Truly Eventful

The Bush Administration’s plea that Islamofundamentialism is a threat to the world and, as such, needs to be addressed by all countries that value freedom and democracy, is apparently a plea understood by some in Venezuela. Vcrisis.com, a news and opinion site dedicated to one man’s personal endeavor to expose the other side of the “official multimillion dollar propagandistic effort rolled out by the current administration.” The site is fantastic. But what’s more impressive is that the transcript from our Anniversary Dinner with Winston Churchill III made it on the site as a model explanation for what’s happening to the world in the age of terrorism. Almost as important as the rise of Islamic Jihad is the JLF‘s upcoming Carolina FreedomNet 2006 blog conference.  We’re trying to keep the bloggers local, but it looks like this thing could get huge, thanks in part to guest speaker and blogging superstar Scott Johnson from Powerline. The event should bust at the seams, thanks to the self-promotion each blogger will inevitably engage in. Government corruption will be a theme of JLF’s Raleigh October Headliner events. JLF is bringing to town former Connecticut Governor, John Rowland, who was released from federal prison in February for graft.  He’ll be pressed to explain why so much corruption seems to be springing forth from the usually tight-knit political circle. We at JLF think that Mr. Rowland could do a lot for current, local politicians, since our state has had its fair share of scandal.  At the end of October, JLF will host Weekly Standard Associate Editor Matthew Continetti who will talk about his new book, The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine. And since we don’t seem to be taking the right direction with current policy, Daren Bakst recommends we turn our suspicious eye on the rules governing the Legislature.