I came across this little tidbit a couple of days ago. I sent it over to Phibian because I knew he could capture in writing, the proper level of outrage that this particular type of thinking by our once great Navy deserves. Go read the particulars over at Phibs’s place-here.
Continue readingSo much for the rally……….
My 401K is rapidly becoming a 200.5K. So much for buying that bar in Phuket!
Continue readingPot……meet kettle.
Really busy, but I have to admit I raised an eyebrow when I saw this little gem: Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiornia was asked whether she thought Sarah Palin was qualified to lead a company like HP. Here, courtesy of St. Louis’s KTRS radio, is her answer: HOST: “Do
Continue readingRejoining the ranks…….
Of the landed gentry…………. Somehow it is probably fitting that the day I jump back into the debt pool, just happens to be the day the stock market drops by over 500 points. Timing as they say is every thing. However today was an auspicious day for me-especially when you
Continue readingI know the feeling…..
Big White Guy is back in Canada. He verbalizes what I have been feeling for the past 4 months: This may sound strange, but seeing so many Caucasian people all in one place feels a little odd. In other words, I’ve grown used to being the visible minority; I’m comfortable
Continue readingAt least they are having a debate…….
The Army is-among itself. Andrew Bacevich chronicles it. The chief participants in this debate—all Iraq War veterans—fixate on two large questions. First, why, after its promising start, did Operation Iraqi Freedom go so badly wrong? Second, how should the hard-earned lessons of Iraq inform future policy? Hovering in the background
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The SNL skit about Palin:
Continue readingGetting caught with their pants down……
McCain’s not Saint Sarah’s………………………………………………… It would seem the people at Fact Check.Org do like having their words distorted. But McCain does not care one little bit-he’s going to do what ever it takes. He was a POW you know, that makes him invulnerable to character attacks: Current campaign aides and
Continue readingSpeaking of pigs and lipstick,
Watch what happens about 15 seconds into the clip- Pigs have needs too! H/T to Japan Probe!
Continue readingSadly, I think he may be right.
My Canadian counter part about Obama that is: Yes, it’s happening again, if only because the party insists on nominating amateurs solely because they’re popular with people who don’t tend to vote in general elections. It’s happening again because the Democrats refuse to believe that empty platitudes can’t beat professional
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