Gordian's Rants

Air France Tragedy

Terribly sad, our prayers go out to their families: Air France Plane Debris Is Found in the Atlantic.

Acronym Zoo!

Only one Acronym describes them all, WASTE (No special dictionary needed): New Crop of U.S. Acronyms Adds to Thistles and Tares in Language.

Kim Jong UN - How Appropriate

WSJ: Seoul Sees Signs of Heir to North's Kim Jong Il - Kim Jong UN, How quaint, he names his son after his favorite world organization. Maybe he will be as useless as his namesake.

We don't take him serious either

I'm listening to Fox News and they are reporting on this country's first Arab-Islamic president's (a la Clinton being the first black president) trip to the middle east to hold talks with his friends and allies. Fox is showing clips of an interview with an Arab news reporter and a comment came out of his mouth that I doubt the State run MSM will comment on; the interviewer was asking why the Obama was so popular with the Arab news media and the reporter blurted, that, "They don't take his threats very serious!" Well, a lot of Americans don't either, but that doesn't translate to popularity with us.

Be and Adult but don't encourage him, VOTE NO to Sotomayor

Peggy Noonan: Republicans, Let's Play Grown-Up

The choice for Republicans isn't between "attack" and "roll over." It's broader than that, and more interesting. There's a new and fresh opportunity here for Republicans in the Senate to be serious, and, in their seriousness, to be seen and understood in a new light.
Serious opposition to Judge Sotomayor is not only fair, it's necessary: It's your job to oppose if you oppose. But it should be serious, not merely partisan. Mr. Obama himself well knows he voted against John Roberts and Sam Alito only in essence because they were conservative. He was planning a presidential run and playing to a left-wing base. But that didn't enhance his reputation, did it? Not with anyone who wasn't part of his base.
Don't grill and grandstand, summon and inform. Show the respect that expresses equality and the equality that is an expression of respect. Ask and listen, get the logic, explain where you think it wrong. Fill the airwaves with thoughtful exchanges.

And then, Ms. Noonan, the Republicans should, all of them, vote no.