Via Gateway Pundit: From their concert in Barcelona this week, U2 dedicated “Sunday Bloody Sunday” to the Iranian Freedom Protestors:
I know some may feel Bono Fatigue at this point, but the guy continue to inspire me, even when I get a little snippy about the whole tax hypocrisy thing. Going green right now was the right thing. Here’s hoping that more follow his lead.
Y mas…
• Colin Powell airs his doubts on Obama’s agenda: “I’m concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them,” Powell said.
So am I, General Powell, so am I.
• The Daily Pioneer – a newspaper in India – says “Bush was right after all.” On foreign policy toward rogue countries like North Korea, that is:
“Different global environments call for different modes of diplomacy. After 9/11, Mr Bush correctly calculated the world was headed for a Hobbesian interlude. Maverick actors — dictators like Kim, freelance commanders like bin Laden, mobster institutions like the Pakistani Army — would need to be treated with a mix of straight talk and unvarnished power projection. That realism was a critical element of the Bush doctrine. It remains the former President’s most abiding foreign policy legacy. Mr Obama can paint it in another colour, give it a new name; ultimately, he has to embrace it.”
• NOT THE INTARWEBS: Barack Obama won using ‘old school’ technology, says his campaign manager
• SMILE, DIAL, NAME DROP, PRAY: The reality of public relations por este Michael Arrington
• Financial Times: Free fails to live up to its billing as economic model
• Here in Grand Rapids now. Among other things, we watched folks set things off in the community surrounding the Urban Beanery. We’ll be churching tomorrow at City Hope.