Favorite poster from NR's "The Corner"

24 [John J. Miller]
The show should start calling itself 16, so it can quit before the season goes sour, as it always seems to do. Things we've learned in the last few weeks: The real terrorists aren't foreign haters of America but U.S. defense contractors, stem cells offer the hope of miracle cures for biological-weapon attacks, and when Jack Bauer seeks deathbed counsel he calls a Muslim imam.

05/19 07:45 AM

Nothing sweeter than reading NRO be disappointed about 24's liberal bias.

Guns in Parks [David Freddoso]

This afternoon, the House is expected to pass the credit-card bill — much to the delight of the National Rifle Association.

Included in the bill's current version, which will go straight to the president after House passage, is the Coburn amendment, which allows the carrying of firearms in national parks to whatever extent is legal in the state where the park resides.The bill would also standardize the gun policy of the various federal agencies that manage federal lands. For example, the Parks Service forbids firearms on its lands, whereas the Bureau of Land Management permits them. Thirty-one states already allow the carrying of firearms in their state parks.

"We have been working on this measure for close to a decade," said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle Association. "We think it's a reasonable measure that helps law-abiding people"

Arulanandam cited National Parks Service statistics showing that visitors to national parks are victimized every year — murders, rapes, and robberies — and that the parks often conceal secret methamphetamine labs and marijuana fields. Given the relative scarcity of law enforcement within large parks, law-abiding visitors might find a firearm necessary in the event that someone tries to victimize them.

hey what's in that picnic basket...BLAM BLAM BLAM

that damn bear is not going to steal my picnic basket ever again.

Nord-Licker's been kicking ass lately.

Terror Recidivism [Mark Krikorian]

The Pentagon reports that one in seven freed Gitmo detainees "are engaged in terrorism or militant activity." Obviously a good reason to keep the facility open. But what are the terms for their release? Do we parole them? As I understand it, when you release POWs on parole, they promise not to take up arms again, and if they do, they can and should be executed. I'm happy to be corrected on this, but wouldn't it be reasonable to require such an agreement of any detainees we send back to their homes? Then, if we catch them up to their old tricks, there's less ambiguity about how to treat them.

"old tricks."

OH SHIIIIIIT

This should be good.

KJL just blew a fucking gasket.

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http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NTg2MDJjNjQ5YTg1ZTM4YzE3OTBlYTFjM2E4ZDc3OGM=

HAHAHAHAHAHA

The fun begins. I remember Goldberg's stock complaint about such things is along the lines of 'they're not libertarians when they talk about this, they're libertines.' Pobrecito.

Very disappointing. Taylor and his post might as well be radioactive for all the Cornerites' willingness to touch it, and now they have the long weekend and a SCOTUS nom to help them pretend it never happened.

Or maybe they SB'ed him.

they can't even find enough disdain to hate Sotomayor yet except to say "empathy lol."

hahahaha, I emailed my last post above to Taylor and he responded pretty quickly. "I don't get the impression that this is a debate than anyone at the
Corner is interested in having. Think I'm wrong?"

Our man on the inside.

How do I shot flame-fanning?

"Hahahaha, I think that K-Lo would strongly consider revoking your posting privileges if you pressed the matter."

And then Mark Levin would say something charming about a gun.

What Would Obama Do? [Jonah Goldberg]

Lots of readers ask whether Obama would really retalliate with nukes if North Korea attack America or one its allies. Obviously, no one knows the answer and no one wants to find out for sure. But I do think it's a reasonable question. Would Obama nuke Pyongyang if the Norks nuked Seoul? I kind of doubt it. Would he nuke Iran if LA were in ruins at Iranian hands? More likely, but I'm not positive about that either. It'd be a good plot device for a political novel: a liberal, anti-nuke, president refuses to retaliate after a nuclear strike. Would the public demand his impeachment? Would the Congress declare war and force his hand? Questions best left for fiction and academic debate, I think.

Norks????

North Koreans. Norks. The wit.

What a dumbass.

Uh, under what law is refusing to launch nuclear weapons grounds for impeachment?

the law that says the only form of retaliation to a nuclear attack is another nuclear attack.

I think this would be the basis of a very terrible novel.

Questions best left for bloggers and terrible novelists, I think.

I mean, I wouldn't put it past the American public to cry out for impeachment over something that wasn't illegal, but STILL

if we did get hit with nukes, the American people would be crying out for aloe to soothe their burning skin, not crying out for impeachment

This is stupid for many reasons, but one of them is that you don't need to nuke people to beat the shit out of them.

other reasons: NK wouldn't gain anything by nuking Seoul, NK and/or Iran can't reach US territory with nukes

yeah i thought that was funny, too, why would iran bomb LA?????

instead of like dc, boston, nyc

see, that is part of the plot; Iran has missiles in CANADA

what if kamchatka nuked alaska

i hope this plot involves Bruce Willis in some fashion

i hope this plot involves Bruce Willis in some fashion

yes... but as the VILLAIN (think of it as his "Training Day")

bruce willis already made his "what if iran..." villain movie

http://www.palint.org/the.siege.jpg

the makers just weren't prescient enough to make Denzel the president instead of a damn good cop

yes but this will be a "what if iran. . ." movie starring bruce willis and LA not NYC

hey bruce look out behind you!

also he wasn't the villain in "The Siege", just a douche

so he'll have a mustache in this one then

EXACTLY

It will be like "The Jackal" all over again!

The Jackal II: Jack Harder

what if kamchatka nuked alaska

this should be a subplot, so the movie can be called Kamchatka!

gesundheit

genorkheit

Kamchatka II: The Wrath of Norks!

http://www.lahiguera.net/cinemania/actores/bruce_willis/fotos/5028/bruce_willis.jpg

Some will weigh it...
And others avoid it...
but heroes...
take it.

Risk.