Tuesday, December 11, 2001

Quote of The Day

"The constitutional founders didn't expect us to have a war conducted by committee. "The Constitution vests the president with the extraordinary and sole authority, as commander in chief, to lead our nation in times of war."

--Attorney General John Ashcroft

Three months to the day. Lest we forget.

Bully, Berry and Other "B" Words: Linda Chavez has this illuminating column on what it was like to work on the now highjacked Civil Right Commission with Public Nightmare No. 1 Mary Frances Berry. This is a case of the Peter Principle spinning out of control.

These Amazing Men: The Washington Post has the first interview with one of the men wounded during the friendly fire incident in Afghanistan last week. Read this and remember that these men do this for us, for our kids and for our country. For this we can never thank them enough.

A Call For Even Distribution: The Brits say they won't turn over bin Ladin should they capture him and we have protested. Here's the solution. Everybody gets a piece. A slice for the Northern Alliance, a chunk to the Special Forces, a bit here, a bit there. Problem solved.

California Dreamer: A delusional Gary "We were just friends" Condit, in his first interview since Chandra Levy disappeared, calls the scandal surrounding the missing intern a "fabrication of the media." Looks like we have another O.J. among us.

So Secret We All Know: The London Telegraph points out secret American missions on the ground in Somalia and Kuwait. Is this something anyone needs to know at this particular time? Secret or not, it's nice to know that Somalia, a country that has open slavery, may have a Daisy Cutter in its future.

Al Hunt, Call Your Office: One of our most diligent posters, Gray Ghost, has turned up a 1997 Time magazine report and the Enron connection to the Clinton White House. This should have a certain smug pundit rethinking the DNC propaganda he continues to mouth.

PCAlert: Pickaninny: Now here's a word that perhaps three generations have never even heard. It has been almost obliterated from the English language. Originally it meant a small black child but through the years was given an ugly connotation. It didn't mean "rug rat" or "brat" or "no-neck monster" pejoratives for children anywhere of any race - it simply meant without spin or put-down, "small black child." It's gone now though so just forget it and say "diminutive African-American under the age of 5." Win a few, lose a few.

Your Resigned LComStaff