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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 (4)
Posted by Nessus | May 21, 2007 11:29 AM
I feel one of the main reasons why Americans are so upset is deep down, many Americans realize that there is more going on here than simple immigration. What we are getting close to is the "reconquista" movement in the Southwest, which is not branching out to all parts of the USA.
The taking down of the US flag at several schools and post offices, the omnipresent Spanish language, the waving of the Mexican flag in numerous protest marches. The American people know this is not normal immigration, this is more akin to the political class bringing in a whole new constituency, who will be grateful and dependent on those politicians (not to mention the entire welfare apparatus and the social/ethnic grievance groups).
Wash DC beltway elite have sorely miscalculated the anger of the American public over this issue.
Posted by Ric James | May 21, 2007 2:46 PM
I can't call in to the show today, but can you discuss why we can't have the sensor nets that Secretary Chertoff talks about *and* a fence to keep people from casually walking across the border?
Just sayin'.
Posted by Jim | May 21, 2007 3:04 PM
"Conceptually I think it could work." Come on Ed, get real. Any bill which provides for legalization first, enforcement second (yeah right) as this one does, is a JOKE, and a complete and total insult to our intelligence.
Jorge Bush has absolutely NO intentions of securing our borders. Neither does McCain.
Why do you pretend that it is okay for them to lie to our faces, Ed?
Do we want all the 12 million rounded up and hauled off to the border? Of course not.
1. Close the border first. Build the "damn fence" as McCain calls it, along with all the other security measures.
2. Institute aggressive penalties for employers hiring illegals.
3. THEN we'll talk about humane and practical options for dealing with the 12 million already here, and future guest workers....
Why in that order? Because we do not TRUST our politicians, that is why. With good reason. It is really that simple. Unfortunately the ruling class in DC doesn't give a damn about what the regular folks think. And you give their poster child McCain a respectful platform to spout his arrogant lies. You should be gently explaining to him instead, that we are tired of being lied to by RINOS who feel like they have made a great achievement when they haved reached a "compromise" with the likes of Ted Kennedy.
This issue is going to rip apart the Republican party like nothing you've ever seen. This is going to make the Dems rift over the Iraq war, and the division between the hard left moveon.org types and the 'traditional' libs, seem like a garden tea party. If you think conservatives are buying in to this measured "conceptually I think it could work" response like you; well, Captain, with all due respect, I think you too have sorely miscalculated the sentiments of the political group you profess to be a part of....
Posted by AZlegal | May 21, 2007 10:04 PM
We do not have an immigration problem, we have a border problem, so how do we fix it? again? We legalize the people who walk across. What genius, whatever happens, don't fix the problem, and they'll have to elect you til you die. If you can get a lot of hoopla raised about how you "solved" the problem when you "fix" it even better. The only problem is that everyone realizes this fix isn't going to do it. I've been a card carryin' Republican since I could vote... I'm about ready to change, and I was looking forward to voting for Fred here in AZ. Hee, hee, John would really get a clue then.