Thursday, November 03, 2005

The point at which I stopped reading...

Tony Blankley: Last week, the conservative movement had its Rosa Parks moment -- we refused to give up our seat on the bus even for a Republican president….
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Peggy Noonan: In his comments on Sunday's "Meet the Press" and in his post-Miers Meaning of It All column yesterday, [David] Broder was like someone who sat down at a table hungry, got served only Democratic talking points, swallowed them whole and quick, and is now burping them out in all directions….
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Doug Giles: Anger, like alcohol, is only bad if it’s abused. However, if used for right reasons and in right amounts… [and] if channeled correctly, it will make you giddy about something you desire, but can’t get—until you get angry.

For example: say you’re an unemployed, 28-year old guy who does nothing but sit on your butt playing Xbox, smoking weed, living with mommy and dating 19-year old girls and guys. You know what? You should get angry with yourself because you, clearly, aren’t the coldest beer in the fridge. You do not have a life, and it should make you mad that other people are actually productive—unlike you….
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Sebastian Mallaby: As Brink Lindsey of the Cato Institute puts it, Americans are learning to live with new stresses and freedoms, and their first response has been to save worrisomely little. But in time they may regain balance, rendering new-left safety nets unnecessary….
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Max Boot on TreasonGate: The problem here is that the one undisputed liar in this whole sordid affair doesn't work for the administration. In his attempts to turn his wife into an antiwar martyr, Joseph C. Wilson IV has retailed more whoppers than Burger King….
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The Corner: NR RHINE CRUISE ADDS BOB NOVAK TO ALL-STAR SPEAKER CONTINGENT That’s right, ace columnist Bob Novak – who sailed with NR on our 1996 Alaska and 2001 Canada voyages – has agreed to join us on the NR 2006 Rhine River Charter Cruise this May. He’ll be joining Michael Novak (any luck and we may also land Kim Novak!) ….

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