Posted by
Gamecock on Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:43:01 PM
Go with Redstate and Hugh Hewitt for facts on the war and eschew Dead Tree, broadcast or cable coverage. I find that the only consistently accurate information emanating from the latter are sports scores, and the way the Braves are doing, I don't even want to see them.
From Michael Ledeen at NRO's The Corner:
Several folks with time on their hands wrote in to point out that Lee lost the war. As if that had anything to do with the price of eggs. It's the thought that counts, folks. But if you only count winning generals, how about Sherman? This came in over the transom:
"I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth, they are. If I killed them all there would be news from Hell before breakfast."
- Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
Prior post quoting a saint:
Just got this from the wonderful Fred Singer, who puts out a terrific weekly e-mail on energy questions—mostly deflating the global warmers. In it, he provides this gem:
It appears we have appointed our worst generals to command forces, and our most gifted and brilliant to edit newspapers! In fact, I discovered by reading newspapers that these editor/geniuses plainly saw all my strategic defects from the start, yet failed to inform me until it was too late. Accordingly, I'm readily willing to yield my command to these obviously
superior intellects, and I'll, in turn, do my best for the cause by writing editorials - after the fact.
Robert E. Lee, 1863
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
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