The difference: shooting down a surveillance drone is striking a blow for liberty.  Shooting down some kid's RC plane is just plain fun.

I'm not immature.  I just date that way.

I don't doubt your legal opinion, mainly cause I can't come up with a refutation.  And wouldn't object to them being deployed along the borders, nor would I object to the military being deployed there.

They are no different than stationary cameras, though, which we also shouldn't have monitoring our movements.  This is a free country, not Tony Blair's Britain.  I'll line up to shake the hand of the first guy to shoot down a domestic surveillance drone.  And be photographed.  And detained, most likely.

I blame the Jews.  Oops, sorry, force of habit.  I blame the gays (there, that's better).  All this manscaping and bodysculpting never used to happen, as I recall, and I'm a tender lad of 40.  Except in weird fringe cult things like bodybuilding, which grosses most people out and caused the oil shock of the late 70s.

Guys dress in a slovenly manner in large part to show off their abs (what are abs, anyway?  Do I have abs?  Should I get some?).  Guys really aren't supposed to look good naked.  That's the province of wimmens.  Guys are supposed to look good in their clothes.  This does not require abs.  But guys these days go to gyms and check each other out.  Like Anthony Weiner.  Who was never going to look good with or without abs.

Jeepers.  I want to be your bookie.  Except for this year, where I've been predicting a 5-6 point Obama loss since, last year.  Nothing has changed that estimate since (except when we almost nominated *gulp* Newt).
Mollie, I blame Tina Korbe for this. Jr Miss Arkansas sways a lot of votes.  It's her Operation Chaos.  Expect to see Politico searching through her tax returns.  Mostly I just want to rifle her underwear drawer (she's my size!)

It wasn't just a Corner post, though as John Podhoretz notes, that was appalling in itself.  It was Gary Bauer, Focus on the Family, the usual.

Social conservatives are a continuing embarrassment to the party, making us look more like the anti-dancing guy from Footloose than anything human.  Tis is nothing new.  As you'll recall, GOProud, a group which doesn't even espouse "gay issues" was discontinued as a sponsor of CPAC by these same groups.  For all the tortuous, convoluted pretzel arguments used to justify their bigotry (and there are some doozies on this thread), at bottom they simply don't want to be around gays for fear of cooties, or enjoy the idea of designating some other collection of life-forms as even more distasteful than themselves.

The alarming part of this story is Romney's caving to these toothless groups almost instantly.  I can't imagine why we ever listen to what they say.  They should be grateful for anything we give them short of a wedgie, and historically have been.

Same here.  It's like Golden Girls Gone Wild meets HMS Pinafore.

The world needs its Slytherins, and I'm raising quite a clutch of them.  Though in fairness, it was not my original life goal.  Circumstances.  If we could look into the seeds of time and see which will grow and which will not...
Which is why a spare heir is so important.  The first may be a total bust.  Good thing little brother picked up the slack.

Relieved to hear that "funcle" means "fun uncle".  I was worried people were calling me something less flattering.

I have special dispensation, being an invalid and a cripple.  Also, my brother has thoughtfully provided the Most Ancient and Noble House of Smith with an heir, guaranteeing the succession (no, Little Sis, pictured right, can't inherit; she's a girl; were you brought up in a barn?).  What's more, we got another on the way.  Possibly a spare heir.

But I do my bit.  Raised Little Sis to be shrewd, canny and cynical.  After my own heart.  And now I am the Shakespearean archetype of the Evil Uncle, with my clutches on the minds of the heir(s).  This is what I leave behind.

I've met John Derbyshire.  On a National Review cruise (hence my snazzy black tie).  We were mingling in little groups, and one gentleman opined that at least slavery had one good outcome, in enriching American musical life.  Derb stared at him coldly, said "that's no excuse" and turned on his heel.

Leaving me to save the guy's face and redirect the conversation into safer waters (I'm good at cocktail parties; check my profile).  I too wouldn't mind living on a plantation.  Not for any racial aspect, just for having so many servants.  Like Downton Abbey.

But I knew better than to say that in front of Derb.

Haven't read the offending article.  Was waiting for the 2-hour (I timed it!) Twitterstorm to blow over, so as to read it with a cool head.  That Twitterstorm proved too strong in their own minds for NRO to handle.  And that is no way to make a decision.

Louisville wins!  Obama can't win!  It's math!  Though I suppose he could maybe take second place.  Haven't run the numbers on that.

And the Louisville game has an even more significant plotline, involving your fear of getting a visit from the Secret Service for sending suspicious packages to the White House.

Many crunchy numbers for you, including an exciting Obama revelation: http://ricochet.com/member-feed/Sweet-16-New-World-Order

Also, cheerleaders.  Well, technically the Kentucky dance team.

Tsk.  You haven't favorited the link to your bracket?  I call that sloppy, is what I call it.  Have to drink coffee out of your cupped hands at this rate:  http://www.tournamentpools.com/standings.cfm?p=2

Programming Note: Beginning Sunday, we'll start getting more detailed about the games to watch and their potential effect on the leaders.  These will be divided into 3 categories:

1. Looking out for #1: Who can catch the leader, based on that day's games
2. Darkhorses: People not on the leaderboard who can jump into contention if their longshot comes in
3. Atttaaaack Waaaatch: Who can beat the President

Be sure and check out the alternate scoring method for your position on the leaderboard, a video of my family history, and of course, cheerleaders: http://ricochet.com/member-feed/NCAA-Round-2-The-President-s-War-on-Women