A few links for Saturday:
Really interesting piece on George W. Bush, by a historian who’s been bumping into him for a long time. It’s especially interesting in that it details some of the many books he reads, including a lot of interesting history books. (And this is the point at which sneering liberals make My Pet Goat jokes, unwilling to admit that the mental caricature of Bush is wrong. Because it’s so much less of a blow to them to keep losing elections than to deal with a reality in which they’re not automatically smarter and better read than the George W. Bushes and Rick Perrys of the world…)
Michael Totten on divided Jerusalem. It seems like the people drawing theoretical borders haven’t actually walked around there…
Speaking of Totten he also has a piece up on Egypt’s botched revolution. Not only is the military regime still in charge, they’re friendlier with the Muslim brotherhood than an outsider might surmise…
And speaking of botched revolutions, Libya’s rebels are now fighting among themselves. Let’s hope Obama is engaged enough to prevent the Islamists from coming out on top.
CNN has a piece on the London riots, which includes several interesting facts, including that some 75% of the rioters had previous criminal records, and local crime bosses directed their underlings to do some of the looting.
Mark Steyn on green jobs. Turns out it costs us just shy of $5 million to create every green job. On borrowed money. That’s a lot of green.
Blue Dot Blues brings the amazing news that the Round Rock school district, faced with a surplus, is actually lowering the tax rate. I live in RRISD, which has some of the highest ISD property tax rates in the state. Hacing them lower rates is like Obama trying to shrink the federal government. Enjoy it now, since chances are scant it will ever happen again in our lifetimes…
Tags: Bush41, Egypt, Jihad, London, Michael Totten, riot, Round Rock ISD
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