Israel is set to release savage killers in exchange for bodies. I hope they also release teams of assassins to follow and eliminate them. Or, better yet, give Hezbollah their bodies. Fair is fair.
Archive for June, 2008
Sickening
Posted in terrorism, war, tagged Israel, Middle East on June 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Obama’s Experience
Posted in Politics, tagged housing, Obama on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some people say that Obama has little experience relevant to governing. It was a striking spectacle when Kirk Watson, asked by Chris Matthews to describe Obama’s achievements, couldn’t list any. Here’s an example of his experience, but I’m not sure it counts as an achievement:
The squat brick buildings of Grove Parc Plaza, in [...]
Obama and Ellison
Posted in Politics, tagged Obama on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Scott Johnson notes some powerful parallels between Barack Obama and Keith Ellison and wonders what it means. So do I. How do you feel about Hamas’s endorsement of Obama, or about Obama phone banks being run from the Gaza Strip?
“Vindictive pressure groups interfering with news organizations”
Posted in Europe, Politics, Truth, tagged al-Dura, blogs, Enderlin, Middle East on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That’s how Jon Randal describes the bloggers who exposed the “death” of Muhammad al-Dura as a sham. Anne-Elisabeth Moutet asks how Charles Enderlin and French 2 TV perpetrated a fraud, and finds a culture of unaccountability and closing ranks that has little interest in the truth.
In Memoriam: Caramel
Posted in Cats on June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Caramel was born on March 13, along with four brothers and sisters. He seemed to thrive, growing well and playing with the other kittens. He had the most remarkable blue eyes I’ve ever seen. He also had a sweet, gentle personality. My daughter made him a necklace to match his eyes [...]
“The Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms shall not be Infringed”
Posted in History, Politics, rights, tagged gun control on June 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Supreme Court upholds the Second Amendment:
Answering a 127-year old constitutional question, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to have a gun, at least in one’s home. The Court, splitting 5-4, struck down a District of Columbia ban on handgun possession. Although times have changed since [...]
Are We Too Good to Win?
Posted in war on June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
That’s Joshua Trevino’s question as he reflects on our tendency to think that all disagreements can be addressed through dialogue. I’m reminded of Churchill’s motto to The Gathering Storm: “How the West Through Their Unwisdom, Carelessness, and Good Nature Allowed the Wicked to Rearm.” Our virtues may well prevent us from taking necessary [...]
European Violence and Gun Control
Posted in Politics, liberty, tagged gun control on June 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For some time now, rates of violent crime in Europe have been far higher than in the United States. Now, increasingly, it has a racist and religious edge to it, as gangs of North Africans and Turks attack native Europeans. Links to Muslim immigration are obvious, though information suggesting as much is officially [...]
Religion in America
Posted in Religion on June 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Pew Center has released a report on religion in America. Among the interesting findings:
A majority of those who are affiliated with a religion, for instance, do not believe their religion is the only way to salvation. And almost the same number believes that there is more than one true way to interpret the [...]
Wretchard on Higher Education
Posted in Academia, Education, Politics, tagged political correctness on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wretchard (in his new home in Pajamas Media!) writes of the political correctness of academia, with some optimism that it is now around halfway through its life-cycle. Picking up on his theme that higher education functions primarily to sort students by IQ, a commenter remarks that the growth of higher education stems from Griggs [...]
