The bad news is that Omar and Ali, the intrepid Iraqi bloggers, couldn’t make our coffee date this afternoon. The good news is that they blew me off for the president of the United States. I think Wolfowitz got them into the Oval Office. Yay.
AND ISRAEL: I forgot to mention that Israel also just recognized gay couples for legal benefits and protections. I wonder if David Frum is pissed off. I’ll be responding to this erroneous post soon. Soon, it will become, I think, a defining characteristic of modern, democratic states that they acknowledge equal rights for gay citizens. Except, alas, in America?
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “If I were a soldier overseas wanting to defend my country, I’d want to ask the secretary of defense the same question, and that is, are we getting the best we can get us? And they deserve the best.” – president Bush, saying the right thing, today.
The Dish 