James Fallows makes a great point-its time to put the blame where it belongs. On the spoiled children of the GOP who would rather take the economy down than do the right thing. It may be time for President Obama to give a “This is bullshit” speech about the debt-ceiling
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UPDATE! The more I think about it-this post should never have been written by me. Accordingly I have deleted all of my own text-leaving nothing any more. Judging by the way the markets are tanking today-we are in for a long bumpy ride, and the fact that is self inflicted
Continue readingThat light at the end of the tunnel.
Is probably an oncoming freight train. Still-the idea of Willard finally moving on from PACOM is a good one-and it would appear it may actually be safe to go back to Naples again: Adm. Jon Greenert, the current vice chief of naval operations, was formally nominated Thursday to be the
Continue readingTwo people separated by a common language….
It only seems that Americans and Australians or British speak the same language. In reality-the usages of common phrases in every day speech are often radically different. In a recent article the BBC took a look at the creeping “Americanization” of the Queen’s English: The Americans imported English wholesale, forged
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Jeffery Goldberg makes some great observations about how lousy Americans are about trying to blend in while traveling, all lectures to do so to the contrary: It became instantly obvious that this flight was going to carry a large number of Afghanistan-based American contractors and active-duty military personnel back home. It
Continue readingWin one for the Gipper.
Ronald Reagan was a lot smarter than most of the current GOP Congressmen. The single most important question facing us tonight is: Do we reduce deficits and interest rates by raising revenue from those who are not now paying their fair share—or do we accept bigger budget deficits, higher interest
Continue readingFinally done
I am finally done with my Six Sigma Course. Thanks be to God! Word to the wise-if you decided to pursue a Black Belt course-be sure to allocate a decent amount of time and do not let your self get behind. No Lie! But now it is done. Beer was
Continue readingThe phony war.
It seems the spoiled children just can’t get enough attention. A group of House GOP freshmen will appear at the White House tomorrow morning with a letter demanding the president present a written plan detailing his ideas for deficit reduction. Sadly-my own douchebag of a Congressman,
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Foxification-(adj) the process through which formerly respected news outlets are transformed into mediocre propaganda machines for Rupert Murdoch and his gang of cronies. Joe Nocera has a great dissection of how deep the reach of the evil Australian goes into the American news business. Fox News of course, has long
Continue readingSlowly going insane
The Nobel Prize winner every conservative loves to hate ( I mean besides the President of the United States) asks the question that should be on every reasonable person’s mind: A number of commentators seem shocked at how unreasonable Republicans are being. “Has the G.O.P. gone insane?” they ask. Why,
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