February 22, 2009

Message to the President: Start Thinking BIG with $1Q

The stimulus bill, a/k/a the Generational Theft Act, rounds up to $780 billion. Analysts of the bailout regularly bring up figures of $1 trillion, $2 trillion, and more. I guess that's a lot of money, but spread among 300,000,000 Americans, the per-capita total is pathetically small. As I calculate, that's only $3,333 per person. That won't get the economy going again. It barely pays for teens' text messaging.

President Obama, think BIG. Think about the hope and change that brought you into office, how millions of Americans and billions of global masses turned to you to heal the economy, lower the level of the oceans and cool the planet. You must do more, now. A stimulus bill won't do much about rising oceans, and a piddly $780 billion won't do jack for the economy, either.

Forget about a trillion dollar plan. Instead, go for the gold with a QUADRILLION DOLLAR BAILOUT. That's $1,000,000,000,000,000.00, or as I call it $1Q. Forget the banks and automakers -- pay the money directly to individuals. That's hope and change on A-Rod style steroids.

Let me explain.

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Van | 02/22/09 at 10:58 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 16, 2007

Is Bush a neo-liberal?

According to a new study, the thick lumpy political center breaks down into several discrete categories.

Strategists and the media variously describe independents as “swing voters," "moderates” or "centrists" who populate a sometimes-undefined middle of the political spectrum. That is true for some independents, but the survey revealed a significant range in the attitudes and the behavior of Americans who adopt the label.

. . . . The survey data established five categories of independents: [1] closet partisans on the left and right; [2] ticket-splitters in the middle; [3] those disillusioned with the system but still active politically; [4] ideological straddlers whose positions on issues draw from both left and right; and [5] a final group whose members are mostly disengaged from politics.

Below, my email list provides a good illustration of number [4] in a discussion stimulated by a WaPo op-ed.

Before you read on, a few definitions: Neoliberal. Neoconservative. (Yes, it’s Wikipedia, but both entries are sourced up the wazoo.)

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Judith | 07/16/07 at 02:40 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 04, 2007

Democracy Whiskey Sexy 2007

The Stuck Mojo video showcased on LGF reminded me of Dr Frank's response to the invasion of Iraq, "Democracy Whiskey Sexy." (Lyrics below)

I was going to link to an mp3 but I wasn't able to find one on the web lately, so let me recommend my Fourth of July playlist from last year, which leads off with "Democracy Whiskey Sexy" and includes more music you might not hear elsewhere, like Boxharp and Michael Hall.

Someone at LGF recommended this mashup from the Stuck Mojo site:

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Judith | 07/04/07 at 12:50 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 14, 2007

Nervous in the Sweet Air of Freedom in Havana

A striking movie scene occurs in The Falcon and the Snowman, when two U.S. spies for the Soviet Union cross back into the US, where the Federal agents are eagerly awaiting. One slams one of the spies (played by Tim Hutton, maybe?) and snarls, "You f'ing traitor!" (If I recall the movie incorrectly, straighten me out).

An article in the International Herald Tribune about American criminals livin' la vida loca in Cuba reminded me of that scene. It seems these are nervous days for the cop killers and hijackers who left this fascist hellhole for the sweet air of socialist freedom in Cuba.

Consider the case of one "Assata Shakur, formerly Joanne Chesimard, a leader of the Black Liberation Army, who is one of the most notorious of the fugitives."

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Van | 05/14/07 at 10:53 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 26, 2007

The Latest from Robert Novak

Robert Novak's latest column, A President All Alone, discusses Bush's distance - even isolation - from congressional Republicans, and their chagrin at ongoing revelations of Bush administration incompetence.

"We always have claimed that we were the party of better management," one House leader told me. "How can we claim that anymore?"

But the final paragraphs in the article is what really grabbed my attention.

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Alcibiades | 03/26/07 at 11:16 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 20, 2007

The Wilson-Plame controversy continues

Byron York says that Plame's testimony before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is slightly different from her testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

As part of its probe into pre-war intelligence, the committee interviewed Valerie Plame Wilson for the portions of the committee’s report dealing with the Niger uranium matter. At that time, as now, the question of how the CIA chose Joseph Wilson for the Niger trip was a subject of great interest. But Missouri Republican Sen. Christopher Bond, vice chairman of the committee, says Mrs. Wilson did not tell the committee about the young junior officer, the call from the vice president’s office, or the passing CIA official who suggested Joseph Wilson’s name.

“Friday was the first time we have ever heard that story,” Sen. Bond said in a statement to National Review Sunday evening. “Obviously if we had, we would have included it in the report. If Ms. Wilson’s memory of events has improved and she would now like to change her testimony, I’m sure the committee staff would be happy to re-interview her.”

Bond disputes several other contentions of Ms Plame as well.

Clifford May says:

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Judith | 03/20/07 at 12:20 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 17, 2007

The Wilson-Plame controversy marches on

[ UPDATE: At this end of this post is video of Victoria Toensing, drafter of the Act which defines whether or not a CIA agent is covert, attempting to answer questions put to her by Rep Henry Waxman. You have to see it to appreciate that this really is a show trial. ]

Andy McCarthy notes that Valerie Plame was outed by a Russian spy over ten years ago, according to the news media which now uncritically report her version of events.

It is the contention made in a 2005 brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit by the Times along with ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, AP, Newsweek, Reuters America, the Washington Post, the Tribune Company (which publishes the Los Angeles Times and the Baltimore Sun, among other papers), and the White House Correspondents . . . in an attempt to quash subpoenas issued to journalists — the argument being that if Mrs. Wilson's cover had already been blown, there could have been no crime when an administration official (who we now know to be Richard Armitage, not Scooter Libby) leaked her identity to journalist Robert Novak, and thus there was no need to compel reporters to reveal their sources.

. . . How can it be possible that a leak in 2002 "jeopardized and even destroyed entire networks of foreign agents" associated with Mrs. Wilson's covert assignment when, by the media's own account to a federal court, those networks had to have been blown for years?

From a damning timeline which confirms that Joe Wilson thought Saddam had WMDs (and would use them on US troops if we invaded) up to the end of the war (based on his own op-eds):

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Judith | 03/17/07 at 09:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 16, 2007

Snapshots from Valerie Plame's testimony

[ UPDATE: They're liveblogging over at the Powerline Forum. Snippets at the end of this post.

Also "Wilson/Plame Central" blogger Tom Maguire. ]

I don't have a TV and our Wilson/Plame watcher Alcibiades is busy, so I'm posting snippets of the Corner's live-blogging of Plame's testimony:

The Invisible Leaker [John Podhoretz]

Valerie Plame Wilson has been testifying for an hour, and while it appears on a chart, the name of Richard Armitage — the actual person who actually leaked her identity to Robert Novak (and, a month earlier, to Bob Woodward) — has yet to be spoken. Scooter Libby's name? Ten times.

03/16 11:10 AM

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Judith | 03/16/07 at 01:14 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 08, 2007

Straining at gnats

Bill Bennett:

Now that we have established that no rock and no expense will be left unturned and unspent, that no reporter involved will be left unsubpoenaed for leaking or even purportedly leaking a classified agent's name, when we have some suspicion that a person who works at the CIA might be covert (but turns out not to be): Can we please begin the investigation and subpoenaing of journalists—also known as witnesses to a crime—for leaking classified national-security information in a time of war?!

. . . I'm not talking about disgruntled spouses with political differences with the president, I'm talking about the disclosure of the most serious war-time planning and procedures to keep our country safe. I'm talking about disclosing the secret detention facilities of high-value terrorists, I'm talking about the disclosure of terrorist surveillance programs, I'm talking about the disclosure of the Treasury Department's SWIFT program that tracked terrorist financing—all of which are now caput because insiders leaked to the press and the press willingly published these classified secrets—-NONE of the programs that were leaked were illegal, all of them were of great value, all of them are over or changed as a result of the disclosure.

And let's revisit the slap on the wrist to Sandy Burglar while we're at it.

UPDATE: The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform wants to follow up with Fitzgerald on the disclosure of Valerie Plame's status. Byron York says:

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Judith | 03/08/07 at 09:57 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 07, 2007

We are entitled to be tried by a jury of our peers

But sometimes we are tried by a jury of our fellow citizens who have rocks between their ears and no conception of civic responsibility.

First we had Denis Collins, who did not reveal until the trial was over that he had written a book about the CIA, and who less than 24 hours after the verdict published seven pages of notes at Huffington Post.

And now Ann Somebody tells Chris Matthews she thinks Libby should get a pardon and "it would be more fun to follow" if he gets one now rather than right before Bush leaves office. Watch the video at Hot Air.

Libby won't have to get pardoned. His appeal will be successful thanks to these airheads. Maybe they are Rove moles.

[Alcibiades adds: From the same show, Watch Kate O'Beirne argue with Chris Matthews about whether Scooter should be pardoned right away. She corrects him on the facts of the case as established by the trial, that Valerie Plame suggested Joe Wilson for the trip the day before the Vice President was even briefed on the situation in Niger; typical of Chris, he'll forget the correction by tomorrow and will continue to peddle the set of facts that he prefers.

By the way, I have a somewhat different read on this juror than does Judith. This one seems okay to me, diligent, possessing integrity, whereas Denis Collins is just atrocious. But, hey, he wants his hefty book advance. Who can blame him?

Speaking of which, he's described by his colleagues as: The longtime journalist, 57, who has also written for The Miami Herald and the San Jose Mercury New, was recalled as smart,
hardworking and energetic, although not always "coloring within the lines." ]

Judith | 03/07/07 at 10:20 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Speaking About Exploiting Jury Duty

Denis Collins is a juror on the Scooter Libby trial, somewhat discussed during the course of the trial because he had worked for Bob Woodward, who testified, and was a neighbor of Tim Russert, who also testified. Since unlike Russert, Woodward gave some very mature testimony, there was some hope that this guy would not prove to be an utter moonbat.

Wrong.

It turns out, a fact he did not reveal at the voir dire of the trial, that he had also authored a book on classified agents at the CIA, one of whom, a female of an appropriate age, just happened to have worked in Africa, very like, one, oh, Valery Plame. Meanwhile, he's already been on all the best liberal talk shows airing his opinions on this case. He's like the self-important Joe Wilson of the jury, can't shut up, is working to exploit this experience as a way to foist his self importance on the rest of us and is similarly endowed with important hair.

The guy has already come out with a massive article about his trial experience on Huffington Post, which, as we all know, is a nice politically balanced website. 7 pages. I expect he stayed up all night long, after the many talk shows he performed on last night, in order to get the work done in time to launch it this morning.

It would be interesting to know just who he was talking to to get this arranged while the jury was deliberating.

Can a deal for a book be far behind? Maybe he has already made one?

Alcibiades | 03/07/07 at 11:03 AM | 2 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Breaking News: Mr. Cheney Has a Heart After All

Don't you love it when the NY Slimes speaks in the passive voice!

Still, liberal critics of the administration had a field day with the trial. They are hoping the Democrats who now control Congress will use the case to investigate Mr. Cheney’s role further. Mr. Schumer, who was among the first to call for a special prosecutor in the case, suggested in an interview that they might.

No need to "question experts" in order to write up this particular paragraph. All that reporter SHERYL GAY STOLBERG had to do in this case was consult the demeanor of her colleagues in the newsrooms she shares with them.

The reference to Schumer is interesting, however. Clarice Feldman, who has written extensively at Just One Minute and American Thinker on the Scooter Libby case believes that Schumer worked a behind the scenes deal with James Comey, who was then Deputy Attorney General, to agree to bring Patrick Fitzgerald onto the case. As a very relevant aside, both James Comey and Patrick Fitzgerald prosecuted a case against Mark Rich, with Libby as Rich's attorney. They lost, Scooter won and the ruling in this case later formed the basis of the pardon for Mark Rich by President Clinton.

Meanwhile, Schumer, now, is all aglow to begin all kinds of investigations into high administration officials, the higher, the better.

“I think there is a view in the public that Libby was the fall guy,” Mr. Schumer said, “and I do think we will look at how the case shows the misuse of intelligence both before and after the war in Iraq.”

The successful prosecution of Libby has apparently merely whetted his appetite for larger game. Although the misuse of intelligence in such a regard seems like a loaded phrase. Whose intelligence? I certainly feel that mine has been misused watching the process of this trial.

Interestingly, now that it looks like it will be hard times for Cheney, the NY Times finally decides to show a softer side of the man:

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Alcibiades | 03/07/07 at 02:34 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 06, 2007

Let's remember Wilson outed Plame first

David Frum reminds us what the point is:

Can you our readers find any example of denunciations of Richard Armitage's leak of Valerie Plame's name by a) Democratic officeholders or b) MSM columnists or c) left-wing bloggers? I did some Google searching this evening and came up pretty much blank.

So here's the paradox: We hear on the one hand that this leak represents a cloud over the vice presidency - a scandal - a threat to national security - possible grounds for impeachment. And then on the other hand: not one word of condemnation of the person who actually did the leaking!

Here is David Corn of the Nation, who along with Michael Isikoff broke the Armitage story, grudgingly trying to avoid acknowledging the glaringly obvious :

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Judith | 03/06/07 at 10:15 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Happy Fitzmas to the Libs

Hope you're feeling good. That nothing quite like that special schadenfreude feeling.

The pursuit of justice by an overzealous special prosecutor is a wonderful thing. Finally, justice for the Clinton years.

Been gone all day - heard the news early afternoon on Rush - can't say I'm surprised except by the high number of guilty counts, as the jury questions of recent days indicated that a guilty verdict was coming.

I'll post on the verdict when I've caught up on the details.

Still catching up, but here's a tidbit to chew on:

"The trial has demystified the priestly practices of Washington journalism," said Roy Peter Clark, a senior scholar at the Poynter Institute, a school and resource center for working journalists. "I think we'll see prosecutors going after journalists more often."

And it couldn't happen to a nicer group of people.

Of course, the priestly practices of Washingtonian journalists - and their biases - have long been evident to people in the blogosphere. Although it's true that this trial made the practices of several members of the profession of journalism a complete laughing stock.

More: from the inimitable David Shuster of Hardball fame.

as Libby was leaving, MSNBC's David Shuster called out, "Mr. Libby, are you willing to go to jail to protect Vice President Cheney?"

What a ghoul.

Still more from Byron York:

Libby juror Denis Collins on CNN's Larry King Live:

Q: Are you going to write about this?

A: I am going to write about it. I'm not sure of the format or where it will be…

Alcibiades | 03/06/07 at 06:16 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 26, 2007

Aussies, Brits and Frenchmen Who Love America!

Amidst all the media doom and gloom and the vitriolic commentary coming from the America-hating left, it's easy to forget that our nation is still a beacon of light to much of the world. With that in mind, a few examples of people from other nations showing such appreciation may be in order.

Via AFP (linked at Drudge) came this great photo from down under. It shows Australians expressing their appreciation not only for Vice-President Dick Cheney (in Sydney to meet with Prime Minister John Howard, who many of us Americans absolutely adore in return), but for America. As someone with a fair amount of Australian relatives, I just have to say, good on ya, mates!

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February 21, 2007

Justice by Prosecutor

Hat Tip: Clarice at JOM . . . more »

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February 20, 2007

"Go Grab His Ass"

[ Judith - Plenty at Instapundit on the US government's changing mores on rendition and assassination, including reference to the story below. Rule of Thumb: If the Democrats suggest it, we go nudge nudge wink wink. If the Republicans suggest . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/20/07 at 11:22 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 13, 2007

Just Deserts: Impeachment Blues

Last week I wrote a post entitled Tim Russert - Boldly Lying on the Stand wherein I discussed the fact, as per the title of the post, that Russert had just lied on the stand in front of everyone. He . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/13/07 at 08:32 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 12, 2007

Speaking About Joe Wilson

Two frank assessments about Joe Wilson. God knows we can use the humor: Short and sweet, from Robert Novak's testimony as transcribed by liveblogger Empty Wheel at Firedoglake: Fitz: [When was your] first meeting with Wilson RN On MTP. The . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/12/07 at 05:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 06, 2007

The Southern Front: Rules of (Non) Engagement

While the Oscars and Obama captivate everybody, let's not overlook this confrontation on the US-Mexico border. According to this article, A recent standoff between National Guardsmen and heavily armed outlaws along the Mexican border has rattled some troops and raised . . . more »

Van | 02/06/07 at 07:31 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Fortunate sons

Some folks are born made to wave the flag, ooh, they're red, white and blue. And when the band plays "Hail To The Chief", oh, they point the cannon at you, Lord, It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't . . . more »

Judith | 02/06/07 at 12:39 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 05, 2007

The Libby Trial

From Clarice Feldman, one of the most able commentators on the Libby Trial, at Just One Minute, summing up the current cross examination: "So--Libby said at [his initial FBI] interview says that he "didn't recall" and [FBI agent] Eckenrode writes . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/05/07 at 12:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Senate Resolution on Iraq, Version 4.0

Jim Geraghty makes a suggestion about the wording of a Senate Resolution all the senators can sign on to: Aw, heck, why don't they just introduce a resolution declaring, "We, the Senate, like all the good parts of the war . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/05/07 at 10:27 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 04, 2007

Donald Sensing Poses A Question About Global Warming

What if global warming is a good thing? He asks this with reference to this data list compiled by J.R. Dunn that appeared in the American Thinker, Resisting Global Warming Panic. Despite the insistence of Al Gore and friends, this . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/04/07 at 09:09 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 03, 2007

Positive Stories From Afghanistan

In the spirit of continuing to post items regarding Aghanistan that shed light on the complexity of the situation, rather than the MSM's steady diet of doom and gloom, I ran across two inspiring stories. One is on the man . . . more »

Cinnamon | 02/03/07 at 11:08 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 30, 2007

National Review in person

[ UPDATE: Atlas has lots of video and photos from her attendance. Streaming video of John Bolton and Quicktime videos of Newt Gingrich and Jeb Bush at the NRI.] My friend Susan attended the NRI Summit in Washington DC this . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/07 at 10:21 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 24, 2007

Listen to the general

If you agree with General Petraeus that sending more troops specifically to pacify Baghdad is a good idea, please inform your Republican congresspersons that you will not be happy with them if they do not agree that it is a . . . more »

Judith | 01/24/07 at 11:58 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 18, 2007

Harridan of the Sea

But she's doing it for the children! That is, the children of Del Monte's investors. . . . more »

Alcibiades | 01/18/07 at 09:38 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 27, 2006

RIP President Ford

President Gerald Ford is dead, aged 93. If only we had kept him in charge, as the old campaign ad exhorts - the situation in Iran might be very different today. . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/27/06 at 01:59 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 06, 2006

More Examples of Mob Rule on College Campuses

No sooner had my last SFGate column, "Mob Rule on College Campuses" come out, when bullying behavior reared its ugly head on America's college campuses yet again. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo, one of the strongest anti-illegal immigration voices in politics, . . . more »

Cinnamon | 12/06/06 at 02:44 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 10, 2006

The Big Gloat

And so it begins. This just in from Reuters: A purported audio recording by the leader of Iraq's al Qaeda wing gloated over the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, as a top U.S. general said the military was preparing . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/10/06 at 01:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 09, 2006

A farewell to Rumsfeld

Most of us at Kesher Talk have been fans of Donald Rumsfeld, and here's what I found in our archives and elsewhere. Got a favorite Rumsfeld moment? Leave us a link in the comments. Popular Mechanics sums up the Rumsfeld . . . more »

Judith | 11/09/06 at 08:20 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 05, 2006

Rev. Ted Haggard Channels Bill Clinton

Rev. Ted Haggard has been in some hot water lately after his shenanigans with the Dark Side became known. He's out, in the employment sense of the word, at the National Association of Evangelicals and his New Life Church. A . . . more »

Van | 11/05/06 at 11:30 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Webcams on the Rio: I Like to Watch

Now streaming into your PC: live images of the Texas-Mexico border, thanks to a state program that puts webcams at nine undisclosed locations along the 1,260-mile long border running from Brownsville to El Paso. To sneak a peek at the . . . more »

Van | 11/05/06 at 08:17 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 02, 2006

Hitch and Sullivan on Iraq

Via Omni Ceren . . . Andrew Sullivan and Christopher Hitchens mix it up on TV. But that's not the only reason this video is entertaining. Well, let Omri explain. Within thirty seconds of the interview, Hitchens has corrected the . . . more »

Judith | 11/02/06 at 07:00 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 09, 2006

From the Annals of Inadvertently Inappropriate Advertising: Joe Torre and J.H. Cohn

New York accounting firm J.H. Cohn has raised its profile recently with ads featuring a celebrity endorsement. The firm went with a very well known New York face and name, a smart association with a winner. Until Saturday, when celebrity . . . more »

Van | 10/09/06 at 11:48 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 05, 2006

Ground Zero Revisited

While visiting New York City last month, I made a pilgrimage to Ground Zero to pay my respects. It was the day before the fifth anniversary of 9/11, but the circus-like atmosphere had already begun. Between the as-of-yet unbuilt WTC . . . more »

Cinnamon | 10/05/06 at 12:51 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Good cop, bad cop

The PA struggles over which face to present to the world, while Israel continues its diplomatic work. Some sobering thoughts on the Iraqi government - and on men in government everywhere - plus advances for gay rights in California round . . . more »

Asher Abrams | 10/05/06 at 10:33 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 01, 2006

Plamegate fallout

Poor David Corn. The latest in a string of stories on this by Hitchens, links to all the others are embedded, I believe. The gist is that the people making the most noise about what an awful thing it was . . . more »

Judith | 09/01/06 at 07:48 AM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 09, 2006

Laugh Break of the Day

If you want a laugh break, this video, Stephen Colbert interviewing Eleanor Holmes Norton, is extremely funny: And flip here for some "light relief" from Stephen Pollard. [Hat Tip: Ann Althouse] . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/09/06 at 02:48 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

A White House Divided

I've been kind of amazed at Condi's support for the war. My impression of her had been that she was much more of the "realist" school; and when it comes to Israel, the realist school always demands capitulation and diplomacy. . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/09/06 at 02:57 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 02, 2006

A Call for Action

I don't have a link for it yet, but the following message was forwarded to our liberal hawk list serve by one of our members, originally from Charles Jacobs at the David Project, a man whose work we at Kesher . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/02/06 at 09:16 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 18, 2006

The Senator Goes A-Blogging

Tennessee Senator Bill Frist will be contributing to a blog, medicalmatters.org, started by his leadership committee, VOLPAC. The site describes itself as "a 21st century discussion of health care matters." Frist, a heart and lung transplant surgeon and member of . . . more »

Van | 07/18/06 at 02:57 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 13, 2006

Bring It On Baby!

As if the world did not have enough craziness this particular day, Drudge is reporting in a preliminary way that: VALERIE PLAME SUES CHENEY, ROVE, LIBBY... DEVELOPING... Plame and her husband Joseph Wilson allege that Cheney & Co. outed her . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/13/06 at 04:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 11, 2006

Novak About To Spill All On the Plame Game

Drudge has the red siren flashing: Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald has informed my attorneys that, after two and one-half years, his investigation of the CIA leak case concerning matters directly relating to me has been concluded. That frees me to . . . more »

Alcibiades | 07/11/06 at 05:35 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 30, 2006

The convolutions of Hamdan

Big round-up on the Hamdan decision. Executive summary: If you think this ruling means we have to mollycoddle terrorists, it's not as bad as you think. If you think this ruling means that all prisoners in Guantanamo will get civilian . . . more »

Judith | 06/30/06 at 12:13 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 28, 2006

Republicans Acting Badly

I promise that Judith, Alcibiades and I will never, ever act like this, as covered by Wave Maker. The blog in question is New England Republican: Things are getting pretty ugly over at New England Republican, all as a result . . . more »

Van | 06/28/06 at 11:54 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 15, 2006

Coulter Cranks It Up, Leno Tanks, Carlin Nods Off

I stayed up way past my bedtime to see the battle royale expected on the Tonight Show, on which Jay Leno welcomed George Carlin and Ann Coulter. I expected verbal fireworks, a stalwart defense of liberalism from Carlin, witty jibes . . . more »

Van | 06/15/06 at 12:44 AM | 7 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 13, 2006

Someone got a coal in his stocking

Aaaaaannnnnd . . . . he's still spinning! Jason Leopold hangs on grimly to his Rovian theories. You might think this is a parody, but check out the comment threads on the anti-Bush sites. Hell, check out the posts themselves. . . . more »

Judith | 06/13/06 at 02:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 05, 2006

Torture is complicated

[ As per usual, lots of discussion on this post over at Winds of Change. ] "How do we define "torture?" And is it ever okay to do it, and if so, what are our criteria for deciding that? At . . . more »

Judith | 06/05/06 at 02:16 PM | 10 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 31, 2006

Another late Memorial Day post

[ UPDATE: Coincidentally, an article about US atrocities in the Korean War appeared today. ] Occasional Kesher Talk pundit Ben: As usual for me, a bit late; Memorial Day is already past. It takes time to put things together. For . . . more »

Judith | 05/31/06 at 10:13 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 30, 2006

Late Memorial Day post

[ RELATED: ProtestWarriors, United American Committee, College Republicans, and True Democrats faced off against SDS and A.N.S.W.E.R and assorted antiwar folk in front of the USS Intrepid during Fleet Week. Report from the unique angle of The People's Cube. ] . . . more »

Judith | 05/30/06 at 11:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 29, 2006

Winning the Long War, cont.

Part one here. Many have commented on Bush's allusions to Truman in his commencement speech at West Point. It's certainly not the first time his deliberate naming of Islamism as the enemy has been compared to Truman's confrontation with Communism. . . . more »

Judith | 05/29/06 at 12:41 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 28, 2006

Memorial Day

From the email list: You guys have probably seen the Veterans giving out Poppy flowers lately. As you know, the Poppy is a powerful symbol that honors those who served and/or gave their lives for their country. Every year, for . . . more »

Judith | 05/28/06 at 01:45 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 18, 2006

Repressing the New Trotskyites: Enthusiasm Swells

KT recently reported on efforts to expose and purge the thought crimes inherent in human resources deparments, many of which are infested with the new Trotskyites who insidiously practice bias in hiring decisions. Often, these snakes favor kulaks (i.e., straight . . . more »

Van | 05/18/06 at 05:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 15, 2006

Is it Fitzmas yet???? Take 2

Wasn't Karl Rove supposed to be in jail about now? Fitzgerald doesn't seem to have got the memo. Leopold and friends must feel like Charlie Brown. But they keep trying to kick that football. UPDATE: Charlie Brown indeed! Leopold . . . more »

Judith | 05/15/06 at 10:45 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 12, 2006

Tax schmucks

I received this email yesterday, signed by "An Independent Jewish Conservative":The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a $70 billion election-year package of tax cuts that will extend lower rates for investors and also save billions for families that work. . . . more »

Judith | 05/12/06 at 12:31 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 11, 2006

Tony the Tiger: That's GRREEAATTT

Tony Snow is seeking to challenge negative, lazy mainstream MSM news reporting techniques. White House sources said Snow ... is determined to aggressively counter what the administration considers unfair assertions in both news and editorials about Bush. And Tony . . . more »

Alcibiades | 05/11/06 at 11:42 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 10, 2006

Goss Pushed Out by Bolten?

Apparently Goss was pushed out by Bolten. Intelligence insiders say that former CIA Director Porter Goss was given less than a day to pack his bags by new White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, who is moving swiftly to . . . more »

Alcibiades | 05/10/06 at 10:55 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 04, 2006

Mass. Town: No Illegals to Work in Restaurants

Hard working, diversity, open borders, etc. -- and don't forget infectious diseases as one side of illegal immigration. The city fathers of Milford, Mass. didn't, and after a rise in the number of TB cases, they are banning illegal immigrants . . . more »

Van | 05/04/06 at 06:58 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 02, 2006

John McCain thinks the 1st Amendment is expendable

If you think John McCain is the perfect RINO to counteract all those genuinely rightwing Republicans trying to take over the party, watch this video. "If I have to choose between the 1st Amendment and clean government, I would pick . . . more »

Judith | 05/02/06 at 08:22 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 01, 2006

May Day

A friend emails: The ubiquitous "Spanish Buses" that shuttle me over the GW Bridge from my Fort Lee apartment were conspicuosly absent today; leading me to believe that they are participating in today's nationwide extortion. I jumped on a NJ . . . more »

Judith | 05/01/06 at 12:40 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 28, 2006

The Southern Front: Los Hombres Latinos del Minutemen

First, black groups in LA protest illegal immigration. Now, the Houston Chronicle has an eye-opening article about Latino members of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. Could this be the start of a rainbow coalition? The article quotes Al Garza, the . . . more »

Van | 04/28/06 at 10:23 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 24, 2006

States Take Action, NY Times Quivers With Concern

Last Thursday KT ran a lengthy piece outlining legislative initiatives by states, actions pleasing to those on the left and the right (in different states). I also touched on the Free State Project and Christian Exodus movements, which seek to . . . more »

Van | 04/24/06 at 10:37 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 23, 2006

The Southern Front: Strange Bedfellows

The shape of things to come, or a novelty? If nothing else, this story about black groups in Los Angeles teaming up with the Minutemen Project shows that somebody in the black community is willing to part from the conventional . . . more »

Van | 04/23/06 at 08:24 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

A New Development in the AIPAC Case

Condoleezza Rice to be subpoenaed. In the quest to prove that the Government is overreaching and attempting to criminalize an area of behavior long considered normative among Washington Lobbyists, the Defense team of the two former AIPAC officials accused of . . . more »

Alcibiades | 04/23/06 at 11:31 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 20, 2006

The Action Faction: State Governments on the Move

From both the left and the right, the most interesting moves in government are happening at the state level. While the federal government appears stalled and pre-occupied, the states are taking action on abortion, healthcare, illegal immigration, and more. And . . . more »

Van | 04/20/06 at 10:26 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 17, 2006

Washingtonian Interconnectivity

I'm working on el primitivo computer, so can't blog at length, but here are three interrelated articles that may be of interest, which by the bye, through a side door, connect the Plame case to the AIPAC case. Here's Christopher . . . more »

Alcibiades | 04/17/06 at 08:01 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 27, 2006

Are the AIPAC Charges Unconstitutional?

Judge: AIPAC charges may be based on unconstitutional law . . . more »

Alcibiades | 03/27/06 at 12:36 PM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 18, 2006

Beware the Southern Border, Part 3: Playing the Game by Mexican Rules

Part 1 of this series is here. Part 2 is here. On a December trip to Mexico, my sensitive American eyes noticed something disturbing: Mexican society suffers from a lack of ethnic diversity. According to the CIA Factbook, Mexico’s ethnic . . . more »

Van | 03/18/06 at 10:00 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 12, 2006

"The Godfather" Video Game: The Search for Consequences

March must be Mob Month: the new season of "The Sopranos" begins tonight, and Electronic Arts (EA) is releasing a video-game version of "The Godfather" on March 19. The game sticks close to the book and movies, using the real . . . more »

Van | 03/12/06 at 10:53 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 04, 2006

Katrina and Free Speech: Making the Connection

I just found this riveting counter-conventional wisdom discussion of the Katrina rescue efforts by Lou Dolinar. It illustrates what I call the "Flight 93" approach to problem-solving: Get off your tuchus and act, don't sit around waiting for some distant . . . more »

Van | 03/04/06 at 07:25 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 27, 2006

Plame's Status - Covert, Classified, or Not - Is Unimportant

Or so claims Patrick Fitzgerald, the CIA Leak Prosector, currently prosecuting Lewis Libby. CIA leak prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald argued at a hearing Friday that, as far as the perjury charges against former Cheney chief of staff Lewis Libby are concerned, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/27/06 at 04:55 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Confabulating Once Again about Cheney

So Cheney is going to retire in a year, after the midterm elections, reports Insight magazine, quoting "Senior GOP sources". Which is nicely anonymous and means absolutely nothing. It could be senior GOP sources from previous administrations, who are not . . . more »

Alcibiades | 02/27/06 at 04:46 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 22, 2006

The UAE Port Management Controversy

A conversation on my email list goes in the "You don't want to play poker with George Bush" file:There's no way you can spin Bush's stance on the port thing as smart. I was originally sure he was simply timing . . . more »

Judith | 02/22/06 at 09:42 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 02, 2006

Sprint's "Sticking It to the Man" Ad: The "Brokeback Mountain" of Cellphone Marketing

The best ad on TV for several months comes from Sprint, promoting its Fair & Flexible Plan for cell phones. You know the one: an executive talks about the plan and smugly says it's his way of "sticking it to . . . more »

Van | 02/02/06 at 05:06 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 01, 2006

The State of My Union

Welcome new Kesher Talk contributor "Levy Ben." I didn't watch the president's State of the Union address. I never do. I have never heard a president give me any information I didn't already have, ever, in one of these speeches. . . . more »

levyben | 02/01/06 at 09:13 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 28, 2006

Conversations With a Spook: Wiliam Colby, the Spy Who Played Computer Games

In March 1996, KT contributor Van Wallach interviewed William Colby, former Director of Central Intelligence, for a profile in the Princeton Alumni Weekly (Colby was Class of '40, Wallach '80). Only a month later, however, Colby died in a boating . . . more »

Van | 01/28/06 at 03:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 13, 2006

Conversations with a Ghost: The Abbie Hoffman Interview, Part 2

In 1986, Kesher Talk contributor Van Wallach interviewed 60s radical Abbie Hoffman for a New York publication. Based on five hours of conversation, the edited transcript never got published. Hoffman died, at his own hand, in 1989. Now, thanks to . . . more »

Van | 01/13/06 at 11:32 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 10, 2006

Conversations with a Ghost: The Abbie Hoffman Interview, Part 1

[ NOTE: Please click forward for parts 2 through 5. ] In 1986, Kesher Talk contributor Van Wallach interviewed 60s radical Abbie Hoffman for a New York publication. Based on five hours of conversation, the edited transcript never appeared in . . . more »

Van | 01/10/06 at 10:57 AM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 08, 2006

Howard Stern? Feh. Let's Talk About Abbie Hoffman

After the predictable media tongue-bath of hype, Howard Stern finally debuts on Sirius satellite-radio tomorrow. I'm a one-time fan who burned out on his K-ROCK show years ago. I differ from most fans in that I had the experience of . . . more »

Van | 01/08/06 at 03:22 PM | 4 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 01, 2006

The Clinton years in reverse

It's the time of year for predictions, and a friend emailed hers to me: . . . more »

Judith | 01/01/06 at 04:45 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 20, 2005

While The RINOs and DINOs Are Roaming Through the Blog

Sign the petition to help stop the slaughter of Wid Horses in America's West. . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/20/05 at 01:18 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 19, 2005

Looking back on 2-0-5

JibJab sums up 2005. Well, the bad parts anyway. There is a Media Studies thesis waiting for some enterprising liberal arts undergrad who wants to annotate all the visual references. Let's compare deaths in the Iraq war to other recent . . . more »

Judith | 12/19/05 at 07:15 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 18, 2005

May the Games Begin!

This just in (well yesterday) according to Mac Ranger, a retired military intelligence guy, whose blog Macsmind has become a must-read of mine on the arcania of issues such as Able Danger and the Plame Game: The search is officially . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/18/05 at 04:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 07, 2005

Simu Shemen

This year Hanukkah begins as Christmas ends, on the evening of December 25th. It would be unseemly to clear away the White House Christmas decorations that quickly, so the Presidential menorah lighting was bumped up a few weeks. (photographer: Carrie . . . more »

Judith | 12/07/05 at 06:55 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 06, 2005

Where are the Liberal Hawks of Yesteryear?

Joe Lieberman Is Still My Favorite Democrat. Today Joe Lieberman said in a speech: "It's time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge he'll be commander-in-chief for three more years," the senator said. "We undermine the president's credibility at . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/06/05 at 07:25 PM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 05, 2005

Looks like Porter Goss has made a lot of people upset

More leaking from the CIA, from current and former and soon to be former agents of the CIA. Oh that's right. The CIA is not supposed to be a political organization and take an open side – against the US . . . more »

Alcibiades | 12/05/05 at 11:39 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 23, 2005

An Oscar For Munich?

Does Stevie Boy Wonder hope to snag an oscar for Munich, the controversial new film about the aftermath of the Israeli response to the PLO massacre at the Munich massacres, based on an apocryphal account by Yuval Aviv, purporting to . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/23/05 at 05:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 21, 2005

Murtha the drama queen

[ UPDATE: Murtha also supported reinstating the draft and selecting Dean as DNC Chair. ] Does this sound familiar? After terrorists attacked U.S. troops in Mogadishu, Somalia 12 years ago, anti-Iraq war Democrat, Rep. John Murtha urged then-President Clinton . . . more »

Judith | 11/21/05 at 10:08 PM | 5 Comments | 3 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 18, 2005

Whacking the President

The Ex-President, that is. Yesterday, both the NYSun and the NYPost whacked Bill Clinton for his extremely non-Presidential behavior two days past in Dubai, where he called the Iraq War "A Big Mistake". It has long been accepted that former . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/18/05 at 11:13 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

The King Democrats Have No Clothes

What would you have to believe simultaneously in order to sustain the anti-war Left's current lie about the evil machinations of the President that led us - deplorably - into the Iraq war? Christopher Hitchens nets the Democrats and leaves . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/18/05 at 10:13 AM | 6 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 16, 2005

The Clinton Colors

Clinton says Iraq invasion was a big mistake You know, I'm just so glad Clinton delivered this message first to students of the American University in Dubai. The United States made a "big mistake" when it invaded Iraq, former President . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/16/05 at 09:54 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 09, 2005

Speaking of Texas...

Andrea Yates Gets a New Trial I, for one, am glad. If ever a woman killed her children from post-partum insanity, she seems to be the perfect case. Why have the law at all, if not for cases like her? . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/09/05 at 03:33 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

The Rumor Of My Demise Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

So, famously, spake Mark Twain, combatting constant rumors about his death in the press. Parsing DeFrank on the Rumor of the death of the Bush-Cheney Special Relationship. Thomas DeFrank, writing in the Daily News, has a new installment of his . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/09/05 at 09:38 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 02, 2005

Why the hell not?

A world-wide liberal poll named Noam Chomsky, Kofi Annan, and George Soros, among others, as most desired to form a world government to rule over us. (Are we surprised?) Right Wing News solicited a response from a number of bloggers, . . . more »

Judith | 11/02/05 at 05:05 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 01, 2005

The Alito Battle

Nice column by John Podhoretz on the politics of the Alito confirmation: No war, but a lot of ugliness. For example, it took only two hours for the anti-Alito rhetoric to overheat, courtesy of New York's own Sen. Chuck Schumer. . . . more »

Alcibiades | 11/01/05 at 08:45 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 31, 2005

I heart Clifford May

I mentioned last week that I was developing a crush on Clifford May second only to my crush on Paul Wolfowitz. Here's more May: Imagine if, immediately after the criticism of the “16 words” in Bush’s State of the Union, . . . more »

Judith | 10/31/05 at 12:07 AM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 28, 2005

You Went to Washington for Two Years and All I Got Was A Lousy Indictment?

10/28: UPDATE: Libby's statement, and that from his lawyer Michelle Malkin has live blogged parts of Fitzgerald's press conference. Q: Did Libby know whether Valerie Wilson's identity was covert? A: ...We have not made any allegation that Libby knowingly/intentionally outed . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/28/05 at 12:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 27, 2005

Wall to Wall Coverage

Well, its currently wall-to-wall Harriet withdrawal coverage over at Memeorandum, but the best goodbye yet is at the Harriet Miers blog, written by "Harriet" herself. TECHNICAL QUESTION I have to help figure out who the next nominee is... I know, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/27/05 at 08:05 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

In the Best Tradition of British Irony...

...American Joe Wilson deadpans...Leak indictments would be 'a sad day,' Wilson says Uh huh. Wilson said Wednesday he took little comfort that the men he believes have engaged in a campaign of character assassination against him for the past two . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/27/05 at 10:49 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 26, 2005

Another day, another secretive cabal

Another zinger from the Corner, this time from Clifford May, responding to the latest publicity-seeking State Dept underling, who wrote: In President Bush’s first term, some of the most important decisions about U.S. national security — including vital decisions about . . . more »

Judith | 10/26/05 at 09:14 PM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 24, 2005

Me, I'm curiouser and curiouser

Unlike the quagMier, which my esteemed co-blogger has pronouced "intensely boring", the Plame Game keeps getting more fascinating. Not only does it provide a rare glance into the nature of the CIA's war against the Bush Administration's Iraq policy - . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/24/05 at 12:17 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 17, 2005

An issue that truly makes my eyes glaze over with intense boredom

Best blogpost ever on Harriet Miers. (The comment thread isn't bad either.) Second best blogpost ever on Harriet Miers. I figure intense guffaws are better than intense boredom. . . . more »

Judith | 10/17/05 at 12:37 AM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 14, 2005

How many X does it take to change a light bulb?

From some comment thread, probably LGF: How many members of Bush’s government does it take to change a light bulb ? . . . more »

Judith | 10/14/05 at 11:26 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

October 07, 2005

Après Moi Le Deluge

Many conservatives assumed that corrupt deal making was going on back during the Clinton White House precisely of the kind that Freeh illuminates in the coming attractions of his new book highlighted on Drudge. And the reply we unfailingly heard . . . more »

Alcibiades | 10/07/05 at 10:18 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 28, 2005

DC protest loose ends

Previous entries about DC antiwar and pro-soldier protests here, here, here, here, here. WaPo covers the counter-protest. [ UPDATE" David Adesnik - who promised us the results of a little quiz - hasn't posted them yet but has other good . . . more »

Judith | 09/28/05 at 12:10 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 25, 2005

Able Danger - The Continuing Story

If anyone is interesting in attempting to follow the current odd machinations of Able Danger - the story of the Pentagon program that appears to have successfully highlighted Mohammed Atta and three of his hijacking cronies in the year 2000, . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/25/05 at 12:17 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 20, 2005

We're a Jewish Blog. So how can we resist?

After all, porkbusting is a default stance. Katrina Cuts: [A] grassroots Internet campaign and a handful of House GOP conservatives have refused to give up on the idea that spending cuts should be found to defray the estimated $200 . . . more »

Alcibiades | 09/20/05 at 10:29 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 19, 2005

Get your biscuits in the oven and your buns in the Governor's mansion

Looks like the gubernatorial campaign of my old summer camp counselor is picking up steam, and as a fellow Texan Jew, I am proud. So is Rachel, the Velveteen Rabbi. Alisa met him on the campaign trail in June. Kinky . . . more »

Judith | 09/19/05 at 10:53 AM | 0 Comments | 4 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 16, 2005

Celebrities everywhere you look

First Christopher Hitchens and George Galloway, and now Galloway and Viggo Mortensen's new revolutionary darling, Cindy Sheehan, is appearing in NYC this weekend. If you want to participate in a counter-demonstration, check out Operation Iraqi Hope, this Sunday at 11 . . . more »

Judith | 09/16/05 at 05:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 12, 2005

Yet more Katrina fallout

All Katrina entries collected here. Updates also in the extended entry. [ UPDATE: Interactive site at USA Today incorporate maps with updates. ] Not surprisingly, polling on the administration's handling of Katrina divides along party and racial lines. (I wonder . . . more »

Judith | 09/12/05 at 08:15 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Katrina: the fallout continues

More Katrina entries here. Some interesting updates here. Jeff is still thoroughly fisking the news media, this time Newsweek. [ UPDATE: The Daily Howler dissects more media spin. If you already saw the Mary Landrieu meltdown, scroll past that to . . . more »

Judith | 09/12/05 at 12:14 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 11, 2005

9-11 : Never forget

This photo of "Hell at Ground Zero" reminds us that this was an act of war, not a "tragedy." There are more at the end of this post, taken by a friend of a friend, who helped with search . . . more »

Judith | 09/11/05 at 12:42 AM | 1 Comments | 5 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 09, 2005

More Katrina post-mortems

Here's a handy graphic to email all your Bush-bashing friends. (Yes, the satellite photos are time-stamped; much discussion here.) [ UPDATE: Powerline fisks Paul Krugman and debunks some myths about delayed federal action. ] Traditionally, pork and Louisiana go together . . . more »

Judith | 09/09/05 at 11:58 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 06, 2005

Carnivals

You'll notice I've added Raging RINOs to my list of causes on the ride sidebar. I have been amiss in not linking to the RINO Carnival every week (ditto the Havel Havelim Jewish blog Carnival). These things take some effort . . . more »

Judith | 09/06/05 at 04:45 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Federal, state and local spheres

As we move into the next stage of post-Katrina finger-pointing, some pundits are asking the right questions about the inept local and state handling of a crisis that had been predicted in detail by everyone from the National Geographic to . . . more »

Judith | 09/06/05 at 12:55 PM | 3 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 04, 2005

Revealing Conversation

A friend emailed this to me (names are not named to protect friendships and livelihoods):I had a brief but fascinating discussion at the local diner today with the wife of my congressman, who is reliably one of the most far-left . . . more »

Judith | 09/04/05 at 02:59 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Hurricane-based finger-pointing

After many links to relief organizations and spiritual ruminations, it's time to join Junkyard Blog in decisively refuting the campaign to blame the Bush Aministration while making excuses for the ineptitude of local and state officials. Throughout the Labor Day . . . more »

Judith | 09/04/05 at 12:43 AM | 6 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 31, 2005

Allegations Most Foul

Which leaves a worse taste in the mouth? In the corner on the right, we have incensed and unforgiving religious Jews blaming Hurricane Katrina on Bush for forcing the Gaza Disengagement on Israel. In the corner on the left, we . . . more »

Alcibiades | 08/31/05 at 10:30 PM | 2 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Get ready to rumble . . .

You never know who might put in an appearance at your counterprotest. Smash and his little band of Protest Warriors put together an impromptu "Thank You" demonstration for Bush's speech in San Diego. He got a surprise visit from Donald . . . more »

Judith | 08/31/05 at 06:30 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 26, 2005

Red and blue slain soldiers

The left-wing blogsphere is touting a map purporting to correlate American military deaths in Iraq with voting patterns. The Corner posts the map with an initial debunking; for example:. . . the casualties map bunches dots in the small states . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/05 at 04:09 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 22, 2005

Thermal depolymerization

Increased fuel efficiency should go hand in hand with encouraging innovative solutions to fuel needs. Which gives me another opportunity to plug thermal depolymerization. Put anything carbon-based in one end, get different grades of oil at the other end. It's . . . more »

Judith | 08/22/05 at 12:17 PM | 1 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 18, 2005

The other Gold Star mothers

This used to be part of this entry, but as more examples rolled in I decided to give it its own space. [ UPDATE: Move America Forward is coordinating a "You Don't Speak for Me, Cindy" caravan to tour various . . . more »

Judith | 08/18/05 at 02:02 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 19, 2005

The VRWC blog roundup

Scott just started a new community blog for Republicans and fellow travellers in the NYC Metro area: Urban Elephants. Check it out. Gerard Baker of the London Times did a long interview with Bush right before the G8 summit. Baker . . . more »

Judith | 07/19/05 at 05:23 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 06, 2005

Belated Jewish 4th of July thoughts

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, by Andrew Sullivan:I believe in liberty. I believe that within every soul lies the capacity to reach for its own good, that within every physical body there endures an unalienable right to be . . . more »

Judith | 07/06/05 at 07:57 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 21, 2005

Tricky Dick blows off 212

A friend emails me:When I called Durbin's office, I was asked if I was calling from NY because they say I had a 212 exchange. Then she said - we're keeping our line open for Illinois voters - don't . . . more »

Judith | 06/21/05 at 04:36 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 18, 2005

RINOs and DINOs, oh my!

Ken points us to a Raging RINO community at the new TLB:RINO, which used to stand for Republican in Name Only, now stands Republicans/Independents Not Overdosed (on the Party Kool-Aid) all thanks to the propagantastic stylings of Der Commisar. . . . more »

Judith | 06/18/05 at 08:48 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 22, 2005

Another "off the plantation" moment

Must see video: "Up or down on Janice Brown." . . . more »

Judith | 05/22/05 at 11:22 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 17, 2005

Personal Democracy

There was an all-day seminar in political blogging here in NYC yesterday. Despite repeated offers of discounts, I didn't go, because my experience of such things is that they aren't worth the money unless your goal is intense networking . . . more »

Judith | 05/17/05 at 06:08 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

I want my MTV, er, NPR

More oppression of free speech from the fascist Bushitler:Last month, the corporation's board, which is dominated by Republicans named by President Bush, told the staff at a meeting that it should prepare to redirect the relatively modest number of . . . more »

Judith | 05/17/05 at 03:42 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 26, 2005

In bed with the Saudis

Jeff Jarvis looks askance at a photo of Bush holding hands with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and his commenters are seething. Yeah, right, like no other administration ever "coddled" the Saudis. Sure. Nobody seems to have noticed the caption:World . . . more »

Judith | 04/26/05 at 02:31 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 15, 2005

The right to eat

All entries on Terri Schiavo are here. The disability rights activist group Not Dead Yet lays out Eight things that need to happen to safeguard against non-voluntary euthanasia in the U.S. One of these is A moratorium on the . . . more »

Judith | 04/15/05 at 04:07 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 07, 2005

Public policy based on polls?

Some polls show that Republicans are deeply divided over federal power, But the Democrats might want to hold off on celebrating. Intermittant guest poster Catherine Johnson says about Dick Morris' political assessment of the Schiavo case: . . . more »

Judith | 04/07/05 at 02:49 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 03, 2005

Afterthoughts and reverberations

All Terri Schiavo entries are here. Terri Schiavo was cremated today by the wishes of her husband, against the wishes of her family, following an autopsy yesterday (the results to be released in a few weeks). her husband plans . . . more »

Judith | 04/03/05 at 12:22 AM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 31, 2005

Baruch dayan emet

All Terri Schiavo entries are here. Terri Sciavo refused to die for a very long time, long enough to enable protestors to work up an enormous amount of outrage, but unfortunately not long enough for one more legal appeal . . . more »

Judith | 03/31/05 at 02:13 PM | 8 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 18, 2005

Hostage negotiation, cont.

I said last week:In 2004 we watched the Left hold the Democratic Party hostage to antiwar and identity group politics. Now that the Republicans are in the driver's seat and floating candidates for 2008, you can watch their Right . . . more »

Judith | 03/18/05 at 08:52 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 17, 2005

18 months later, Eric Alterman is still an ass

I found this via Fred Kaplan at Slate (i.e. I don't read Eric Alterman voluntarily). Alterman chats up Wolfowitz at a ritzy NYC media cocktail party. (Links embedded in the quote are mine) : . . . more »

Judith | 03/17/05 at 12:26 AM | 4 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 13, 2005

Hostage negotiation

In 2004 we watched the Left hold the Democratic Party hostage to antiwar and identity group politics. Now that the Republicans are in the driver's seat and floating candidates for 2008, you can watch their Right hold them hostage . . . more »

Judith | 03/13/05 at 11:45 PM | 5 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Another gender kerfluffle

Previous gender kerfluffle posts here, here, and here. The usual suspects grabbed the opportunity to cluck about "women doing a man's job" when the Atlanta murderer got away from a single guard (who happens to be female). However, if . . . more »

Judith | 03/13/05 at 11:07 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 09, 2005

The New Silent Majority, cont.

Previous entry on this topic here. Now that the election is over, the social conservatives are trying to ignore the fact that the liberal hawks gave Bush the edge he needed, and attempting to consolidate their power in Congress. . . . more »

Judith | 03/09/05 at 08:43 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 02, 2005

More Condi buzz

I was telling someone at the Protest Warrior meeting/excuse to drink beer last week that it's a shame Condi isn't Jewish. Then it would be perfect. News Anchor #1 (with furrowed brow) to News Anchor #2: "Bill, do you . . . more »

Judith | 03/02/05 at 11:35 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

. . . and your new name shall be "Dances with Dictators"

I just sent an email to Michael Ledeen, about an unfortunate phrase in an otherwise excellent article:then the reactionary Clinton years, featuring a female secretary of state who danced with dictators.Michael, I agree with you about all this stuff, . . . more »

Judith | 03/02/05 at 12:17 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 25, 2005

The Condi buzz

The slideshow. From Tim Blair's comments:Fantastic photo. In many ways she's a Republican dream candidate. Casting by racial healing, upbringing by Christianity, wardrobe & atmo by Ayn Rand. . . . more »

Judith | 02/25/05 at 07:07 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 20, 2005

Liberal hawk watch

Austin Bay points out that Hillary Clinton is emerging as a vocal hawk on the Joe Lieberman/Ed Koch/Peter Beinert wing of the Democratic Party. Some of the commenters scoff. I think Hillary is a genuine hawk. I'm sure she . . . more »

Judith | 02/20/05 at 09:44 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

One more blog kerfluffle I ignored

I knew the Gannon/Guckert story was a non-story and you knew it was a non-story, but does the press corp think it's a non-story? Yes. . . . more »

Judith | 02/20/05 at 09:12 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Flagrante Delicto

I am checking into the blog coverage of the CPAC conference as I happen upon it among the blogs I read. I'm not a conservative activist so many of of these political stars are either not people I agree . . . more »

Judith | 02/20/05 at 07:47 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 09, 2005

Ride 'em, Jewboy!

My former summer camp counselor (and radical country music star, raconteur, mystery novel author, and all-around gadfly) Kinky Friedman, is planning to run for governor of Texas. If I were still living in TX, I'd vote for him, not . . . more »

Judith | 02/09/05 at 02:56 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

February 06, 2005

Our State Department

While Condi Rice is winning hearts and minds across Europe, below is a reminder of what she's up against at home. Although the award was given in 2002, this email was just sent to me just last week, perhaps . . . more »

Judith | 02/06/05 at 09:21 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

My $0.02 on gay marriage

In response to this: My parents were married for almost 50 years, it was their first marriage (my father remarried after my mom died). They got married in a synagogue. My mom stayed home, my dad worked, they raised . . . more »

Judith | 02/06/05 at 02:52 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 30, 2005

Bush interview on C-SPAN

Transcript here. Link to video from that page. He talks with Brian Lamb about his inaugural speech, how inspired he was by Reagan, books he's read recently, how he came to read Natan Sharansky's book and meet him, Oswald . . . more »

Judith | 01/30/05 at 07:58 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 22, 2005

Inaugural dispatches

Pamela (aka Atlasshrugs on LGF) emails:Blew in from DC...............I must tell you that the "protesters" were the dirtiest, looniest, dreadlocked, smelliest lunatics I ever laid eyes on............... they were so without cred, an embarassment to whomever they thought they . . . more »

Judith | 01/22/05 at 10:25 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 21, 2005

Streaming inaugural impressions

Last night I went to a fun inaugural party in a chic apartment near Wall St. C-SPAN was on with the sound turned down and everyone was more interested in talking than watching. Great food courtesy of a Laotian . . . more »

Judith | 01/21/05 at 11:00 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 19, 2005

March of Dimes

If you were planning some big-ticket purchases, tomorrow (Thursday January 20th) might be a good day to make them. Are you planning to attend or host an inauguration party tomorrow night? Be sure to spend a lot on food . . . more »

Judith | 01/19/05 at 09:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 17, 2005

Latest tempest in a teapot

I am probably the only pro-Rathergate blogger who has no problem with CBS putting up a file that can't be doctored. It seems obvious why that's a good idea. But they should also put up one which can be . . . more »

Judith | 01/17/05 at 03:40 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 06, 2005

The candidacy that wouldn't die

What. An. Asshole. Just when you think Kerry has hit bottom, he gets out the shovel. Looks like he's been taking lessons from Jimmeh Carter in how to be an Elder Statesman. God I am so relieved that bombastic . . . more »

Judith | 01/06/05 at 01:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 25, 2004

Feeeeellliings

I was skeptical about the outraged charge that Rumsfeld doesn't personally sign autographs, er, I mean condolence letters. Why should he? Although his job involves overseeing the military, he's not in the direct chain of command to wounded or . . . more »

Judith | 12/25/04 at 04:26 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

December 08, 2004

From the Oval Office

President Bush's 2004 Hanukkah proclamation: . . . more »

Judith | 12/08/04 at 11:55 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

November 24, 2004

Thanksgiving

For everyone surfing the net tomorrow: Naomi Chana tries to balance kashrut and family Thanksgiving tradition. Fortunately she is not being advised by the Kosher Bachelor and his comment sections. . . . more »

Judith | 11/24/04 at 10:08 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

September 14, 2004

Happy New Year from the President

I send greetings to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah. On this holy occasion, Jews throughout the world celebrate the beginning of a New Year. In synagogues and homes, Jewish families reflect on the year that has passed, and look forward . . . more »

Judith | 09/14/04 at 04:38 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

August 06, 2004

The latest meeting of the recovering progressives support group

Previous meetings here and here. In the last support group, we pretty much vented about trying to discuss politics with friends and family members. Today we're just going to hear some testimony to cheer us up and steel our . . . more »

Judith | 08/06/04 at 04:12 PM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 12, 2004

Welcome to Redstate.org

Redstate.org is a new online Republican community blog. from the announcement email:Red State will be an online rallying point for the Right. It will function as a public square where Republicans can interact, debate, and share information on a wide . . . more »

Judith | 07/12/04 at 12:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

July 04, 2004

Happy birthday, America!

Happy birthday, America! The best 4th of July roundup. This one too. . . . more »

Judith | 07/04/04 at 09:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 26, 2004

Blog roundup: politics!

How many antiwar memes can you pack into one paragraph? You don't have to slog through all 900 pages of Bill Clinton's memoirs; here's the Powerpoint version. Al Gore fantasized "digital brownshirts" and the blogosphere is more than happy to . . . more »

Judith | 06/26/04 at 11:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 11, 2004

Reagan understood the U.S. relationship with Israel

He understood viscerally that Israel was a friend of freedom and a strategic asset in countering Soviet influence in the Middle East. His support was never based on domestic considerations, but rather on his moral and strategic understandings. Here, too, . . . more »

William | 06/11/04 at 08:09 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 09, 2004

Farewell to Ronnie

Two of the most touching statements in tribute to former President Ronald Reagan were given on the floor of the House of Representatives today, by Henry Hyde and Chris Cox. No stranger to great oratory and having learned it . . . more »

Judith | 06/09/04 at 08:34 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

June 05, 2004

Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004

I was determinedly apolitical during the Reagan decade. Or rather, my politics were the closest they ever came to crunchy anarchic anti-globalism (although - always a straddler of subcultures - I still hung out with my yuppie Libertarian Party . . . more »

Judith | 06/05/04 at 11:17 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 31, 2004

Memorial Day

Victor Davis Hanson on Memorial Day: . . . more »

Judith | 05/31/04 at 02:48 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

May 12, 2004

Jews and the American debate on immigration

"For Jews, the immigration debate pits the heart against the head. In their gut, many feel that substantially reducing immigration betrays the legacy of their parents and grandparents. But a growing number believes that maintaining this policy betrays their . . . more »

Judith | 05/12/04 at 08:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 26, 2004

More in the 'Anyone But...' Department

In the current issue of Mother Jones, there's a series of articles exploring the impacts of the Bush presidency. Among them, Foreign Policy: The End of Empire, Losing Friends and Alienating People, and Rolling Back Rights admirably express some . . . more »

Judith | 04/26/04 at 04:15 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 22, 2004

Keeping tabs on Rep. Jim Moran

ROLL CALL 4/22/04 One More Time. This is getting to be a regular thing with the endlessly embattled Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.). In the latest incident, Moran has formally apologized to a group of veterans he angrily kicked out of . . . more »

William | 04/22/04 at 04:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 19, 2004

McKinney watch

Not only is disgraced former-Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney running for her old seat, she can't help but beg for news coverage: . . . more »

Judith | 04/19/04 at 01:53 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

April 16, 2004

Blog roundup - political humor

Protein Wisdom is all over Air America - start here and scroll forward. And check out his Theresa Heinz Kerry on Barbara Walters series. Allah is all over John F'n Kerry. (This one is good too.) . . . more »

Judith | 04/16/04 at 01:54 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

March 29, 2004

Full analysis of U.S. foreign policy

A lengthy report from the Congressional Research Service. . . . more »

William | 03/29/04 at 09:00 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 23, 2004

Clinton in Qatar

The anti-Jimmy Carter. . . . more »

Judith | 01/23/04 at 03:51 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

January 19, 2004

Bookmark these

A fact-checking site, - like Snopes, only just for US politics. It's a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at U Penn. Good to bookmark for the next 6 months as the election campaigns heat up. The Command Post . . . more »

Judith | 01/19/04 at 09:14 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea