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Burning Down The House

December 19, 2011

I spent the last week in Las Vegas, where I purposely avoided television, the internet, talk radio, and newspapers. I didn't even check in on my own blog. All things political were jettisoned from my life for an entire week. It was fantastic. I'd be quite happy to remove politics from my life completely, but [...]

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Coming Back From Iraq

October 24, 2011

When President Obama announced that all US troops will be coming home from Iraq by the end of the year, he said it was a campaign promise fulfilled. He didn't bother to remind us it was George W. Bush's promise that was being fulfilled, not his own. Obama's campaign promise was to have us out [...]

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Colin Powell's Disgrace

August 31, 2011

In former Vice President Dick Cheney's memoir, titled 'In My Time', Cheney accurately stated that Richard Armitage of the State Deparment was the person who originally leaked the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame to reporter Bob Novak. Novak subsequently published that information, outing Plame's identity. Armitage's boss at the time was Secretary Of State, [...]

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Leaving Iraq

August 19, 2010

In november 2008, the Bush administration negotiated a Status Of Forces Agreement with the Iraqi government calling for American combat forces to leave Iraqi cities by june 2009, and for all American forces to leave Iraq by december 2011. Within that framework, President Obama set an interim goal for all combat forces to leave Iraq [...]

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Democrats Say The Darndest Things

February 13, 2010

I keep thinking I should write a post about my differences with the Republican party, but Democrats keep talking, thereby constantly reminding me why I detest Democrats, so I never quite get around to the Republicans. Here are a few of the latest examples of Demo-speak. "I am very optimistic about, about Iraq. I mean, [...]

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Politics First, National Security Second

April 27, 2009

In it's first 100 days, the Obama administration has shifted gears on national security issues. Does political ideology now trump national security ? Here are a few things to think about. – The release of the Bush OLC "torture" memos. There was NO reason to release those memos, other than political ones. Obama cited a [...]

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Pelosi Lies About Waterboarding Knowledge

April 24, 2009

House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who was the ranking House Democrat on the Intelligence Committee in 2002-2003, when the enhanced interrogation techniques were used on high-level Al Qaeda detainees, says……she didn't know nuthin' 'bout no waterboardin'. Bull. Crap. From the New York Times: As was common with the most secret programs, the C.I.A. chose [...]

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Leahy's Truth Squad

February 11, 2009

Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) wants to launch an investigation into all the Bush administration's unseemly activities, such as – firing 8 U.S. attorneys, wiretapping without warrants, and misleading the public about those weapons of mass destruction. Leahy would call his investigation a "Truth Commission." Leahy said "a person or group" of "fair-minded" individuals could be [...]

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Bye Bye Bushie

January 20, 2009

Reputed conservative president George W. Bush walks off into the sunset with a 34% approval rating. That's the same approval rating Jimmy Carter, the Plague From Plains, left with 28 years ago. Carter brought us a new word – 'stagflation.' They haven't invented a word yet for what Bush has brought. If they do invent [...]

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Leaving Iraq

July 9, 2008

Al Qaeda in Iraq has been virtually defeated. 15 of 18 surge benchmarks have been met. Violence has dropped dramatically, to it's lowest level in 4 years. The insurgency is being quelled as crackdowns against both Sunni and Shia insurgents have been carried out. The Iraqi people are rejecting violence. Iraqi troops are taking mission [...]

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This Is What We Want

June 3, 2008

There's not much coming from the media about the war these days, is there ? How very curious. The reason is, the war is being won. I guess that's not news. “Back from the front, Gen. David Petraeus called on Congress Thursday to begin considering a drawdown of U.S. troops after five years of war. [...]

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Distorting The G.I. Bill Debate

May 27, 2008

President Bush has threatened to veto a new G.I. Bill that passed the House and Senate. The Senate version was proposed by Jim Webb (D-VA) and Chuck Hagel (R-NE). It would pay full tuition and other expenses at a four-year public university for veterans who served in the military for at least three years since [...]

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