Yeah, you heard me. Let’s take the “Chicken-Hawk” argument and turn it against the anti-war crowd.They constantly tried to shame those backing the war in Iraq and do not or have not served in the military. Creating a bizzare Heinlein-esque “Starship Troopers” scenario, where supposedly only those who serve in the military have any right […]
One politician’s comment on anti-sodomy laws has spawned an inter-blog discussion involving Eugene Volokh, Jacob Levy at the Volokh Conspiracy, Virginia Postrel, Glenn Reynolds, and Andrew Sullivan.A scorecard of links are available at the Volokh Conspiracy.Looking at these posts (or at least the titles alone) tells me one thing about these blogs. Their referral logs […]
from Eugene Volokh: … a very basic point about Libertarians: We think that lower taxes and lighter economic regulation are matters of civil liberties. (underline added by me for emphasis)
It’s Ironic that with the early buzz about “Shock & Awe” and the MOAB bomb (a.k.a. the “Mother of all Bombs”), that the real big military technological advancement shown in this war is not the bomb with a bigger bang, but a bomb with no bang at all, the “Concrete Bomb”, a GPS guided bomb […]
I went to visit Wunderkinder.org, to view this post about the war, as referred via Instapundit.I then saw the post below it, complaining about the quality of play in women’s basketball.Women’s basketball is painful to watch. I would rather watch paint dry than a bunch of ugly jump shots and underhand layups. This is not […]
Minutes ago (23:00 EST, 08:00 Iraq Daylight Time) a story was filed by Robert Fisk for the New Zealand News. I came across it via Google News.He is claiming that reports of the U.S. taking the Saddam Hussein Airport are false. The fog of war may have been the cause of premature reports of victory, […]
During the final 48 hours given to Saddam to comply, all the TV news groups introduced their viewers to the embedded reporters and their videophones. I think it was clear at that moment that war coverage was going to be very different, and that we would be getting live reports from the battlefield with battles […]
This past Febuary “Bigwig” posted at Silflay Hraka about the seemingly foolish volunteers to be human shields, suggesting (tongue in cheek) something more calculated was going on…