Libya, Bah-Humbug

We’re lobbing missiles that go for about $750,000 a copy into a country for the entirety of which I would not trade the change behind my sofa cushions, inasmuch as Libya strikes me the very definition of a negative asset, one that we are in the process of taking custodianship over. (Why are we doing that, again? In order to give the Arab League a chance to break the land speed record for stabbing us in the back? Which took about three minutes.)
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If the experience of the last ten years has taught us anything, it should be this: We can bomb our enemies into the Stone Age, but we cannot bomb them into the 21st century.

-- Kevin D. Williamson at National Review

I wouldn't put it quite so chauvinistically, but I do love the point about the limitations of bombing. Even smart bombs aren't that smart.

Libya, Bah-Humbug

We’re lobbing missiles that go for about $750,000 a copy into a country for the entirety of which I would not trade the change behind my sofa cushions, inasmuch as Libya strikes me the very definition of a negative asset, one that we are in the process of taking custodianship over. (Why are we doing that, again? In order to give the Arab League a chance to break the land speed record for stabbing us in the back? Which took about three minutes.)
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If the experience of the last ten years has taught us anything, it should be this: We can bomb our enemies into the Stone Age, but we cannot bomb them into the 21st century.

-- Kevin D. Williamson at National Review

I wouldn't put it quite so chauvinistically, but I do love the point about the limitations of bombing. Even smart bombs aren't that smart.

Relief Efforts for Haiti

With so many natural disasters in the world, such as the most recent one in Japan, they can crowd each other out when it comes to relief efforts. harmanhay, a friend of our Miss Next, is seeking to rejuvenate relief efforts for Haiti, which you can do here. As with the relief efforts we saw from Susanna for Brazil, this one has its own creative verve to it, as you can see at the link. So, please, donate and/or spread the word.

Relief Efforts for Haiti

With so many natural disasters in the world, such as the most recent one in Japan, they can crowd each other out when it comes to relief efforts. harmanhay, a friend of our Miss Next, is seeking to rejuvenate relief efforts for Haiti, which you can do here. As with the relief efforts we saw from Susanna for Brazil, this one has its own creative verve to it, as you can see at the link. So, please, donate and/or spread the word.

Frogs Doing It

Frogs mate on March 19, 2011 in Mijoux, eastern France. By Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images.

-- The Daily Dish

Frogs Doing It

Frogs mate on March 19, 2011 in Mijoux, eastern France. By Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images.

-- The Daily Dish