The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon

Iowa Voice (Brian) Michael J. Fox And The Stem Cell Debate — “I wasn’t even going to bother commenting on the Michael J. Fox thing that’s been going on lately because, quite honestly, I saw it for what it was: a Democratic Party attempt to fool voters into thinking the wrong things about Republicans and get them to vote Democrat. I figured that the American people are smarter than that. Unfortunately, I look around in the news and across the blogs and I see that that clearly is not the case.”

Blue Crab Boulevard The Last Thing We Want To Do — “The advocates of precipitous withdrawal need to understand what they outcome of such a course will be. They also have to be ready to bear the responsibility for what follows. Because those advocates will be to blame for what follows. Nobody else. They will be. We, as a nation, cannot afford to abandon these people. We cannot afford to abandon ourselves, either.”

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Have Yourself A Murderous Little Quds Day — “Iran held its Quds Day celebrations on the last Friday of Ramadan, and last Friday it indulged itself in an orgy of hatred towards Israel and America, demanding the destruction of both. As Steven Stalinsky notes at the New York Sun, the only aspect of Quds Day more astonishing than the day-long hate festival was the utter lack of interest in it by the Western media:”

Ankle Biting Pundits (Bull Dog Pundit) Bush Talks Social Security Reform – Dems Counter By Lying And Scaring Seniors — “Why do the Democrats, and the MSM continue to perpetuate the lie that Social Security benefits are “guaranteed”?

That’s easy. Because they want to scare people. So instead of using someone like Michael J. Fox to lie about their views, I’m sure they’re going to get some senior citizen couple do an ad while eating Alpo because of George Bush’s plan to take away their (non-existent) “guaranteed benefit”.”

GOP and The City (The Man) 24 Season 6 Sneak Peek — [See the clip. Get ready for season six. I am currently watching seasons 1-4 via Netflix.com (Season 4, disc 1 should be in the mail today) and season 5 on A&E. Get your 24 fix at Blogs for Bauer. Jim]