Our occasional linkfest from all over the Internet. Links are NOT limited to one viewpoint and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Moderate Voice. We posted this by mistake now so it will be reposted tomorrow.
The New Delhi Bombings: Winds of Change offers this troubling analyhsis.
BEWARE OF BLOG THIEVES! Read Dean Esmay here (and if you have some ideas contact him).
SPECULATION MOUNTS OVER GWB’S NEXT SUPREME COURT PICK and the person to read is Red State’s Eric. UPDATE: In a later post he predicts it’ll be Samuel A. Alito, Jr..
Does the Bush Presidency Need To Be Salvaged? Kein Featherly has some ideas. Also check out Charging RINO.
Is Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald The New Elliot Ness? The question is raised here.
Columnists Can Be Annoying (Unlike Us Bloggers) and Bogus Gold takes one on with both barrels blazing…
SCOWCROFT, Take One via Oxblog.
Louisville Plans A Muhammad Ali Center and details are here.
Hopefully young people all over the world will realize Ali is THE REAL THING. When I was a kid growing up in Connecticut I watched him come up in the ranks. I admired him them. When I was in college, he visited Colgate University to speak to students there. He was the real thing there as well and it was clear his stage personal masked a serious, humane and complex individual. All too often on the national and international stage we see media creations who wither in the light of reality. Muhammad Ali hasn’t, and won’t — and when he passes from the scene more than a great athlete will be gone. (PS: If some conservative readers think this means I was against the Vietnam War, no, actually, I supported it for most of the war until Nixon invaded Cambodia. But Ali was the REAL THING and he made you think. Not too many boxers do that.)
Blogs Are Costing American Business and here’s how.
Peggy Noonan And The Baby Boomers: We have to admit it: In recent months, we have sworn off reading Peggy Noonan who TMV considers akin to the sound of chalk scratching on a blackboard. But there is a MUST READ stand-back analysis of a recent Noonan piece at The Radical Centrist. This post is worth reading not just for what tells you about Noonan’s latest, but because its analysis is so intriguing about the issue at hand. REQUIRED READING for today.
Scooter Libby: A different take on him.
Are We Seeing The Great Unravelling? Common Sense Desk looks at the Bush adminstration ills. Key quote:
Remember when our president ran in 2000 and said he would restore those qualities? Yeah, right. Another one of the great lies.
Our view: If someone goes back and runs the video tapes of George Bush’s 2000 campaign and runs it in front of an audience of Democrats or Independent voters, there will have to be some laughter. Clearly, this crowd hasn’t brought government more lofty than the Clinton crowd. And being a “uniter not a divider?”
When Bush leaves office look for that to be run in most history books explaining his administration which has proven to be not just one of the most polarizing in American history but one that has chosen to govern through polarization. Now, that is not a crime or unethical — but it’s clear he has NOT been a “uniter.” Of course, we’ll find out more (probably today) when GWB names his Supreme Court choice: will it be a conservative most can live with or a red-meat conservative who will spark a partisan bloodbath?
And Speaking Of The Next Supreme Court Justice, read this.
Is China Going To Suffer An Economic Collapse? The answer at Asia Pundit.
Another Controversial Lawsuit, This Time Over Drinking: Details here.
Like Scary Movies? Here’s a list 4 U.
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, writes a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.