“We share the same biology*
Regardless of ideology
What might save us, me, and you
Is that the Islamists love their children too“.
Distancing Himself?
Newsmax quotes Sen. John Kerry’s campaign biographer Douglas Brinkley;
…if an ongoing Navy investigation into Kerry’s military decorations turns up evidence of “purposeful” deception, it could spell doom for the top Democrat’s White House bid.
Praising reporter Thomas Lipscomb, who broke news of the Navy investigation on Friday, Brinkley told WABC Radio’s Steve Malzberg, “Journalists are going to have to see whether there’s a discrepancy on [the citations posted to Kerry’s] Web site – whether there’s something wrong that’s said there or not.”
[…]
The presidential historian called on Kerry to authorize the release of his full military file, saying, “Clearly some of these military records should be made available to the press.”
This could pose some problems. It’s been over a month since Kerry has answered a question from a legitimate reporter – maybe Brinkley’s tired of playing telephone tag?
Via Instapundit
Worms Of Beldar
Never underestimate the moral and intellectual decay of the left.
Flea, on Beldar
“It took less than a day for the vultures at The Guardian to point a finger of blame for the butchery at Beslan. The guilty: Russia, America and Israel.”
Wretchard notes the reaction of the EU;
Dateline Europe: the EU seeks Russian explanation for school siege toll:
Valkenburg, Netherlands, Sept 3 (Reuters) – The European Union asked Russia to explain the bloody end to the siege of a school by Chechen gunmen on Friday with huge loss of life. In a statement in the name of the presidency of the 25-nation EU, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said all countries should work together to prevent such tragedies. “But we also would like to know from the Russian authorities how this tragedy could have happened,” he added.
One presumes Bot can draw on Holland’s responsibility for creating the conditions that led to the Nazi occupation to offer the Russians wise counsel.
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Echoes Of Rwanda
“It makes me sick,” Dallaire said yesterday in an interview. “It burns inside and the sentiments or the feelings that I had of abandonment in Rwanda are exactly the same that I feel today in regards to the Sudan.”
Of course they are.
“I am just disgusted with the lame and obtuse responses coming from Canada and the Western world..”
Same actors, same play.
Palpitations
Moore Smackdown
Kerry: Contrast In Classlessness
John Kerry, for reasons unknown, chose to try to follow Bush’s acceptance speech with a live response, carried on MSNBC. Kevin Aylward live blogged it from the convention.
John Kerry (and Edwards) decided to make a completely classless move and start a speech just minutes after Bush was finished speaking. He is cratering.
“And now that the President is Finally finished his speech, I have 5 words for America, ‘This is your wake up call.'”
Ain’t that six words?
[…]
“HOLY CRAP: He just went Michael Moore”.
MSNBC cut the feed part way through.
Here, A Nation Rose
James Joyner has a comprehensive roundup of blogosphere commentary about President Bush’s acceptance speech. I didn’t see it, but skimming through different sites, the reaction seems to be positive towards both the content and the delivery.
I would suggest that Canadian readers who missed it, read the transcript – particularly the final third or so. Exerpts;
America has done this kind of work before and there have always been doubters. In 1946, 18 months after the fall of Berlin to allied forces, a journalist wrote in the New York Times, “Germany is a land in an acute stage of economic, political and moral crisis. [European] capitals are frightened. In every [military] headquarters, one meets alarmed officials doing their utmost to deal with the consequences of the occupation policy that they admit has failed.” End quote. Maybe that same person’s still around, writing editorials.
Fortunately, we had a resolute president named Truman, who with the American people persevered, knowing that a new democracy at the center of Europe would lead to stability and peace. And because that generation of Americans held firm in the cause of liberty, we live in a better and safer world today.
[…]
The world saw that spirit three miles from here, when the people of this city faced peril together, and lifted a flag over the ruins, and defied the enemy with their courage. My fellow Americans, for as long as our country stands, people will look to the resurrection of New York City and they will say: Here buildings fell, and here a nation rose.
(Wizbang has a Transcript. )
News From Department Of The Blatantly Obvious
Women have superior colour sense
PhysOrg.com:
The scientists speculate that enhanced color perception was important when women were the primary gatherers in the hunter-gatherer phase of human existence. It would have allowed them to better distinguish among fruits, foliage and insects.
And shoes.
Holy Matrimony!
Mark Steyn has accepted Kathy Shaidle’s proposal of marriage.
Congratulations to the happy triple!
Meanwhile, Somewhere On The Campaign Trail…
“We, we, we, we,” he said, rolling his eyes. “When did he join the Legion? He must have a mouse in his pocket.”
RNC Links
MSNBC has the transcript up of the Miller bitch slapping of Chris Matthews interview on Hardball that’s getting so much attention on the blogosphere today.
MATTHEWS:� Senator, Senator, can I speak softly to you?� I would really like you to…
MILLER:� What?� No, no, no, because you won’t give me a chance to answer.� You ask these questions and then you just talk over what I am trying to answer, just like you did that woman the other day.�
MATTHEWS:� Well, Senator…
MILLER:� I don�t know why I even came on this program.�
MATTHEWS:� Well, I am glad you did.�
MATTHEWS:� Let me ask you this about John Kerry’s war record.�
MILLER:� Well, are you going to shut up after you ask me?�
MILLER:� Or are you going to give me a chance to answer it?�
MATTHEWS:� Yes, sir.�
And Wizbang has so much good, and original stuff blogging the RNC, you should just go pay the homepage a visit and read it all.
*sigh*
I’ll admit it.
I have Republican envy.
Kerry: No To Spitballs!
“Will Collier fact checks Snopes on Kerry’s voting record. It turns out that Zell Miller was unfair: Kerry wouldn’t have voted for spitballs, either.”
Eye On The Sky
Winner’s Weiner
NBC5.com reporting from the Nevada State Fair:
“The dachshund 50-foot sprint is an annual event. This year, there were so many entries that sponsors held a trial heat before the finals. Once they separated the dogs from the puppies, the real racing began.”
They’re off!
“The winner got $250 and a trip for two — which includes the wiener — to San Diego to compete in the national finals.”
I’d add something here, but sometimes, you just can’t improve on the original.
Dumb Luck Hypothesis
The Dumb Luck Hypothesis, as it applies to Alberta, is terribly popular with people in Saskatchewan. They love to tell me, personally, how lucky Alberta has been to find itself sitting on top of all that oil. (They are generally unfazed when I explain that my parents and an army of kinfolk took the trouble to move here from Saskatchewan, many years ago, precisely because hardworking people were needed to help locate and extract all that oil.) Now I can simply point out that those who stayed behind have suddenly been revealed to be, almost literally, sitting on an assload of gems that has been left unprobed for decades. Luck ain’t something you get: it’s something you make.
Required reading for those in this province who think the difference between Aberta’s prosperity and Saskatchewan’s stagnation is oil.
Sometimes I do wonder how much better off this province would be today, had someone had the good sense to shoot Tommy Douglas.
Fetch, Ubu.
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape
You don’t spit into the wind
You don’t roll around naked with a pit bull terrier…
Unless you’re really sick of being a “him”.
“Uh, I Have No Idea”.
Hugh Hewitt has posted a transcript of his interview with Terry McAuliffe, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Much hilarity ensues;
HEWITT: Sitting across from me Terry McAuliffe. Strike me dead. It’s so good to see you here Mr. Chairman. It’s good to have you at the Democratic National Convention and at the Republican National Convention
MCAULIFFE: Who would have thought that I’d be going around with a credential at the Republican Convention.
HEWITT: Can you stay for a couple of hours?
MCAULIFFE: Love to. Love it here. Everybody is being hospitable to me.
HEWITT: I want to start with some very easy questions.
MCAULIFFE: Yeah.
HEWITT: Do you believe that John Kerry took a CIA man into Cambodia and kept his hat?
MCAULIFFE: Uh, I have no idea.
[…]
HEWITT: When was the last time that he took questions on camera from journalists?
MCAULIFFE: I have no idea.
HEWITT: It was over a month.
MCAULIFFE: I will tell him that you are very concerned about this . . .
HEWITT: Does that tell you that the campaign is collapsing and he’s afraid to meet . . .
MCAULIFFE: Were you like this with Ronald Reagan when you could never get near him for years and he used to bring his car into the back door . .
HEWITT: [laugh] I was his lawyer. I couldn’t . . . I was in the White House Counsel’s office..
[…]
HEWITT: John Edwards yesterday said that he should sell the Iranians nuclear fuel. Do you agree with that, Terry McAuliffe?
MCAULIFFE: What did John Edwards say?
Read the whole thing.
Growing Up In Austria
Dr. James Joyner is giving a history lesson for the benefit of some casting doubt on details in Arnold’s speech last night.
You’d think these people would learn to use Google.