Whining about Goolge from the left
Left’s view of McCain all wrong
Going after my pal Peter Rubin
The Clintonites begin the circular firing squad
McCain’s “so-called” lobbying ties - and you think Obama has none? Start digging.
Internet connection is pretty slow where I am, but I thought I’d just hattip some of my colleagues’ blogs today:
Debbie Schlussel has an interesting piece about Israel striking an empty Hamas office. Debbie always has great insight into Israeli politics.
Althouse has a nice story comparing McCain and Obama’s (links to WashPo)
American Thinker on Obama’s interventionist theories.
Captain’s Quarters on an unexpected Bush supporter. I love the Captain.
McCain explains 100year linein Conservative Heritage Times
LONG treatise on the peace process - you had me, then you lost me.
Obama’s Old wine - I don’t buy this at all.
Tribute to the great Buckley from LGF
Criminal Negligence in Gaza - I disagree strongly with this
I was sad to learn today of the untimely loss of one of the great pillars of modern conservative thought, Mr. William F. Buckley. I grew up watching “Firing Line” and to date it’s the best thing PBS has ever aired.
I’m basking in the Negev heat, and maybe it’s gone to my head. I can’t help but think about the Giuliani campaign and what we/they could have done differently. McCain’s rise was clearly in inverse proportion to Giuliani’s decline. I’m reading about the N.Y.Times story on McCain. Can’t say I’m that surprised (either by McCain or the New York Times). Knowing him and some of the people on his campaign, there’s probably a modicum of truth to it. That campaign staff fled like rats on a sinking ship last July and I’m sure some of them have gems that they can’t wait to pass on to the press now that McCain’s the front runner. The question is how much will wind up being true.
I’m at Dulles now in the departure lounge waiting for the flight. Walking into the terminal, I’m struck by ebb and flow of new immigrants meeting their families. Carrying boxes and parcels, taped together - tied together with string, hope, gumption and luck. All looking for the American dream of freedom. Immigration’s a touchy issue, but for the few that are let in, you can see the tears of joy. Let’s hope we can continue to export that dream of freedom and democracy so all peoples can enjoy American-style liberties in their own lands. Sorry to get emotional there, but airports do that to me.
While I’m not at liberty to divulge details, suffice it to say I was at a very intriguing meeting of the minds the other night in Beverly Hills at the house of Ron Burkle. The discussion centered around the prospects of using casinos to transform the Middle East. Bush’s one mistake was his misguided focus on the spreading of democracy to the East, when he should have been taking a page from Ronald Reagan’s strategy of the Cold War - the spreading of free markets and capitalism. And what better manifestation of capitalism is there than casinos? (just ask your local Comanche or Sioux).
So there I was with Mohammed Ali Al Hashimi of Dubai-based Zabeel Investments on the one hand, and the dashing Vegas entrepeneur Andrew Sasson (the Light Group). And we got to talking about the potential for expansion in the service and hospitality sectors not just in the Emirates, but in Iraq proper. Show me a place where casinos have not prospered and bettered the prospects of the surrounding communities? Strangely enough, some old-school members of the internationalist wing of the Democrat party were present at Ron’s house that night (Dukakis, Bill Richardson, Wesley Clark et al) and Warren Christopher, of all people, chirped up “you can’t go wrong with casinos.”
