I suppose it’s because I’m a gay conservative blogger and because Andrew Sullivan is a gay blogger who claims to be conservative that people expect me to blog on his latest indiscretion .  I see that my co-blogger has already tapped into the topic . I do understand that most bloggers who have addressed this have focused on the special treatment Sullivan received.  Indeed, by juxtaposing the left-wing blogger’s remark on different standards of justice and the news item on the dismissal

1.  From Colleen Rowley: “”I know of so many other national security whistleblowers that lost their jobs and livelihood simply by doing the right thing.” all of you people that claim someone involved should have come forward by now, this sentence should be a refreshing smack in the face from reality that people have TRIED coming forward with basic, legitimate information simply revolving around intelligence failures, and have had both their careers and lives destroyed.

A fresh batch of links as Saturday afternoon baseball gets underway… Phil Rogers of the Chicago Tribune believes Ryne Sandberg has ” added to his managerial portfolio by guiding Double-A Tennessee into the Southern League playoffs .”  Could “Ryno” eventually replace Cubs skipper Lou Piniella? Mark Zuckerman of The Washington Times spoke Friday with Dmitri Young , who isn’t sure if he’s ready to retire.  ” Right now, I’m not even thinking about it ,” said the 35-year-old Young.

Check out some movie reviews below. If you want to download these movies do some searches to find what is out there. “Movie Download Sites” or “Movie Trailer Downloads” might get you a good result, if they don’t, try “Home Movie Rental”. The Plot against Harry: Entertaining, perceptive look at N.Y.C. life in reference to an aging mobster just sprung from jail, who finds the old guard changing, and his life unravelling. Cast includes Martin Pastor, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods, Henry Nemo, Jacques Taylor, Jean Leslie, Ellen Herbert, and Sandra Kazan.

(h/t – Instapundit & Internet Scofflaw ) My view is that no one is above the law, and that when a society based on law prosecutes the powerless and excuses the powerful, it is corroding its own soul. Andrew Sullivan – April 17, 2009 I wonder why Andrew changed his mind so quickly ? Political commentator, author and writer for The Atlantic magazine Andrew M. Sullivan won’t have to face charges stemming from a recent pot bust at the Cape Cod National Seashore — but a federal judge isn’t happy about it.

Excellent column by Greenwald : Several people objected in comments, emails and other places to my argument yesterday that what Rep. Joe Wilson did — though dumb and juvenile — was hardly some grave threat to the Republic or even a substantial deviation from standard right-wing political behavior.  Some argued that Obama’s race has caused the Right’s hostility towards him to be both unique and unprecedentedly intense.  That some people react with particular animus towards the first black President is obvious.  But there is nothing new about the character of the American Right or their concerted efforts to destroy the legitimacy of Obama’s presidency.