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The Chief has been looking at this with bemusement - sort of like a Rottweiler watching yapping toy poodles - hardly worth the trouble to respond to.

However....there HAS been a good response from the esteemed Emperor Darth Misha's Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler...and he seems to have covered all the bases, chewed up the poodles, and spit them out as being unworthy fare. Check it our - the Chief fully concurs on this one.

From David Frum: The Miers nomination, though, is an unforced error. Unlike the Roberts's nomination, which confirmed the previous balance on the Court, the O'Connor resignation offered an opportunity to change the balance. This is the moment for which the...

Quentin Riggins runs us through some examples of letters to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader condemning Rep. Stephanie Herseth, and the resulting cries from South Dakota Democrats that these letters were written by "someone" in the Republican Party. Because we...

Here is an interesting exchange Rush Limbaugh had with a caller yesterday: CALLER: I just wanted to point out I've been a longtime Bush supporter, and when he gives a speech like he did this morning it makes me feel...

Here are two pieces on the Bill Bennett incident. Dennis Prager defends Bennett and Eugene Robinson attacks him. For those not in the loop, Bennett, former Secretary of Education in the Reagan administration and a commentator on morality policy, now...

From NewsMax:According to two sources close to former Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan, ex-president Bill Clinton was on the verge of tears over legal woes brought on by the Monica Lewinsky scandal during a Sept. 1998 meeting with Crown...

Merkel set to take over as German leader

The outcome of the German election cycle has been hidden by the nacht und nebel (night & fog) of political warfare. The final tipping of the balance apparently came after the completion of a special election which resulted in victory for the CDU candidate.

Christian Democrat leader Angela Merkel is set to replace Gerhard Schröder as Germany's next chancellor, in a political deal that will see the departure of Mr Schröder from the national political stage, senior members of the ruling Social Democrats have told the Financial Times.

Auf wiedersehen Herr Schroder. You won't be missed by the Chief.

Drawing the line on eminent domain

The issue of property rights isn't going away - and there is wide opposition to the SCOTUS' ruling in the case of Kelo v. New London, as there well should be.

This article notes several cases of home theft currently underway in Missouri, and goes on to highlight the opposition groundswell that is underway to this governmental seizure on behalf of other private owners.

HEY! Do yoiu get it now, why the appointments to the Supremes are so important?

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