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BlogsWhat Barry Would Do, If He Could
Every once in a while, George Will gets something right. His review of Shelby Steele's "A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win," is one of those times. Of course, that's just my opinion.
Nevertheless, for his comparison to Fred Astaire alone, Will deserves credit: So far, Obama is the Fred Astaire of politics -- graceful and elegant, with a surface so pleasing to the eye that it seems mistaken, even greedy, to demand depth.See why over the fold.
Air Force--A Service in Search of a Mission?
It was a rather peculiar diatribe by the Secretary of Defense, especially considering that, oh so many ages ago, he'd been a member of the Air Force himself. Even more puzzling, considering that the Air Force is running at least four mega bases in Iraq, including the Balad Air Field, which rivals O'Hare in traffic, was Robert Gates' assertion that the Air Force is not pulling its weight in the Iraq and Afghanistan endeavors.
By monica smith at 05/05/2008 - 15:19 | Accountability | Privacy | Terrorism | War | login or register to post comments | read more
Air Force--Disaster over Iraq
If you agree that we organize governments at all levels to deal with (prevent and/or mitigate) the vagaries of man and nature we don't want--i.e. man-made and natural disasters, which may be categorized under the seven Is:
incineration
--then it seems fair to conclude that, since every one of those conditions has been promoted and exacerbated in Iraq, that benighted land is a prime example of government gone wrong. And, though it doesn't get much coverage, the United States Air Force is largely at fault. Monsanto + Monoculture = Monopoly
If the human species has one unique characteristic, it may well be the propensity to kill things it doesn't like or that simply displease. Other species destroy to sustain themselves; humans just do it because they can.
By monica smith at 04/30/2008 - 08:50 | Corporations | Democrats | Environment | Labor | Poverty | Trade | login or register to post comments | read more
Shaheen on National Security
Let me start with the observation that I did not invite the missive from the Jeanne Shaheen campaign to be dropped in my in-box, nor did I forward my address in anticipation of getting either policy missives or requests for donations. So, in a sense, this is the internet version of the robo call and the extension of the opt-out policy to this medium of communication is not welcome, since it's the strategy spammers rely on to validate that the addresses they have purchased are active.
Analysis of the communication follows after the break.
By monica smith at 04/29/2008 - 05:41 | Accountability | Democrats | Terrorism | War | login or register to post comments | read more
News from DetroitBy monica smith at 04/26/2008 - 05:59 | Civil rights | Corporations | Labor | Video | login or register to post comments
Et Tu, Gates?
There's a reason why witnesses called to testify in a court of law are required to pledge to
Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.Things left out or embellishments stuck in pervert the truth and turn it into a lie. We recently saw that happen with Hillary Clinton's sniper fire in Tuzla and it's also been apparent in the stories told by the twenty-two dirty pensioners--perjurers in the court of public opinion--who spread half-truths and snippets of mis-information about the invasion/occupation of Iraq to deceive the American people and enrich themselves.
By monica smith at 04/22/2008 - 08:06 | Accountability | Crime | Republicans | War | login or register to post comments | read more
Perjury in the Court of Public Opinion
This past Sunday, the venerable New York Times published a lengthy screed in which it was revealed that some twenty-two high ranking retired military men and one still on active duty in the Pentagon had been suborned to give false evidence, about the conduct and progress of the aggression against Iraq, to the electronic and print media.
By monica smith at 04/21/2008 - 05:56 | Accountability | Corporations | Crime | Republicans | War | login or register to post comments | read more
Republicans Love Stealth
That's probably why the Air Force, the entity most favored by our flyboy Presidents and president-wanna-be McCain, has committed itself to a fleet of stealth fighters and bombers, despite the fact that they're hard to land and don't do well when there's salt in the air. But, that's not my topic today. Rather, alerted by Laura Clawson to the fact that Huckabee had set up a new PAC in support of Republican long-shots, I was prompted to take a look at what else the fellow, who supposedly gave up on his quest for the Republican presidential nomination in early March, has been up to.
By monica smith at 04/19/2008 - 14:42 | Republicans | login or register to post comments | read more
Wallywood--How did we miss it?
Washington + Hollywood = Wallywood
Evidence of War Crime
Which is worse, stringing someone up by his wrists and beating him to death, or dispatching a crowd with a bomb from thirty thousand feet?
New Horizons for our Flyboys
As you may have noticed, it's my impression that the Air Force is an agency in search of a mission. Playing baby-sitter for our nuclear weapons is turning out to be a drag and "driving" drones carrying bombs and missiles over Iraq from consoles in Nevada doesn't seem to be particularly exciting either.
The New Hampshire High Technology Council is one of the regional groups working on the Hanscom proposal.
"more imaginative things" for our flyboys
Somehow I think when I post diaries here they ought to be connected to New Hampshire. So, in response to a question the other day about why I focus on the Air Force, let me explain why I pay attention to what's going on up in the air.
It's Not Nice to Stiff New Hampshire, Hillary
While it's possible that the debts have been paid, each month's filings with the FEC isn't available until about the 20th of the next, so the February numbers are about all we have.
h/t to tpmcafe
From: Cafe, Election Central
By monica smith at 04/05/2008 - 09:05 | Accountability | Democrats | Fair elections | Fiscal responsibility | login or register to post comments | read more
Tuzla--Hillary's WMD in the Oval Office?
It seems that Hillary made a "funny" about the snipers on Leno last night.
When George W. Bush famously went "looking" for WMD in the Oval Office, his audience laughed along with him but the ultimate consensus was that this was an exercise in really poor taste. What was generally overlooked was that the entertainment presented a literal truth. The weapons of mass destruction that were supposed to be located in Saddam Hussein's Iraq were, truth be told, a figment of the imagination, created out of whole cloth by the occupant of the oval office. So, that's where the WMDs were and the comedic schtick was a distraction from that truth.
Lawbreaker McCain?
Technically speaking, as a member of the United States Senate, John McCain is a law-maker. But, while it's been clear for some time that he's keen on writing laws that primarily regulate the behavior or ordinary people (the spending limits on individual contributions to political candidates, rather than limiting the behavior of the future office holders themselves, are a good example), that the Senator considers himself exempt hasn't been as obvious. Now it is. At least from where I sit, John McCain is a lawbreaker.
By monica smith at 04/03/2008 - 06:28 | Republicans | War | login or register to post comments | read more
Beware of "non-political" Events
Right. An email from the NH State Library announces:
As in the past, the N.H. State Library will be traveling to Washington, DC for NH Librarians’ Day on Thursday, September 18^th , 2008. Senator Sununu will be hosting this year’s program. This program is, as in the past, is (sic) a non-political trip. By monica smith at 03/29/2008 - 09:42 | Fair elections | Republicans | login or register to post comments | read more
Backsliding Democrats
2006 was a good year for New Hampshire Democrats. We had Carol Shea-Porter headlining electoral successes all over the state and for almost no money.
2008 looks to be not quite as good. The end of the quarterly fund-raising reporting cycle has brought missives to my mail box, suggesting it's all about the money again.
By monica smith at 03/27/2008 - 08:27 | Accountability | Democrats | login or register to post comments | read more
Five years After--of Predators and Reapers
Some Americans don't want to know the truth, ,
others don't see it through their prejudice. They simply don't see what the rest of the world sees in a video llike this.
Hannaford Customers--"We have a problem"
Well, this is just great!
Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain yesterday said a breach of its computer system potentially exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and has led to about 1,800 fraud cases to date.
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