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McChrystallized….But No Change

June 24, 2010

I read the entire Rolling Stones article about General Stan McChrystal on Tuesday. I knew after reading it that he would have to go. The attitude expressed by Gen. McChrystal and his closest officers was one of defiance towards the Obama White House and those working for the Obama White House on the Afghanistan quagmire. [...]

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Joe Barton, American Hero

June 21, 2010

I happened to catch some of the back and forth last week between Tony Hayward of BP and members of the House Committee on Energy. Unlike many, I found the statement of apology by BP's employee on the committee, Joe Barton (R-TX), to be clearheaded, honest and accurate. Here are Barton's words…. "Now I’m going [...]

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Villagers Need Their Daddies

May 28, 2010

NY Times… But it remains an open question whether the measured tone that has become the soundtrack of Mr. Obama’s presidency – a detached, calm, observational pitch – served to drive the point home that he is sufficiently enraged by the fury in the Gulf Coast. James Carville via CNN…. Carville told CNN Chief National [...]

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Obama Broadens "War on Terror"

May 27, 2010

From the NY Times….. The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region, according to defense officials and military documents. The secret directive, signed in September [...]

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Stalemate Or Checkmate?

February 26, 2010

What was interesting coming from Republicans at the Health Care Summit yesterday was their dedication to their talking points. Republicans can't govern, but by god, they can stick to those talking points. Each Republican said exacly the same thing to Obama: "We want you Democrats to scrap your existing health reform legislation and start over." [...]

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Republican Pre-Conditions

February 9, 2010

Remember all the noise from neo-conservatives over the thought of President Obama sitting down with….gasp….Iranian leaders? Remember all those ignorant Villager gotcha questions Obama fielded during the presidential election campaign over…gasp….sitting down with Iranian leaders? Would pre-conditions have to be met before an American president could….gasp…talk to Iranian leaders? Shouldn't Iranian leaders first meltdown all [...]

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The Long Awaited GOP Ideas

February 5, 2010

During the health care "debate", many Republicans rose to their feet, grabbed the nearest megaphone, and shouted that Democrats were threatening Medicare. Those collectivist Democrats, if one was to believe Republicans, were going to "eliminate services" for seniors on Medicare. At least that's what "real Americans" like ex-governor Sarah Palin and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley [...]

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Broken Union

January 28, 2010

President Obama is a great communicator. He proved it again in last night's SOTU speech. Transcript here. He knows how to command an audiences's attention. Obama does something else very well….he speaks the truth. He's not duplicitous. People may not agree with him, but he doesn't lie. That's refreshing after the last administration, however, in [...]

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Fighting By Surrendering

January 26, 2010

I stand corrected. I was under the assumption that last Tuesday night's special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy's old senate seat was……ummm….an election to fill Ted Kennedy's old senate seat. Never have I been so mixed up. I have been learning, since last Tuesday, that Republican candidate, Scott Brown, was actually elected President [...]

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Shameless

January 14, 2010

Limbaugh and his devoted listeners don't care much for black people, or politicians who go about helping black people devastated by a tragic natural disaster… Reacting to ex-President Bill Clinton's appointment as UN special envoy to Haiti, radio personality Rush Limbaugh had this to say yesterday: "I'm just gonna tell you, if I was named [...]

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