Tuesday, February 01, 2005
A "Diest's" View of Freedom
And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever.
--Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query 18, 1781
Megan's Home
Hugh Hewitt interviewed a 6 year-old girl with a dreadful disease, Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA), named Meagan. He promoted her website, Megan's Home, and asked all to support.
Please visit, sign her guestbook and help if you can.
Hat Tip: Captain's Quarters.
Please visit, sign her guestbook and help if you can.
Hat Tip: Captain's Quarters.
Dick Durban Plays for the Camera
Did anyone happen to notice Sen. Richard Durban, D-IL, on C-SPAN last night playing for the camera.
Normally when discussion takes place on the floor of the Senate, the Senators face The Chair. Durban, in an obviously empty room, was looking straight at the camera.
Was anyone listening?
Normally when discussion takes place on the floor of the Senate, the Senators face The Chair. Durban, in an obviously empty room, was looking straight at the camera.
Was anyone listening?
Shinola?
Christopher Hitchens, on the Laura Ingraham show today discussing the success of Iraqi elections, brought a correction to those in the MSM who think all Sunni Arabs in Iraq are sympathetic to Saddam and the insurgance.
To the contrary, according to Hitchens, Saddam's family was a "mafia style family from Tikrit" and did not represent all Sunnis.
The upshot, according to Hitchens: those who tout all out Sunni rebellion don't know "Sunnis from Shinola."
To the contrary, according to Hitchens, Saddam's family was a "mafia style family from Tikrit" and did not represent all Sunnis.
The upshot, according to Hitchens: those who tout all out Sunni rebellion don't know "Sunnis from Shinola."
