For All the Iran/Nuclear Hand Wringers and Israel Apologists
The fundamental problem between the US and Iran right now is that there are NO good options. It does not matter whether you are talking about nukes, regime change, or whatever silly thing lame duck...
View ArticleLet's Do It Again
I received this video in email. It's pretty good, and these five young men can't even vote. Their message is simple--and that's just as well.Sure, there's much in the last three years to complain...
View ArticleNicolas Kristof and the Rational Consensus on Iran
Today in the NY Times Nicolas Kristof has published an excellent piece that pretty much skewers the idea that Israel bombing Iran is anywhere near a rational idea. Furthermore, this is not about a...
View ArticleFasten Your Seatbelts
There certainly is a great deal in the news these days to make us feel that 2012 may turn out OK. The gender gap, early polling etc. Maybe it will. However, I fear complacency. A few shifts here and...
View Article100% American 0% Democrat
This will be a short one, and I'm sure we will see much more of this garbage as the election year continues. As I stopped at the hardware store today to pick up some energy saving light bulbs, I saw...
View ArticleUntil Nov. 7th Treat Romney Like Rasputin
Disclaimer: This is an analogy, I am in no way implying that I think Romney should be subjected to a conspiratorial murder plot. Here's the analogy: Treat Romney's 2012 Presidential Campaign like...
View ArticleGood Polling Shows Obama as Seabiscuit Again
The last few days of polls certainly have made me feel better. Four years ago I compared Obama's campaign to the 1938 Match Race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral. I think this years' campaign mirrors...
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Mr. Romney--Your Rejection Letter
November 6, 2012 The United States of AmericaDear Mr. Romney,After months, years actually, of seeing and hearing you on the national political stage we regret to inform you that we found a far more...
View ArticleWell Hell, Drink a Budweiser Tonight!!
Reading over on the old HuffPo, I see that Adolphus Busch IV has resigned from the NRA. I'm sure I don't agree with him on much, but he had the decency to tell them exactly why he was done with them....
View ArticleReflections on Government Contracting
I work for a small business that provides software, services and system integration for the federal government. I have taken part in the Request for Proposal (RFP) process and the delivery of services...
View Article304 > 365
At what level in elementary school can an average student determine the validity of the following mathematical statements? 304 > 332304 > 365304 > 379304 > 370304 > 286304 > 271304...
View ArticleRemember the Neutron Bomb?
Kill the PoorEfficiency and progress is ours once moreNow that we have the Neutron bombIt's nice and quick and clean and gets things doneAway with excess enemyBut no less value to propertyNo sense in...
View ArticleFire the Secret Service--All of Them
Its real simple. In the absence of records one can assume the worst. Every member of the Secret Service who cannot or will not produce the requested records from the selected dates needs to be fired...
View ArticleOrange Kitteh Has Somethin to Say About TV and Jan 6 Committee and Previous...
Hai, My name is Oliver and I has only been here since Febuary when I was born in a clozet. I has been watching these tv pictures whenever my human has them on. I can’t take my eyes off the screen. I...
View ArticleThe Model is Chile, Folks
Anyone who has read The Shock Doctrine should be familiar with these concepts. Essentially creating turmoil, economic and otherwise helps those who have a plan to take advantage of it. In the 1970s...
View ArticleIt's Real Simple--Trump Thinks He "Owns" the Republican Party
The party, and its’ voters are HIS asset, and alternative Republican leaders will have to claw it away from his cold dead hand. This is how he thinks. He will use anything to prop up his image and his...
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A New Torquemada Waiting in the Wings
He Will Take It.Don’t think for a moment that when given the opportunity, the unspeakable won’t happen in a hurry. You can EXPECT this Spanish Inquisition. Religious fanatics have NO PLACE in a...
View Article78% of Republicans Is One in Five Americans
SO, I saw the headline this morning that 78% of Republicans think Trump 47 would be better than Trump 45. As usual, the initial personal impact is WTF? Who are these people? After The Big Lie, J6, the...
View ArticleNO MERCY, NO DEALS
Nixon and Kissinger committed TREASON when they torpedoed peace negotiations with North Vietnam in 1968. Reagan & Co. committed it again when they negotiated with Iran about keeping the hostages...
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