In New York City. In a new Adam Sandler movie that treats Israelis sympathetically. What a concept. With such immortal lines as this one: "We’ve been fighting for 2,000 years–it can’t be much longer." I’m not going to break down and cross the sticky floors of a local movie house, but I will rent the DVD.
Via Roger L. Simon
In a Greek tragedy, the fated catastrophe can’t be prevented. But conservatives should be able to avoid a Republican train wreck (caused by sitting out a McCain candidacy), says military historian Victor Davis Hanson, if they give up their litany about his past sins and accept his turnarounds, for instance on blanket amnesty. The alternative, afterall, would be four years spent discovering Obama’s make-it-up-as-I-go-along intentions, or another round of Clinton sex, money and national security scandals. And, whichever one won, the bumbling, expensive and corrupt social manipulations for which the Democrats are so famous. McCain, by comparison, should be a walk in the park. I disagree that ONLY McCain has "an outside shot at edging out" Obama/Clinton. I think they’re eminently beatable. But I like Hanson, have read many of his good books, and tend to follow his lead. This looks like another good time to do it.
MORE: Hanson’s earlier good, and therefore controversial, take on McCain.
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Fred’s distant third in South Carolina probably means he can start taking long naps again, but surely someone (Mitt? Rudy?) can stop McCain, the irascible liberal Republican, who won. He’s the MSM’s darling, which ought to be clue enough. Nominate this guy who pretends to talk straight while refusing to call his amnesty for illegal immigrants amnesty, and you get a guy whose main claim to fame is he would fight the Islamic fanatics. I suppose that might be enough. He could match wrinkles with Hilarity. He would look awful old opposite Obama, but Obama’s anti-war, which would be a good contrast. Clinton/Obama would be sure raise taxes; McCain might not. But I’ll still cross my fingers that Mitt or Rudy blows out Florida in time to derail McCain. They have his advantage without his negatives.
UPDATE: Romney leads in the delegate count, but has yet to win a big primary, on the order of SC or NH. Mitt’s been hit for being too slick, but he should look sincere next to argumentative McCain.
Instead of wasting energy or emotion on the latest NYTimes slander of America’s warriors, take a minute to see this new less-is-more Marines recruiting ad. Then one more minute to check out the wordier but still impressive Army one. Outstanding.
I confess I didn’t pay much attention to the NYTimes’ latest smear on combat veterans–implying without context (statistical or otherwise) that the sometimes dubious violent crimes of 121 returned Afghanistan and Iraq veterans are connected to their combat experiences. The Democrat house organ helped invent the slur on Vietnam combat veterans as "ticking time bombs," making us the forerunners of the actual Muslim suicide bomber. But Ralph Peters doesn’t overlook such things, even if they aren’t news. In "The New Lepers," he describes the latest smear as "an artful example of hate-speech disguised as a public service."
Via Instapundit
MORE: Beware the brutal veteran journalist, with actual incidents. Humor from Iowahawk. You might need to worry, because a lot of them are going to be laid off in the near future.
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Tagged Afghanistan, combat veterans, Iraq, New York Times, Ralph Peters, The Long War
The concept car is ugly. It has no headroom and looks like a mashed can. But if Chevy can really pull off this flex-fuel, hybrid electric car by 2010, it could be the start of something good for the Long War and the economy. Too many of our pols seem to have their pockets lined with Saudi dollars for them to make a serious effort away from the Middle East oil funding the terrorists. But the automobile industry might be able to do it for them. Although as the driver of a Honda rice-burner, I’ll grant the Audi-driving Seablogger his take on the usual American car: "…it’s overpowered; it steers like a truck; and it feels as though it wants to go airborne every time it rounds a corner.”
Via Instapundit
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Amazing computer animation of the structural-failure accident that has forced the grounding of many F-15 Strike Eagles. You can argue about how many air-superiority fighters are needed nowadays, but apparently not about the longeron problem afflicting some of these 25-year-old aircraft.
MORE: The Air Force blames manufacturer McDonnell Douglas’s work in the 1970s.
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