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Captain Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather. He lives with his wife Marcia, also known as the First Mate, their two dogs, and frequently watch their granddaughter Kayla, whom Captain Ed calls The Little Admiral.
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The Crows Nest
Rule 1: Drag The Corpse On Over First
If I've learned anything in four years of blogging, don't try to be out in front of the death rumors, especially with the villains of the world. Saddam died a hundred deaths before we caught him alive in his spider hole, and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi almost as many before his demise last year. Osama may or may not be alive, but everyone's avoided speculating on his fate for a while now. Maybe Val at Babalu Blog will get luckier with his "Castro Is Dead" story. We all hope so. I'll wait for the announcement ....
Hobbs Choice
Volunteer Voters is holding its annual "Best of Nashville" on-line polls, and one of the categories is for the best political writer. Our friend Bill Hobbs, now posting at Newsbusters, and he'd like his on-line fans to cast their votes. Drop by and put one in for Bill if you get a chance!
Murtha Getting Backlogged On Apologies
Gary Gross of Let Freedom Ring sees another case collapsing on the Haditha charges. He's called for Murtha to apologize earlier, and adds another reason to the tally.
No Such Thing As 'Moderate' Islam?
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan told a television interviewer that he finds the label "moderate Islam" offensive. Shrink Wrapped has a lot more on this, but at least in the same interview Erdogan acknowledged that "radical Islam" exists, and that it's been a catastrophe. Be sure to read the whole post.
MS-NBC Gets Punk'd
Power Line has a great post on a lack of journalistic effort on the part of MS-NBC. In covering the Michael Vick story, they reported on what they thought was Al Sharpton's website proclaiming Vick's innocence. I guess Alex Johnson and two other MS-NBC reporters couldn't bother to read the title bar of the site, which proudly proclaims it as a "parody site".
New Instapundit Podcast On Pharmaceuticals
I just caught this e-mail from Glenn Reynolds about his new podcast with Richard Epstein, the author of Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation. Haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but the topic is important enough to make sure I carve out time for it tomorrow. Get their first and tell me what I'm missing ....
Fed Trying A 'Stealth Easing'?
The Federal Reserve seems to have conducted a quiet campaign to steady markets that started spinning out of control, according to King Banaian at SCSU Scholars. He thinks that the Fed has conducted a "stealth easing". Be sure to read his explanation and follow his lnks.
A Shameless Bit Of Sel-Promotion
Gateway Pundit and Val at Babalu Blog note a crass PR move by Hugo Chavez. Venezuela has responded to Peru's eathquake disaster with food shipments -- and with Hugo's smiling picture on the cans. He also uses the tuna-can label to undermine President Garcia of Peru, who narrowly defeated Chavez' pal Ollanto Humalla, whom the labels extol for his "solidarity" with Chavez.
Tacky beyond belief.
Bush Going After Palestinian Terror Financing?
George Bush's new orders to USAID forces them to review the executive management of all NGOs to ensure that they have no terrorist connections. Carl in Jerusalem says at Israel Matzav that the order specifically intends to target Palestinian front groups for terrorists. Let's hope he's right.
Slow Start!
Yes, I'm off to a slow start today, thanks to some scripting issues, a bad back, and an alarm clock that needs replacing. Bear with me -- I'm ramping up, I promise...
And Now, In Little League Action Last Night ...
I once played in a Little League game where we lost, 30-1, obviously before mercy rules came into being. The only comfort during that shellacking was that 13-year-olds don't have to justify their salaries for being on the field. You have to wonder what the Baltimore Orioles have to feel without that caveat today, after losing 30-3 to the Texas Rangers. Sixteen of the runs came in the last two innings .... (via TMV)
Bush Speech On Iraq
I got a couple of e-mails wondering why I haven't linked to George Bush's speech today. I liked it; I just didn't have much to add. Rush Limbaugh covered it well on his site, and Power Line also links approvingly but has nothing much more to say. Michael Goldfarb notes that the Weekly Standard had made a similar argument regarding Vietnam a year ago.
Rove Fears Me -- No, Really!
Hot Air notes the latest fundraising letter from John Edwards. No longer content to indulge his paranoia when Ann Coulter mentions him, now he wants to indulge it when Karl Rove doesn't. Has any candidate seemed this desperate before now?
Racism Or Hard Truth?
Angela Winters looks at an editorial cartoon and the controvery it has caused in Jacksonville, Florida, especially in the black community. Truth or racism? When rap artists tell young listeners not to cooperate with the police, how much responsibility do they have for the victimization that follows? Read all of the essay at The Moderate Voice.
Support Citizen Journalism
Bill Ardolino at INDC Journal reminds us that there is a reporter shortage on the front lines. The best way to solve that problem? Donate to Public Multimedia, the citizen-journalist organization that supports Bill Roggio, Bill Ardolino, and others. (And a direct donation to Michael Yon would be much appreciated as well.)
Comments (9)
Posted by Jim | May 29, 2007 12:32 PM
Well, how about the starting point being that virtually the entire conservative (not east coast elite wall street journal rockefeller rinos) base of the republican party is filled with rage the likes of which have not been seen since W's Harriet Meirs travesty; except that this is at least three times greater than that reaction. So...along those lines:
1. Why should we trust the Federal government to actual ENFORCE the enforcement provisions of this amnesty bill AFTER the fact; considering that we were lied to once before, back in 1986. What, exactly, are they planning to do about the NEXT 12 million, once they've given this 12 million a pass? Why should we trust the Feds, since they have DEMONSTRATED a concrete unwillingness to enforce the current laws?
2. We've had the 12 million illegals here for awhile - why are we RUSHING into a bill which is guaranteed to fracture the repub. party? Isn't NO bill better than a bill that guts the party?
3. An enormous segment of the conservative base truly believes that the D.C. insider republicans have sold us out to their lobbying and corporate interests; and apparently the pols must believe that the votes they lose will be more than made up for by an increase in the hispanic percentage of the vote. What other reasons can there be? Please discuss.
4. Senator McCain, Mexico maintains a very tight and rigid control over ITS southern border. Please explain sir, why you appear so hostile ("that damn fence") to the United States of America being allowed the same privilege?
5. Gorbachev and some others have likened a southern border fence to the Berlin Wall. Senator, do you feel that he, and others like him, need to have the difference between a house and a prison explained to them? If not, why not? If a fence would be "pointless" and "not work anyway" as some have tried to argue, why then would the Mexican president be so strongly opposed to it; and, as a follow-up, how do you explain the very significant success of the 14 mile San Diego fence (100,000 reduced to 5,000)
Please do not let him try to get away with characterizing the anger as being a tiny and very insignificant percentage who are either too irrelevant to worry about; or who will "get over it," and hold their noses and vote for "anybody but Hillary/Obama." Please try to impress upon him that, no, quite to the contrary, it is NOT a teensy percentage of ignorant rednecks, and, many of us will be staying home this time, or wasting our vote for a third party candidate......rather than being taken for a sucker, yet again.
Posted by Scott Malensek | May 29, 2007 1:41 PM
Yo Cap, I wonder if you saw the huge news from Richard Miniter, and if you might get Sen McCain's comments re regime ties?
http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/05/the_missing_link.php
Posted by guinsPen | May 29, 2007 9:01 PM
John McWho?
Posted by old_dawg | May 29, 2007 9:37 PM
McCain-Romney-Guliani. Only missing one horseman and you'd have the Republican Apocalypse. Obviously, I can't get excited about any of these people, so I'll just stay home if (when) one of them gets the nomination.
Posted by Rose | May 29, 2007 11:59 PM
Sorry Capt - I've seen and heard too much of McCain. A small sampling of TEXT is more than enough, thank you - so I can stick it in my ELECTION '08 file for easy reference of the highlights.
I think McCain and Hillary would make a fabulous DIM ticket for '08. PERFECT!
Posted by Rose | May 30, 2007 12:23 AM
McCain-Romney-Guliani. Only missing one horseman and you'd have the Republican Apocalypse. Obviously, I can't get excited about any of these people, so I'll just stay home if (when) one of them gets the nomination.
Posted by: old_dawg at May 29, 2007 9:37 PM
&&&&&&
NEWT!
Brownback!
Fred Thompson!
Huckabee!
Hagel!!!
Gee, so much to choose from!
That Homeland Security head J.A.!!! Whazzisface !!! Chertoff!
Won't one of THOSE do???
Posted by Rose | May 30, 2007 12:30 AM
many of us will be staying home this time, or wasting our vote for a third party candidate......rather than being taken for a sucker, yet again.
*************
PLEASE vote for a Write-In of great integrity, so they h ave to COUNT it OFFICIALLY, taking up their minutes, ke eping them at their counting stations longer, making them COUNT THE COST.
If peopel stay home, THAT is a free ride for the politicians - but if they have to spend a little while in each county counting up the WRITE-INS and making a separate column for ALL the many write-ins, then we have cost them AT LEAST a little tiny bit of sleep, and given them something to think about.
Name someone you highly respect, too.
Like Zell Miller! :)
Posted by Deagle | May 30, 2007 8:51 PM
Staying at home except for Fred Thompson. He is the only one that may save the Republican party. If he does not win, I do not intend to vote again...of course I am old so I guess that won't be that long...
Posted by Bobby | May 31, 2007 1:34 AM
Good interview with Senator McCain. I'm rooting for him.