Re: Surge

"At the risk of offending the right-of-center folks..."

"Right of center" is somewhere to the right of John McCain. From what I've been able to gather, such folks might be offended by the assumption that McCain is "their man" - or even someone they need to defend rather than merely vote for - and they have no problem with anyone pointing out any of McCain's shortfalls.

Then there's this:

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - D.C. police will seal off entire neighborhoods, set up checkpoints and kick out strangers under a new program that D.C. officials hope will help them rescue the city from its out-of-control violence.

Under an executive order expected to be announced today, police Chief Cathy L. Lanier will have the authority to designate “Neighborhood Safety Zones.” At least six officers will man cordons around those zones and demand identification from people coming in and out of them. Anyone who doesn’t live there, work there or have “legitimate reason” to be there will be sent away or face arrest, documents obtained by The Examiner show.

And this:

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
-- Barack Obama, July 2, 2008

Update: Warning! - video with one bad word in it below the fold.

Badmouthing Blue Angels

Why someone wouldn't like the Blue Angels is beyond me. Who wouldn't want to hear jets breaking the sound barrier of awesome? But some in Seattle don't, check it out at C.H.U.D. Busters.