I have been watching with interest, the mil-blog reaction to the “new” strategy announced by the President and the Secretary of Defense-namely that the US has to know its limitations; and that so long as we choose to not raise enough revenue, then cuts must come to the federal budget.
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Unrequired hysteria.
I have been watching with considerable interest, the generally unhinged reaction of many prominent mil-blogs and other commentaries about President Obama’s speech last Thursday regarding Israel and the Palestinians. It would be funny, if the consequences were not so serious.
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The Republican party that is. This is a serious post-to try to explain why I feel as strongly as I do on several issues and why I feel abandoned by the political party I once considered my home. A post over at the League of Ordinary Gentleman by E.D. Kain
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For the usual suspects to hammer back at George Will The Fat Boy put down his cheeseburger long enough to weigh in. Bozo the Clown and William the Bloody are also heard from too. I take that as the best sign Mr. Will may actually be on the right track.
Continue readingIdle musings on the moon, America-and the death of optimism.
Today is July 20th. Only proper to write about the moon landings, right? Its being written over at plenty of blogs this day-and its is an anniversary of a great achievement. Except-as Tom Wolfe points out in a well written essay, its also the begining of the end of the
Continue readingI'll buzz in on that one, Alex.
"I’ll take stupid neocon fantasies for 400, Alex." "Ok, Skippy: The answer is: "one of the reasons there is a substantial reform movement in Iran — particularly among its young people — is because of George W. Bush’s tough policies." " What is one of the biggest lies Ari Flesicher
Continue readingI’ll buzz in on that one, Alex.
"I’ll take stupid neocon fantasies for 400, Alex." "Ok, Skippy: The answer is: "one of the reasons there is a substantial reform movement in Iran — particularly among its young people — is because of George W. Bush’s tough policies." " What is one of the biggest lies Ari Flesicher
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I noted with interest the comments of Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who safely splash landed a US Airways jet into the Hudson River last month. I don’t know if the Airline Pilots Union put him up to it-but he said some things that truly need to be said: “I am worried
Continue readingLiberation Theology………..
It pains me greatly (I’ve been OD’ing on John Adams DVD’s today) to give pause from my narrow commentary on the various and sundry musing’s on my life-to jump back into the fluid waters of political discussion. Ordinarily, I would have waited till the year was farther along, but when
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Not me, but that is what it seems the US is doing when it comes to oil. Actually, as a I think about it, current US energy policy is similar to the crusade of angry mothers, who want to rid the world of the members of DAMM. ( Drunks against
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