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Google Sightseeing via satellite imagery.
U.S. Envoy: N. Korea Nuclear Materials Went to Libya.
...you can bet your bottom dollar they weren’t Clinton’s secret recipes for chicken a la king. In fact, as a practical matter, there is only one thing they could have been, given the huge risk that Berger took in stealing them from the Archives and destroying them.
Consider. All five were copies, or (as the Times puts it at one point) “versions,” of a single document: an assessment of terrorist threats produced during the Clinton Administration. These copies had presumably been distributed to various major figures in the administration and later collected and placed in the Archives. What interested Berger about five copies of the same document? Presumably, notes scribbled on them by the recipients. And what could have impelled him to destroy three of the five copies, and return the other two? Surely, that the notes on those three copies made it all too clear that somebody high up in the Clinton Administration had perceived a threat very much like what happened on September 11, but then failed to do anything about it
Butler U. President Bobby Fong: those who threw a pie at guest speaker would be prosecuted. He issued a statement including:
A university is at its best a forum for the open exchange of ideas and opinions. Mr. Horowitz`s right to express his opinions was violated by those who disrupted his speech. We support the constitutional rights of free speech granted to Mr. Horowitz as well as to those who disagree with his opinions. The university does not support this inappropriate behavior.
Pressure on a university President in this case has resulted in an appropriate statement. Similar statements from other university Presidents should be sought as well.
Tom Delay called for other branches of government to use their Constitutional authority to balance the power of the courts:
WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, stepped up his attack on federal judges Thursday, telling a gathering of religious conservatives that the judiciary has “run amok” and demanding that Congress assert authority over the courts.
...”The judiciary branch of our government has overstepped its authority on countless occasions, overturning and in some cases just ignoring the legitimate will of the people,” DeLay said. “But I also believe the executive and legislative branches have neglected the proper checks and balances on this behavior … Our next step, whatever it is, must be more than rhetoric.”
...”Judges continue to substitute their own political views for the law, and we must push back,” [Rep. Lamar Smith] said.
It’s got to happen. The Judicial branch of government is trying to take over. The Constitutional balance of powers has to be asserted to even things out.
See also this post discussing Newt Gingrich’s views on this subject.
See also this post for an excellent comment thread in which Bellman and I discuss the subject.
The Washington Times anticipates additional Minutemen patrols in other states:
There aren’t many border-control success stories these days, but Arizona’s Minuteman Project is quickly becoming one. For observers wondering how average Americans can contribute meaningfully to homeland security, the Minutemen are becoming something of a model.
...In their first week, the binoculared and infrared-equipped Minutemen spotted dozens of suspected illegals and reported them to the Border Patrol. In one of their first encounters with illegals, as Jerry Seper of The Washington Times reported from Palominas, Ariz., volunteers rescued a dehydrated and emaciated illegal.
...“We want to show that force of numbers secures the border,” [Minuteman organizer Chris Simcox] told the Chronicle. Of course, he’s only right if we have civilian patrols along the whole stretch of the border. Which we may soon have if Minuteman successes continue.
...Privately, Minutemen are getting word from agents in the field that they appreciate their help. As Mr. Simcox told Fox News Thursday morning, agents are giving the “thumbs up” to the volunteers.
