Glenn Reynolds pulls a MoDo. From this entire piece, he quotes governor Blanco as saying: “Nobody told me that I had to request that.” The full quote is:
“I need everything you have got,” Governor Blanco said she told Mr. Bush last Tuesday, when New Orleans flooded. In an interview, she acknowledged that she did not specify what sorts of soldiers. “Nobody told me that I had to request that. I thought that I had requested everything they had,” she said.
It seems to me that the context and the full quote are important. The context shows that both president Bush and governor Blanco screwed up in equal measure. And while I’m in the category of desperate denial, this one at NRO defies parody: “MICHAEL BROWN, CONFIRMED BY DEMOCRATS.” Who was the guy who nominated him, again? The name escapes me …
BAD NEWS FOR MOST EVANGELICALS: Humans are still evolving – and at quite a brisk pace, according to new research. Bad news for liberals: at the rate research is going, you will soon have to choose between believing in evolution and denying any subtle, genetic differences between broad racial groups.
The Dish 