Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It’s the only thing “real” men do that doesn’t seem to threaten their masculinity. ~ Erma Bombeck

FYI: I’ve been playing around with my Thunderbird Email client this morning instead of working on this First Cup post as I should have been. I’ll get back to work now.

Blue Crab Boulevard Poor Media — “Oh, gee. Let me get out my violin. The media is choosing not to send a chartered jet full of reporters chasing after the president everywhere he goes. It costs too much, you see. But Critics of Anything Bush™ are whining that it’s “secrecy”.”

TMH’s Bacon Bits (DL) Terrorist Plot: Bush Lied Again! — “One of my favorite Biblical stories is when Christ, in response to his Apostles’ pleading with Him for a miracle to help convert some skeptics, said that all the miracles in the world wouldn’t convince them. I’m afraid that is exactly how far gone is the condition of liberalism today – unswayable and ill of mind, foul of heart, contaminated with twisted tormented souls.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Now It’s Time To Play Beat The Clock — “Neither Israel nor Lebanon acted urgently to ratify the UN Security Council cease-fire resolution, putting off consideration from both Cabinets until Sunday. Israel used the time to push forward on its military goals, trying to accomplish as much as possible before the cease-fire comes into effect:”