Obama's new foreign policy: meet 'em all, kill 'em all

Rudy Giuliani has accused the Democratic presidential candidates wanting to run a nanny state and raise taxes to an oppressive level. Mickey Kaus finds his nanny crack a little hypocritical. His attacks on John Edwards and Barack Obama for poor economic policy, though, is right on target. I wonder why liberals find it so hard to understand that a higher tax rate reduces incentives to earn money, and therefore reduces revenue.
Rudy also backed Hillary Clinton in her foreign relations feud with Obama. But, then again, who wouldn't?

Mickey has some advice for John McCain: turn against the press. He even writes a speech for him.

Obama wants to send troops to Pakistan. He also seemed at least lukewarm to the idea of military involvement in the Sudan during the last debate. So I guess Obama wants the US military to be everywhere except in Iraq. In fact, he's for more military operations than the Bush administration.

The Associated Press, where a story about declining casualties in Iraq requires extra effort to be sufficiently anti-surge. And Joe Lieberman tells his fellow Democrats to take terrorism seriously. For probably the 50th time.

NRO says that, in a primary where all of the Republicans have non-conservative skeletons in their closets, managerial excellence could become a paramount concern. Because while conservatives feel betrayed by Bush's liberal leanings, they also feel burned by his mismanagement in several key areas.

Democrats promised to be fiscally responsible if they took over Congress. Recently, Bush asked them to redirect more of the subsidies in the farm bill to family-owned farms. Congress did neither, pushing through a farm bill where large corporate farms receive 75% of the benefits.

Eastern European states are embracing a flat tax system and encouraging international businesses to make their homes there. I am curious to see how well it works.

I would probably react the same way if I were doing a story about vegansexuals.

Why should you buy a Super Nintendo? Because Paul Rudd says so.

Let's make a list of reasons to watch The Procedure. Andy Richter? Check. Will Ferrell? Check. Willem Dafoe dancing? Check. Bon Jovi? Check.

There is a decent chance you've seen Steve Carrell in Street of Pain, but if you haven't, here it is.