Archive for February 2nd, 2008
A Few Suggestions for a Saturday Read
February 2nd, 2008
Captain Ed posts on the latest concerns of my home state Senior Senator.
Arlen Specter wants to get to the bottom of an obstruction of justice that burns to the soul of America. Someone destroyed videotapes that evidenced a crime, and Specter wants an investigation. Was it the CIA who destroyed the videotapes? FBI? BATF? OMB? No — it was the NFL:
I disagree with just one teeny-tiny little point in this piece. It’s in the title of the post.
Respectfully Captain, it’s long past time the Senator finds another form of amusement.
Read the balance of this post done with the typical Ed Morrissey flair.
This about sums it up, don’t you think?
It could be that in politics, as in movies, the great screenwriter William Goldman was right: Nobody knows anything.
HT:Lucianne
I wonder if next year this will be packaged and ready to market prior to the big game?
It’s time for Super Bowl Ad Bingo!
Sensible thoughts on immigration.
4. Give amnesty to the rest…. Ah, now everyone’s going crazy. I’m just being blunt. You can call it amnesty, shamnesty or late for lunch… It comes to the same thing. These people came here under the “Wink System.” If you’re going to end the “Wink System,” you have to be fair. You can’t punish people retroactively for a shell game they didn’t invent.
Michael Yon’s latest dispatch:
“The Iranians are poison to the Iraqi people,†said the old Sheik. He said he is from the Jabouri tribe, and that many Jabouri are Sunni, like him, but many others are Shia. He pointed to someone across the room and said, “That is my son-in-law, and he is Shia!†and his son-in-law smiled. I see this all over. The fabric of Iraq is finely woven and not coarse like it sometimes appears from afar. The old Sheik said that both Sunni and Shia were friends who often came to his house. They even prayed together…..
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Unintended Consequences?
February 2nd, 2008
It’s always a good idea to warn people of potential risks, right?
Well, maybe:
Apparently they had these on the tube for ages. But they had the opposite effect.
Thieves would watch as people walked past, read the sign and check that their wallet was still there.
Then the thieve’s knew *exactly* where to bump them to grab it.
