Lynch Drudge, Trump, McConnell.

Not a cabinet but advisors on “the life of the church.” But when butler copies 6,000 pages of private correspondence, etc., something’s wrong . . .

Plus on media relations, history of advisors to the pope, “kitchen cabinet” concept . . .

Pell is quite good.

It’s why the left hates it so and White house seeks to neutralize it.

CIA ops told to stand down, not help besieged consulate a mile away, did it anyhow, saved people.

Repeated requests for gunship backup on already lasered mortar shelling target denied.

Denials all around now by CIA: “We can say with confidence . . . ” etc.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/#ixzz2QuPVVJCv

Sen. Baucus, Montana Democrat, to HHS Secy. Sebelius at finance committee hearing about Obamacare:

“Small businesses have no idea what to do, what to expect,” Baucus said.

But Senator B, we had to pass it to find out what’s in it, right? Anyhow, that’s how the then-speaker put it, engagingly enough.

As Reagan said, scariest words in language: We’re from the govt., here to help.

How dare they?

This is a green much older than economy, sun-heated house, or new way to harvest beets. I refer of course to what the Bard called that thing of the green eye.

May I quote Iago?

O, beware, my lord, of jealousy;
It is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock
The meat it feeds on. . . . .

Yes!

. . . is story without legs, per pro-abort media.

Music, architecture, message.

What about the eight cardinals who are to advise him about reforming the curia (Vatican bureaucracy)?

A knowledgeable source comments:

A global group:

The Pope has set up his cabinet of cardinal advisors from all the continents. As my wife said: “they didn’t have this before, it makes so much sense.” Yes, definitely Pope Francis is bringing a lot of sense into the Vatican.

Gutsy:

All of these Cardinals are known for being very independent and outspoken. Cardinal Monswengo Pasinya of Congo has even had death threats against him for his criticism of the Congolese government and fraudulent elections, and the same can be said about Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, while Cardinal Pell is probably the most outspoken Cardinal of all.

Not in automatic agreement:

What is fascinating is that these Cardinals are not of the same mind on many issues. For example, Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga has been sharply critical of how the Church has overreacted in the case of the sex abuse scandal by punishing priests without due process, while Cardinal O’Malley has been most active in implementing quick punishments against priests accused of abuse.

These are not yes men, in fact they may have to find sound proof rooms for these Cardinals to discuss the issues, because there may be arguments, and that is good for the Church in getting things done because the Pope will be getting the full scope of each situation that will be discussed.

Francis has a plan:

This was in Pope Francis’ mind from day 1. I was curious why in the first week of his Papacy he met with the relatively insignificant Bishop Semerero of Albano, Italy. Well, since Bishop Semerero will be the secretary of this group, Pope Francis had already decided on forming this group in his first week as Holy Father.

Ready to roll.

. . . in new history of Greenwich V. reviewed in Wall St. Journal:

When the rats are eating the cats, something has gone wrong.

Reviewer Henry Allen opens:

The glory that was Greece, the grandeur that was Rome, the Greenwich Village that was Greenwich Village: all gone.

The book:

The Village

By John Strausbaugh
Ecco, 624 pages, $29.99