The age old question with the Bush Administration remains: Are these guys actually this incompetent or are they doing this shit on purpose? The weirdness seems to happen a bit more frequently with Iraq and our military but having government operations be seamless is becoming more and more of a quirk.
The Pentagon is bolstering a [...]
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Where are the adults? Is there anyone in charge? Anyone at all? Yeah, I know we have “The Decider”. But I know that there is also supposed to be oversight. And I have the distinct impression that a very large majority of our population would be completely surprised to learn how far under radar the [...]
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It’s pretty obvious that the U.S. doesn’t need to build an expensive and controversial missile defense system in Europe so that parts okay. But it’s equally clear that we should be focused on trying to shrink the overall size of the U.S. military, so you have to wonder whose side these folks are on that [...]
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Cross-posted on Stock Picks Bob’s Advice, Trading Goddess, and John Kerry for President 2008:
I join with other investors in disappointment of seeing a 1/4% drop in the Fed Discount Rate.
The market didn’t like it and turned from about a 50 point gain in the Dow to a 220 point loss. And the market has another [...]
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Yet Again: Why We Must Impeach Bush and Cheney
A Time for Humble Pie
On Tuesday, President Bush reported to the nation and the world that a recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that four years ago Iran had stopped its covert program aimed at developing nuclear weapons. To many sober minds, this news would be cause [...]
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While the focus in the past couple of days has been on the release of the NIE report on Iran, there’s been news of things heating up in Afghanistan that has remained somewhat under the wire. AP News reports that the Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack today that killed at least 13 people and [...]
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“Gay rights” has never really been one of my issues, but it’s clear to me that we have a double standard as a society and now it’s on my radar screen. The latest news out of the military seems to place the whole issue in a particularly striking light, and it certainly does merit some [...]
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It might be that this country has finally lost its capacity for outrage, has long since surrendered the idea of reproach or redress when lied to. We have become the Orwellian farm animals who find it too troubling to remember the promises once posted on the stable wall.
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Yeah…just a little moody, today. One week from now, my loved one, thanks to GWB, will be in Kuwait, on his way to his third tour in Iraq. The only thing helping me keep it together is my regular morning cuppa and keeping tabs on my RSS reader.
I’m not posting my round-up, so much because [...]
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In case you missed it, here’s Boone Pickens’ response to Kerry yesterday:
“Dear Senator Kerry:
“So glad to hear from you regarding the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth political ad campaign, and an offer I made public at an American Spectator dinner in Washington, D.C. last week. I am intrigued by your letter, and am certainly open [...]
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John Kerry announced on Friday that he has personally accepted Texas oilman T. Boone Picken’s offer to “pay $1 million to anyone who can disprove even a single charge of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.”
In a letter to sent to T. Boone Pickens, Kerry wrote: “While I am prepared to show they lied on allegation after allegation, [...]
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It’s Thursday and we are this close to the weekend. It’s a sunny day, here. Yet, there is a solemn mood surrounding our household.
The title of this post is purposeful and personal. We have less than two weeks, as we prepare to send SSG Dizzy to Iraq, for his third deployment. “Thursday’s child has far [...]
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