On Justice Alito

THE FOUNDATION

"[J]udges, therefore, should be always men of learning and experience in the
laws, of exemplary morals, great patience, calmness, coolness, and attention.
Their minds should not be distracted with jarring interests." —John Adams

After New media held firm on Miers, Bush answered boldly with Sam Alito and he will be confirmed. I am amazed at how far the "leaders" in the DNC can be so daft in their questioning, Kennedy was shamed out of the room along with Biden, Schumer and the rest of the windy cast except Fienstein . She is voting "nay" but won't support a filibuster, I am sure her cohort Boxer will be very shrill in the floor debate.
As linked in an update to yesterday's post, Jed Babbin makes a great case for Pushing Back

It's time to take the gloves off, and push back -- hard --
against the dishonest and deranged rhetoric of the left. Thanks to their
relentless Bush-bashing and their reckless condemnations of how we are fighting
the war, the latest polls say that only about one American in three says the
nation is headed in the right direction and only 44% say the president is doing
a good job. The hyperlib rhetoric not only flies in the face of the facts -- the
economy is booming and the war is being won -- but it has enormously negative
effects at home and overseas

As does Mark Steyn in this well honed example of a razor sharp wit, a quote goldmine.

I find it, as grave somber Senate Democrats like to say, "troubling."
Indeed, I find it not just "troubling" but sad that a party once so good at "the
politics of personal destruction" has got so bad at it. The last time they had a
Supreme Court nominee to hang upside down in the Democrat bondage dungeon was
the John Roberts hearings. And at least, when hatchet man Chuck Schumer
professed himself "troubled" by the "fullness" of John Roberts' "heart," the
crack oppo-research guys had uncovered an "inappropriate" use of the word
"amigo" by Roberts back in the early '80s.
But, with Sam Alito the worst
they come could up with was that he might have been around some other guy who
might have used the word "amigo." Not back in the early '80s, but in the early
'70s.
That's it? It's a tragedy to watch once-fearsome attack dogs spend a
week chasing their tails because they're "concerned" about the "Concerned Alumni
of Princeton" -- though, of course, these days one's heartened to find Sen.
Kennedy still capable of chasing tail. Still, would it be too much to ask these
guys to put in a little rehearsal time and practice grilling themselves in front
of the bedroom mirror.

My only problem with the direction we are headed as country is the is the indescretionary pork barrel spending and outrageous spending by special interests for those favored earmarks. That is why I am promoting the blogger petition at Truth Laid Bear about the future leadership of the House GOP.

An Appeal from Center-Right Bloggers
January
13, 2006 09:49 AM
I'm pleased to present the following statement on
behalf of the undersigned bloggers.
-N.Z.
An Appeal from Center-Right
Bloggers
We are bloggers with boatloads of opinions, and none of us come
close to agreeing with any other one of us all of the time. But we do agree on
this: The new leadership in the House of Representatives needs to be thoroughly
and transparently free of the taint of the Jack Abramoff scandals, and beyond
that, of undue influence of K Street.
We are not naive about lobbying, and
we know it can and has in fact advanced crucial issues and has often served to
inform rather than simply influence Members.
But we are certain that the
public is disgusted with excess and with privilege. We hope the Hastert-Dreier
effort leads to sweeping reforms including the end of subsidized travel and
other obvious influence operations. Just as importantly, we call for major
changes to increase openness, transparency and accountability in Congressional
operations and in the appropriations process.
As for the Republican
leadership elections, we hope to see more candidates who will support these
goals, and we therefore welcome the entry of Congressman John Shadegg to the
race for Majority Leader. We hope every Congressman who is committed to ethical
and transparent conduct supports a reform agenda and a reform candidate. And we
hope all would-be members of the leadership make themselves available to new
media to answer questions now and on a regular basis in the future.

We need to continue the Reagan/Gingritch revolution, from the commentary I see from both sides of the aisle, I would gamble to say we are winning. I am not much for polls though I thoroughly enjoy having fun with the pollster, it all depends on how the question is framed and the region the polling took place. Who could really support this way of thinking as George Jonas pointed out so well.

Canada's highest court ruled on spouse-swapping the other day, andI'm in
agreement ­ well, a kind of uneasy agreement ­ with their ruling.Yes,
spouse-swapping shouldn't be a crime, but human beings who insist onbehaving
like baboons should consider moving to a zoo,There's a superficial resemblance
between sages and people whodon't give a damn. Modern liberals wouldn't condemn
a woman taken inadultery any more than Jesus did in St. John, Chapter 8, but for
a different reason. Christ had a tolerance for sinners; modern liberals have a
tolerance for sin.

I also recommend this bit of research to read carefully on the differences between Christianity and Islam. This is a well written essay and well footnoted by James Arlandson at The American Thinker.

If you were to start a new religious movement or an entirely new religion,
people would hurl insults at you, guaranteed. Those who cherish the status
quo
may even threaten your life. But how would you respond? Would you show
patience
and take it? Would you walk away? Would you return the insults,
calling them
names? Would you engage in a verbal sparring match, disarming
your opponents
with your wit?

Or would you do the unthinkable? Would you get a gun and kill
the insulters?
Or would you send a follower to kill an opponent stealthily in
the
night?
Two founders of religious movements, which eventually became world
religions, heard insults and serious challenges thrown at them by skeptics
and
mockers. Sometimes their lives were threatened. Though Jesus and
Muhammad
sometimes reacted in the same way, showing patience and walking
away, in the
final analysis, their reactions were different.
How did
each one react,
specifically?

Is this a tough choice?

These folks also have some good stuff posted

Carol, Karen, Mark, Lisa, Lores, Paul, Stan, Tug, Cabe, William and Jay

And Threats Watch and these, here, here, and here will get you up to speed on the GWOT