Not being a surfer, tossing a Frisbee was what I did at the beach -- another reason I'm glad I moved to Texas.

No, it wasn't. You have the wrong school, the wrong year, and the wrong person. The incident to which I was referring was in 2004 and is detailed here: http://www.nationalreview.com/phi-beta-cons/39720...

I have no idea, none whatsoever. I had never met the man before his early death and had only heard of him once or twice before that.

Another sad story from my alma mater, Claremont McKenna College -- and from the same college president, Pamela Gann, who stood down classes for mandatory sensitivity training after a visiting professor of psychology claimed her car was vandalized with anti-woman graffiti (it was later proven she vandalized her own car and she was convicted of insurance fraud) -- meanwhile, Gann refused to stand down classes after 9/11 in commemoration of the dead from the attack. It was then that Gann came to my attention and got on my bad list, and she's gone down hill ever since.

Thanks for the great reporting, Charles! I'm honored to have spoken to your College Republican Club back in the day.

Glad you picked up on this Nile, I think we've been the only two to do so. I tweeted about it earlier today:

@chuckdevore
TelePrompter #Fail - #Obama refers to "English Embassy" trashed in Iran. Has there EVER been an "English Embassy"? Ever?

And:
Re: #Obama's "English Embassy" gaff, doubt media will report - too busy gothcha-ing on Republican candidates #RS #tcot

And finally:
Re: #Obama's "English Embassy" gaff, don't tell the Scots that the English have an embassy in Iran, they'll want 1 too. #rs

Given that the first diplomatic missions were temporary and lacked a permanent home, an "embassy" or more formally, a "chancery," I wonder if England, ever had an "embassy"? "England" ceased to exist for diplomatic purposes in 1707 after the union with Scotland.

Roger, here's the issue: Cain is running for President, as such, he'll likely have to deal with Pelosi, the Democrat leader in the House. Ad hominems, no matter how well deserved, such as Schwarzenegger calling the California Legislature "girly-men" are non-productive in that the attack does not deal with an issue, such as taxes, or ideology, but personalities. The Legislature schooled Schwarzenegger and got its revenge on him in the end.

As for moderate Republicans -- the problem isn't their willingness to name call (although, ironically, I think they do it more than conservatives as they don't have strong political beliefs) -- rather, the problem is their willingness to compromise with the Left for the sake of cutting a deal.

Roger, the ad hominem to which I was referring was Cain's "Princess Nancy" comment, which had nothing to do with the allegations of insider trading.

I'm all for exposing elected officials who immorally got rich off of their position of power, hence, my admiration of the Perry ad.

I don't -- I just don't like using ad hominems against politicians (or anyone else); finding issues work best. I don't see where you get that I don't support rule of law here...

Really? You claimed to be MSG CJ Grisham who posted this 7 weeks ago:

Chuck, I'm more than a little disappointed that you would say such things without qualification about me. You know me from my work with Move America Forward and when I supported you in California trying to unseat Boxer. Surely through your campaigning you learned never to trust the first story without verifying it.

I think a little perspective is in order: http://militarygear.com/asp/2011/09/26/a-little-p....

That would explain why you are no longer on the Army's AKO system.

So, since you are no longer in the U.S. Army, go ahead and whack away as a civilian.

Your comments are still sad, however.