Salt Lick wrote:
“And you know you are starting to win if Sadr announces plans to turn the Mahdi Army into a civic and social service organization.”

I.e., “Let’s create a new and improved Iraqi Hezbollah!” Let’s hope Maliki and friends smash this cockroach again. He’s still wriggling.

Wrichard wrote:
“The representatives of a certain religion, represented by its most articulate members, were ready with well-spoken arguments about the ‘limits of freedom of speech.’”

If Belmonters have not yet experienced the pleasure of watching Hirsan Ali skewer her verbal opponents with her simple and profound arguments, just log in to CSPAN and watch one of the archived programs. The opponents are reduced to saying either “you’re a tool of the oppressors” or “you’re an apostate,” both of which criticisms she lobs back at them, with ease and grace, to her audiences’ great embarrassment.

Do you remember the dark days of pre-surge when you could see the darting eyes and hear quavering in the voices of Pres. Bush and P.M. Blair during their press conferences and question hours? Those were depressing sights and sounds. Their parties retreated to safety, almost all of them. All the more kukdos to the President and Prime Minister for being scared but still pressing on.

I want to hear someone produce a music video of “Real lefties of genius,” written to the Bud Light commerical melody. Anyone done one yet?