Rowed To Nowhere

As you are well aware, I am always impressed by a clever play on words.

This is clever.

DeLaysional

Huh?

Mr. DeLay, with all due respect, are you serious?

Charles Points The Finger

Charles Krauthammer on Katrina: Game, Set, Match.

Succinct and absolutely spot on.

Come On

Is it me or is there something amusing about Viagra presenting MLB's Comeback Player of the Year Award?

I know Rolaids tried to link the Fireman Relief Award for closers to their tablets (Rolaids puts out the "fires" of indigestion), but this one...

There's A Draft In Here

This editorial strikes me as just plain odd.

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If the war in Iraq is worth fighting - if it's a noble venture, as the hawks insist it is - then it's worth fighting with the children of the privileged classes. They should be added to the combat mix. If it's not worth their blood, then we should bring the other troops home.

If Mr. Bush's war in Iraq is worth dying for, then the children of the privileged should be doing some of the dying.

I suspect that Mr. Herbert's contention is that only the "underprivileged" are the ones dying in the Iraq war and that if more rich parents had an actual stake in this endeavor there'd be more outcry to bring Americans home.

I have a couple of questions: if rich kids were dying in this war would anti-war activists actually support the war? This smacks of the fools who claim that since the UN did not authorize US forces in Iraq that the war is "illegal," as if those who use this claim would actually get behind the war if it had the blessing of the UN.

Why doesn't Mr. Herbert just come out and say he's for a draft that allows for no US citizen who is eligible to opt out? Didn't Charlie Rangel try this ploy already?

We could certainly have a discussion about whether this country is doing enough to win this thing, but I find those who demand the President send his daughters to Iraq are not only insincere, but are advocating the reinstatement of the draft. Do they really want to push this line of thinking to prove their point? Be careful what you wish for ye voices of the downtrodden...

Master Of The Obvious - Part 213 - "Iowahawk Is Funny"

C'mon you fair-minded folk; this is good.
(Kudos: LGF)

Scotty Beamed To The Final Frontier

James Doohan (Montgomery Scott) R.I.P.

Judging Roberts

As I said with the compromise on appellete court judges, anytime both sides hate something, it's probably good for the rest of us.

In John Roberts case, reports are Ann Coulter and MoveOn.org oppose the nomination.

Sounds like a good choice then, doesn't it?

Update: This choice is another reason why I supported the compromise; it's to see what the Democrats will do. The onus is on the Dems to make the case that a nominee is SO bad that they do not deserve an up or down vote. I don't expect that will be the case with Roberts. As I understand it, only Kennedy, Schumer and Durbin opposed his previous nomination and I don't suspect they can sell this guy as Scalia reincarnated. My prediction is the Dems will make him uncomfortable, but barring some porn tape or other skeleton, he'll sail through.

On The Ledge

So after seeing this and the lack of any recent additions to my Pill, I am seriously considering a restart of the blog. I prefer my own space and I'd rather avoid confusion. That and Mr. Klass' following is larger than mine. I take pride in knowing it looks like I had the name first, but alas...

So I may be in the market for some new blog names. Here's a short list of the ones I'm kicking around:

instapendit
lilaks
powerlane
little green footbells
dailykus
huffingtonpust

Perhaps a fresh start is the thing to do. I know too little about website creation at this point to go that route, but Hell there's always the chance I can learn.

I'll let you know if I leap and leave the new locale if it happens.

Sober Thoughts From Vodka Pundit

A cogent refutation of the latest round of "exit-strategy" blather.