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(Unofficial) Round the Reader - updated

• Posted by Beth on August 23rd, 2005 filed in General, Round The Reader    

It’s not my day for Round the Reader, but hey, why not do it anyway? (Yesterday’s was done at Cry Freedom AND American Dinosaur.)

:arrow: Interesting discussion about the Iraqi constitution over at The Corner, starting with some (somewhat understandable) hand-wringing by Andrew McCarthy. I’m not so worried (see the others’ responses–Rich Lowry’s in particular–for explanation)…YET. I’m not happy about the inclusion of the language of sharia, but I’m not going to over-react…yet.

:arrow: Stop the ACLU is trying to raise money. Jay writes (via email):

We are trying to raise money to get an ad for stoptheaclu.org in the Washington Times. It will cost $2500 for a full page ad…this is in the weekly edition. It would be $10,000 for the daily. So we’re going for the smaller amount.

:arrow: See more in the ACLU’s war against American lives here and here.

:arrow: Steven Vincent’s widow Lisa Ramaci-Vincent bitch-slaps Asshat Emeritus Juan Cole. Hard. (Via LGF).

[Hang on, dammit...my DSL connection sucks right now, so I'm going back to bed. I'll finish this later.]

UPDATE: OK, I’m back with more.

:arrow: Does a fisking count when it’s this easy? Mad Dog Vinnie shakes down yet another NY Times display of bleatasticfarktardism. (I even emailed this one to the dumbass.)

:arrow: Signaleer (aka RTO Trainer) beat up this same idiot (Bob Herbert) last week, and hasn’t let up–he’s got a followup.

:arrow: Even better, Signaleer has Good News from the Middle East, with Good News from Iraq forthcoming.

:arrow: The Bonfire of the Vanities #112 is up with all kinds of snarky goodness, at Right Wing Nuthouse. Don’t forget, the Carnival of the Clueless will be there too, tomorrow!

:arrow: Mary Katharine Ham is following the Michael Graham firing. Follow the links!

:arrow: Go vote in Patrick Ruffini’s straw poll! You can pick your candidate, plus vote for a “fantasy candidate” (in other words, those who have said they’re not running). [h/t Mary Katharine Ham]

:arrow: Sissy Willis contemplates intellectual complacency, and its effect on liberalism and conservatism. She shares my conviction in that:

The leftist utopian dream was doomed from the start because it denied the economic logic of nature and human nature.

:arrow: I dare anyone to mock Jane with taunts of “101st Keyboard Brigade”–she’s one with whom the pen is definitely mightier than the sword, in her tireless campaign for freedom in Yemen. She’s got an op-ed column in the Saudi Arab News, exactly the forum in which she wanted it printed. Armies of Liberation, indeed!

:arrow: The Anchoress‘ “Family Medical and Other Concerns” list is getting distressingly long. Keep her and her family in your prayers. She’s left us with a meaty list of links while “Family Overtakes the Blog.”

And with that, I’m going to let my family overtake the blog for a bit…I’ll probably add to this post later.

UPDATE 2:

:arrow: Only a mean, heartless jerk hates dogs.

:arrow: Jeff Goldstein–no Christian Right “fundie”–puts Pat Robertson’s Chavez comments in some much-needed perspective.

…it is nevertheless imperative that we don’t lose sight of who the real villian is here.

Really.

:arrow: Via Riehl World View, not a Natalee update (although they are there, of course): Child/teen bloggers giving out too much information, although I have to say I’m not surprised. My question is, why the hell aren’t their parents monitoring their sites and email? Say what you want, but there’s an enormous difference between “invading” a child’s “privacy” (scare quotes intentional) and being a responsible parent, looking out for your child’s safety and well-being.