Emotion Versus Gravity

Melissa, guesting over at Right Wing News:

Can identity politics get any more ridiculous? In trying to establish cred with minorities, civil rights leader Andrew Young says what could be nominated for the most ridiculous quote this electoral season:

In

From Little Green Footballs:

In 2002, Nancy Pelosi was a member of a bipartisan group that was made aware of harsh interrogation techniques being used with Islamic terrorists in US custody—and the group not only approved of the tactics (including

OK, this is the second day I’ve noted Sitemeter going crazy. Along about 4 or so, on both Saturday, and Sunday, I’ve noted “Today’s” hit count being at zero… where it’d been at normal levels before that.

What’s going on,

Well,, that certainly was the vibe I got while watching this story unfold over the last few days.

Michelle’s been doing a fabulous job of keeping us up to date with all of this. But you might not have heard

1. War is not an intellectual exercise.
2. There are no rules in war, other than the rules dictated by the winner, afterward.
3. The Geneva Convention which purports to be civilized warfare, is in fact nothing of the sort, and is not

Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta, former Carter adminstration stooge, and full time fool, has come out with the strangest endorsement I have ever heard.  Basically Young endorsed Mrs. Clinton because her husband, B.J. Clinton, diddled more black women than

AL-QAEDA NETWORKS DISRUPTED; THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 19 DETAINED

Posted: 06 Dec 2007 01:28 PM CST

AL-QAEDA NETWORKS DISRUPTED; THREE TERRORISTS KILLED, 19 DETAINED

RECONCILIATION TAKES CENTER STAGE ACROSS MULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION – CENTER

Posted: 06 Dec 2007 01:24 PM CST

RECONCILIATION

Interesting. The New York Times is now reporting that CIA officials were advised not to destroy videotapes of terrorist interrogations:

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 — White House and Justice Department officials, along with senior members of Congress, advised the Central Intelligence

Andrew DeMillo, Associcated Press,  ironically  notes Mike Huckabee march to the rear with respect to AIDS

In 1992, Huckabee was right that the federal goverment was treating AID not as disease bit as some sort of civil right:

“It is

Me at Q&O where Dale Franks is properly agonizing over ‘torture’:

Do we really want the government to do “unpleasant, unsavory and sometimes awful things” in the defense of our freedom?

I am amazed that a veteran of our military

I find myself curious as to why suddenly the listings of BitsBlog on Memeorandum have dwindled to nonexistence.  A week ago, it was unusual for us not to have something showing on their home page.  As it stands now, it’s

The fallout continues from Bernie Ward’s arrest on child porn charges.  San Jose Mercury News:

Ward’s lawyer told KGO the alleged pornography involves research Ward did more than four years ago for a book.

“He was doing research,” said

The Politico:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says a swipe that Vice President Cheney took at Democratic House leaders is “beneath the dignity of his office.”

Capitol Hill was abuzz Thursday with discussion of the vice president’s assertion in an

Reynolds:

I HEARD NEAL BOORTZ holding forth on the Omaha mall shooting this morning on the way to work, and I realized I haven’t posted on it. I don’t really have anything to say that I haven’t said before. But

The Sister has yet another story about global warming lies.  

The IPCC falsified data showing a sea level rise from 1992-2002 according to Dr. Nils-Axel Morner, former head of the Paleogeophysics and Geodynamics department at Stockholm University in Sweden.