Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… ~ Honore de Balzac

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GOP and the City

TMH’s Bacon Bits (DL) Liberals Play Censorship with Our Lives — “Liberals, I was informed decades ago in college, believe in accepting all points of view and are mature enough intellectually and emotionally to keep an open mind about things that they may differ with. (Don’t laugh yet.)”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Profiling Profiles — “Taking a page from Israeli security forces, the US has started using a technique for screening at airports that focuses on the people rather than the methodology to stop terrorism. Although currently only an experimental program, the technological escalation of the British sky plot will pressure the Transportation Security Administration into deploying this across all airports:”

Blue Crab Boulevard Woman Facing Charges — “he woman who caused a flight from London To Washington to be diverted to Boston will be facing charges for her actions. It does appear she had banned items in her carry on bag – which says that the security crackdown is not quite working as well as it should. Her behavior as described in the article today was extremely odd.”

Right Wing News (John Hawkins) The Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong: The GOP Has Moved To The Middle Too Much, Not Too Little — “The conventional wisdom you seem to hear for politicians always seems to be, “When in doubt, move to the middle!” Yet, a big part of the reason that Bush and the GOP are in trouble this year is because they’re following exactly that advice.”