There are some things about conservatism I’m not happy about. No, I’m not saying I’m a stupid moderate – if I ever do that you all have permission to punch me in the face.

(Left: Despite the siren song of pulchritudinous conservatives like Carrie Prejean, I am not 100% conservative.)

Had to link you to this. Byron York points out in the Washington Examiner that liberals seem to have forgotten about their anti-war stance. The bold is mine:
In 2006, DailyKos held its first annual convention, called YearlyKos, in Las Vegas. Amid the slightly discordant surroundings of the Riviera Hotel casino, the webby activists spent hours discussing and planning strategies not only to defeat Republicans but also to pressure Democrats to oppose the war more forcefully. The gathering attracted lots of mainstream press attention; Internet activism was the hot …

It’s been a while since we’ve heard about Iraq.  And that’s for good reason, as far as the media’s concerned – who wants to hear about how boringly peaceful the country is compared to a few years ago?  Back in November of last year I wrote “5 Reasons We’re Winning the War in Iraq” and now, it seems, would be a better time to say “Mission Accomplished.”
Why?  Because as you’ve probably heard by now, the U.S. is handing the Anbar province over.
On Monday, U.S. commanders formally returned responsibility for keeping …

A company called Aqua Sciences, based out of Miami Beach, can now harvest water from atmospheric moisture – essentially getting “water from thin air.”
Interestingly, although Aqua Sciences wasn’t directly funded through military contracting, it will find early uses in hydrating our troops in Iraq – where it will bring water transportation costs from $30 a gallon to $.30 a gallon.
Darpa gave millions to research companies like LexCarb and Sciperio to create a contraption that could capture water in the Mesopotamian desert.
But it was another company, Aqua Sciences, that developed a …

When you win a Medal of Honor, unfortunately, it usually means you’re dead – acts of bravery extreme enough to warrant one of them typically end up with the recipient dying.
Unfortunately, that was the case with Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor.
Monsoor was part of a sniper security team in Ramadi with three other SEALs and eight Iraqi soldiers, according to a Navy account. An insurgent fighter threw the grenade, which struck Monsoor in the chest before falling in front of him.
Monsoor then threw himself on the grenade, according to a …

That’s right, we’re winning.  Despite how you feel about the war – even I’ve admitted I’d rather have never gone in there – liberals reading this should hold to their “open-minded, objective” principles and try to accept that the evidence suggests we’re actually not only winning, we’re kind of whooping butt.
I mean, think about it:  lots of U.S. soldiers dead?  Yeah, what did you expect when you’re fighting an army of guerillas who don’t value anyone’s life?  A political quagmire?  Yeah, what did you expect when we went tearing down …

The very Greek-sounding General Petraeus has been making headlines this week because he’s finally reporting to Congress, with what was expect: military action is going well, setting up a government not so well. The news hasn’t been that noteworthy, since everyone is hearing what they expected to hear, but one thing did bother me.
On congressman compared Petraeus’ report to being similar to a 1967 report that said the war in Vietnam was going well. Since it’s the 5,000th time we’ve heard “Iraq = Vietnam,” let’s set a …

A Democratic Congressman named Brian Baird (from Washington) converted from (or to?) the Dark Side of the Force when he apparently visited Iraq and became convinced the surge is working.  A man who was more anti-War than Hillary Clinton in 2002 (voted against the resolution) recently said this:
As a Democrat who voted against the war from the outset and who has been frankly critical of the administration and the post-invasion strategy, I am convinced by the evidence that the situation has at long last begun to change substantially for the …

A study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism has shown that while the war in Iraq is still the top news issue these days, it’s getting less reported (15% of new stories).
It’s down from 22% in the first quarter of the year.  Of the big cable news stations, CNN covered Iraq the most, Fox News the least, and MSNBC was in the middle, closer to CNN.  Big shockers.
The news on the rise: the Presidential election.
Newspapers gave 44% of coverage to Republicans, with 36% to Democrats. Headlines and leads, however, …

A top story on Drudge from Monday was that Hillary Clinton has admitted that the surge was working. Of course, as is typical of Drudge, you click the story and the story’s actually about something else – but dig and it’s in there:
“It’s working. We’re just years too late in changing our tactics,” she said. “We can’t ever let that happen again. We can’t be fighting the last war. We have to keep preparing to fight the new war.”
I understand what she’s saying about not fighting the last war – …