Sunday, May 8, 2011
On the Inconvenience of the Record
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Attorney General Eric Holder--chief legal defender of the President's raid into Pakistan to kill Osama Bin Laden--has thus far been somewhat unconvincing in the role. Could it be because his heart's not in it? Could it be because his legal record--a 2004 amicus brief--shows a man convinced that Bin Laden should be treated as a criminal--not an enemy combatant--unless he is encountered on a traditional battlefield? Andrew McCarthy thinks so--and I tend to agree.
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The Fish: The fish is a "coat of arms" for the blog, symbolizing three formative influences in the life of the blog founder. The first is his experience at the University of Virginia--symbolized most importantly by the fish itself, or a caricature of a "Wahoo", the fish we have acquired as an informal nickname. Additionally there is the sword, the sword of a Cavalier. It is not wielded in a threatening manner, as this is a civil blog. But it is there, should it be needed. Thirdly, there is the influence of 21 years in the Navy--symbolized by the anchor on the Wahoo's fin (and again, the sword) . Finally, there is the bowler, tuxedo, and monocle, symbols of a refined, intellectual conservatism, or what I seek to encourage here.
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1 comment:
Heard the President this weekend saying "Anyone who didn't think [Osama] didn't deserve what he got needs to have their [sic] head examined."
Amazing what a shot in the ol' ratings will do to those ol' principles.
Yep, no more business as usual in THIS Washington.
Personally, I agree with him. But, then again, I didn't have the moral outrage about what the Bush Administration did to enable this success that POTUSO and Eric H had just up until the second we got OBL and POTUSO's polls surged.
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