Quick Links
Have to get out the door a little early today, so here are some links to ponder:
The Macho Response has another great photo essay on the links between the Left and the New Age Movement. False consciousness.
Inspired by Gen. Petraeus' fainting spell last week, The Civil War bookshelf looks at the ages of the generals who fought the Civil War versus those fighting the Iraq/Afghan War. All of those guys we think of "old" during The War Between the States were actually much younger than the current crop.
Ann Althouse is live-blogging the Kagen hearings. Last time I checked, the polls showed a plurality of Americans opposed her nomination, although the pollster did not see fit to find out why that might be. The GOP could probably - but won't - make something of this.
Ampontan has a long-ish post about the flailings of the Japanese Left. They finally grasped the reins of power, only to find that there's no money left.
The NY Post has the goods on the Red Beauty who was at the center of the Russian spy ring. Hers was a dangerous embrace.
Dr. Helen chastises a media "feminist" who haughtily claims that it is within feminist dogma to marry a meal ticket. I've found many of Today's Bold New Women to be quite traditional in the sense that they can rationalize anything.
Via Gateway Pundit, Scott Brown is signing on to oppose the financial (non) reform bill, on which he previously voted "Aye." Between this and the loss of Byrd, we may get out of this yet.
And Denninger notes that Russ Feingold has come out against financial (non) reform too. Feingold's a good guy. If there was a burning building filled with liberals and I could only save one, it would definitely be Feingold.
Houston's Clear Thinkers looks at the prospects for a BP bankruptcy. BP is actually still in a strong financial position, given its cash flow and assets. But a BK would streamline the claims process by sending it through a central location - the Bankruptcy Court - rather than proceeding piecemeal through various state courts. Too bad the negative PR would kill BP.
Tom Maguire notes The Times accidentally published a piece from a prominent physicist - and (all hail) a Nobel Prize winner! - who says forget about a top down approach to changing America's energy generating. You should convert as much as you can to natural gas - he suggests cars and electricity generation - and then use incentives to reform industry. Good stuff, but sadly American Greens don't care about making America's energy usage more efficient. They just want a lot less of it.
And, The Times notes that Robert Byrd's passing has complicated efforts to pass financial (non) reform since he was expected to provide the crucial 60th vote. There's so much wrong going on here it's hard to know where to start. First, the persistence of the "doddering old Senator slowly dying in office" as a stock character in American politics simply has no place in the modern age. It would have been so much easier if Byrd had simply left office - and not run for re-election two (!) years ago - and let someone get in their without disrupting the nation's business. Second, we are facing the prospect of yet another appointed Senator (there are 5 by last count, plus the court appointed Bagevich and Franken) providing the crucial vote on a 2,000 page bill. Representative this ain't.
Have a nice day!
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