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On this Independence Day, persons should embrace our independence and our separation from global governance or so called "international law." The infiltration of "international law" into our court system is a threat. ...
townhall.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

Coming Up on Sunday Kos .... georgia10 will explore the new face of activism and what it looks like for the millennial generation. DemFromCT will review recent polling on health care as it relates to the 2008 campaign, and the chances for health reform after the election. DevilsTower will take a look back at Freedomnomics, sockpuppetry and misleading economics. Think the Cold War ended? Think again. Plutonium Page will take us on a tour of one of the most contaminated nuclear sites on Earth... right here in the United States.
dailykos.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

That Was Then, This Is Now: Combat As Qualification Edition

Saying this was not outrageous at one time: [Fox's Mort Kondracke said] "It does not qualify you to be the commander in chief of all the Armed Forces because you were a Swift boat commander." And Kathleen Parker: "[M]ilitary service neither qualifies nor disqualifies one for political office." This year it is. Read Jamison Foser's whole post. Get a feel for what political cowards Dems are and what they take from the Media and the GOP. This is an Open Thread.
feedburner.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

On Flip Flops And Contrast

Both Barack Obama and John McCain have a closetful of flip flops on issues. What is interesting about the flip flops is McCain has flip flopped towards the right - on the Bush tax cuts, on torture, on immigration, on everything. There is no moving to the "middle" for McCain. There is only moving to the far right. He is really running for Bush's third term. Obama's flip flops have him moving to the right as well, aligning him closer to Bush's third term, instead of making clear he will be a break from the extremism of the Bush years. It is as if Obama has an inner Dick Morris he is listening to. McCain playing to his base will not be covered as pandering. Obama should consider that for a moment. That perhaps honoring his own base will be seen as a moment of strength for him. In Nigel Hamilton's book on Bill Clinton, "Mastering the Presidency", Hamilton describes the inner cowardice of Morris, who advised Clinton to cave in to Newt Gingrich even though Morris' own polling told him tha
feedburner.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

Gonzo Review: Hunter, 1972 and Today

I watched Gonzo yesterday -- twice. (Details of the film about Hunter S. Thompson that opened nationally on July 4th are in my earlier post here.) The first time I watched it on a personal level. The second time I watched it for some political and historical comparisons to today. My thoughts on both are below. [More...] As a prelude, the film opens with Hunter writing on the morning of 9/11 about the planes going into the Twin towers. Johnny Depp reads it aloud -- really classic Hunter. The film then moves to the mid to late-60's, Chicago '68, Hubert Humphrey. You can read any number of film reviews for those sections and for details on those interviewed in the movie, from Tom Wolfe, Jann Wenner, Jimmy Buffett, Pat Robertson, Gary Hart and Jimmy Carter to Hunter's ex-wife Sandy, son Juan, my favorite Sheriff, Bob Braudis and of course, his second wife and my good friend, Anita. (Also see the New York Times review.) After that, we get to the 1972 campaign, with Ge
feedburner.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

Good Girl Role Models, Good for Boys, Too

I love this e-mail, from a dad: I was interested in your 'Good Girl Role Model' discussion. I have no daughters, I am the father of a 12 year old boy, but the topic does concern me. Looking towards the time, in not so many years, when my son will be looking for someone to spend his life with, I read the discussion yesterday with great interest. As background my son is 5' 10' and 150 pounds, a baseball and a basketball player of some skill; and he has become of great interest to the girls in our neighborhood this summer. I have commented many times to friends recently that little girls are much more aggressive than I remember at 12. My son is still more interested on sports and his PS3, but I am expecting that to change at any moment. God help me :-). He and I have had several discussions recently about the opposite sex and what is considered appropriate in our family, ( I won't go into details, but we are Evangelical Christians who believe in waiting until marriage to have sex.
nationalreview.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

Another Good Girl Role Model

An e-mail: Thank you for sharing the article about Agata Mroz. She is an excellent role model.Frances Koons is our role model. She is optimistic, hard-working, pleasant in the face of adversity, and humble, and pious. She just finished running in the semifinals of the women's 1500m Olympic Trials in Eugene. She didn't make it to the finals, but she did reach a lot of goals this year, including beating kidney cancer, diagnosed just over a year ago. Her diagnosis came just weeks before her older brother started serving in Iraq. She used his service and sacrifice as inspiration to stay positive, and get well.
nationalreview.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

Fourth of July Deaths

This one, from 1596: Blessed Henry Abbot, who was martyred in York, England, for daring to explain the Catholic faith to a minister pretending to want him to (who turned him in for doing so). He was among four condemned, Abbot's execution saved for July 4, 1597. There are so many reminders of how precious freedom is and how devoted we must be to its protection, but those July 4th ones do have a way of making a special impression. I understand the frustration with George W. Bush's insistence that we can bring all our freedoms to parts of the world who don't seem to want it -- I share it. But I also get where he's coming from, and it's not a bad thing to encourage, at least on a civics level. What's more precious? What's a greater gift, other than life itself, which is innately tied to freedom? (If our parents don't protect our freedom to live, there is no life....)
nationalreview.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

Good-Answer Man

Here's are some of Jay's answers to our summer questions: Is there one book that you'd recommend to uplift and inspire depressed conservatives this summer? I should probably say the Bible. In fact . . . maybe I will. What's your favorite WFB book and why? Don't have a favorite -- have many. Probably my favorite novel: Stained Glass. Maybe my favorite collection: Right Reason. (But it could be that that just hit me at the right time.) I'm amazed at The Unmaking of a Mayor. This is probably the most dazzling book about American politics I know. And umpteen other books are dazzlers, too. Why do I love these books, or all WFB books? For the same reasons one loves him. What's your favorite political movie and why? Would On the Waterfront qualify? Would The Lives of Others? They share a great theme: standing up to the bully. Mention Casablanca? If you could read or reread one classic this summer, what would it be? What are the odds you actually do? The Odyssey or Hamlet. Zero
nationalreview.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

SEALed with a Click

FNC: A little-known tribute some Navy SEALs gave to a fallen comrade is gaining notice. Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor was killed in battle in Iraq in September 2006, and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in April. His funeral in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego was attended by "nearly every SEAL on the West Coast," President Bush said. During the service, as Monsoor's coffin was taken from the hearse to the gravesite, Navy SEALs lined up in two columns. As the coffin passed, video shows each SEAL slapping down the gold Trident from his uniform and deeply embedding it in Monsoor's wooden coffin. The slaps were reportedly heard across the cemetery. The symbolic display moved many, included Bush, who during his speech in April's Medal of Honor ceremony spoke about the incident. 'The procession went on nearly half an hour,' Bush said. 'And when it was all over, the simple w
nationalreview.com Saturday, July 05, 2008

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