Soccer Dad: Submitted 02/26/08

February 26, 2008

Submitted 02/26/08

The Watcher's Council nominations are up.

Mrs. Obama's �Proud� Remark: It's the GOP's Fault - The Colossus of Rhodey explicates Mrs. Obama's remarks about being proud of the United States and explains that the very liberalism that she subscribes to is what identifies her as part of group and not an individual.
Packer on Iraq - Done With Mirrors critiques an essay about Iraq by war critic George Packer. Though he approves of the essay on the whole, he has some criticisms.
Unforced Errors - The Glittering Eye argues that, while well-intentioned, America's intervention in the Balkans was actually counter to American interests.
Obama (with links) & McCain's Petard - Wolf Howling raises questions about Sen. Obama's role in preventing the appointment of at least a quorum of FEC commissioners and relates it to an effort he undertook in his first campaign to manipulate the democratic system.
Associated Press, Like Others, Retails Malicious Rumor as "Reporting" - Big Lizards goes after an AP report that dishonestly paints Sen. McCain with the same brush as ex-Pres Clinton and Gov. McGreevey. Of course that implies something that hasn't been proven and seems very unlikely to have happened.
In A PC Nation, How Will The GOP Run? - Cheat Seeking Missiles wonders how the Republicans will run against the first black or female major party nominee and why the Republicans haven't started working on that problem yet. One possibility is to get Ken Blackwell, Lynn Swann and Michael Steele to campaign. After all apparently it was OK to vote against them even though they are black.
The Pursuit of Happiness - Bookworm Room notes that California's constitution effectively guarantees people happiness itself, even without the pursuit. She follows such silliness to its logical ends and what it implies.
John Murtha: Porker of the Year! - The Education Wonks observes that Nancy Pelosi's ally has won a new award. Not one that's likely to adorn his congressional office, though.
"I'd rather be with God against man than with man against God..." - Joshuapundit recounts the story of a Portuguese diplomat, Aristides de Sousa Mendes, who chose to save Jews during the Holocaust even at the cost of his career, standing and wealth. An important piece of history.
An Ethics Flap That Isn't - Rhymes With Right looks at factors that show the flimsiness the NYT's allegations against Sen. McCain. For one, if it was significant, why did the Times endorse McCain? For another he points to the sum one company donated to Sen. McCain and was impressed by how small it was.
Still At Risk: The Shocking Ignorance of Our Young - Right Wing Nut House laments the failure of our educational system to provide a basic knowledge of our cultural heritage to the current generation of students.
Find the Adjectives - Wolf Howling credits me with using a "semantic scalpel" to dissect an article from the Washington Post about Israel and Gaza.

My nominee for non-council post is My Shrapnel's, To Die in Jerusalem, Part II, in which she, a survivor of a terror attack, punctures the pretensions of a director who is so interested in parallelism, she misses some real stories.

Read, Enjoy. Be Informed.

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