The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Obama Sends CIA Into Libya Ground Operations; Andrew Sullivan Stunned

New York Times: The Central Intelligence Agency has inserted clandestine operatives into Libya to gather intelligence for military airstrikes and contact rebels battling Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces, according to American officials. And don’t you know it’s just breaking Sully’s poor little heart? I’m still absorbing this news and don’t want to vent immediately, because there […]

Homo Bureaucratus: A Goal Set Is Essentially A Goal Achieved

by Smitty Via SOL/PuffHO: Seeking to show the public he understands the burden of rising gas prices, President Barack Obama set an ambitious goal of reducing U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, and vowed to break through the political gridlock that has stymied similar initiatives for decades. So, yeah, Jimmy C. made the DoE, […]

Random Freaking Adults (Again)

From time to time, I find myself obliged to give this little lecture. I get tired of repeating myself, so listen up: LEARN TO READ POLL DATA PROPERLY OR STOP TELLING ME ABOUT POLLS Every two years from 1998 through 2006 (five consecutive elections), my job at The Washington Times required me to compile a weekly […]

Libya: Serious or Not?

One of the reasons I’m having trouble taking the war in Libya seriously is that President Obama keeps treating it like another opportunity for political posturing. He gives his big nationally televised primetime speech on Monday and is off to wine and dine $30,000-a-plate donors on Tuesday while Vice President Joe Biden vacations in Aspen. Wait, […]

Quandry: The Best Musical Re-Write Of The President’s Libya Speech?

by Smitty Catching up on the blogs, it looks like the POTUS sounded like Bush minus the passion. My estimate of the conservative mood ring concerning the speech is somewhere around U2’s “Zooropa” The lyrics seem appropriate, for all the continent is a misfit: We’re mild and green And squeaky clean Zooropa… better by design […]

Answer: Because I Really Do Not Need A Rocket Suppository

by Smitty Ace asks: “Why Is the Media Covering Up The Kill Team Story?“. It was quite wrong for the media to endanger troops in the W era over Abu Ghraib. If you’ve let your emotional horses out of the barn, and feel that news of what a handful of twistos have done should be […]

Fighting the War from Lenox Avenue

Command and control: Obama will first attend a fundraising dinner, for $30,800 per plate, at the new restaurant Red Rooster. . . . The restaurant . . . is located at 310 Lenox Avenue. Tonight’s event is said to raise $1.5 million for Obama’s campaign. Bryan Preston at PJ Tatler points out that while the […]

Try to Act Surprised

You know how, when somebody gives you a gift and for some reason you already knew what they were going to give you, as a courtesy you make a point of acting surprised anyway? “A sweater! Wow! Aunt Mary, how thoughtful of you!” Byron York just gave you a sweater: Evidence is emerging that United […]

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