Inappropriate Content: The Round Up

I swore to myself I wouldn't write about Schiavo again. Then I wrote most of a post. Then I trashed it. It's hard to say your not going to write about such a major political event—especially when you're writing a blog with pretentions of political relevancy.

Fortunately, there's someone out there who does it better than I. He's also someone who can finally replace Juan Cole on my blogroll. Finally!

Many Republicans delight in the current battle for the soul of the Democratic Party, a battle I engage in with vigor here. It's a big difference between R's and D's. We Democrats have no qualms calling out our friends when they are making mistakes. It ain't pretty, but it is necessary. A political party should have a broad base of people with differing views who coalesce around a set of principles. The disagreements that inevitably result, on major issues, need to be fleshed out.

It's Democracy Guy! He's a democrat who's been banned by Atrios, Daily Kos, and MyDD! He's the only other blogger Quilly calls an “Impressive Lefty!” He's on my blogroll!

(Which is that thing below that great picture of me in the Library of Congress.)

Okay, I promised I wouldn't write about Schiavo. So I won't. But other people have.

Peter on wanting to die, and the necessity of a living will.
Quilly on erring on the side of life, and the necessity of a living will.
Christiana on dirty legislative tricks, legislative overreach, and legislative deciet. (Could you guess she's a law student?)
Democracy Guy uncovers Bush's alter ego as Colonel Potter. (I'll admit it. I only blogrolled him because he like M*A*S*H.)

And finally, a story that's good news from Iraq—if you're Chuck Heston, anyway.

As the gunmen emerged from their cars, Dhia and his young relatives shouldered their Kalashnikov rifles and opened fire, the police and witnesses said. In the fierce gun battle that followed, three of the insurgents were killed, and the rest fled just after the police arrived. Two of Dhia's nephews and a bystander were wounded, the police said.

It's not that I have any sypmathy for the Iraqi insurgents. They got precisely what they deserved. I'm merely observing that, when President Bush said we were going to bring Iraq the virtues of America, I didn't realize he meant south-central L.A., circa 1993.