If it has any credibility left, it shouldn’t after this.
Category Archives: Political Commentary
Gentlemen! You Can’t Fight In Here
This is the war room.
Why I Support Mitch Daniels
I like his choice of books.
[Via Virginia Postrel, the author of one of them]
[Update later morning]
Daniels thinks that he could beat Obama if he runs.
Why Kill Bin Laden?
Rich Lowry asks the question:
In an ideal world, the Navy SEALs would have been given the order to take bin Laden alive, if possible. He would have been taken to a secret location for interrogation and waterboarded if necessary to break him quickly. Every possible lead would have been wrung from him and hunted down. When he was no longer of use, he’d have been put before a military commission and executed.
In other words, he should have been handled in the same way the Bush administration planned to treat detainees in the first urgent days of the War on Terror. Of course, the Obama administration deems coercive interrogation un-American, and the military commissions — partly because of the administration’s hostility — are a shambles. There remained only one good option for bin Laden: a bullet in the eye.
Perhaps killing bin Laden, a potent symbol, was the best outcome regardless. The suddenness and finality of it may prove a devastating blow to al-Qaeda’s morale and prestige. But targeted killing shouldn’t be the only tool in our arsenal.
I find it bizarre that the same administration that thinks that illegal combatants should be mirandized has no compunction about extrajudicial assassination of them, whether with drones or SEALs.
[Update a while later]
“The SEALs had to kill bin Laden to keep him out of the hands of Eric Holder.”
As a reminder, here’s the Hall of Shame — Republicans who voted to confirm him:
Alexander (R-TN)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Chambliss (R-Ga)
Collins (R-ME)
Corker (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Sessions (R-AL)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
The US Corporate Tax Rate
Yes, it is high. The corporate tax should be abolished.
Indoctrination
It’s been many years since I attended a college class, so I wonder if stories like this are the exception, or the rule? Just how far gone is academia?
Why Goldstone?
John Podhoretz explains. The anti-Israel left is shameless.
Chomsky Versus Hitchens
It’s not a pretty sight. Sort of like Bambi versus Godzilla.
When Light Bulbs Are Outlawed
…only outlaws will have light bulbs:
The Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act, which unanimously passed South Carolina’s Senate panel, would allow South Carolina manufacturers to continue to sell incandescent bulbs so long as they have “Made in South Carolina” on them and are sold only within the state. Other states have floated the idea, and last year Arizona passed a bill that would have done the same thing, but Governor Jan Brewer (R) vetoed the legislation.
Whether the legislation becomes law remains to be seen, and even if it does become law, lawsuits will likely ensue. Regardless, South Carolina’s efforts demonstrate the will to remove the federal government’s ability to restrict individual choice. If the compact florescent light bulb (CFL) is a better choice, consumers will make that choice without the government’s push.
But it isn’t, and they won’t, so the energy nazis must push.
The End Times Approach
Glenn Greenwald says that the Democrats owe George Bush and Dick Cheney an apology. And heads explode across the blogosphere.