I watched the news shows this AM. Much as I think Cal Thomas is a despicable piece of human excrement most days-right up there with his fellow piece of dung Krauthammer, he did have a point today. A human being is lying in a hospital fighitng for his life and
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The apologists………….
It is interesting to read the papers and the internets (to quote the President) these days. Now that Donald Rumsfeld has been sacked, all sorts of people are crawling out of the woodwork to write about how great his reforms were and how he was just misunderstood. Late last week,
Continue readingIn the sober light of day……
Before I jump into politics, I would just like to point out a couple of things…………….. 1) Looking up at the sky from this little island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is simply amazing. Its just like being at sea because you see so many stars. I still
Continue readingDing dong the witch is dead!
Ding dong the witch is dead! The wicked old witch of the E-ring is dead! Ding dong the wicked witch is dead! Hi Ho the merry o! Hopefully, Dr Chu will go! Vote a fairer pay raise next year! RUMSFELD IS GONE! I guess it was that or go hunting
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Getting ready to head out the door……… But I wanted you guys to see this. Thomas Friedman captures my rage better than I can. I just drink it away. He writes it. READ! Insulting Our Troops, and Our Intelligence By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: November 3, 2006 George Bush, Dick
Continue readingHantai desu……….
In Japanese that means “opposed to”. I mailed my absentee ballot last week. It was definitely hantai. I voted against every incumbent, sadly in my state district there was no Democrat running. Which is no surprise since I grew up in a very conservative part of Pittsburgh where the residents
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With apologies to William Shakespere, here is Marc Antony’s take on the P&O port deal. I watched the movie version Julius Caesar the other night and this came to mind. (Brando is awesome in the movie, get it and watch it sometime): Friends, Americans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I
Continue readingWhere it all (could) lead to……….
“They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”–Benjamin Franklin Here we go again! All the usual suspects are present. On the one side are the President and his supporters spouting the line that they had to do this, that we
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Try not to do the whole Singapore to USA trip in one day………… Actually it was not too bad until I got to Destination USA. There I had to go through what I call the rental car shuffle……….. It always seems that the company they use for rental cars, the
Continue readingA simple question with no simple answer……..
Dan Froomkin of the Washington post asks an interesting question: When was the last time that Bush spoke in a forum open to citizens who are representative of the diverse array of views in the country? And before anyone beats me up, I know that the military audiences he has
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