Pardon My English � The Most Important Arguments for Liberty I found the link at the Daou Report. I've had it in the back of my mind to make a comment on the argument for the Second Amendment proffered here.

It has always struck me as some kind of reactionary wet-dream that they and their pop guns are gonna stand a chance against a military set to put them down. While any guerrilla war is difficult, in the end it usually falls to the side that puts the greatest number of determined gunmen in the field. And while these firearm fantasies are dancing in their heads, they pay little heed to the cost on society of that kind of situation. No, I have always thought that it was the intention of our original patriots to ensure that it would never come to this. They, who lived and fought in such a war, knew how tenuous that connection to freedom was.

If these so-called modern patriots really think that an armed populous is unstoppable, they should be betting on the other side in Iraq.

No, I am far more concerned about the Bush administration's drive to take away our lawyers. The imagined malpractice reform effort is really just one small part of an overall effort to deny accountability and access. Ashcroft began the drive against FOIA before 9-11. The great sweep of their efforts in this direction is a greatly under reported story.
  ¶ 12/18/2004 08:22:00 PM 0 comments

  Roger Ailes InstaGlenn gets it wrong, again. He jumped on the ecoterrorist bandwagon concerning the fire at a new Maryland development. I'm kinda surprised he didn't call for the colored threat level to be elevated. Sometimes Glenn gets it right but most of the time he is a good example of the worst that blogging has to offer. I take that back, he's probably not quite as bad as the Freepers and Malkin.
  ¶ 12/18/2004 07:55:00 PM 0 comments

  Michael J. Totten: Fisking Juan Cole I will rise to the defense of the good professor (somewhat). I think Prof. Cole's concerns are not without merit. I also think that sometimes intellectual seduction is more subtle. There is a cadre of bloggers that have worked closely together to further the Republican agenda. It would not be unreasonable to say IraqThe Model has come under their sway.

And of course, because this concerns blogs in general (Jeff would seem to be saying him personally,also), Mr. Jarvis jumps in to call the professor "pond scum". Buzzmachine says Prof. Cole is nothing but negative about Iraq. Jeff is quite the cheerleader.

He's got a megaphone for the bloggers' pep club. He just doesn't get it that this medium is just as susceptible to the same pressures as the old. And just like the MSM, +90% of the expression of editorial view is in the news selection.

Now I'm not the technophile that Jeff is, so I just did this simple (Thune, Daschle, Dakota)Google search of his site for the past three months. I was looking for some comment on the South Dakota bloggers who were supposedly fair but pro-Thune while being paid by the Thune campaign. Below is the link. Maybe he is just not aware that these things can go on.


  ¶ 12/14/2004 09:47:00 PM 0 comments

  MyDD :: Bad bloggers and the State-level DNC Politics has become to me a necessary evil. I would offer this as an example of what progressives should not be doing. It sounds so Republican.
  ¶ 12/13/2004 07:53:00 PM 0 comments

  Editorial Soliloquy As I stated, I had some computer problems; now over (I think). There has also been a grave illness in the family. I'm working to get back on track.
  ¶ 12/12/2004 10:08:00 PM 0 comments

  wwoz.org/ New Orleans Music I really like this web station. Their theme is all the music that has a part in the rich musical tradition of New Orleans. But they have the feel of a college station with some real characters.
I recommend the traditional gospel show on Sunday mornings with Brother Jess and Records from the Crypt on Wednesdays. A few shows do some nice blues.
  ¶ 12/12/2004 09:57:00 PM 0 comments

  corrente / Touching on the fine tradition of Mencken They were some good days, some bad days in the history of the game of journalism in this country. Yellow journalism (we call it Fox, today) wasn't completely just a memory but the likes of H. L. Mencken, Upton Sinclair and Ambrose Bierce were plying the trade.

I don't think anyone took it to the sky-pilots better than Mencken and Bierce. Bierce, a colorful man, preceded Mencken somewhat. They both came on the tail of a "spiritual awakening" in this country. They both said and wrote things about the holy men that political correctness has made unsavory. I find it to be a fine tradition that should be reevaluated.

The above link concerns a Mencken article after the Scopes (Monkey) trial. It resonates.
  ¶ 12/11/2004 04:40:00 PM 0 comments

  Lavasoft- Ad Aware Helped a bunch with my problem. Unfortunately, the browser hijack also affected my "Favorites" which meant that any I clicked on that had been previously redirected started the problem all over again.
  ¶ 12/05/2004 05:51:00 PM 0 comments

  Michael Ledeen on Machiavelli & War on National Review Online This guy is supposedly a conservative deep-thinker. I saw this some time ago but put off commenting on it. I believe the most likely reason for such a poorly reason posting was simply the link to the book on Amazon. I could get long winded on this piece of stupidity but will fight the urge.
  ¶ 12/05/2004 05:48:00 PM 0 comments

  Malware The holiday got me and then I got whacked with a nice little bit of malware. Some kind of Java exploit with a redirect. I'll be back.
  ¶ 12/05/2004 01:47:00 AM 0 comments