Via Rob, Frank Gaffney establishes the new standard by which all future spittle-flecked neoconservative hyperbole will be judged:

"It is fitting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chose the U.S. Naval Academy for the venue of today's so-called Mideast peace conference. The reputation of that extraordinary institution in Annapolis has been sullied in recent years by a succession of rapes of young women.

Responding to Chris Hedges' declaration that Hedges will refuse to pay his taxes if the U.S. goes to war with Iran, James Kirchick demonstrates one of the big features of the Marty Peretz clone software application suite, which enables the user to rebut any argument by asserting that The Nation was soft on Communism, and Arabs are stupid.