LCR and I are both Rush fans. I realize they are insufficiently bluesy for RSM (whatever!) but they express more raw talent on one track than the bulk of contemporary bands do on whole releases.
As a result of the Rush fandom, I have to offer a poke at LCR for what amounts to either a hilarious gaffe or an oblique offer to replace Orszag, emphasis mine:
Being the fanboy that I am I instantly supsected mishchief (as to a possible new song or better). It was just a snippet of a minute or less but Neil Peart’s chops (as well as the boys) were clearly discernable – and I would recognize, and easily name, every single song they have ever touched.
So I did a little digging and found some details. The song at Rush’s site is titled “Caravan.” Nick Raskulinecz of the Snakes and Arrows (an underrated album, in my opinion – two instrumentals and several solid outings, c-mon!) returns to the producer seat for the trio’s springtime 2011 release.
Blahblahblah “Pock-ee-stahn” blahblahblah “grateful for sacrifice”blahblahblah. . .
UPDATE IV: Welcome Instapundit readers! My goodness, at this very moment, McChrystal is being defended on Fox News by . . . Geraldo Rivera?
UPDATE V: Lachlan Markay: “During Bush’s tenure, active duty generals that spoke out against administration policy were portrayed as courageous whistleblowers.”
UPDATE VII: Thanks to the commenter who reminded us of how the junior senator from Illinois shamelessly grandstanded during the 2007 Petraeus hearings:
In the comments, my libertarian friend Tom Knapp calls Afghanistan “a complete clusterf**k from which prompt withdrawal is the only viable military option.”
That may even be a tad optimistic, considering recent history: The educated upper-crust of Afghan society fled when the Soviets invaded and has never returned. After the Soviets withdrew in 1989, they left in place a puppet government that was overthrown in 1992 by something called “The Islamic Jihad Council,” while the countryside was ruled by tribal warlords. By 1996, the Taliban had captured Kabul. For more than 30 years, then, any reasonably ambitious person in Afghanistan has followed one of two career paths:
Join a tribal militia and start killing people; or
Get the hell out of Afghanistan.
As a result, Afghanistan lacks sufficient human resources to support civil society and generate economic prosperity.
In other words: It’s Detroit.
If Petraeus can win this one, he’ll go from hero to legend.
America was three minutes away from being eliminated from the World Cup when midfielder Landon Donovan scored in overtime to give the U.S. team a 1-0 victory over Algeria.
Remember: Soccer is for foreigners and faggots. However, fist-pumping jingoistic nationalism — and defeating impoverished Third World countries — is for red-blooded Americans.
UPDATE: I’ve decided to name this “The Miracle on Grass.” Why? Because we’re red-blooded Americans, that’s why!
In this game for the ages, certainly the most exciting in recent memory, there was plenty of reason to celebrate as the USA is headed to the Round of 16 for the first time since 2002.
Suggestion: Change your paper’s name to USA! USA! USA! Today.
The United States did see an earlier opportunity on goal go in, but the score was disallowed on an erroneous offside call. It was the second time in this World Cup that the Americans had an apparent goal negated by a dubious decision by the referees.
Dempsey slotted Herculez Gomez’s short cross from the right into the back of the net in the 21st minute after a furious and frantic push by the United States. But the assistant referee quickly raised his flag. While the American fans were celebrating, the referee called offside. It looked close, until television replays showed Dempsey was even with Madjid Bougherra, the last Algerian defender.
Of course, all the World Cup refs are American-hating foreigners.
ENQUIRER WORLD EXCLUSIVE: AL GORE has been accused of sexually attacking a masseuse in Portland, Oregon – and is named in the official police report about the alleged assault, The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively!
The bombshell story will appear in the new issue of The ENQUIRER and will include the secret police documents, a photo of the woman making the stunning charges and will reveal the shocking details about the pants she saved as evidence! . . .
We have verified the 62-year-old former VP was in Portland at the time of the alleged incident – Oct. 24, 2006 – and we saw the $540 massage bill.
No criminal charges were brought against Gore, but the Portland police prepared a document marked “Confidential Special Report” – which records the explosive allegations of “unwanted sexual contact” by Al Gore “at a local upscale hotel.”
The ENQUIRER is withholding the name of the 54-year-old woman making the stunning accusations because she is potentially a sex-crime victim. . . .
Wait — she’s 54 years old? This sick freak is going around molesting old ladies? Via Maggie’s Farm and Jammie Wearing Fool, who asks, “Just wondering, does former Clinton lawyer David Kendall still work for the Enquirer?”
DTFG is a great new Cato site.
The country’s problems boil down to the Federal government undertaking non-Federal tasks.
Disabusing Congress that it should have any interactions with private citizens concerning housing, education, health care and retirement is key to preserving the country.
The dirty work of cleaning up the century-old political disaster of Progressivism will suck, but there does not appear to be a valid alternative.
Plenty of twerps squeaking out lines like “Yes we are the hope that we changed for” are available, but you can’t afford them. Sorry.
Townhall links a letter from Sens. Grassley, Hatch (R-Utah), Vitter (R-La.), Bunning (R-Ky.), Chambliss (R-Ga.), Isakson (R-Ga.), Inhofe (R-Okla.), and Cochran (R-Miss.), saying:
We understand that there’s a push for your Administration to develop a plan to unilaterally extend either deferred action or parole to millions of illegal aliens in the United States. We understand that the Administration may include aliens who have willfully overstayed their visas or filed for benefits knowing that they will not be eligible for a status for years to come. We understand that deferred action and parole are discretionary actions reserved for individual cases that present unusual, emergent or humanitarian circumstances. Deferred action and parole were not intended to be used to confer a status or offer protection to large groups of illegal aliens, even if the agency claims that they look at each case on a “case-by-case” basis.
