Monday night links and open thread

I will be retiring to Snoozeville shortly to get some much-needed rest, but didn’t want to until I posted some links to a few stories I haven’t had the chance to blog about today:

—– Identity Politics Disease strikes again: I read at the LA Times Top of the Ticket blog earlier this evening about a piece uber-feminista Nora Ephron scribbled at the HuffPo today, which started out a little something like this in the opening two paragraphs: “But now there are two and we’re facing Pennsylvania and whom are we kidding? This is an election about whether the people of Pennsylvania hate blacks more than they hate women.” It doesn’t get any better. Make sure to read the whole thing as it is a case study on just about everything that is wrong with identity politics.

—– Britain a “Why Bother?” country? The UK Telegraph wrote today (h/t: BCB) about an independent think tank’s report which reportedly shows that Britain’s “benefits culture, high taxes and poor education system leave many people lacking the motivation or capability to succeed.” Hey, I believe it, and frankly I’m not so sure the US isn’t already there.

—– Bill Clinton: I wish we had the GOP system on awarding delegates. Ok, that’s not exactly what he said in front of a group of reporters today, but how much you wanna bet he’s dreamed about it more than once?

—– IBD: “McCain is right to question Obama’s ties to a ’60s radical with a fondness for explosives.”

—– Tony Snow to be a political contributor for CNN: Our beloved former press secretary will now be appearing regularly on CNN to comment on all things politics. I must confess I’ve been impressed overall with CNN’s coverage of the election to date (give or take a few stories) and I think Tony Snow will be a good fit there, and he will, as always truly shine. Cancer update: He has admitted on two different occasions in the last six months that his cancer is in remission.

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Catch ya’ll tomorrow. Oh, and happy PA primary eve

7 Responses to "Monday night links and open thread"

camojack says:

April 22, 2008 at 3:53 am

“Catch ya’ll tomorrow. Oh, and happy PA primary eve “

I heard a good one tonight; the PA Democrat primary voters have a choice between a nut with two boobs…and a boob with two nuts.
Tango says:

April 22, 2008 at 9:11 am

CamoJack: how can you know that with any certainty?
Tango says:

April 22, 2008 at 9:13 am

I’m worried about Tony. Being in a weakened condition (from chemotherapy) -will he be an easier target for the darkside (at CNN) ??
Leslie says:

April 22, 2008 at 10:08 am

Great news about Tony Snow. He will certainly be an asset to CNN. And yes, ST, I agree with you that CNN’s coverage has been excellent for the most part.

Hang in there, Tony!

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forest hunter says:

April 22, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Some Gore studies indicate his propensity for ignorance and so to premise his upcoming latest assault on intelligence and w/o further adieu…….. the Goracle of yesteryear, a gaffed that just keeps giving.
camojack says:

April 23, 2008 at 3:42 am

CamoJack: how can you know that with any certainty?
Comment by Tango @ 4/22/2008 – 9:11 am

I can’t…which is why I prefaced it with “I heard a good one tonight”.

Pay attention!!!
forest hunter says:

April 23, 2008 at 5:10 am

I realize the story comes from AP which should require a Snope check but since the librulls love to quote from their fabrications, maybe one of the enlightened could please remind me how political pressure is supposed to work so much better than actually eradicating their terrorists…..and how long have we been dealing with the terrorists in Iraq again?

UNITED NATIONS – The conflict in Darfur is deteriorating, with full deployment of a new peacekeeping force delayed until 2009 and no prospect of a political settlement for a war that has killed perhaps 300,000 people in five years, U.N. officials said Tuesday.

But hey that’s probably the exception, right?

UNIFIL finds Hezbollah arms; gunmen scatter peacekeepers

By Barak Ravid and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents

Tags: UNIFIL, South Lebanon

Armed Hezbollah militants warded off members of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) last month when the peacekeepers discovered a truck carrying weapons and ammunition belonging to the Lebanon-based guerilla group.

The incident was referred to briefly in a semi-yearly report submitted to the UN Security Council by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. The incident was the first time that UNIFIL forces were confronted by armed Hezbollah men south of Lebanon’s Litani River, an area which Security Council resolution 1701 prohibits Hezbollah from entering.

According to a government source in Jerusalem, the incident caused great embarrassment for UNIFIL. The source described the incident, explaining that UNIFIL troops on patrol discovered the truck and chased it down and pulled it over. When the UNIFIL troops approached the vehicle, the source said, armed Hezbollah men exited the truck and threatened the troops at gunpoint. The UNIFIL patrol then went back into their cars, according to the source, and returned to their base.

The report submitted to the Security Council said the incident occurred on the night between the 30 and 31 of March. “This serious violation of the UN resolution raises concerns,” the report said.

………or not. Putting the fill in UNIFIL, why in the sam hill is one of the biggest blights in the world nestled in America? I sure hope Carter, Hamas, duh Gorcle, CAIR, NEA and the 92% that Geraldine Ferraro was chastised for pointing out

Women —Clinton 55% /Obama 44
Men —Clinton 47%/Obama 53
Whites —Clinton 60%/Obama 40
Blacks ——-Clinton 8%/Obama 92

never get together with dhimmicrat voting populace. But that won’t happen because that would be close to racist and dhimmi’s can’t be called on their traditions of hypocrisy, because that would be oh wait……….never mind.

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