Reading the political news this weekend reminds me of a Cheech and Chong routine I heard when I was teenager: Chong is up late, smoking a joint, watching an old war movie……….. Japanese Admiral: “You will get in your aircraft. You will take off, find the American aircraft carrier. You
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I’ve mentioned from time to time that there are several Skippy’s out there. There is myself of course. There is Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. There is also, and this is the subject of this post a Canadian Skippy that can actually write and who (after reading me…) you should put
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Agree with me-shouldn’t you? Sen. McCain is now saying the same thing that I was saying two years ago: “We are paying a very heavy price for the mismanagement- that’s the kindest word I can give you-of Donald Rumsfeld, of this war,” the Arizona senator told an overflow crowd of
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What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about [Republican and Democratic] extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents. –Robert F. Kennedy That quote applies to both sides of the
Continue readingThe word on China……
Are you as confused about China as I am? Stephen Colbert sets me straight. China is a friend or a foe? Decide for yourself. (Count me voting for option 2): That ought to clear that up. Subscribe in a reader
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If at first you do not succeed, try, try, again. Spurred by the Chinese the Six Party talks have tentatively inked a deal to stop DPRK nuclear production. The key word is tentative, because the deal still has to get the approval of the respective governments-especially those who will have
Continue readingWhy the Pelosi aircraft thing matters……….
A couple of days ago (maybe more, the last few days have been a blur….) Tony Snow came out and defended Nancy Pelosi’s request to live above her means. Dear Tony, you are wrong. This really matters. Here is why. The Air Force has, as a part of its assigned
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The United States Air Force that is……… I wonder how much mayhem was threatened to accomplish this: Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House,can now fly in style at your expense. Speaker Pelosi has been granted authorization to make use of military aircraft whenever she sees fit.Lisa Sylvester reports. (BEGIN
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Military Bloggers get stirred up about. From today’s Lou Dobbs show (which I can watch at lunch over here): LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Democrats rode into Congress on a wave of reform. They promised to run things differently than their Republican counterparts. REP. NANCY PELOSI, (D-CA) HOUSE SPEAKER: This
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