Amidst evidence that even the French people are revolting against the EU “constitution,” they are also recognizing that their naive attempt to repeal the laws of economics has utterly failed.

There’s an interesting article by John Fund in Opinion Journal today, about how the “grass-roots” cry for campaign finance reform was really astroturf bought and paid for by Pew:

Mr. Treglia admits that campaign-finance supporters had to try to hoodwink Congress because “they had lost legitimacy inside Washington because they didn’t have a constituency that would punish Congress if they didn’t vote for reform.”

If that constituency didn’t exist then, I’ll bet it’s even smaller now, with more people reading blogs. I hope that someone on the Hill reading this decides to introduce a bill that not only repeals McCain-Feingold, but also eliminates all of this donation-limit nonsense, and replaces it with a bill requiring nothing but full disclosure of any cash contributions from all sources, in whatever amount.

Thanks to site designer Bill Simon, I’ve got a new graphic up, over on the left, for anyone who wants to use it to link to the Online Coalition.

I was looking up info about Lebanon, and I came across this interesting page. But there seems to be something missing:

Lebanon finally gained its independence in 1946, but was unfortunately ravaged by a 16-year civil war that ended in 1992

At the war’s conclusion, the Lebanese government and people finally established a more equitable political system, and began to rebuild the damaged infrastructure. Some cultural and religious conflicts (rather common in the Middle East) do remain, and the country still struggles with reforms.

No mention whatsoever of the country just to the east.

Contrast it with this page, from the same site, in which there’s no apparent hesitation to use the “O” word:

Today the Gaza Strip and West Bank (shown on the map above) are partially Israeli occupied, and the ever-changing boundaries and status of same are subject to on-going Israeli-Palestinian agreements and negotiations.

And note this map of some imaginary country called “Palestine.” And it uses that “O” word as well, with regard to the Golan Heights.

I guess that there are occupations, and then there are “occupations.”

I was looking up info about Lebanon, and I came across this interesting page. But there seems to be something missing:

Lebanon finally gained its independence in 1946, but was unfortunately ravaged by a 16-year civil war that ended in 1992

At the war’s conclusion, the Lebanese government and people finally established a more equitable political system, and began to rebuild the damaged infrastructure. Some cultural and religious conflicts (rather common in the Middle East) do remain, and the country still struggles with reforms.

No mention whatsoever of the country just to the east.

Contrast it with this page, from the same site, in which there’s no apparent hesitation to use the “O” word:

Today the Gaza Strip and West Bank (shown on the map above) are partially Israeli occupied, and the ever-changing boundaries and status of same are subject to on-going Israeli-Palestinian agreements and negotiations.

And note this map of some imaginary country called “Palestine.” And it uses that “O” word as well, with regard to the Golan Heights.

I guess that there are occupations, and then there are “occupations.”

I was looking up info about Lebanon, and I came across this interesting page. But there seems to be something missing:

Lebanon finally gained its independence in 1946, but was unfortunately ravaged by a 16-year civil war that ended in 1992

At the war’s conclusion, the Lebanese government and people finally established a more equitable political system, and began to rebuild the damaged infrastructure. Some cultural and religious conflicts (rather common in the Middle East) do remain, and the country still struggles with reforms.

No mention whatsoever of the country just to the east.

Contrast it with this page, from the same site, in which there’s no apparent hesitation to use the “O” word:

Today the Gaza Strip and West Bank (shown on the map above) are partially Israeli occupied, and the ever-changing boundaries and status of same are subject to on-going Israeli-Palestinian agreements and negotiations.

And note this map of some imaginary country called “Palestine.” And it uses that “O” word as well, with regard to the Golan Heights.

I guess that there are occupations, and then there are “occupations.”

Victor Davis Hanson comments on the mass Godwinization of contemporary political discourse:

At first glance, all this wild rhetoric is preposterous. Hitler hijacked an elected government and turned it into a fascist tyranny. He destroyed European democracy. His minions persecuted Christians, gassed over six million Jews, and created an entire fascistic creed predicated on anti-Semitism and the myth of a superior Aryan race.

Whatever one thinks of Bush

Victor Davis Hanson comments on the mass Godwinization of contemporary political discourse:

At first glance, all this wild rhetoric is preposterous. Hitler hijacked an elected government and turned it into a fascist tyranny. He destroyed European democracy. His minions persecuted Christians, gassed over six million Jews, and created an entire fascistic creed predicated on anti-Semitism and the myth of a superior Aryan race.

Whatever one thinks of Bush

Victor Davis Hanson comments on the mass Godwinization of contemporary political discourse:

At first glance, all this wild rhetoric is preposterous. Hitler hijacked an elected government and turned it into a fascist tyranny. He destroyed European democracy. His minions persecuted Christians, gassed over six million Jews, and created an entire fascistic creed predicated on anti-Semitism and the myth of a superior Aryan race.

Whatever one thinks of Bush

I pledge that, if the FEC makes any attempt to crack down on on-line political expression, I will increase my political commentary in defiance of them. Massive civil disobediance is the best way to fight this new attempt to shut down public debate.