Thompson, on Red State via Conservative Grapevine:

While Hillary Clinton was speaking out both sides of her mouth at last night’s debate over the issue of drivers licenses for illegal aliens, what went unsaid is that this