The "While He Was Out" blogroll roundup

While Rick's not looking I thought it might be fun to dig around in his cupboards blogroll while he was gone.  There's some good stuff in there.

Smash over at Indepundit reports good news from Baghdad:

A senior member of al-Qaida in Iraq was killed during an operation in Baghdad this week carrying letters for Osama bin Laden and the new leader of the terrorist group’s Iraqi offshoot, an Interior Ministry official said Thursday.

In a separate announcement, the top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq said U.S. forces had arrested a senior al-Qaida terrorist and personal associate of the group’s new leader, Abu Ayyoub al-Masri.

Abu Jaafar al-Liby, who was either the second or third most important figure in al-Qaida in Iraq, was killed by police during an operation three days ago, Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Abdul-Karim Khalaf told The Associated Press.(MSNBC)

A roundtable over at The Democratic Strategist analyzes the disconnect that exists between the Dems and the middle class. Zach over at In The Agora pulls out this quote:

Well that gets to our critique: conservatives believe the wealthy are the engine of the economy; we believe the middle class is the engine of the economy.

And then he starts asking questions. What is the engine of the American economy?

All that economics talk makes me think brutally honest commentor, Zossima, who is back blogging again.  I thought he quit, but I just discovered he's still at it which makes me dreadfully out of the loop.  Seeing as Rick is off galavanting I'll direct you to a post of Zossima's over at Forgetting Ourselves that would, if given the chance, quite possibly keep Rick and Zossima busy until the new millenium. 

On a more heart wrenching note, Michelle Malkin reports on the ugly reality of child slavery in Dubai.  Children as young as 2 are kidnapped.

All that from the top half of his blogroll.  Working my way down to the bottom of the list...

Leslie

Comments

[Tim]

With characteristic modesty, Leslie forgot to mention the consistently good offerings over at her place: http://theinsomniac.blogs.com/

(spoken, by the way, as one who often disagrees with her, but always enjoys the experience!)