The American Spectator

Mr. Stein: It doesn’t matter if Rep. Ron Paul was “taking that line” or not. The relationship between America, Israel, and the rest of the Middle East is academic and anti-Antisemitism is neither necessary, or even relevant, to an accurate assessment… Res ipsa loqitur. If, Mr. Stein, you want Americans to stop blaming Israel for murder and occupation, Israel should stop murdering and occupying. And if, Mr. Stein, you don’t like American “anti-Semites” following the money trail to Israel’s military occupation, ask the Knesset to remove Israel’s grubby little hands from America’s coffers.
— Glen McCarthy

Everyone knows Ron Paul is soft on Islamic terrorism. The real question is when is this government “pork king” going to renounce earmarks? My guess he’ll remain an appeaser of tyrants and terrorists till he dies and as long as he’s in Congress he’ll make Democrats look parsimonious in his grab for cash.
— Michael Tomlinson
Jacksonville, North Carolina

WIKIPEDIAGATE
Re: Tom Bethell’s Wikipedia Meets Its Own Climategate:

If you want some further evidence of the changing of Wikipedia information to diminish contrary info to AGW, check out the Axel Heiberg information now and many months back, say April of 2008. The previous paleontology section seems to have disappeared. Compare current to the April 2008 version where there is long discussion of evidence of a previous warmer and even tropical climate on the island which is above the Arctic Circle.

You just can no longer trust Wikipedia, if the subject is at all controversial.
— Neal

I have noticed in recent times that when I put “climategate” into Google, it shows less and less responses each day. Once it showed over 40,000,000, and increasing. Once it showed over 100,000,000. It now shows about 3,600,000. In addition, it gives no reference names as I type it in. This is unlike anything I have ever seen. I think there is something fishy going on. You may want to examine this .
— Leonard Weinstein, ScD

HORNSWOGGLED
Re: Eric Peters’ New Year New Car Resolutions:

And can we please have an end to the remote door lock/unlock devices that give a blast of the car’s horn every time the device is used! The device itself is fine, but in this already overly noisy world who needs more car horns tooting? Here’s a suggestion: for all those too lazy to push a button on the door before exiting their cars, or turn a key to enter it, and who insist on using their little key fob horn-tooters, let there be a silent electric shock to let them know their gadget worked, and did so without disturbing others.
— C. Vail

PAYBACK TIME
Re: R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr.’s War Is Hell — Not Litigation:

Respectfully, how can we expect Gates to do the honorable and sensible thing here? He’s Obama’s Secretary of Defense — and we all know what Obama thinks of the military.

And given how the Army brass reacted after the Ft. Hood massacre by the Muslim jihadist, the morale and protection of the soldiers appears a distant second to heel-clicking boot-licking obedience to political correctness.

As I heard someone say on a conservative talk-radio show, this entire debacle is payback to the SEALs for having taking the initiative and killing those Somali pirates.
— C. Kenna Amos Jr.
Princeton , West Virginia

Excuse me, but where was Babbin when Col. Chessani and Col. West went through their hells with garbage charges against them. If Mr. Babbin is so interested in these Seals getting justice, why didn’t he do the right thing for the above guys when he was a big cheese at the Pentagon. Just another Republican right, Democrat wrong politician. If he was so concerned why didn’t he resign under Bush? He’s a phony. And Gates? He has been in charge through all these circuses. And this is not to mention all the silent flag ranks. Name one, just one General or Admiral that has risked his career and stood up for any of these guys. I won’t hold my breath. Thank god I’m too old to be in a foxhole with any of these paper pushers.
— Jim Welsh
Nehalem, Oregon

If they continue with this court martial, the SEALs should sack their rifles and tell their commanders to fight the war themselves…
— Ralph

Do you know how someone can donate to their legal defense?