Wise words from the GOP......to the GOP

"I think the Republican Party would be well advised to get the heck out of people's bedrooms and let these things get decided by states," said [Rudy] Giuliani during a break from his tour of New Hampshire. "We'd be a much more successful political party if we stuck to our economic, conservative roots."

CNN

Sunday evening goodness.......Best Firefly Quotes

Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch on Foreign Policy

Another fearmongering media darling unmasked

 
CNN

The political rebranding of Isolationism....

Or, how your elected officials continue to treat you like idiots.

Its return today, as well as the ease and frequency with which it is made, are a reminder that a step away from foreign policy orthodoxy and toward a position of urging restraint -- no matter how tepid -- can make one susceptible to the isolationist charge. It's only from the perspective of that orthodoxy would the recent warnings of American overstretch could be considered a retreat from the global stage.

If anything, the political debate in Washington is not between isolationists and internationalists. It's a far more constricted discussion between those who want to see the U.S. maintain its position as the world's predominant power and those who want to see the U.S. maintain its position as the world's predominant power slightly less. A debate about whether U.S. global dominance is actually in the country's best interests is one that the United States need to be having - not a false one over whether a new wave of isolationism is afoot. It isn't.

The Atlantic

Friday's intemperate thoughts

Left lane = passing lane = slower traffic keep right = Virginia State Law.........look into it people.

What in the hell is up with wearing ski caps/toboggans/skull caps......in the heat of the summer? Ran out of conditioner Shaggy?

Amazing color photos from 1940's NYC

Link

Badass Quote of the Day

Roger Clemens goes on trial for lying . . . to politicians. Which is a bit like putting a woman on trial for flashing her breasts at a stripper.

The Agitator 

I generally loathe the UN....

But in the spirit of not shooting the messenger, I will grudgingly admit that the latest report on Afghanistan - The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security, contains quite a bit of reporting not found on US airwaves. Sad considering the enormous effort and loss of life and limb that our nation is enduring in that region.

UNAMA

Do American Indians celebrate Independence Day like the rest of us do?

Just a question I have after perusing through the Declaration of Independence this morning....and finding the words:

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.