links for 2007-11-26

"More than 40% of the foreign fighters who entered Iraq to join the insurgency in the past year were citizens of Saudi Arabia, America's key partner in the Middle East."

Richard Perle at Costco = hilarious.

Hmmm saw this coming a mile away.

"There is a desperate need for government and corporate leaders to step in with a broad plan to modify existing loans and stave off foreclosure wherever possible. It is both the humane and the economically responsible thing to do."

"What a repugnant though vivid microcosm this is for how so many of our Beltway journalists function. They think that their only job is to write down faithfully what they are told by both sides (if we're lucky) and call it a day."

"“I want to get rid of the student loan companies,” Mrs. Clinton said at an event in Sioux City, as she laid out her college affordability plan." WHAT?? That's a really bold statement from Hillary.