Will for McClintock

Will for McClintock

George Will: The 9th Circus Court of Appeals

LOS ANGELES -- All that was lacking to complete the awfulness of California's recall was supplied when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals shoved its oar in.

Arafat Issues

Arafat Issues

Joel Mowbray: Why Not Kill Arafat?

That’s why killing Arafat must at least be discussed. It is not the only option—or maybe even the right one—but it has to be a potential one.

Loony Londoners Lose It

Loony Londoners Lose It

Why is this such a big deal to some fringe Londoners? A few people seem to be truly bothered by the fact that David Blaine is currently suspended above some small piece of London in a box. He's trying to "go without food" for 44 days.

Look folks, IT'S JUST A MAGIC TRICK. I don't know how he does it. I don't care. It's a neat stunt. By why would this bother some people so much that they would throw things at him or even hit golf balls at him? As for the bare body parts . . . this is a problem? ;-)

ThisisLondon

Since Blaine began his stunt he has suffered a barrage of abuse and mockery. Eggs have been thrown and he has been subjected to taunts. Other people have bared their breasts or bottoms, while at one stage he was even the target of a golf ball hit from Tower Bridge.

Tax Cuts Caused Deficit. Not.

Tax Cuts Caused Deficit. Not.

USATODAY.com - Tax cuts are not to blame

So far so good on this score: Since the president's capital gains and dividend tax cuts were enacted in May, the resulting stock market rally has increased Americans' wealth by more than $1 trillion, according to the American Shareholders Association.

Bush Haters and 2004

Bush Haters and 2004

TIME.com: TIME Magazine -- What Makes The Bush Haters So Mad?

Which is why the Democratic candidates are scrambling desperately to out-Dean Dean. Their constituency is seized with a fever, and will nominate whichever candidate feeds it best. Political fevers are a dangerous thing, however. The Democrats last came down with one in 1972--and lost 49 states.

Property Rights Issues

Property Rights Issues

WorldNetDaily: Kiss your house goodbye

Freedom cannot survive in a society that does not protect property rights. So now you know where the greatest threat to our freedoms resides. Just visit your local city hall.

All Dangerous Activities Now Banned

All Dangerous Activities Now Banned

In an attempt to "save even one life," lawyers for the National Association of Do-Gooders with No Understanding of Economics (NADNUE) have announced the government’s new ban on anything that could be considered dangerous.

”People who risk lives, even their own, by engaging in dangerous activities will no longer be allowed to show such callousness,” said spokesperson Amy Nintendo. “We have compiled a list of such activities for easy reference.”

• Driving: only emergency vehicles in active use can now be on the road since they would save lives. We know that driving kills over 40,000 people every year and, since prohibiting driving would save those 40,000, it is obviously necessary to get rid of this frightful practice.
• Walking: We heard a report the other day that a man in South Padre Island, Texas, collapsed of a heart attack while walking along the beach. This cannot be allowed to continue. Don’t you realize that others could suffer the same terrible fate? Walking must go!
• Flying: After 9-11 do we even need to address this? No more hazardous things in the air.
• Breathing: I saw a report on the History Channel the other day that said that many soldiers in World War I died from breathing in chemical weapons. How can we cold-bloodedly allow such risks to remain around our children? Ban breath now! (Except in Iraq where we know no such weapons have ever been used.)
• Did you know our favorite poem is Porphyria’s Lover?
• Clothing: Many people tragically die each year while wearing clothing. This rate of coincidence is just to great to ignore. Obviously, since so many people die while wearing clothing, we must outlaw this death-bringing practice.
• Newspapers: A newspaper once caught on fire and burned down the reader’s house, killer her and her family. Gone.
• Finally, don't forget to Ban DHMO

NADNUE hopes to achieve its goal of a zero death society within four years. Please write to your congressperson and ask him or her to support the NADNUE initiatives! Thank you.

Thomas Sowell: Risky business

There is, for example, the pious statement that 'if it saves just one life, it is worth whatever it costs.' People say things like that when they want to puff themselves up as caring or when they want to win votes from those who don't bother to think through what they are saying.

In real life, nobody acts on that principle. People don't give up boating, skiing, or rock climbing, even though they know that many people lose their lives in these recreational activities every year.

Dems Make Filibuster Routine

Dems Make Filibuster Routine

The Filibuster Party

THE DEMOCRATS have gone where no party ever has: It has become the party whose senators routinely filibuster nominations to the circuit courts of appeals.
The obvious intention is to make it harder to confirm a nominee. Indeed, where a simple majority always has sufficed for Senate approval, 60 votes now are necessary, since that is the number of votes needed to break a filibuster and permit an up-or-down vote.

But, Really, There's No Liberal Bias in the Media . . .

But, Really, There's No Liberal Bias in the Media . . .

WorldNetDaily: Times scribe: Reporters 'sucked up' to Iraqis

The Times reporter said he put Iraq in a category of totalitarian states all its own, with the possible exception of North Korea, yet that 'essential truth' was 'untold by the vast majority of correspondents' in Baghdad.
'Why? Because they judged that the only way they could keep themselves in play here was to pretend that it was okay.'

A Liberal on Anti-War Reasoning

A Liberal on Anti-War Reasoning

FT.com /Arts & Weekend/Books

. . . . Other than strengthening the hand of civil society (instead of weakening it as has been done in the case of Iraq), there is no easy, pristine way of dealing with [dictators like Saddam Hussein].

Strengthening civil society. Well, that would indeed be a fine thing. Perhaps more could have been done to strengthen civil society in Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Soviet Union, Mao's China, or perhaps in Kim Jong-Il's North Korea too. What is astonishing here is not the naivety, but the off-handed way well-heeled commentators in London, California, or New Delhi, talk about the suffering of the very people they pretend to stand up for. Vidal dismisses it as 'not my problem'. Tariq Ali calls for more violence. And Arundathi Roy prattles about civil society.

More $ May Be Needed in Iraq Next Year? No Kidding?

More $ May Be Needed in Iraq Next Year? No Kidding?

.FOXNews.com - Top Stories - Cheney Hints $87 Billion May Not Be Enough

WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney (search) hinted Sunday that the Bush administration would seek more money next year than the additional $87 billion already requested to pay mainly for postwar costs in Iraq.

Who out there really thought the $87B was going to be the final price tage for post-war Iraq? Show of hands? Ok, for those of you who just raised their hands, two things: 1) You are reading this and I can't actually see you . . . put 'em down; and, 2) Since when couldthe gov't make $87B last for more than a year doing anything?

Of course we are going to need to spend mor emoney there next year. It's a BIG job. But eventually we will be repaid for some of these expenditures by revenues from the sale of Iraqi oil. (Oops, did I just let the secret out that IRaqi oil would be sold again and some of hte money would go to repay the US for getting rid of Saddam?)

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