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Conservative uprisingYesterday I made the argument that Laura Bush moved to the left as she used the race card to attack those conservatives who have spoken out about the lack of credentials Harriet Miers possesses to be nominated to the highest...Iraq Progress
100 Best Novels, 1923-PresentA couple of related items contribute to optimism:
Constitution headed for win in IraqAnother factual refutation of the anti-war moonbat assertion that the efforts in Iraq are failing.
Never mind, they haven't let details like facts trouble their minds before, so this probably won't matter to them either.
Here's a good blog post from GOP Vixen noting 13 terr attacks during the Iraq constitution vote, combpared to 347 attacks during the first election over there. So what's not progress about THIS?
It's some "100 Best novels" list that seems worth fighting over, and this time it's put together by Time magazine. Allegedly they've assembled the 100 best novels since 1923, but as you'll see they hit a few potholes along the...Soccer Balls and Constitutions
Michael Hastings, writing in Newsweek, has this:Oct. 15, 2005 - Cruising through the Al Wahdi neighborhood in eastern Mosul, Iraq, Lt. Colonel John Norris ducks down from his command hatch in the heavily armored Stryker vehicle. Look at all the...Shaking Hands With Thugs
Lawrence Haws, one of the first bloggers to ever permalink yours truly way back in the day, is still going strong. Check out this post, featuring one of my most favorite photos ever: Wesley Clark swapping hats and sharing smiles...A Surprising Confluence of Events Around Errol Morris
Recently I added a bunch of Errol Morris films to my Netflix queue, and have enjoyed what I've seen a great deal. He's one of those filmmakers that I've always heard a lot about, but for one reason or another...Condi Fishing in Troubled Waters
Sex In UniformSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice completed her visit to Central Asia and Afghanistan last week. This is a tough neighborhood, which plays a key role in the forthcoming global game between the West and the rest.The U.S. has growing geopolitical competition in the region from Russia, China and the global Islamist movement. Ms. Rice is now playing the 21st Century version of the "Great Game" in which, 100 years ago, the British Empire and Czarist Russia competed over the heartland of Eurasia.What a phrase can evoke - "The Great Game" - recalling the not always glorious days of Kipling and Victoria:
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. Go, go, go like a soldier?So-oldier of the Queen!The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I'd like to see Reader's Digest start doing a regular feature on this....
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