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Sniper Culture Josh Marshall follows

ArchPundit October 16, 2002 No Comments

Sniper Culture

Josh Marshall follows up on some posts he made on his site regarding Sniper Culture (can’t find the actual post right now) in Salon. I think it is a pretty fair interview and the sniper type guy makes a rational case about why people spend a lot of money. Just because you are weird enough to want to spend a lotta time doing this stuff, doesn’t necessarily make you sick.

Additionally, a lot of men who grew up on farms could be making the shot this sniper has been making.

The one thing that struck me is the sniper resource guy could have pointed out the two Delta snipers killed in Mogadishu. They provide two heroic examples of people who do so and clearly were not sadistic lunatics. Lunatics perhaps, but lunatics with courage and integrity.

Addition: I’m impressed Marshall gave this guy a pretty fair hearing. I would have been tempted to toy with him a bit.

Thanks to the Lefty Directory

ArchPundit October 16, 2002 No Comments

Thanks to the Lefty Directory

They added me. I’ll be adding them in a blogroll real soon–I’m trying to get a bunch of site maintenance in one big event instead of fighting blogger repeatedly.

Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team

ArchPundit October 16, 2002 No Comments

Illinois Circular Firing Squad Team Boob of the Day

J-Ry himself!

Capitol Fax reports J-Ry is whining that Blago is making the Nicarico case political. I’ll just quote the rich rest of the story.

Jim Ryan accused Rod Blagojevich not long ago of using the Nicarico murder case for political purposes. But this is not the first time the rape and murder of 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico has been used in a campaign. The first time was way back in 1984, when a young DuPage County lawyer was vying to be the next state’s attorney. The young lawyer repeatedly blasted the incumbent state’s attorney for making no progress in the case. The young lawyer’s name? Jim Ryan. The incumbent, Michael Fitzsimmons, was under so much political pressure from Jim Ryan that he pushed for a grand jury indictment of Rolando Cruz and two others just days before the primary election, even though the lead investigator on the case with the DuPage County Sheriff’s office thought the three men were not involved in the crime. Years later, Cruz and the others were found innocent, freed from prison and paid over $3 million in restitution.

1984 and this boob and Birkett (the other boob) can’t own up to their mistakes.

The Shawnometer is rising Dunston

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

The Shawnometer is rising

Dunston makes the series.

I’m for the war So

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

I’m for the war

So will someone shut this moron up?. This is utter fabrication.

I don’t feel so bad

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

I don’t feel so bad now

After making a lame attempt to ridicule Sully yesterday I felt kinda dumb. Fortunately, he makes a bigger ass of himself in Salon today.

Even George Will has commented on the stupidity of calling containment appeasement.

Is Salon running this column as a humor column? I mean really, Sullivan can write decent articles, but this schlock is unbelievable.

Liberal Handwringing over Moderate Republicans

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

Liberal Handwringing over Moderate Republicans

Latest edition is Dionne on Morella.

But Golf isn’t too narrow

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

But Golf isn’t too narrow

May I suggest potential employers of the SBA Prez at Wash U look at the inane reasoning of the original decision. However, they got it right finally.

The Importance of Governors John

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

The Importance of Governors

John Ellis is usually not cited here unless it is for something really funny like the following two items:

Thursday, October 10, 2002

Posted 6:09 PM by John Ellis
They’re So…..Midland

If you want to read a piece that just drips with effete condescension, look no further than today’s New York Times editorial about Laura Bush. The editors aren’t just better than she is, they know better too.

The article was quite complimentary.

or this:

Saturday, October 12, 2002

Posted 11:15 AM by John Ellis
Sniper Terrorism?

Steve Dunleavy has a remarkably strong column today on the possibility that the Washington-area sniper(s) may well be terrorists. Read it.

Remarkably strong? I’m not sure when blathering navel gazing with no evidence is remarkably strong, but it is John Ellis after all.

Ellis does have a great analysis of the importance of Govenors for Presidential Elections.

Death by 1000 cuts Jeb’s

ArchPundit October 15, 2002 No Comments

Death by 1000 cuts

Jeb’s real problem is that everyone around him is so worried about winning, they are making him look much worse. Suppressing a critical report is far worse than a critical report.