Don't be like the Palestinians

Extra-judicial slayings are the purview of the Palestinians and shouldn't be the modus operandi of the Israeli army. Just as we shouldn't have been torturing terrorists and stoop to their level, the Israeli army should behave professionally even in the face of such atrocities committed by Palestinian terrorists.

But let's be clear. The difference between the Americans and Israelis and the terrorists is that these ugly situations are the exception rather than the rule.

WMD or no WMD?

Apparently, even though Iraq supposedly had no WMD, they sure had a lot of stuff to make it. But that's OK, because we trusted them not to do anything with it, right?

Muslim on Muslim atrocities

Islamists aren't too filled with rage over this, are they? Why aren't they jumping up and down like rage-filled monkeys? Oh, that's right. When you live the life of a hypocrite, this stuff doesn't bother you all that much. Islamists live in a serious state of denial.

'American Gulag'

True dat.

'Loyal fan' claims he was beaten onstage at Snoop Dogg concert

Just goes to show how rap promotes a culture of violence. At first blush, although Monroe may have been wrong to jump onstage (we still don't know whether or not he was invited, as he claims), the response to his actions were completely over the top. If his claim that he was robbed also pans out, then the situation is even more disgusting. I smell a multi-million dollar lawsuit headed Snoop's way.

Prayer sure worked for me!

I thought Senator Brownback's performance on ABC's This Week completely disgusting and betrays his completely willful ignorance on the subject of stem-cell research. No rational, non-Bible thumping person can reasonably argue that somehow 400,000 mothers are suddenly going to up and impregnate themselves with embryos created in a laboratory.

It was revolting to hear Brownback offer his prayers to Senator Specter as if Brownback's prayers were worth a damn in Specter's struggle to beat Hodgkin's. Living in Massachusetts, a state that is significantly more liberal than most, even as a Republican I'm often surprised by the number of backwoods Bible-thumping hicks in the U.S. I can only hope that somehow, both Houses can come up with the votes to override a Presidential veto.

Wrong, wrong, wrong

The French voted "non" not only because of their fear of a liberalized market or their resentment of Chirac, but also because they can't even understand what it's all about. This "constitution" is a huge mishmash of ridiculous proposals that is designed to please everyone and no one at the same time. What Europe really needs to do is to scrap the entire thing and just photocopy our document.

Bob Herbert, Idiot

Bob Herbert seems to believe that Muslim rage (there's that word again) started when we we set up Guantanamo.

Can this guy be so willing to sound completely stupid? Did he really think that Syria was "willing to stand with the U.S" after 9/11? Did he think that Palestinians dancing in the streets were actually really upset? Get real, Bob.

Summer is finally coming

It looks like summer is finally coming. The weather has been getting warmer, and it looks like the rest of the week will be in the mid-60s to 70s. Saturday's daytime weather was perfect. I spent two hours at the Common working on my tan, and I got a shade or two darker than my winterized pasty self. After a relaxing nap there, I topped it off with an Italian ice. All in all, a perfect day.