Quick roundup

• It's depressing that two senators don't realize how off they are. If you want to characterize the Republican majority in the House of Representatives negatively, then the proper term is fascism (taken literally, strength in numbers, and a dictatorship thereof) rather than a plantation, the relevant characteristic being oppression of the many by the few. All to work in a racial angle I suppose.
• Tom MacGuire has more interesting thoughts on the NSA wiretapping thing. Still, why not change the law though?
• An interesting post from the Belmont Club "A stone killer is never idle in a lawless Third World country"
• America's possible action on Iran:. Evidently some lessons were learned from the lack of immediate American response to Afghanistan after 9-11.
• The Great War of 2007 - very scary possible history.