Monday, December 03, 2007
FISA cage match
I will be flying from San Francisco to the "chili capital of the world" (TigerHawk points to the reader who can name the comedian who made that line famous), so I will have no time to comment on Melanie Scarborough's absurd column about FISA. Somebody, however, needs to give it a good fisking.
For the antidote, and a good bit of the counterargument, read Andy McCarthy's latest essay on Human Events.
CWCID: Glenn Reynolds.
2 Comments:
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muteboy, at
Mon Dec 03, 01:51:00 PM:
By 
, at
Mon Dec 03, 07:26:00 PM:
"I will be flying from San Francisco to the 'chili capital of the world'"
That's fabulous news -- except that you never told us where it is. :)
(Google search later)
I had no idea Cincy was the capital of anything, much less the world of chili.
- The reason Cincy is the 'capital' is because DeWitt Pendery invented chili powder there in 1890.
- Cincinnati chili is very different from Western chili. Rather than serving it as its own dish, it's usually mixed with hot dogs or spaghetti.
- Cincinnati has more chili parlors per capita and square mileage than any city on the continent.
That's the great thing about blogs. Up until five minutes ago, I never even knew such a thing as a "chili parlor" existed.
(TigerHawk points to the reader who can name the comedian who made that line famous)
"ron white" - muteboy
And you're correct! Well, muteboy, now that Tiger is pointing at you, what'ya gotta say for yourself? This is your "15 minutes", buddy -- don't blow it!
"...so I will have no time to comment on Melanie Scarborough's absurd column about FISA."
If it's absurd, why bother commenting on it? Save your breath, tell us something new.
"Somebody, however, needs to give it a good fisking."
I only have a degree in Ornery, with a minor in Troublemaking, so I'm really not qualified to "fisk" anything. I did, however, in glancing over the article, spot the one line that invalidated everything else:
"...the evidence presented could reveal the scope of the government’s surveillance program, which citizens are entitled to know."
No, they're not. Nowhere in any constitutional-type document does it say "everyone's entitled to know everything." Apart from the sheer absurdity of such a claim, the reality is that it won't just be the "citizens" who learn the knowledge, it'll be our enemies, as well.
In the final analysis, it could be argued that such an article, written during wartime, is an act of treason.
