Over at LRC blog, Jeffrey Tucker is kind enough to round up some of the gems from the prez's Q & occasionally A session last night. I'll just go through a few with my knee-jerk ripostes in italics: *They're [Iraqis] not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't be happy if I...
A Little Honey with the Vinegar
I was rather hard on William Tucker in today's Collateral Damage, with good reason, but I also pointed out a few good moments in his essay "Call It a Democracy and the Hell With It." One passage I didn't quote certainly merits kudos:The entire Vietnam War was fought...
Albright seeks profits in occupied Kosovo?
Clinton's Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was unversally acknowledged as a major advocate of intervention in the Balkans, from her sponsorship of the Hague Inquisition to her drive for the bombing of Serbia in 1999. Now officially retired from politics, Albright...
Shorter Bush Presser
A Busy Person's Guide to the Bush Press Conference Since most people don't like to watch an hour of Bush on television (and for some reason I don't mind even though it drives me nuts), I decided to boil down the questions and answers from tonight's press conference in...
Taste of Democracy
Afghanistan is about to get its first taste of true western-style democracy since the overthrow of the Taliban government. Holding a presidential election? No, that can wait. Drawing up a constitution? No, that can wait. Ah, but paying taxes? Now that's at the top of...
Both Sides Agree: Give Us More Money!
I can't watch the 9/11 hearings anymore. Everyone testifying, and every talking head and pundit, have agreed on one thing. The bureaucrats can't do their jobs because they don't have enough money. And people are buying it! This is the standard cry of every bureaucrat...
Screw that hearts and minds stuff
Here's an excerpt from Rahul Mahajan's Empire notes. For those who still hope the Americans in Iraq will ever learn anything about Iraqi culture this will be a sad disappointment, but for those of us who never harbored such unrealistic expectations it will come as...
Halliburton Suspends Convoys
LA Times reports: The company said the decision was made after supply trucks protected by U.S. soldiers were attacked Friday by Iraqi insurgents just outside Baghdad, resulting in the death of one employee from Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root. Seven...
Gloves Off
Glenn Reynolds contemplates nuclear annihilation with a chuckle. There is no longer any excuse for any decent person, much less libertarian, to associate with this vile SOB. I realize that the appellations "decent" and "libertarian" don't in any way describe most of...
Copter crew missing?
Sikorsky Down - Where's the crew? The US military has confirmed that an H-53 Sikorsky helicopter has been shot down in the guerilla-held area between Baghdad and Fallujah. They very pointedly say that there is no indication that the crew was killed or injured. What...
