Obamaism explained; part two. Return To The Obama Method | The New Republic www.tnr.com
This is as good an explanation as any why I haven't said more about SOTU. Let me be clear, however, that Domestic Partner and I are doing fine. Against Obligatory Editorials – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Ben's Comments section makes Room 8 at its worst look like tea and crumpets at an Oxford salon–totally unreadable psychotic bilge from all sides. So, of course Fox loves it. Dear commenters, Steve Doocy is reading – Ben Smith www.politico.com
Good News is always worth reading. Good News From the Middle East (Really) www.nytimes.com
The Zionist right, the Euro-left and Jihadist reactionaries: perfect together. The Leftist Critique of the One-State Solution – Jeffrey Goldberg – International – The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com
The Tunisia/Egypt Debate Continues:
NICK RIZZO: Yeah, I grant [that Islamists are] a concern, but it's not enough to convince me a priori that these (overwhelmingly secular) protests are wrong. It's still unclear if we're looking at Tehran '79, Beijing '89, or Belgrade '00.
GATE: Tunisia is overwhelmingly secular; Egypt reminds me of Iran–there were many secularists fighting the Shah, but they ended up quite unhappy–and a Brotherhood takeover of Egypt would be the end of a three and a half decade cold peace on the Eastern border, so pardon me for being cautiously pessimistic
RIZZO: You might be right, though it's also possible that the Brotherhood's influence in Egypt is overstated, that it's been useful for Mubarak to have them as the face of the opposition. I think some of Iran's anti-Americanism stems from our support for the Shah, and that if we'd abandoned Pahlavi a little bit earlier we might have had more control over who replaced him. The whole situation is very, very hard to predict.
GATE: The problem in Iran was we wanted control; we should have never have overthrown a secular democratic regime and installed the Shah.
I don't want control–just peace
Sampson: "The Majority may Rule, but in a deliberative democratic process, the Minority still has Rights. I am concerned about the precedent these attempted actions may create in our body, and I am concerned about the signal this attempt to rush things sends to the public."
Except apparently, for the Minority within the Minority, who, if Sampson had his way, would sit where he chose, even though they want nothing to do with him. Today's Senate Rules Rumpus Update www.nydailynews.com
Dom, I would change that website address.
Redd Yiddish? Nisht Nisht mitt der drech.Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. www.drecchia.com
The creature that ate Prospect Heights. Mystery Blogger Documents Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz's Eating Habits… No Kidding www.nydailynews.com