Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
No comment, ’cause this one speaks for itself: Despite its numerous calls for Israel’s destruction, and repeated denials of the Holocaust, Iran has been selected by the United Nations for a leading position in a committee that will plan the 2009 UN World Conference against Racism. The planning committee, which
Continue readingToday, the first day of Spring Break, has been a rather chaotic one for me, as I’ve had shifting plans regarding the children and, all the while, two legal deadlines to meet. As I always say, you know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up at
Continue readingFrom Mark Steyn: Tony Blair was at pains to point out that the hostages were released ”without any deal, without any negotiation, without any side agreement of any nature.” But he’s missing (or artfully sidestepping) the point: Tehran didn’t want a deal. It wanted the humbling of the Great Satan’s
Continue readingAs pressure goes, the Iranians did not lay it on very heavily: Lt. Felix Carman, safely home with his 14 colleagues, said the crew faced harsh interrogation by their Iranian captors and slept in stone cells on piles of blankets. Unable to see and kept isolated, they heard weapons cocking.
Continue readingDanny Lemieux sent me the link for the ultimate editorial nailing precisely how awful British conduct was vis a vis Iran from start to finish in the last two weeks: Rule Britannia! Britannia rules the waves Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. Pathetic objects of international ridicule, perhaps, but
Continue readingAs the press likes to remind us, 2,621 American troops have died in Iraq as a result of hostile action, with a total of 3,253 dead. (I assume that the differential is because, at any given time in a large organization, especially one that trains with deadly weapons, a certain
Continue readingIn some way, the intellectual differences between moonbats and me can easily be distilled down to thoughts about 15 captured British sailors. Rosie O’Donnell, an exhibitionist lesbian who would quickly be put to death were she an Iranian citizen, earnestly opines on American television that the Iranians acted in good
Continue readingIt’s no surprise to me that Iran is reneging on its promise to release the single woman amongst the captured British sailors. That was never more than a feint, intended to buy time while Iran keeps the pressure on a paralyzed Britain. What irks me is something different, and petty,
Continue readingYou know about the small print: You see some advertisement touting a fantastic bargain on a product if you’ll just rush into the store during a small window of time, bearing a check book. If you dig out the magnifying glass though, you might see that the tiny dot you
Continue readingOne of my friends, who goes by the wonderful name of “Bald-Headed Geek” has decided to open up shop as a blogger. You know you’re going to enjoy the blog when the “about me” reads as follows: I am a forty-something professional who lives in the Mid-Atlantic Region of the
Continue readingYou don’t need a scorecard to know the players; just a picture.
Continue readingI’m struggling to put words to my dismay upon reading the following: Saudi Arabia claimed an important diplomatic breakthrough yesterday when it said Iran had agreed to support an Arab peace plan to end the Israeli-Palestinian crisis. By securing Teheran’s apparent backing for the peace plan, which dates from 2002
Continue readingIn a brilliant essay at The Weekly Standard, Matthias K
Continue readingThere is something you can do to stop Ahmadinejad.
Continue readingIran’s apocalyptic rhetoric is heating up, with Ahmadinijad now predicting America’s end, as well as Israel’s.
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