Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty lip, Digestion waits on pleasure as you sip. ~ Pope Leo XII

TMH’s Bacon Bits (The MaryHunter) Will Bush Hear the “Save America First” Crowd? — “In his recent column “A modest proposal: Save America first, ” Washington Times columnist Wesley Pruden has a few recent observations regarding President Bush’s approach, in particular, to the illegal immigration issue. He notes, for example, the fractionalized GOP base in general and over immigration reform in particular: only 13% of conservatives approve of Bush’s amnesty proposal, and a mere 9% feel he is properly protecting our national border.”

SoCalPundit (Kevin) Pictures & Video From Our Rally To Support The Troops — “On May 6th 2006, The Republican Party of Santa Clarita organized a street rally to show our support for our men and women in uniform. [...] Anyway, we managed to capture many images of the day and I present them to you now. Click the pictures for a larger version of each image. Here is a music video honoring the event.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Iraq To Unify Baghdad Force — “The new Iraqi government has decided to remove the confusion of having various security forces for different ministries operating in the greater Baghdad area and consolidate all such units into one cohesive force. The concern over confusion between actual government forces and the sectarian militias has crescendoed with the recent violence in the capital, and a unified command would resolve those issues immediately:”