The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
That’s It, We’re Swearing Off Ice Cream Till 2021
“Ron Paul Says He’s ‘Flavor of the Decade’ “–headline, Politico.com, Dec. 4
Out on a Limb
“Newt Gingrich’s Lead Over Mitt Romney and Republican Field Might Not Last”–headline, Daily News (New York), Dec. 4
Hey, Kids! What Time Is It?
“Time to Sell Some Toll Roads to China?”–headline, The-American-Interest.com, Dec. 2
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Ndamukong Suh Not Injured in Car Accident”–headline, PrideOfDetroit.com, Dec. 3
- “Garrison Keillor Rethinking 2013 Retirement”–headline, Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.), Dec. 4
‘Tell Them to Go Hang’
“Zambia will not arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush during his African tour for violating international torture laws, the foreign minister said Saturday,” Radio Netherlands reports:
Rights group Amnesty International had Thursday urged Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia to arrest Bush during the five-day tour to promote efforts to fight diseases like cancer, AIDS and malaria.
“On what basis does Amnesty International want us to arrest Mr Bush? Tell them to hang, and also please ask them to create their own country and wait for Mr Bush to visit their country so that they can arrest him to suit their wish and not here in Zambia,” Foreign Minister Chishimba Kambwili told AFP.
You’ve got love the Zambians. Meanwhile, what will Amnesty International call its new country? We suggest “Amnesia.”
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