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McCain condemns anti-Kerry ad AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well. | |
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John Cole: The architects of Kerry's electoral strategy or Kerry himself realize that bow all they must do is 'fool some of the... Chris Gruber: Several of the men vocally claim that they "served with John Kerry,' overlooking the fact that not one of them — not... Steve Soto: McCain Wants Bush To Condemn Kerry Service Smears - Bush Declines — John McCain has blasted the new ad run against John... |
Garance Franke-Ruta: McCain today reclaimed his role from earlier in the year as a defender of John Kerry's wartime heroism John Hawkins: Viet Cong Vets for Kerry Refute Swiftboat Book By Scott Ott — To preempt the release of a new book questioning John... Dale Franks: In any event, I wasn't on the Bay Hap that day. For that matter, neither was John McCain. |
| Also: Steven Taylor, Brian Crouch, Digby, DeLong, Kos, Atrios, Jesse Taylor, Taegan Goddard | |
VETS CHARGE: KERRY KILLED FLEEING TEEN; LIED FOR MEDAL Drudge Report — Permalink A veterans group seeking to deeply discredit Democrat John Kerry's military service will charge in the new bombshell book UNFIT FOR COMMAND: "Kerry earned his Silver Star by killing a lone, fleeing, teenage Viet Cong in a loincloth." | |
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Richard TPD: Kerry murdered teens and burnt villages and he totally sucks — We all know by now about Drudge's latest hatchet job in... Ed Driscoll: Full Metal Möbius Loop — If you read the material that Drudge is quoting from Unfit For Command and you compare it... Captain Ed: The Mistake Continues — Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have finally unveiled their campaign against John Kerry this... |
Damian Penny: All I'll say is this: the allegations made by "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth" had better be true. Ann Althouse: As to the question whether Kerry was really a war hero or some sort of war villain, the other and much nastier question... Steven Taylor: Swift Boat Allegations — Like James Joyner, my initial reaction to the Drudge Report story about the new book by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth is severe skepticism. |
| Also: Matt Singer, Bill @INDCJournal, Betsy Newmark, Jesse Taylor, Roger L. Simon, James Joyner, Jeff Quinton | |
McCain condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on White House to follow suit AP — Permalink (08-05) 07:20 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well. | |
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Tom Maguire: Meanwhile, the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth have an ad attacking Kerry, which John McCain has condemned. Allah: First Sullivan, now McCain. Praise Allah that there are grudge-bearing, media-friendly "maverick" conservatives to tell us what "the real issues" are come November. Betsy Newmark: Now that McCain has come out against the Swift Boat Vets for Truth ad, you can bet that it will get some media attention. |
McQ: McCain weighs in on Swift Boat Vets Ad — Following the release of the Swift Boat Vets ad condemning John Kerry, Sen... Ace: Swift Boat Vets Revisited: The McCain Factor — I stupidly forgot about this angle. Oliver Willis: Swift Boat Smears — McCain condemns anti-Kerry ads, calls on White House to follow suit [snipped quote] MORE ON: Anti-Kerry Swift Boat Vets launch discredited attacks |
| Also: C. D. Harris, Roger L. Simon, Glenn Reynolds | |
President Signs Defense Bill White House — Permalink Room 350, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. America and our allies are fighting a new kind of war against a different kind of enemy. This conflict places great demands on the men and women of our armed forces, including our Guard and Reserve. | |
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Anna Palmer: As Bush signed the $417 billion defense spending bill this afternoon, he proclaimed that his administration will "never... Skippy: from the white house official website, a transcription of awol's talk after he signed a new defense bill. Brian Montopoli: Speaking at the signing of a defense appropriations act, he said the following: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. |
Oliver Willis: Bush Reveals The Plan — Bush: [snipped quote] >Bush Misspeak Cites U.S. Readiness to Harm U.S. Billmon: George W. Bush Remarks by the President at the Signing of H.R. 4613 August 5, 2004 I haven't heard one that bad since Richard Nixon was in the last stages of self-immolation. Jay Bullock: Breaking: Bush Tells Truth for First Time — From the Whopper's™ press conference today: [snipped quote] Don't believe it? |
| Also: Atrios | |
Chords for Change By / NYT — Permalink A nation's artists and musicians have a particular place in its social and political life. Over the years I've tried to think long and hard about what it means to be American: about the distinctive identity and position we have in the world, and how that position is best carried. | |
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Skippy: cnn, npr, salon.com and new york magazine all agree: skippy has a blog — Thursday pennsylvania avenue freeze out... Kevin T. Keith: Yet The Boss has an opinion piece in today's paper, describing his gradual shift from a non-partisan, generally... Harley: The Country We Carry In Our Hearts... Bruce Springsteen writes about America here. It's worth a read. |
Cori Dauber: FIRST RULE: IT IS NEVER THE MEDIA'S FAULT — You know, if you don't laugh, you cry. Joe Gandelman: In what has truly become the time-honored tradition of entertainers seeking to use their celebrity and clout with fans... Tarek @LiquidList: Springsteen has been a master of telling a story for a long time. |
| Also: Sam Rosenfeld, Edward _, David Allan Pell, Tom Maguire, Steve Gilliard, Jeralyn Merritt, Atrios, Charles Kuffner, Allah | |
Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked Message WaPo — Permalink Federal investigators concluded that Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) divulged classified intercepted messages to the media when he was on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, according to sources familiar with the probe. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: Leaks and Other National Security Issues — I approach this Richard Shelby story much the same way that I approach the Valerie Plame story. Joe Gandelman: Reports the Washington Post: "Federal investigators concluded that Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) divulged classified... Atrios: Shelby, you see, actually leaked serious classified information which the media then broadcast. |
Nick Confessore: I am quite frankly mystified why the media has not paid a tenth the attention to Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)'s... Jeff Quinton: Senator Leaked Classified Material — WaPo: [snipped quote] Via James Joyner, who has more. Other blogging: Rusty Shackelford VodkaPundit John Cole: Loose Lips — Damnit, Shelby: [snipped quote] Just so irresponsible. |
| Also: Tom Maguire, James Joyner, KJL, Stephen Green, Susan Madrak, Betsy Newmark | |
Kerry knocks Bush for 9/11 performance MSNBC — Permalink WASHINGTON - As President Bush headed out for campaign events in the Midwest on Thursday, Sen. John Kerry criticized Bush's performance in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and told journalists that America remains a nation divided along racial and economic lines. | |
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Lambert @Corrente: If Kerry had been President... Naturally, MSGOP buries the money quote from Kerry deep, deep down in a story about the... Betsy Newmark: I think Kerry has made a mistake by criticizing Bush for staying for seven minutes to read with the children when he got the news of the planes hitting the towers. Oliver Willis: Kerry: "Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whisper in my ear that America is under attack, I would have... |
DeLong: But I Thought Reading "My Pet Goat" Was the Highest-Priority Use of My Time... Nicely Done... "MSNBC - Bush pushes... Atrios: Big John, Today — Link: "Had I been reading to children and had my top aide whisper in my ear that America is under... |
An Air Marshal's View of Flight 327 By / Time — Permalink For much of the past month a fight has been raging in news reports and over the Internet about the behavior of 14 male Middle Eastern passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles. | |
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Skippy: here is the view point of one of the federal air marshalls that was on that flight, as reported on time.com:... Tom Maguire: For a guy whose bottom line is that there was "never an imminent threat" to the passengers or plane, he sure took a lot of interest in the band members. Michelle Malkin: Time magazine talks to a federal air marshal who was on the plane. |
Steve Bainbridge: Time magazine has now published a story interviewing a Federal Air Marshall who was on the flight, who states:The FAM... SLZoll: Dave Adams, Federal Air Marshal spokesman, told the NY Times that, contrary to what Annie said, seven of the musicians... |
Bush Misspeak Cites U.S. Readiness to Harm U.S. Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush told a roomful of top Pentagon brass on Thursday that his administration would never stop looking for ways to harm the United States. | |
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Clayton Cramer: Did Bush Misspeak? This Reuters news story is headlined: "Bush Misspeak Cites U.S. Readiness to Harm U.S." Why? Tom Maguire: George Bush, briefly possessed by the spirit of Michael Moore, told a room full of Generals that: [snipped quote] Hmm,... |
Allah: UPDATE: He would. Top of page two. UPDATE: Bush uncorks one of his own. Naturally, his gets its own news article. |
This band of brothers has a different view of Kerry Seattle Times — Permalink Don't look now, but the Kerry campaign is about to start attacking a group of Vietnam War veterans. After making Kerry's service as a swift-boat captain a cornerstone of the Democratic National Convention last week, the campaign's new goal will be to discredit some of Kerry's fellow soldiers as (shudder) politically motivated. | |
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McQ: Collin Levey of the Seattle Times is of the opinion that the Democrats will indeed go after the Swift Boat Vets and... Glenn Reynolds: Meanwhile, here's more on the subject from Collin Levey in the Seattle Times. MORE: Skepticism about the ad here. |
Bill Hobbs: UPDATE: The Seattle Times' Collin Levey has an excellent commentary. |
Now Is the Time By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Life should be fun. It should be satisfying and exciting. As much as possible one should do what one's heart dictates, as long as it is constructive and helpful. (If it is not, one should take one's heart to a minister, rabbi or therapist, and get one's heart in order.) | |
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Michael DeBow: Good news for the GOP: Peggy Noonan is taking a leave of absence from the Wall Street Journal to work with Republican candidates (but not including President Bush). Robert Cox: Peggy Noonan Leaves MSNBC, Wall Street Journal for GOP OpinionJournal.com Life should be fun. It should be satisfying and exciting. Jesse Taylor: Say It Ain't So, Shane — Peggy Noonan has gone on sabbatical from her perch atop the roost of Opinion Journal to join the mission to reelect George W. Bush. |
Betsy Newmark: Peggy Noonan is taking a leave of absence to help out the Bush campaign because she feels it's the right and important thing to do. Taegan Goddard: Noonan Goes to Work for GOP — Peggy Noonan, perhaps the Wall Street Journal's most famous columnist, announced today... Dean Esmay: Peggy Quits — Peggy Noonan, probably the sweetest lady in America to go by the the label "conservative," is going on... |
| Also: Tbogg | |
Bush Insists His Administration Seeking 'new Ways to Harm Our Country' AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush offered up a new entry for his catalog of "Bushisms" on Thursday, declaring that his administration will "never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people." | |
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The Farmer: Patakitawney Fill — You know how to be sure something is a posed marketing event? Skippy: the asspress actually reported it!! with the headline "bush insists his administration seeking 'new ways to harm our country.' could people be waking up? |
Michael Froomkin: Bush Insists His Administration Seeking 'new Ways to Harm Our Country': Bush Insists His Administration Seeking 'new... Atrios: ...AP actually runs with it: "Bush Insists His Administration Seeking 'new Ways to Harm Our Country' The Associated Press Published: Aug 5, 2004" |
Submerging the truth about Swift Boat Vets on Hannity & Colmes, Scarborough Country Media Matters for America — Permalink FOX News Channel's Hannity & Colmes and MSNBC's Scarborough Country both gave free airtime on August 4 to a new, misleading ad sponsored by Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, a recently formed group dedicated to attacking Senator John Kerry's record during and after his service in Vietnam. | |
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Chris Gruber: In addition to that overlooked fact (to which a Republican acquaintance of mine replied "So what?"), there's at least one other outright distortion. Atrios: Swift Boat Lies and Liars — At Media Matters. |
Digby: Media Matters has the full debunking. Update: Here's Judy Botox's framing of the issue. I think it's exactly the Kerry campaign wanted it framed. |
The Terror Alerts NYT — Permalink Our lives have changed so much since Sept. 11, 2001. We know that we may never again be free of the threat of terrorism. It's been a tough adjustment for everyone, and the burden on President Bush is especially heavy. | |
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Andrew Stuttaford: DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE — Not everything in this New York Times editorial is made up of cheap shots and innuendo (for... Tom Maguire: That, coupled with the follow-up news on the nature of the intelligence (something old, something new, something... John Cole: The Nerve — The balls on these people: [snipped quote] Gee- I wonder who was leading the charge in making the 'delivery'... |
Captain Ed: Gray Lady Undone By Itself, Howard Dean — Today's editorial from the New York Times sets new lows for intellectual... BeckyG: The Terror Alerts I wish we could help boost readership for this. What do you think? Allah: UPDATE: Gonna be a lot of hits on the Times's op-ed page manana. |
Vietnam Veterans Buy Ads to Attack Kerry By / NYT — Permalink A group of Vietnam veterans has bought television time in three swing states for an advertisement that attacks Senator John Kerry, accusing him of lying about his war record, including the circumstances surrounding his medals, and betraying his comrades by later opposing the war. | |
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Julia: all the news that fits — The New York Times on 527 groups airing ads against Bush: "The Ad Campaign: Ads for (and at No... Steve Soto: A group funded in large part by a major Bush donor from Houston, homebuilder Robert Parry, has begun running $500,000 in... |
Dave Johnson: From a New York Times story about this smear, "Mr. Kerry's aides circulated an 18-page packet discrediting the veterans... |
A new 'Bushism': We're gonna get us AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - President Bush offered up a new entry for his catalog of "Bushisms" on Thursday, declaring that his administration will "never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people." | |
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Jack K.: As he's signing the Defense Spending Bill (proving once again the old maxim about two things at once), the President of... Kos: So, in a moment of rare frankness, he finally told the truth. [snipped quote] Truer words have never been spoken. |
Skippy: freep msnbc while researching the story below about how awol lays awake at night thinking about ways to ruin the united... |
Albany Mosque Raid Uncovers Missile Plot By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, N.Y., were arrested on charges stemming from an alleged plot to help a man they thought was a terrorist purchase a shoulder-fired missile, federal authorities said Thursday. | |
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Ace: Albany Terrorists Are Part of Iraq-Based Al Qaeda Affiliate — Don't expect the fair and balanced journalists preferred... Fred Lapides: ...beneath the prayer mat? Albany Mosque Raid Uncovers Missile Plot |
Michelle Malkin: MISSILE-SHOPPING IN AMERICA — Today's lead homeland security news is the story of an Albany, N.Y., mosque raid that uncovered a shoulder-fired missile purchase plot. |
Iraq Evidence Led Feds to Albany Mosque Fox News — Permalink Information found in Iraq led federal investigators to become suspicious of an Albany, N.Y., mosque leader, FOX News has learned. Last summer, U.S. troops discovered Yassin Muhhiddin Aref's (search) name, telephone number and address in a book left behind in a vacated terrorist training camp, a U.S. official told FOX News. | |
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The Big Trunk: Connect this — Fox News reports: "Iraq evidence led feds to Albany mosque." |
Glenn Reynolds: HEY, MAYBE THIS TERROR STUFF REALLY IS ALL CONNECTED: [snipped quote] Go figure. UPDATE: Link was bad before. Fixed now. |
Kerry's Three-Faced Foreign Policy LAT — Permalink His past raises a question: Is he driven by a solid worldview or just politics? If I read the tea leaves at the Democratic convention correctly, it seems that John F. Kerry served in Vietnam. | |
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Tom Maguire: Three Card Kerry — Max Boot thinks John Kerry is playing Three Card Monte with us on foreign policy: There are three... Robert Garcia Tagorda: Meanwhile, Max Boot looks beyond Iraq and examines Kerry's worldview. |
McQ: Mr. Kerry, which is it? Max Boot, of the LA Times, is confused. Betsy Newmark: Max Boot wonders what John Kerry's worldview is. [snipped quote] I think Kerry would call this nuanced complexity. |
McCain Condemns Ad Criticizing Kerry's Military Service By / AP — Permalink Republican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well. The White House declined. | |
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Jeralyn Merritt: McCain Comes to Kerry's Defense — Sen. John McCain, a former POW in Vietnam, has asked President Bush to condemn the latest ad attacking John Kerry's Vietnam service. |
Skippy: the washpost: "republican sen. john mccain, a former prisoner of war in vietnam, called an ad criticizing john kerry's... |
More Anti-American Images Found at German Subway Stores By / CNSNews — Permalink (CNSNews.com) - Picture this: a gigantic cheeseburger (with tomatoes and lettuce) slamming into two high-rise buildings, as cartoon characters run from the flaming ruins. | |
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Charles Johnson: Subway Mocks 9/11 in Germany — You probably heard about the Subway food chain's anti-American advertising in... Christopher Kanis: CONTINUE TO BOYCOTT SUBWAY — It's worse than you think: [snipped quote] See previous item here. The Dark Window: The Terroristic Cheeseburger Of Doom — The bizarre Wing Nut crusade against Subway restaurants continues today and... |
Michael DeBow: However, other anti-American images remain in its European marketing. (Hat tip: The Corner.) KJL: SUBWAY KEEPS CHEESEBURGER CRASHING INTO TWO TOWERS John Hawkins: Misc Commentary For Aug 5, 2004 — It's hard for me to believe that a company like Subway would be dumb enough to do... |
Charlie Daniels Angers Arab Community AP — Permalink DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Charlie Daniels, the man who wrote and sang "This Ain't No Rag, It's a Flag," is drawing heat from Arab-Americans who say it refers to a derogatory term used against them. | |
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Steve M.: In fact, you might even find that heavily Arab-American cities will invite you to perform: DEARBORN, Mich. - Charlie... |
Allah: The devil went down to Dearborn. And made everyone laugh with his mind-blowing, soul-shaking hypocrisy. |
Dear Bloggers: Media Discover Promotional Potential of Blogosphere By / Online Journalism Review — Permalink Could we be entering a belated Age of Enlightenment when it comes to the way media companies treat independent bloggers? After years of deep-linking legal debates and arguments about whether bloggers are journalists, some mainstream media outlets are starting to realize a link from a prominent blogger can bring traffic and buzz. | |
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Dan Gillmor: Bloggers and Big Media — Mark Glaser reports at Online Journalism Review that big media companies are "starting to work with — instead of against — the blogosphere." Ed Cone: I guess they were paying attention.... Online Journalism Review: "The Wall Street Journal Online is promoting one story per day outside its subscription wall to bloggers. |
Robert Cox: Big Media Warms to Bloggers Online Journalism Review The Wall Street Journal Online is promoting one story per day outside its subscription wall to bloggers. |
July Surprised TNR — Permalink July 29, Faisal Saleh Hayyat, Pakistan's interior minister, announced the arrest of a high-ranking Al Qaeda figure on local television. After a tense standoff in Gujrat, a city some 100 miles southeast of Islamabad, Pakistani security forces had captured the... | |
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Kevin Drum: Judis, Ackerman and Ansari vote for "manipulation": [snipped quote] Of course, this isn't conclusive. It might still be a coincidence. |
Laura Rozen: Were we right? ask The New Republic's intelligence reporters Spencer Ackerman, John Judis and Massoud Ansari, regarding... |
Qaeda Strategy Is Called Cause for New Alarm NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - They scouted the streets. They took photographs. They wrote detailed surveillance reports. And then, after five years of patiently waiting, Al Qaeda operatives carried out the devastating suicide truck bombing at the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, in August 1998, killing more than 200 people and injuring thousands. | |
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Cori Dauber: And I can't help thinking that a newspaper whose goal was to actually honestly, educate its readers would have published... |
Tom Maguire: But here is Thursday's lede from the front page: WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - They scouted the streets. They took photographs. |
Lobbyist hired state official's former partner By / Houston Chronicle — Permalink AUSTIN - A deputy human services commissioner awarded a $1.2 million consulting contract to a company whose lobbyist employed the commissioner's former business partner as a consultant. | |
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Charles Kuffner: Let me be your sweetheart dealmaker — And another entry in the Gregg Phillips files. [snipped quote] Got all that? |
Andrew D: They need to admit that they are powerless over corporate cash and their lives have become unmanageable... The second... |
The $100 Terrorist Insurance Plan By / Slate — Permalink If you've been on the Internet lately, you've probably run across Annie Jacobsen's article in WomensWallStreet about her harrowing experience on a Northwest flight from Detroit to Los Angeles in June. In brief, Jacobsen's fellow passengers included 14 Middle Eastern men, most of whom boarded separately. | |
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Jesse Taylor: So, Annie Jacobsen's story was made up, but the larger import of what didn't actually happen has generated this tremendously stupid idea. |
SLZoll: Over at Slate, Steven E. Landsburg, who seems to be an economist (and, thanks to Thomas Sowell, we know that many... |
Political correctness vs. passenger safety? Washington Times — Permalink One positive thing seems to have resulted from the harrowing experiences described by Annie Jacobsen aboard Northwest Flight 327, where 14 Syrian men behaved in a bizarre, menacing way on a June 29 flight from Detroit to Los Angeles, and similar stories... | |
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SLZoll: Shorter Moonie Times editorial from yesterday: Even though the Jacobsens' story has been discredited, and so has John... |
Michelle Malkin: Excerpt: [snipped quote] Finally, the Washington Times editorializes on the DOT's refusal to put passenger safety over political correctness. |
British Raids Net a Leader Of Al Qaeda By / WaPo — Permalink A key al Qaeda figure who had access to the surveillance data that led authorities to increase the terror alert level was among those arrested in raids in Britain on Tuesday, according to a senior U.S. national security official. | |
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Michele Catalano: Winning the War, One Day at a Time — British Raid Nets Al Qaeda Leader: "A key al Qaeda figure who had access to the... KJL: KEY AL QAEDA LEADER WAS CAUGHT IN THOSE BRITISH RAIDS THIS WEEK |
Cori Dauber: The entire sequence is described in this morning's Dana Priest article in the WaPo. |
Ads for (and at No Cost to) Kerry Keep Flowing By / NYT — Permalink LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo., Aug. 4 - In the weeks leading up to the Democratic convention, Senator John Kerry's campaign aides worried that the senator would have to begin spending his $75 million in public financing a month earlier than President Bush. | |
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John Cole: As recently as yesterday, Democrats were openly bragging at their ability to skirt the law they endorsed for the rest of... Susanna Cornett: "...pants on fire" The campaign finance law that the Democrats fought so hard for is proving to be no obstacle for... |
Richard Reeb: Horace While there is nothing new in reports that Democrats are spending money on the Kerry campaign when legal bans... Taegan Goddard: Ads for Kerry Pick Up — at No Cost to Him — The New York Times notes that "for the second time" during this... |
'Al Qaeda leader' held in Britain CNN — Permalink LONDON, England (CNN) — The leader of an al Qaeda group in Britain is among 12 people arrested in anti-terrorist raids in Britain, Pakistani intelligence officials have told CNN. British newspapers reported Thursday that the target of an al Qaeda cell in Britain was London's Heathrow airport. | |
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Steven Taylor: The CNN story notes: "Both CNN and the British media reports are linking the arrests in Britain earlier this week with... |
Jeff Quinton: CNN: [snipped quote] Other blogging: Michele Catalano PoliBlog Wizbang |
GOP wants Keyes Chicago Tribune — Permalink Illinois Republican leaders late Wednesday asked conservative talk-show host Alan Keyes to be their candidate for the U.S. Senate, but Keyes said that he would take until Sunday to decide whether to run. | |
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Eugene Oregon: Of course, it is now four years later and Keyes is apparently no longer concerned with the "destruction of federalism"... Christopher Kanis: ILLINOIS GOP CHOOSES ALAN KEYES FOR SENATE RUN — But Keyes isn't sure he wants to do it. Hysterical. |
Taegan Goddard: Keyes Asked To Replace Ryan — "Illinois Republican leaders late Wednesday asked conservative talk-show host Alan Keyes... |
Two arrested in missile sting operation AP — Permalink (AP) — Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, New York, were arrested on charges stemming from an alleged plot to help a man they thought was a terrorist who wanted to purchase a shoulder-fired missile, federal authorities said Thursday. | |
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Smash: FBI Raids Albany Mosque BREAKING NEWS FROM CNN: [snipped quote] This raid was the result of an ongoing investigation, and... |
Charles Johnson: NY Mosque Leaders Arrested — Two leaders of a mosque in Albany, New York, have been arrested in a sting operation, for... |
The platform By / Townhall.com — Permalink WASHINGTON — Mr. Kerry, in your convention speech you threw caution to the wind and endorsed what you called ''one of the oldest Commandments: 'Honor thy father and thy mother.''' Oldest? Were they not all published together? Here are some other questions: | |
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Dale Franks: He has questions. [snipped quote] I would really like to hear the answers. Betsy Newmark: George Will has a devastating column about Kerry's platform and the lack of logic underlying Kerry's statements. |
James Joyner: George Will: 20 Questions for Kerry — George Will, rather than cranking out an actual column today, combs through John Kerry's platform and poses a bunch of questions. |
U.S. Opens Effort to Disrupt Plots by Terror Group By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - The Bush administration said Wednesday that the United States and its allies had begun a campaign to disrupt terrorist operations around the world, including the arrest of a suspected senior member of Al Qaeda in Britain. | |
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Steven Taylor: "Old" Information = "New" Arrests — U.S. Opens Effort to Disrupt Plots by Terror Group [snipped quote] I guess this... |
Cori Dauber: Update: A few points regarding the Times coverage of this story. |
Mary Kay Letourneau released from prison AP — Permalink GIG HARBOR, Wash. (AP) — Mary Kay Letourneau, the grade school teacher convicted for having sex with a sixth-grade pupil, was released from prison early Wednesday, and her now 21-year-old victim is challenging a court order that bars her from contacting him. | |
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Will Baude: Apparently Vili Fualaau, the student, wishes to reunite with her now that she is back in the free world. |
Eugene Volokh: Mary Kay Letourneau: A thoughtful acquaintance of mine sent around an e-mail expressing skepticism that what Mary Kay Letourneau did was all that bad. |
Fiennes to Play Voldemort in Next 'Potter' By / AP — Permalink LOS ANGELES - He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been named. Ralph Fiennes (news), who played memorable evil guys in "Red Dragon" and "Schindler's List," has signed on to portray the wicked warlock Voldemort in the next "Harry Potter " movie, Warner Bros. announced Wednesday. | |
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C. D. Harris: He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, Named — Ralph Fiennes has signed on to play Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of... Captain Ed: Ralph Fiennes? [snipped quote] Don't get me wrong; Fiennes is a terrific actor and plays villains well when asked. |
Betsy Newmark: Forget all the political and terrorist news, this is the most important story today. |
Korean Missile Said to Advance; U.S. Is Unworried By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - North Korea appears closer to deploying a new mobile ballistic missile that is a worrisome increase in that nation's military capacity, but American government officials stressed Wednesday that the weapon could not reach the continental United States. | |
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Matthew Yglesias: The New York Times follows up a bit on the story Nick mentioned yesterday about conservatives giving ballistic missiles to North Korea. Mark Kleiman: [The New York Times reports, in Thursday's paper, that U.S. officials acknowledge that the North Koreans have developed... |
Quiddity: Missing the point: In the wake of the speculation that a Japanese trading company, said to be an affiliate of Moon's... |
I survived the Democratic National Convention By / Townhall.com — Permalink At the Democratic National Convention, Janeane Garofalo — comedienne, talk show host and liberal pundit — called me a "house Negro" and a "fascist." Well! For four days, the Democratic Party put on its quadrennial scare-old-people-and-minorities party. | |
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McQ: Larry Elder: house Negro — Larry Elder relates some interesting anecdotes from his attendence at the Democrat National Convention. Tbogg: And wouldn't you know it? Larry Elder even found a Republican woman who wasn't afraid to talk to a black man. Can you imagine that? |
Betsy Newmark: Larry Elder ponders the incivility of Democrats. |
GOP asks Keyes to run for Senate By / Chicago Sun Times — Permalink Illinois Republican leaders asked Alan Keyes, an East Coast conservative who says out-of-state candidates aren't a good idea on principle, to be their U.S. Senate candidate Wednesday. But like a string of previous possibilities, Keyes said he needed a few days to think about it before deciding. | |
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Charles Kuffner: The Keyes to the Senate — So the Illinois GOP has asked Alan Keyes to run for Senate against Barack Obama. Kos: The Illinois GOP has asked Keyes to face off against Obama. Keyes has promised to "think about it" and offer a response on Sunday. |
Kevin Drum: And since Ralph Nader was already busy running for president, that could only mean Alan Keyes. ArchPundit: I think he will run because he is that much of an egomaniac, but either way this could be delicious. Sun Times is up |
9/11 Panel Chairman Urges 'Vote' on Report By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - The chairman of the Sept. 11 commission said on Wednesday that voters in November's presidential election should weigh how President Bush and Senator John Kerry respond to the commission's final report in determining how they vote. | |
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Cori Dauber: New York Times, Thursday, August 5 The chairman of the Sept. 11 commission said on Wednesday that voters in November's... |
Quiddity: Kerry vs Bush on the 9/11 Commission Report: Can it get any simpler? The New York Times reports that [snipped quote] Kerry said he would do everything they advised. |
California's SUV Ban By / Slate — Permalink Unless you drive one of the largest SUVs, such as the Chevy Suburban, the Cadillac Escalade, or the Ford Excursion, I'll bet you've watched them thundering down quiet residential lanes and wondered to yourself: Why is that monster allowed on this little street? | |
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Clayton Cramer: Now, I see an article in Slate that explains this in a way that makes sense. Bob @Unfogged: Behemoths banned — Fun piece at Slate on SUVs. Many residential streets in California and some other states ban vehicles weighing more than 6000 lbs. Steve Bainbridge: SUV Ban — Andy Bowers at Slate:Unless you drive one of the largest SUVs, such as the Chevy Suburban, the Cadillac... |
Glenn Reynolds: ANDY BOWERS notes a secret ban on SUVs. No, really! Kevin Drum: UNCLE SAM WANTS YOU TO BUY AN SUV...Over at Slate, Andy Bowers notices something odd: many California cities, including... |
Illinois GOP asks Keyes to run for Senate By / AP — Permalink CHICAGO — Illinois Republican leaders asked two-time presidential hopeful Alan Keyes on Wednesday to be their Senate candidate, but Keyes said he needed a few days to think about it. Keyes told a news conference Wednesday night he would make an announcement by Sunday. | |
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KJL: KEYES TO REPLACE RYAN IN ILL. RACE |
Steve Dillard: Illinois GOP asks Keyes to run for Senate: You know, there are many things I really like about Alan Keyes (indeed, I... |
Sources: Al Qaeda may have made contact in U.S. recently CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Intelligence found in Pakistan suggests that suspected al Qaeda operatives in that country contacted an individual or individuals in the United States in the past few months, according to two senior U.S. government sources. | |
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Libertarian: Meanwhile, with $2 billion stuffed down some spiderhole in Iraq, al Qaeda is running around inside the United States. KJL: AL QAEDA BUZZING INSIDE U.S. |
Dale Franks: Tic tock tick tock — I am increasingly coming to beleive, based on the bevy of stories like this, that there will be an... Smash: Al Qaeda Active in US BREAKING NEWS FROM CNN: [snipped quote] This would appear to support my analysis that Khan was a... |
Cartier-Bresson, Artist Who Used Lens, Dies at 95 By / NYT — Permalink Henri Cartier-Bresson, who used his tiny, hand-held 35-millimeter Leica camera to bear humane witness to many of the 20th century's biggest events, from the Spanish Civil War to the German occupation of France to the partition of India to the Chinese revolution to the French student uprisings of 1968, died on Tuesday at his home in Southwest France. | |
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Chris Bertram: But the New York Times is an exception , and includes links beyond to Magnum and elsewhere. |
Lambert @Corrente: Goodnight, moon — So Cartier-Bresson died. Strange world, that holds both his photographs and the photographs from Abu Ghraib. |
Didactic Dirt By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Without fail, every campaign season—from the race for president of the United States to senior-class president—kicks off with a pledge from candidates to run a clean race, to talk about the issues, to rise above political infighting, yadda yadda yadda. | |
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John Hawkins: I'm with Bridget Johnson. Negative ads and dirty campaigning is a necessity in these days and times, especially for Republicans. |
Betsy Newmark: Bridget Johnson celebrates dirty campaigning as a great American tradition. |
$1.9 Billion of Iraq's Money Goes to U.S. Contractors By / WaPo — Permalink Halliburton Co. and other U.S. contractors are being paid at least $1.9 billion from Iraqi funds under an arrangement set by the U.S.-led occupation authority, according to a review of documents and interviews with government agencies, companies and auditors. | |
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Susan Madrak: LIFE WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE — Jeanne D'Arc over at Body & Soul points out why no moral person can... Kash: Today's Washington Post reveals what Bush apparently meant when he said that it was "their oil" and that "they'll use it": [snipped quote] Incompetent, venal, or both? Norbizness: Halliburton's SEC Fine : Diversion of Iraqi Development Money to Halliburton :: (1) Verbally scolding dog for peeing on... |
Libertarian: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT steals money and gives it to its friends, all in the name of Iraq. Told you so. Kevin Raybould: First Rape, now Pillage — As if the horrible abuses at Abu Ghraib and Gitmo weren't enough, we now find that almost two... Jeanne D'Arc: A funny thing happened on the way to the reconstruction: Halliburton didn't just get money from American taxpayers, they got to spend most of the Iraqis' money as well. |
| Also: Oliver Willis | |
Fallujah Raid Frees 4 Jordanian Hostages By / AP — Permalink BAGHDAD, Iraq - In an extraordinary assault, gunmen in the city of Fallujah stormed a kidnappers' lair and forced the overmatched militants inside to flee, freeing four Jordanian truck drivers held captive, local officials said Wednesday. | |
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Michael Totten: Fallujah Strikes Back — Here's some good news from Fallujah of all places. |
McQ: Maybe the worm begins to turn — A surprising development in Fallujah: [snipped quote] These weren't US "gunmen", or Iraqi troops or Iraqi police. |
Kerry's comments hard to swallow JSOnline — Permalink Thousands of us heard John Kerry localize his presidential stump speech by saying he "sure better find some baby backs over there at Speed Queen Bar-B-Q and a double-dip vanilla at Leon's. "And if I don't get there, I'm in trouble." | |
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Stephen Green: Bad Manners — Tom P emailed this story from Milwaukee: [snipped quote] Question: Does Kerry eat baby back ribs with a knife and fork? |
The Big Trunk: Faked lunch, part 2 — From Jim Stingl's column in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "Kerry's comments hard to swallow." |
A Letter by an Alleged Wife of a Martyr to the Wife of Paul Johnson MEMRI — Permalink The recent issue of Sawt al-Jihad ("Voice of Jihad"), which is identified with Al-Qa'ida, published an article titled "A Letter to the Wife of the Slain Pagan Paul Johnson from the Wife of One of the Martyrs." [1] This letter celebrates the murder of the American hostage Paul Johnson in Saudi Arabia. | |
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Christopher Kanis: You have to read the letter. (Via Allah, who'll help you remember exactly which one was Paul Johnson). |
Allah: "[T]he blood of a Muslim is for us more precious than the Ka'ba, but the blood of your husband is the blood of a dog because he is an idolatrous infidel." |
Kerry and Edwards Focus on Plan to Strengthen the Economy as Believe in America Tour Continues Kerry for President Press Room — Permalink Davenport, IA - Campaigning separately on day six of their "Believe in America" tour, John Kerry and John Edwards highlighted their plan to strengthen America by building an economy that lifts up families, creates jobs and helps businesses succeed. | |
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Robert Garcia Tagorda: Not So Fast... Before we fully accept John Kerry's commitment to "bring[ing] Wall Street together with Main Street," I... |
Vance @BeggingToDiffer: Today, amid much fanfare, John Kerry unveiled his list of supporters within the business community in an effort to win... |
Cover me, Boss tells Ted By / NY Daily News — Permalink The normally press-shy Bruce Springsteen is going public tonight with a one-on-one interview with ABC's Ted Koppel. Springsteen is appearing on "Nightline" to talk about the intersection of pop culture and politics, as well as a long-rumored concert tour starring him and a lineup of other politically outspoken acts such as REM and Pearl Jam. | |
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Robert Cox: TIVO THIS Hardball: Barry McCaffrey Nightline: Bruce Springsteen Imus in the Morning: Maureen Dowd Washington... |
Tbogg: Born in the (old)USA — Eric Alterman's best buddy: The normally press-shy Bruce Springsteen is going public tonight with a one-on-one interview with ABC's Ted Koppel. |
Seattle Judge Rules for Gay Marriages AP — Permalink SEATTLE Aug. 4, 2004 — Gay couples can be married under Washington state law, because denying their right to do so is a violation of their constitutional rights, a judge ruled Wednesday. | |
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Lucia @Amptoons: Seattle Judge Rules for Marriage Equality — Newsday.com reports a favorable ruling in Washington State: "Gay couples... |
Smash: DENYING MARRIAGE LISCENSES to same-sex couples is a violation of their constitutional rights, a Seattle judge ruled Wednesday. |
Critics Say Bush's Intelligence Chief Would Be Toothless By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - Members of the Sept. 11 commission joined with Congressional Democrats on Tuesday in criticizing President Bush's proposal for creating the job of national intelligence director, saying the plan would not grant nearly enough power to the position. | |
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Laura Rozen: Bush tried to implement a sham cosmetic reform instead of doing what the commission really recommended. Greyhawk: "Critics Say Bush's Intelligence Chief Would Be Toothless WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - Members of the Sept. 11 commission... |
Matthew Yglesias: It turns out, shockingly enough, that when the 9-11 Commission recommended the creation of a Director of National... |
GOP narrows Senate list to 2 Chicago Tribune — Permalink Illinois Republican leaders on Tuesday neared the end of their frustrating search for a candidate in the U.S. Senate race, selecting two African-Americans as finalists for the party's nomination to face Democrat Barack Obama, who also is black. | |
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Howard Kurtz: The embarrassing, post-Mike Ditka hunt for someone to run against Obama after the guy with the hyperactive sex life... ArchPundit: They are that nuts. Really, they are that nuts to basically try and narrow the race down to two candidates who are black. |
Byron L: It's a possibility. The Chicago Tribune reports: [snipped quote] I just LOVE how Republicans think. |
Kerry promises monthly news conferences, if elected CNN — Permalink BELOIT, Wisconsin (CNN) — Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said Tuesday he would hold news conferences at least once a month if elected in November. "I don't have anything to hide," he declared. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Captain Ed has some thoughts Senator Kerry's promise to hold more press conferences. Captain Ed: Kerry Promises More News Conferences If President — John Kerry took steps yesterday to shore up weakening support in... |
Steven Taylor: The New Bush Bumpersticker — Kerry promises monthly news conferences, if elected Part of today's Beltway Traffic Jam |
First Responders for Kerry? NRO — Permalink Don't bet on it. Iwas not among the National Review Online stalwarts reporting from Boston last week. Instead I was here in Los Angeles doing my small part in the battle against crime and villainy. Mine was arguably the more pleasant task. | |
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Bob @Unfogged: Irregular — Jack Dunphy is a cop in the LAPD. And though he's a columnist for NRO, he's also a Regular Guy. Chris Bowers: Conservatives Hate Firefighters — In a post entitled Morning Reads, today the Official Bush-Cheney Campaign blog quoted... |
Dave Johnson: The post links to this: [snipped quote] There's more, and it is just disgusting. |
Halliburton Settles S.E.C. Accusations By / NYT — Permalink The Halliburton Company secretly changed its accounting practices when Vice President Dick Cheney was its chief executive, the Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday as it fined the company $7.5 million and brought actions against two former financial officials. | |
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Bob Harris: Cheney's lawyer, however, insists his "conduct as C.E.O. of Halliburton was proper in all respects," although he also wouldn't deny that Cheney knew exactly what was happening. DeLong: (Cheney Lies to Shareholders Edition) Floyd Norris writes in the New York Times: "The New York Times > Business... |
Kevin Drum: A HALLIBURTON FAIRY TALE...It appears that Manchurian Global um, I mean Halliburton, has paid a fine for secretly... Josh Marshall: Today the — Times reports that the the SEC has fined Halliburton $7.5 million for, in effect, defrauding its shareholders. |
New Qaeda Activity Is Said to Be Major Factor in Alert NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 - Senior government officials said Tuesday that new intelligence pointing to a current threat of a terrorist attack on financial targets in New York and possibly in Washington - not just information about surveillance on specific buildings... | |
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Tom Maguire: Their coverage of this announcement has already been bi-polar - alarmed on Monday, skeptical on Tuesday, red-faced on Wednesday. Jeffrey Dubner: The headlines of their most prominent articles: [quote] "Old Data, New Credibility Issues" (Wednesday, Page A01) "Pre-9/11...[end quote] Greyhawk: Sounds Like a Threat — Why all the fuss about threat levels? Surely the reminder of a danger doesn't favor any one candidate, does it? |
Lambert @Corrente: Gaslight watch: It just keeps getting better and better! Noam Scheiber: Here's how the Times reported it: "Senior government officials said Tuesday that new intelligence pointing to a current... Jan Haugland: Also today, the New York Times gives voice to a number of intelligence experts who state that the new terror threat was certainly not based only on "old data." |
| Also: Robin Burk, Steven Taylor, KJL, Christopher Kanis, Cori Dauber, Susan Madrak, Gregory Djerejian, Betsy Newmark, Oliver Willis, Roger L. Simon, Jeff Jarvis | |
The Malkin Media Diversity Test By / Townhall.com — Permalink Every five years, a herd of perpetually disgruntled minority journalists gathers together to decry the lack of "diversity" in the media. This week, thousands of them will huff and puff in unison at the "UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc." convention in... | |
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Jeff Goldstein: More here, here, here, here, here, and here update: How sad. I mean, how really really really sad… (h/t Sean M.) Tom Maguire: He can't be serious. More: Michelle Malkin will Celebrate Diversity, too, and we thank Memeorandum. Betsy Newmark: Michelle Malkin has a true diversity test. |
SLZoll: Michelle Malkin Michelle has written a new book* which explains why interning the Japanese was such a great idea (I'm... The Big Trunk: Her column is "The Malkin media diversity test." The New York Post carries Michelle's column on the basic tasks... Michelle Malkin: THE MALKIN MEDIA DIVERSITY TEST — My new column is up. |
9/11 panel dismayed by Bush's reaction INTELLIGENCE CHIEF: Director needs real clout, members say San Francisco Chronicle — Permalink Washington — Two members of the Sept. 11 commission criticized President Bush's proposal to create a national intelligence director, telling Congress on Tuesday that the White House plan fails to give the new spy chief the executive powers needed to revamp the nation's intelligence agencies. | |
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Daniel Drezner: Members of the 9-11 Commission are not pleased with President Bush tweaking their intelligence reform proposals: "Two... DeLong: (The 911 Commission Is Made Up of Unhappy Campers Edition) The members of the 911 Commission are really annoyed at... |
Mark Kleiman: The 9-11 Commission sniffs the nothingburger — From the SF Chronicle (hat tip: Brad DeLong): Two members of the Sept... Kevin Hayden: Another veteran who left a limb in Vietnam is not happy with Bush's half-hearted response to the 9-11 commission. |
Why Bush is going to win NY Daily News — Permalink In 1972, The New Yorker's movie critic, Pauline Kael, won herself a place in political lore by expressing astonishment at the Republicans' 49-state landslide victory. "How could that be?" she demanded. "I don't know a single person who voted for Nixon." | |
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Betsy Newmark: Zev Chafets says that it's a sure thing for Bush to win this year. Roger L. Simon: Uh-huh.] ...still... I think Zev Chafets makes solid points in the NY Daily News today, while doing something I wouldn't... |
Dale Franks: Take today, for instance. The New York Daily News' Zev Chafets thinks that Bush will win in a walk. James Joyner: Election Predictions — Someone called Zev Chafets, writing in the NY Daily News, argues that Bush wil win in a walk. |
A Record of Recovery By / NYT — Permalink Over the course of last week, we heard a lot from the Democrats about their record of economic achievement. So let's take the advice of a Democrat of yesteryear, Al Smith, the former governor of New York. His trademark phrase was, "Let's look at the record." | |
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DeLong: (George Shultz Needs a Better Staff Edition) Matthew Yglesias reads the op-ed published under the name "George Schultz"... Matthew Yglesias: Gee... ...it strikes me as a bit misleading to construct a chart plotting change in GDP versus time and then discuss it as thought it were a chart of GDP versus time. |
Steve M.: LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND... I've always thought of George Shultz as one of the less venal Reaganites, but this (from... Mike Rappaport: An excerpt: "When you look at the record, a quick summary is this: President Clinton inherited prosperity; President Clinton bequeathed recession." |
Iraqis on Tour Banned From Memphis Hall AP — Permalink MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Iraqis visiting on a civil rights tour were barred from city hall after the city council chairman said it was too dangerous to let them in. The seven Iraqi civic and community leaders are in the midst of a three-week American tour, sponsored by the State Department to learn more about the process of government. | |
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Juan Cole: Brown excludes Iraqi Group as "Dangerous" in Memphis — AP reports from Memphis that a Memphis councilman barred a... Pejman Yousefzadeh: GROAN* This is just loathsome: [snipped quote] I can't imagine worse public relations—and a greater genuine affront—than to offend a visiting delegation in this manner. Tom Maguire: We found this entry to be especially amusing - Not Sirius provides without comment a story telling us that "Iraqis... |
Michael Totten: Welcome to Memphis — How embarassing is this? Jeanne D'Arc: That is as true for Iraqis as it is for Americans: I get emails by the dozen from people crying out against the abduction of foreigners. SK Bubba: Tennessee fights off Iraqi insurgents — By way of readers Janet and Peter Jung, Atrios, and about 150 news outlets, you... |
| Also: Richard TPD, Kevin Raybould, Atrios | |
Al-Qaeda computer whizz was top terror planner: security official AFP — Permalink ISLAMABAD (AFP) - The Pakistani Al-Qaeda computer expert captured last month was one of the terror network's top planners, had a five million dollar bounty on his head and had plotted to attack London's Heathrow airport, a senior security official said. | |
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Smash: THE RECENT CAPTURE of al Qaeda's "technical support guy," Naeem Noor Khan, may be much more important than originally thought, AFP reports. Captain Ed: Not Just A Computer Nerd — Senior security officials told AFP that the al-Qaeda computer expert captured three weeks... |
Glenn Reynolds: MORE THAN JUST A GEEK: Ed Morrissey thinks that the press has dropped the ball in reporting on the capture of Al Qaeda operative Naeem Noor Khan. |
Seriousness of Threat Defended Despite Dated Intelligence WaPo — Permalink Bush administration officials acknowledged yesterday that the latest terrorism alert was based primarily on information that is three to four years old, but they aggressively defended the decision to warn financial sectors in Washington, New York and Newark because of the continuing threat posed by al Qaeda. | |
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Andrew Stuttaford: From the Washington Post: "Paul Brown, deputy commissioner for public affairs at the New York Police Department, said... Gregory Djerejian: The Terror Alerts — I have to say I'm a bit baffled about the whole hullabaloo surrounding whether the latest terror... |
Cori Dauber: It isn't working. Update: Maybe the Post's reporters ought to be talking more with one another. Steve @BeggingToDiffer: Washington Post: "Two senior intelligence officials stressed yesterday that the U.S. government has information from... |
ANTI-TERROR TO-DO LIST By / New York Post — Permalink THE new terror alerts in New York, New Jersey and Washington, D.C., are jolt ing reminders that while Congress is on summer vacation, the Islamofascists don't do recess. While the Bush administration has done much to prevent another attack on the homeland, there is still plenty more to do. | |
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Glenn Reynolds: UPDATE: Malkin's talking about the present day in this piece, in which she praises anti-terror efforts by Charles Schumer. Michelle Malkin: ANTI-TERROR TO-DO LIST — In the New York Post, I describe four things our government can do to improve homeland security in light of the recent terror alert elevations. |
The Big Trunk: The New York Post carries Michelle's column on the basic tasks remaining to be done in order secure America: "Anti-terror to-do list." |
Obama to Soon Have Black GOP Foe for Senate Race Reuters — Permalink CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Republicans on Tuesday narrowed the field of prospective U.S. Senate opponents for Democrat Barack Obama to two, and virtually assured that the next senator from the Midwestern state will be black. | |
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Steve M.: If Alan Keyes does become the GOP challenger to Barack Obama for the Illinois Senate seat, I hope the press does a... Josh Marshall: According to Reuters, Illinois Republicans have narrowed their choice of senate candidates to oppose Barack Obama to two. |
Steve Gilliard: Will be elected in a landslide to Senate Obama to Soon Have Black GOP Foe for Senate Race [snipped quote] Jesus. Oliver Willis: Carpetbaggers Are Okay Now — Remember the whining about Hillary Clinton being a carpetbagger? Never mind. |
Cheney Blames Democrats for Gas Prices AP — Permalink HOT SPRINGS, Ark. Aug. 3, 2004 — Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that rising consumption and decreasing domestic production have led to high gasoline prices but also blamed his Democratic opponents and their opposition to the Bush administration's energy policies. | |
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DeLong: (Cheney Lies to Constituents Edition) Josh Micah Marshall is not happy being lied to by Richard Cheney either Talking Dog: Not that Dick Cheney isn't insistent that its not the party that controls the executive, both houses of the legislature,... Juan Cole: Cheney Blames Democrats for High Oil Prices (!) US Vice President Dick Cheney lambasted the Democrats on Tuesday for causing high petroleum prices. |
Xan @Corrente: Cheneyed At The Pump — Dick Cheney, speaking in Arkansas, tries a new up-is-down theory that it's the DEMOCRAT'S fault... Jesse Taylor: Adjusting For Reality — Juan Cole points out that when Dick Cheney accuses Democrats of causing higher gas prices, he ignores why gas prices are high. Taegan Goddard: Cheney Blames Democrats For High Gas Prices — Vice President Dick Cheney "blamed his Democratic opponents and their... |
| Also: Josh Marshall | |
Two Americas: The movie By / Washington Times — Permalink There are two Americas — one for people who can afford to go to movies and one for those who cannot. Rich Americans can obtain high-quality education on important national and international issues by attending lucid documentaries such as Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/ll." | |
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James Joyner: Two Americas: The Movie — Bryan Boulier has an amusing op-ed in today's Washington Times entitled, "Two Americas: The movie." The Big Trunk: Two Americas: The movie — Don't know how our friends at RealClearPolitics missed this poignant elaboration of the... |
Richard Reeb: Bryan L. Boulier, writing in in the Washington Times, deplores the existence of "Two Americas": those who can afford to go to the movies and those who cannot. |