extremists

Some might say it’s excusable to torture an innocent detainee to death, or to detain war combatants for no reason, these are just isolated instances. After all, nothing is worse than the videoed beheadings we’ve seen or the way that the enemy extremists have tortured. But as a nation as great [...]

Real, true, extremists rarely get nominated by the major parties, if ever:

Despite a biased and misleading headline ("Iraqi violence down; war's root causes unresolved"), the AP is more or less forced to admit that "Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in

Maj. Bob Krumm, currently stationed in Iraq, has a glowing update of the situation on the ground in Iraq, and lays out the challenges still facing us, as he sees it:

If the extremists liberals have their way you will.
Madness that starts in England often comes to America. Will San Franpsycho be first?
You do want to save the planet don’t you?
Every adult should be forced to use a ‘carbon ration card’ when they pay for petrol, airline tickets or household energy, MPs say.
The influential Environmental Audit [...]

You know the ones - the extremists in his own “party”. Apparently this ad was simply beyond-the-pale for his royal highness. Don’t be afraid. Go ahead and watch it.

My next post was going to be about Phil Valentine’s assertion in the Tennessean that “There is absolutely no evidence that carbon dioxide causes any kind of climate change.” Thanks, Bruce

Jimmy Naifeh does an editorial defending his killing of second amendment legislation. Legislation that would have protected carry permit holders identity and personal information.

Before I was sucked into the bowels of mainstream politics by the lure of late night bashes with lobbyists and White House soirées, I was strictly on the protest politics tip. I’ve done the sit-ins, lived in the shanty towns, marched the march. I’m all for tactics of civil disobedience.

The last thing my friend who is supporting John McCain yelled to me on Sunday afternoon as I hopped into the car and headed for the airport was, “Did you hear he’s in Iraq?” The twinkle in his eye emphasized the implication in his words - John McCain has the foreign policy experience to be president and he’s not afraid to show it.