Shades of Gray

"Though activists attempt to corral presidential candidates, such as Rudy Giuliani, into a specific camp, beliefs today are much more nuanced. It’s no longer a black-and-white debate". Rudy and abortion: Michael Medved on USA Today.

Global Flip-Flopper

Majority Leader and utter buffoon (according to Hugh Hewitt) Harry Raid said today that "one reason that we have the fires burning in Southern California is global warming". A few minutes later, a journalist asked him about his statement and he replied: "I didn't say the reason the fires were burning in Southern California was global warming...". Unfortunately for him, it's all on tape.

Round-Up: Sister Toldjah, Take Our Country Back, Blue Crab Boulevard, FreeSpeech.com, Betsy's Page, Say Anything.

Soft Elephants

Los Angeles Times' title: "Giuliani's Lead is Soft". Los Angeles Times' poll: Giuliani 32%, Thompson 15%, McCain 13%, Romney 11%, Huckabee 7%. If this is soft, I wonder how hard would be...

San Diego is Burning

San Diego is burning. Last news by a Californian blogger of TocqueVille, Dumb Ox News. An interesting map on the Los Angeles Times' website.

Round-Up: The Radio Equalizer, NewsBusters.org, Don Surber, Say Anything, Michelle Malkin.

Libertarians and the War

"Does being a libertarian commit one to a particular stance toward the Iraq war? The simple answer is No." Randy E. Barnett on the Wall Street Journal. Ron Paul doesn't speak for all of us.

Leadership

Long Weekend (Open) Must-Read List

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► War on Terror
► Operation Arrowhead Ripper: Day One
► Michael Yon, Online Magazine
► Turning on al-Qaeda in Baquba
► Joe Klein, Time
► Last Chance for Abbas
► Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
► Iraq: Military Gains, Gov't Mess
► Amir Taheri, New York Post
► Rushdie Is Not the Problem. Muslims Are
► Irshad Manji, The Australian
► Winning on Offense in Iraq
► Ralph Peters, New York Post
► Hypocrisy That Undermines Civilization
► Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics

► Elections 2008
► Big Apple Rudy
► Jim Geraghty, National Review
► Open-Field Politics
► Michael Barone, National Journal
► Courage at a Cost
► Michael Gerson, Washington Post
► The Hillary Dilemma
► Larry Sabato, Center for Politics
► No yearning for Bloomberg
► Byron York, The Hill
► Think Mike's a Total Long Shot? Think Again
► Steve Zogby, New York Daily News
► Ron Paul's Long-Shot Bid
► Michael Dougherty, The American Conservative
► Republicans for Obama?
► Tom Bevan, Real Clear Politics

► Various
► The Incredible Shrinking New York Times
► Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
► Michael Moore's Shticko
► Michael C. Moynihan, Reason
► Do Bad Economic Ideas Ever Die?
► Steve Forbes, Forbes
► The Infuriating Blandness of Political Speech
► Anne Applebaum, Slate
► The Absurdity of the Scooter Libby Case
► Christopher Hitchens, Slate

Trackbacks:
Mark My Words - Beavis and Butthead vs History
Adam's Blog - The Gospel According to Barack
Mark My Words - Committing genocide > George Bush, if you...
Adeline and Hazel - Tom Cruise Movie Sure to be Crap
Spanish Pundit - Venezuelan constitutional draft released
Blue Star Chronicles - American Troops Save Mother and...
Right Truth - Sunday Reading List, 6/24/07
Blue Star Chronicles - This is How Immigration is Supposed...
The Mote in God's Eye - Mai, mai pubblicare un blog in svedese
Right Truth - Successful missile defense test
The Amboy Times - Nuke Smuggling in Republic of Georgia
Perri Nelson's Website - Voter fraud is easy
Azamatterofprinciple - Welcome To Azamatterofprinciple
Church and State - Weekend Open Trackback - June 22-24, 2007
Spanish Pundit - What Would think Al Gore of this?
Cantor - Benvenuto ai “deniers” del Global Warming
The Mote in God's Eye - Chi la fa l'aspetti
Spanish Pundit - Sarkozy’s poll win tempered by left’s revival

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Weekend (Open) Must-Read List

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► WAR ON TERROR
► What I Saw in Iraq
► Joseph Lieberman, Wall Street Journal
► On Forgetting the Obvious
► Robert D. Kaplan, The American Interest
► Even This Won't Change Fatah
► David Frum, National Post
► The Courage Primary
► Joe Klein, Time
► Reid labels military leader 'incompetent'
► John Bresnahan, The Politico
► The Soprano-fication of Gaza
► Michael Rosen, Tech Central Station
► Arafatistan
► Mona Charen, National Review
► Gaza — It’s All Our Fault
► Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
► Forget Iran
► Gregory Scoblete, Tech Central Station

► ELECTIONS 2008
► A French Lesson for America's GOP
► Newt Gingrich, Financial Times
► So Thompson Isn't Reagan After All?
► Blake D. Dvorak, Real Clear Politics
► Rivals try to deflate Thompson campaign
► Kenneth P. Vogel, The Politico
► The tough, but vulnerable, front-runner
► Ron Brownstein, Los Angeles Times
► Interview with Rudy Giuliani
► Peter Cook, Bloomberg Tv
► Rudy's Ames Decision a Blow to Romney
► John McIntyre, Real Clear Politics
► What Happened to the McCain Campaign?
► Scott Rasmussen, Rasmussen Reports
► The year of bad feelings
► Byron York, The Hill
► Republicans need to act like Republicans
► Dick Morris, Townhall
► Suicide John
► Rich Lowry, National Review

► VARIOUS
► What is at risk is not the climate but freedom
► Vaclav Klaus, Financial Times
► "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
► Mark Steyn, Steyn-Online
► The Dangers of European Anti-Americanism
► Richard Rahn, Tech Central Station
► The ACLU and its pro-communist roots
► Alan Sears, Townhall
► An Atheist's Defense of Religion
► Karl Reitz, Tech Central Station

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Right Truth - Half of America is sleeping, the other half is on guard
Adam's Blog - The Republican Base Revolts
Right Truth - Father's Day Sunday Reading List 6/17/07
Ne quid nimis - Che razza di partita!
Blue Star Chronicles - Breaking: Mike Nifong Decision is Being Read
Colloquium - Recovering What I Believe
Azamatterofact - Don't Put Your Money Where...
Planck's Constant - Nifong Disbarred - Where is Idiot Al Sharpton?
The Virtuous Republic - Saturday's Hellfire and Brimstone
Blue Star Chronicles - Schwarzenegger is Labeled Racist for...
No Apology - Victory for Homeschool Freedom Bill?
Rudy Newt - Ron Paul supporter says Rudy profits from 911
Cantor - Siamo gli spettatori dell’inferno mediorientale
DeMediacratic Nation - Iran Strategy being Debated at White...
Spanish Pundit - French legislative elections
The Mote in God's Eye - Profanatori di tombe
MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy - End of Week Exhaust

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Long Weekend (Open) Must-Read List

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► War on Terror
► Out-Thought by the Enemy
► Ralph Peters, New York Post
► What I've learned
► Tony Blair, Economist
► The Army We Need
► Tom Donnelly, Weekly Standard
► The Invisible Crisis
► Michael Ledeen, National Review
► The Rout of Military History in the Academy
► Rich Lowry, Salt Lake Tribune
► Defeating a Superpower
► Clifford D. May, National Review

► Elections 2008
► Mitt Romney's skeletons in the closet
► Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
► Thompson in '08?
► Linda Feldmann, CS Monitor
► Days of Their Lives
► Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard
► Hillary, Eavesdropper?
► Mickey Kaus, Slate
► The Case for Conservatism
► George Will, Washington Post
► A look back at the GOP 2008 victory
► James P. Pinkerton, Newsday
► Why Fred Thompson?
► Robert Novak, Chicago Sun-Times
► Fred Thompson Is In
► Michael Barone, US News & World Report
► Hillary's War On Individualism
► Neal Boortz, Nealz Nuze
► Giuliani's Restraint
► New York Sun
► Social Conservatives back Rudy
► David Paul Kuhn, The Politico

► Immigration
► Still Baffled By Immigration
► Clive Crook, National Journal
► Too Bad
► Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
► Get in Line, Einstein
► Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
► The Global Immigration Problem
► Victor Davis Hanson, Real Clear Politics
► Doing the Booing Americans Won't Do
► Michelle Malkin, Real Clear Politics

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Right Truth - The Gathering Storm, a book review
Blue Star Chronicles - Terror Threat at JFK Airport Foiled
The Virtuous Republic - Peggy Noonan Breaks from Conservatives
Mark My Words - Would the following fit on a bumper sticker?
Committees of Correspondence - Tashbih Sayyed R.I.P.
Maggie's Notebook - Rosie O'Donnell Revealed...
Gulf Coast Hurricane Tracker - Tropical Storm Barry forms...
Blue Star Chronicles - The Tuberculosis Saga of Andrew...
Perri Nelson's Website - The Shot Heard Round The World
The Amboy Times - Bush's Border Blunder
Perri Nelson's Website - 1969
Planck's Constant - The Portuguese Reconquista and New Jersey...
The Mote in God's Eye - Il Consiglio dei Ministri delle Beffe...
Planck's Constant - Mendle and the Lebanese in Australia
DeMediacratic Nation - Fred Thompson on Iran, Israel...
The Uncooperative Blogger - The Uncooperative Radio Show!
Diary of the Mad Pigeon - Talk about Feeling like an...
Blue Star Chronicles - Jihad Children: Kindergarten...
The Amboy Times - Giuliani v Edwards and Amnesty

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Sarkò Round-Up

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► Mainstream Media [Anglosphere]
► French Lessons
► Denis Boyles, National Review
► Shortest of Honeymoons
► Mark Steyn, New York Sun
► The Right Revolution For France
► Dominique Moisi, Real Clear Politics
► Victory for Sarkozy is Victory for France
► The Daily Telegraph
► French give Sarkozy a mandate for reform
► Charles Bremner, The Times
► Sarkozy Wins the Chance to Prove...
► Craig S. Smith, The New York Times
► France wakes up to a new political era
► Martin Arnold, Financial Times
► The new face of France under Sarkozy
► Caroline Wyatt, BBC News
► Sarkozy revolution takes France to the right
► James Button, The Age

► Mainstream Media [Italia]
► Sarkozy, svolta per l'Occidente
► Renzo Foa, Liberal
► La disfatta di Ségolène Royal travolge la sinistra
► Alberto Toscano, Il Giornale
► Sarkozy convince i francesi. È lui il dopo-Chirac
► Pierluigi Mennitti, Ideazione
► La doppia vittoria di Sarkò
► Christine Vodovar e Lucia Bonfreschi, L'Occidentale
► La vittoria
► Il Foglio
► Il gollismo è superato, Nicolas è l’uomo-azione
► Fabio Torriero, Il Tempo
► La rottura
► Massimo Nava, Corriere della Sera
► Un successo di popolo
► Gaetano Quagliariello, Il Giornale

► Blogosfera [Italia]
► E' nata la Right Europe
► Wind Rose Hotel
► Prendere nota
► Freedomland
► Ensemble a Sarkozy
► RDM20
► Sarkozy: un esempio per la destra italiana
► Face the Truth
► Cosa ci aspettiamo da Sarkozy
► Orizzonte Liberale
► La lezione francese
► La Voce del Padrone
► Cosa attende il Presidente
► Phastidio.net
► Meno Eurabia, più atlantismo
► La pulce di Voltaire
► La Francia è tornata
► Ultima Thule
► La "rupture"
► A Conservative Mind
► Gatti, leoni e galline
► Calamity Jane
► Ha vinto Sarkozy!
► Mondopiccolo
► Sarkozy presidente
► Parbleu!
► E adesso Sarko dovrà ri-fare i francesi
► Zamax
► Per il Ps sconfitta con disonore
► JimMomo
► Sarkozy, un exemple pour l'Italie
► The Just Choice
► E' Sarkozy, ovviamente
► Pro American Movement
► La rivoluzione europea
► Valentina Meliadò
► Bonjour France
► Mithrandir
► Il paese è piccolo, la gente mormora
► Dall'altra parte

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Alex

Alex was 21 years old, joined the US Army in 2004 right out of high school, served in Korea and went on his tour to the Middle East last fall. He was fighting to defend our Freedom. Alex was killed last week, in Iraq, by a terrorist attack. At Wichita, in Kansas, everyone remembers him. And Lyn, at Bloggin' Outloud, asked us - as members of the Blue Star Chronicles' blogroll - to write a few words. It's impossible, of course, to alleviate his family's pain. All we can do is to try to share a bit of this pain. Never Forget.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. (Ronald Reagan)

Long Weekend (Open) Must-Read List

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► War on Terror
► Is There Still a War on Terror?
► Victor David Hanson, National Review
► One Choice in Iraq
► Joe Lieberman, Washington Post
► Congress and Iraq
► Frederick W. Kagan, Weekly Standard
► Iraq: Who's Winning, Harry?
► Amir Taheri, New York Post
► The Democrats' Gonzales
► David Broder, Washington Post
► Talking of Defeat is No Way to Win
► John O'Sullivan, Chicago Sun-Times
► The War Party
► W. James Antle III, The American Conservative

► Road to 2008
► Democrats Prove Giuliani's Point
► James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
► Rudy Shows Some Brass
► Investor's Business Daily
► Inside Hillary's Obama Counterattack
► Karen Tumulty - James Carney, Time
► McCain Knows It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint
► Joe Scarborough, MSNBC
► The Shadow Candidates
► John Heilemann, New York Magazine
► Hillary's Experience is at Surviving
► Dick Morris, The Hill
► Abortion, The Iraq War and 2008
► Ed Koch, Real Clear Politics

► Various
► Boris the Liberator, RIP
► Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
► Jefferson Versus the Muslim Pirates
► Christopher Hitchens, City Journal
► French Devolution
► Rich Lowry, National Review
► Let's Be Realistic About Reality
► Mark Steyn, Chicago Sun-Times
► Dancin’, Yeah
► John Derbyshire, National Review

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Faultline USA - Dhimmicratic Debate
The Amboy Times - Jihadis aspire to 'conquer France'
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Third World County - “…thought is half murdered…”
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