NOTE: Due to an error a small part of this was run earlier, so we will run the entire linkfest now rather than tomorrow.
Our linkfest offering readers a Hometown Buffet of links to blogposts from websites of many different viewpoints. Linked posts do NOT necessarily reflect the opinion of TMV or its writers.
GOP Presidential Candidate Fred Thompson Is Answering Readers Questions on Ed Morrissey’s popular site. Thompson answers via videos. It’s a sign of weblogs’ new role and the popularity of Ed’s conservative site. (Let’s hope that guy who keeps emailing me about whether I want an “enlargement” leaves Thompson alone.)
The Unique Legacy of George Bush is…what? Daniel Drezner finds four categories of legacies that come with working with George Bush.
GOP House Leader John Boehner Says The “Investment” In Lives Iraq Is A “Small Price” To Stabilize The Middle East and a blogger named Senator John Kerry asks him to apologize.
But Is Boehner getting a bum rap?
A High School T-Shirt Says “They Can’t Deport Us All”: Do they have a right to wear it or not?
More Reaction To President Bush’s Likely Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey from Ezra Klein.
Do Dogs Have A Soul? The question is discussed HERE in a must-read post (YES..not every must read has to be on politics). My belief: YES dogs, cats, chimps do have souls. You can’t help but realize this when you look deeply into the eyes of a beloved animal that they are not just moving “things.” That’s all the more reason why a certain athlete who basically butchered dogs who didn’t perform in a “sport” for him deserves unfettered condemnation. These animals that share and pass through our lives enrich our own limited time here.
Ready… Aim… Whatever is Stephen Greene aka Vodka Pundit’s reaction to former Senator Fred Thompson’s first week as an official candidate.
The Debate Within The Democratic Party Continues about whether it’s best to just have Democrats who will go 100-percent-party-line or tolerate some who may not always support the official stance. The dilemma: the need for a 60 vote filibuster-proof majority. Read Jonathan Singer.
Keeping Abreast Of Medical Licensing Exam Breaks: Should breaks be allowed for breast feeding? (I might be upset if they wouldn’t give me one for that reason..)
So Who Will Have The Biggest Impact On The 2008 Elections? A discussion at the lively conservative blog Wizbang (read the comments).
Terrorism And Your Neighbor’s Sex Life: Details HERE!!
Who’s The Biggest Provide Of “Snuff” Pornography? Film Director David Cronenberg has the answer in an interview with Kesher Talk.
Joan Rivers Will Be Back Covering The Emmys but on her own blog.
Are Moderate Republicans Endangered? Are the polar bears? The answer to both questions is YES. Middle Earth Journal looks at the future prospects of the non-raging political elephants.
Can The German News Media Count? Hmmmmmmm….
Living In Syria: Find out what it’s like at Harry’s Place.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.