If there wasn't sufficient reason for Republicans up for re-election to start to either distance themselves from the Bush administration or demand a change in Iraq war policy, this poll is it: A CBS News poll shows Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with the Iraq war, President Bush and the Congress, as well as the overall direction of the country. More Americans … [Read more...] about Poll: Whopping 77 Percent Say The War Is Going Badly
Around The Sphere June 30, 2007
Our linkfest offering readers a Hometown Buffet of links to blogposts from websites of many different viewpoints. Linked posts do NOT necessarily refect the opinion of TMV or its writers. Do Recent Supreme Court Rulings Mean Historical Rulings Are Danger? The Hill's Brent Budowsky warns that Brown V Board of Education and Roe V Wade are in "mortal peril." I hate to tell … [Read more...] about Around The Sphere June 30, 2007
RNC Chairman Sen. Martinez Blasts Immigration Bill Foes
If you thought the era of bad feelings within the GOP was over with the defeat of White House supported bipartisan immigration bill by opponents that included a good chunk of the Republican party's base, you may be wrong: The Chairman of the Republican Party on Friday lambasted Democrats and Republicans who helped kill an immigration bill in the Senate and challenged them … [Read more...] about RNC Chairman Sen. Martinez Blasts Immigration Bill Foes
Classic Comedy: A Classic Jerry Lewis Lip Sync
Lots of young people who see Jerry Lewis' films from many years ago note the similarity in styles between him and Jim Carrey. In this clip from "The Errand Boy," Lewis does a classic and somewhat innovative lip sync routine. Watch what happens when The Errand Boy slips into the big boss' office and indulges in a bit of fantasy: … [Read more...] about Classic Comedy: A Classic Jerry Lewis Lip Sync
London Bomb Plot Looks Like Al Qaeda Operation
There are reportedly stylistic fingerprints all over the operation involving the discovered bomb plot in London -- and all signs (and a surveillance photo) point to an Al Qaeda operation, ABC News reports: Al Qaeda's mantra, "If at first you don't succeed, try again," appears, according to officials, to be behind today's foiled car bomb plot in London with the same kind of … [Read more...] about London Bomb Plot Looks Like Al Qaeda Operation
The Price of Law and Order
It was never just about abortion. The struggle for America’s soul goes deeper, as the Supreme Court and Congress have been showing us this week. It was never as simple as faith vs. reason. Rational people can recognize a Higher Power, the religious can respect science and logic. What it has been about is the conflict between our hopes and fears, between the risks of … [Read more...] about The Price of Law and Order
Mike Gravel Vows to End the War on Drugs
I already mentioned this in the comments section of Holly's post, but I think it bears repeating. During last night's Democratic Presidential Debate at Howard University in Washington D.C., Mike Gravel gave a rather impassioned speech in which he denounced the War on Drugs and called for its immediate end: And one of the areas that touches me the most and enrages me the … [Read more...] about Mike Gravel Vows to End the War on Drugs
New iPhone Is Here
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about New iPhone Is Here
Parting the Veil
I had the opportunity to review an article by Shadi Hamid, Project on Middle East Democracy's Director of Research, called "Parting the Veil." It is well worth the read, I checked at the articles section at POMED, but they didn't publish it online yet, I am sure they will later. I will keep an eye on it, and when they do, I will let you know. For now, some thoughts on this … [Read more...] about Parting the Veil
Take A Peek
..at Re-Think Immigration. This is a brand, new weblog that is timelier than ever. Re-Think immigration should be REQUIRED READING by everyone on ANY side of the immigration issue. The reason: it is a non-partisan blog that promises to offer some useful links on the issue. It's one of those sites that could become a useful resource to everyone, versus a refuge for people on … [Read more...] about Take A Peek
Angela Merkel’s boobs
As some of you may know already, controversy is raging over a rather provocative image of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's breasts on the cover of a rather provocative Polish magazine, Wprost. Well, not just her breasts. Poland's two leaders, the Kaczynski twins, are, well, feeding. Whatever the controversy, the image, like other cover images at Wprost, amounts in my view … [Read more...] about Angela Merkel’s boobs
Newspaper Editorial Blog
Drawing on the collective hive-mind of the blogosphere, I have a favor to ask. For a summer fellowship project, I'm collecting editorials on the recent school desegregation cases. I've already got the Washington Post, New York Times, LA Times, Seattle Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the Louisville Courier-Journal, as well as several commentary pieces in The National … [Read more...] about Newspaper Editorial Blog
This is Ludicrous. People: Get a Life
There seems to be quite some outrage coming from the left (fake of course) about something that happened in... 1983. The NYT reports: An example of Mitt Romney's crisis management skills has turned into something of a political problem for the Republican presidential contender. Romney placed his family dog, an Irish setter named Seamus, into a kennel lashed to the top of … [Read more...] about This is Ludicrous. People: Get a Life
Gitmo Detainees & A Rash Prediction
The news today that the Supreme Court will review two Guantánamo Bay detainee-related appeals prompts me to make a statement that seems outrageous on its face considering the high court’s recent sprint to the right: It will side with the detainees in their assertion that they cannot be indefinitely confined without trial. Howcum? Because this is more or less a replay … [Read more...] about Gitmo Detainees & A Rash Prediction
Mickey “The Terrorist” Mouse Dies in Final Episode
Well, Americans were disappointed when Tony's family did not die in the final episode of the Sopranos, seemingly Hamas learned from that (and the criticism), and decided to give Farfour Mouse quite a different treatment. In the final episode of the show that featured Farfour ("Tomorrow's Pioneers"), Farfour dies a violent death. An actor, pretending to be an Israeli … [Read more...] about Mickey “The Terrorist” Mouse Dies in Final Episode
Surge Ultimatum
RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch … [Read more...] about Surge Ultimatum
Supreme Court Stunner
Yesterday's school segregation decisions were not all that surprising. But today the Court announced a bombshell: Reversing an earlier decision, it was reviewing two critical detainee rights cases it had earlier declined to hear. The rarity of the announcement makes most Court watchers think that there will be a reversal--which could be a huge victory for detainee rights. … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Stunner
Burmese Brutality
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which on principle and almost without exception remains politically neutral (the genocide in Rwanda was the notable exception), has "denounced what it says are major human rights abuses by Burma's military government," according the BBC. Specifically, the Red Cross "highlights repeated abuse of men, women and children in communities … [Read more...] about Burmese Brutality
Obama is Expected to Outraise Clinton
This is major news: With the second quarter closing on Saturday, Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a memo the campaign expects to take in at least $27 million, conceding that Barack Obama will be collecting "significantly" more in April, May and June. The Clinton campaign did not break down how much of that $27 million was for the primary and how … [Read more...] about Obama is Expected to Outraise Clinton
A Personal Note
I have not explained my recent absence from TMV, but allow me to explain it now. My wife and I had a baby, Emily, on June 15, and since then it has been enough of a challenge just to keep up the blogging at my home base, The Reaction (although my own co-bloggers have filled in brilliantly). Needless to say, blogging, and so much else besides, seems far less important when … [Read more...] about A Personal Note