The 9/11 Generation  —  Better than the Boomers.  —  In the 1960s, history called the Baby Boomers.  They didn't answer the phone.  —  Confronted with a generation-defining conflict, the cold war, the Boomers—those, at any rate, who came to be emblematic of their generation …

Analysis: GOP senators nervous about war  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans are growing increasingly nervous defending the war in Iraq, and Democrats more confident in their attempts to end it.  —  More than a year before the 2008 elections, it is a political role reversal that bodes ill …

Mitt Catches S**t Over Hillary-Bashing Sign  —  Not everyone is a fan of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, but comparing them to one of the most dastardly pieces of human excrement of all time — that might be bit much.  Especially for a presidential candidate.

Gas Prices Rise on Refineries' Record Failures  —  Oil refineries across the country have been plagued by a record number of fires, power failures, leaks, spills and breakdowns this year, causing dozens of them to shut down temporarily or trim production.  The disruptions are helping …

FOB Falcon Responds  —  Via Matt Sanchez, we've recieved this statement from Major Kirk Luedeke, the Public Affairs Officer at FOB Falcon, the base where "Scott Thomas" claims that he and his buddies ridiculed a woman who was badly disfigured by an IED blast (no one has yet come forward …

Rudy Giuliani: Asked About HIV, He Answers With 9/11  —  Rudy Giuliani gets Iowa punctuality.  In fact, he may be the first presidential candidate in years to show up early at a caucus campaign stop.  Razzed by the Des Moines Register for running late in his last Iowa trip …

The Sky's Still Up There  —  Kathleen Sullivan, the former dean of Stanford Law School (who would be on any Democratic president's shortlist for the Supreme Court), said the other day that conservatives should be "dancing in the streets" at the end of the first full term of the Roberts Court.

'24' Star Sutherland: 'Global Warming Is A Crime For Which We Are All Guilty!'  —  Remember all that media chatter in January about the hit TV series "24" being conservative?  —  Well, likely to the applause of Jack Bauer's green fans, the producers announced the following Saturday (emphasis added, h/t NBer amber):

Public vs Private Face of Omar Bakri Mohammed: "Peace" vs. "Hooray al Qaeda!"  —  This IHT report, also published in the New York Times, portrays Omar Bakri Mohammed as a man who has moderated his views and who is trying to promote peace between the Lebanese government and the al Qaeda linked …

Personal Thoughts On Why I Haven't Have Endorsed In 2008  —  Note: I am retracting much of the original post.  What remains can be found in the extended entry and has been placed in a purely personal context.  I apologize if my tone or assertions offended anyone, especially since I now agree that those assertions were incorrect.

EXPERTS DISCUSS FLATNESS OF EARTH....The Washington Post editorializes today that we could all be singing Kumbaya on Iraq except for one itsy bitsy little thing: … Yes, you heard right.  After four years of Republican insistence that Congress's only role in the war is to pony up trainloads …

Binman's St George bandana 'is racist'  —  A black dustman has been banned from wearing a St George's Cross bandana because council officials say it could be regarded as racist.  —  Matthew Carter, 35, who was born in Barbados, used the headgear to keep his dreadlocks out of the way while he was on his rounds in Burnley, Lancs.