Well contrary to my expectations, people are getting to work on the 9/11 commission report. Unfortunately, I don't like the direction they're headed. A terror czar sounds like a good plan, which is why its there, but really won't do much. The problem is in the agencies themselves. I also dislike the idea of one person haveing control over every ( Read more... )

So I've been readig thomas barnett's book The Pentagon's New Map about the future of conflict, and thus the world. He ahs a theory that I alsop reached. The world is divided between, two regions, the Core and the Gap. The Gap is the middle east, central america, and sub-saharan africa, essentially all the broken places in the world. The Core is ( Read more... )

I like how the Daily Show had more substantitive coverage of the convention by showing how silly it, and by extension the obsessive media coverage of it, are. It also concluded with a nice message to ignore all the pundits and to listen to the speaches and make up your own mind. We need more thinking like that.

For all those who view the Bush administration as mindlessly unilateral, go here. Honestly, I hate defending this administration. It has screwed up so much, and been utterly unable to show off its successes. However, in light of the mindless hatred it faces, someone needs to point out the truth. They don't deserve a second term, but Kerry ( Read more... )

A WaPo column here that holds my essential belief about the republicans to be true, that the party has been hi-jacked by the religious right to find the votes it needs, and the people who control the party are willing to box around on social issues to stay in power. The article drips with contempt for the "rednecks" as it calls them, and argues ( Read more... )

Fascinating NYT article here about someone trying to save the Democratic party. He sees the problem as 2 fold. One, the democratic party has become a random group of pros (labor, environment, choice, lawyers, ect.) that often conflict and without any sort of philosophy to tie them together. Their recent pro-little guy populism is not helping. ( Read more... )

One of the few useful bits coming out of the 9/11 report is it's revealing just how dangerous Iran is. They were caught red handed with illegal nuclear materials, and there have been no sanctions, no UN condemnations (but nukes are nothing compared to evil of a security wall), no inspectors, nothing. The report also talked about the strong Al ( Read more... )

Well with the 9/11 commission report out I'm sure our politicians will boldly move, elections be damned, and dramatically reshape our intelligence agencies, put forth bold legislation, and end their partisan bickering ( Read more... )

Its easy to tell when criticism of America legitimate or not. Simply replace "America" with "the Jews" and if it still makes sense (and sounds a lot like 1930's Germany) its drek ( Read more... )

An amazing WaPo editorial perfectly illuminating how the media allows itself to be hopelessly deluded by the posturing and pandering of the mainstream candidates ( Read more... )