Archive for the ‘War’ Category
Living Behind the Walls of a Police State
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Millions of people will never experience the world beyond their immediate surroundings. When a government tightens its stranglehold on the population, one of the first casualties is the right to travel.
During the Cold War, the world sympathized with the plight of Soviet and Eastern European citizens. Millions of them were ...
Posted in Education, Middle East, War, World News | 8 Comments »
Former House Speaker Gingrich Says Bush Should Have Let Some Terrorist Attacks In US Succeed
Friday, May 30th, 2008
Speaking at a book signing in April 2008, former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich told an audience that the Bush Administration has done too good a job at protecting America from terrorist attacks and should probably have let a few succeed to remind us all of the ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, Politics, Republican, Terrorism, War | 14 Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Our good friend Dave Away From Home recently blogged for the reinstatement of the draft. I urge you to read his common-sense post, it's a great accounting of the pluses and pitfalls - especially on a subject that's a political third-rail electrified by a very unpopular war.
There's much to be ...
Posted in America, Contributors, Current Affairs, Military, Miscellaneous, Political, Politics, War | 1 Comment »
“Many Mistakes Made by Civilian and Military Commanders…”
Monday, May 26th, 2008
I understand that, of course. I, too, have been made sick at heart by the many mistakes made by civilian and military commanders and the terrible price we have paid for them," he added.Sounds like a liberal? Nope: McSame.
"We have new commanders in Iraq," McCain said to applause.Trouble is, ...
Posted in BIO, Contributors, George W. Bush, Impeachment, Iraq, Iraq War, John McCain, Military, War | No Comments »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
I have shuddered at the thought that most, if not all, of the individuals to be tried in BushCo's kangaroo court known as the military tribunals would be found guilty. That they would be found guilty on shoddy or non-existing evidence coerced out of them by torture and certainly without ...
Posted in Middle East, Military, Politics, War | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Presidential progeny usually get a pass from the press when they're young. No matter how you might feel about their parents, this is probably a good thing. Presidential kids have enough pressure on them without someone dogging their every move. Otherwise, the kind of 24x7 glare they'd suffer would be ...
Posted in 4000 KIA, 4000 dead, Afghanistan, America, BIO, Bush, Contributors, Current Affairs, George W. Bush, IDIOT, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Political, Politics, War | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
It takes one to know one and George Bush - The Man Who Never Made a MistakeTM - knows a lot of people of like mind and talent.
Unrepentant neocondinista Doug Feith - Bush's former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and Lunacy - left for greener pastures a while back. ...
Posted in BIO, Contributors, IDIOT, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Military, Politics, Right Wing Nut, War, asshole, conservative, omnipotent poobah | 3 Comments »
Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Typical to the republican stance on how to help the economy, we are about to be ejaculated all over with the disbursing of tax "rebate" checks. Remember, it was your money in the first place that they are handing back to you.
If you thought making risky loans ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, Economics, George W. Bush, Iraq, Quagmire, War | 1 Comment »
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Aside from his flag waving, flight suit wearing, preening picture posing, mission accomplished displays, our commander-in-chief has done precious little for the troops he claims to so whole-heartedly support. After a constant series of increasingly frequent deployments, many troops who used to support him are joining the rest of the ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, Contributors, Exploiting, GIs, George W. Bush, IDIOT, Iraq, Iraq War, Military, Politics, War, asshole, omnipotent poobah | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Where once the name simply meant "colossal", we now think of the Titanic as the perfect metaphor for incompetence, hubris, and sometimes the overwhelming ability of humans to be cavalier with their neighbors' lives. It certainly illuminates much of what our poor excuse for a president does. "Rearranging the chairs ...
Posted in BIO, Bush, Contributors, George W. Bush, Iraq War, Military, Politics, Quagmire, War, capitalism, omnipotent poobah | No Comments »
