Give a frontiersman coffee and tobacco, and he will endure any privation, suffer any hardship, but let him be without these two necessaries of the woods, and he becomes irresolute and murmuring. ~ U.S. Army Lt. William Whiting, 1849

Happy 1st Blogiversary to
Right Truth

TMH’s Bacon Bits (The Mary Hunter) A Pox on GOP Stupidity, Revisited — “At least, “beating up backsliding Republicans” has an infinitely higher probability for success than berating Liberal Democrat Wackjobs who, drunk on their new-found power, would utterly undermine the fragile progress this great but imperfect nation has made since the Clinton era and since 9/11 — thanks to Republicans.”

ScrappleFace (Scott Ott) Bush: GOP Will Stand Down as Democrats Stand Up — “President George Bush, at a White House news conference yesterday, assured Americans that “Republicans will pull out of Congress as soon as Democrats are ready to govern and protect our nation, and not one day sooner.” ”

Blogs for Bush (Matt Margolis) NYT Admits They Were Wrong To Disclose Terror Finance Tracking Program — “Now that the New York Times has admitted it was wrong, will Democrats admit they were wrong?” [Not holding my breath. Jim]

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) South Koreans Start Enforcing Sanctions — “The South Koreans have begun to block entry to North Korean officials whose travel has been restricted by the UN sanctions, the first concrete steps of implementation seen by Seoul since the UNSC passed the resolution. They also committed to some efforts to implement the economic sanctions in coming days:”

Blue Crab Boulevard Bush To Sign Border Fence Bill — “The Associated Press reports that President Bush will be signing the border fence bill. Of course the AP also disapproves and does its level best to Pooh-Pooh it. But it is finally going to get signed.”