Soccer Dad

Submitted 06/26/08

The latest Watcher's Council nominations are up.

More Quincy
citing from the historical record, Done With Mirrors misses Rep. John Quincy Adams. It serves as a reminder that even 200 years ago, Congress was becoming a power unto itself with little regard to its defined purpose.

Moonbat Kucinich Wants to Impeach Bush
The Colossus of Rhodey fisks the articles of impeachment drawn up by Rep. Kucinich. John Quincy Adams would, no doubt, approve (of the fisking.) On the matter of FEMA and Katrina see yesterday's Taranto.

Left Continues Denigration of McCain's Military Service, POW Heroism
Rhymes With Right takes issue with those Democrats who denigrate Sen. McCain for his military service and points out the difference between those critics and the Republicans who criticized Sen. Kerry or Sen. Cleland. One Democrat who hasn't stood up Sen. McCain's honor is Sen. Kerry, showing that his memory span is less than four years.

South Africa's Neville Chamberlain
The Razor takes a look at South African President Thado Mbeki and his failure to have any influence on Robert Mugabe. He attributes that failure to Mbeki's career as a diplomat, which left him ill-equipped to be tough. If you're ever interested in South Africa, I recommend the blog It's Almost Supernatural, which is a Jewish blog from South Africa.

Dick Morris Gets One Right
Hillbilly White Trash concurs with Dick Morris that military, rather than legal, actions are what have degraded Al Qaeda's capacity to inflict more damage against us in the past seven years.

Gay Pride Week
Bookworm Room while not averse to a gay lifestyle takes issue with the politicizing (and flaunting) of that lifestyle.

Afghanistan Update
The Glittering Eye thinks that the best we'll be able to accomplish in Afghanistan is a game of "Whack a Mole" with Al Qaeda.

My ANWR Photo Gallery
Cheat Seeking Missiles presents pictures of the pristine wilderness that will be affected by drilling. He ends his display with a picture of why it's necessary to consider drilling.

Warped
Joshuapundit takes issue with Nicholas Kristof's latest <strike>display of ignorance</strike> column about Hebron. He applies a fine fisking to Kristoff and his credulity to parties who hae no credibility. I blogged about it and linked to a number of other responses as well.

And on the Seventh Day, He Rested
Wolf Howling lays out various ways in which Sen. Barack Obama has recently distinguished himself, negatively. The only one I'd quibble with is his reversal on public financing. What was despicable was the way he blamed it on McCain. Otherwise it was simply opportunistic rather than in bad faith.

Paradise, Favorites, and the Evaluation Headgame
The Education Wonks explains which teachers don't worry about evaluations.

The Whole Shebaa-ng
I discuss  why the efforts to get Israel (to which Israel seems to be acquiescing) to negotiate its withdrawal Shebaa farms with Lebanon.

I nominated Building Walls by Shira bat Sarah as my non-council entry this week.

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