Soccer Dad

Submitted 04/09/08

The Watcher's Council nominations are up!

The Judgment Thing - The Glittering Eye writes about the cynical way that the Democratic contenders position themselves regarding Iraq. (Yes there's more, but I have to summarize this succinctly.)
In Honor of the Final Season of "Battlestar Galactica" ... - The Colossus of Rhodey looks at the "history" of the humans of Battlestar Galactica and offers a suggestion that would have made their acquisition of technology a bit more "realistic."
Air Hypocrisy Radio Suspends Randi Rhodes - Rhymes With Right accuses Air America of hypocrisy for suspending Randi Rhodes for her recent comments. They should have taken action for her history of outrageous insensitive comments.
Media Fish in a Barrel - Done With Mirrors does an independent analysis of a picture illustrating a story in the Independent and finds it to be recycled.
Starts Well, Ends Badly - Hillbilly White Trash fisks an analysis of the Heller case.
"If You Give A Mouse A Cookie"... Accommodating Islam - Joshuapundit looks at Harvard's recent granting of separate gym time for Muslim women who wish to exercise modestly and sees it as allowing the first of many accommodations to Islam.
The Wizard of Ooze - Bookworm Room examines the ideology of Sen. Obama. She says not to dismiss him as an empty suit, but as a true believer. I'd also like to call your attention to a Rolling Stone article The Radical Roots of Barack Obama recently renamed "Destiny's Child."
Assumptions & Conclusions About Sadr, Maliki and the Basra Offensive - Wolf Howling addresses a number of assertions about the nature of the Iraqi government's offensive against Al-Sadr's forces in Basra.
Quote of the Day: Unsacrificed Virgins Edition - Cheat Seeking Missiles expresses his admiration for a young lady who's committed to waiting.
Censorchimps: The East Texas Subspecies - The Education Wonks jumps on some administrators taste for censorship. A John Edwards t-shirt? What would have happened if he'd really done something bad like slashing a teacher's tires?
Progress In Iraq a Tough Sell for Petreaus - Right Wing Nut House lays out the difficulties that he expected Gen. Petreaus to have in presenting the surge's progress in Iraq. May I also call your attention to yesterday's column by David Brooks, to Michelle Malkin's roundup and to this map that Gen. Petreaus presented illustrating the surge's progress?
Black, White, Grey - In my post I looked at the (relatively) free pass Sen. Obama has received regarding his ideology and attachment to a controversial figure. See Bookworm Room above for a fuller treatment of the same.

On the non-watcher's side I'd like to call your attention to my nominee, Israel Matzav's Peace Piece by Piece Now's 30th anniversary celebration, in which the foreign financed organization celebrates its birthday claiming to represent the Israeli public when, in fact, its views are paid for by foreigners and are actually closer to those of the PA than of Israel.

JoshuaPundit's nominee Boker Tov Boulder's Your government's dollars at work .. for the Palestinians an examination of how the U.S. government supports not such innocuous projects in support of the Palestinians.

Read, Enjoy. Be Informed.

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