So the "new" Iraq is in the process of determining what it will look like in the Post-Saddam era. They are mired in confusion caused by the lack of self-determination they have lived with for the past several decades, and are ill-equipped to resolve this matter on their own. The U.S. has a game plan for the nascent government, however a game plan ( Read more... )

If I were Al Franken (which thankfully I'm not) that title would have read, "Flip Floppers, and the Flops that Flip them." Moving on ( Read more... )

So I have broken the Bush presidency down into four chunks of time for analysis.

First, the pre-9/11 period. This is from the start of his Presidency through 9/10/2001.
Second, the 9/11 period. This is the timeframe between the date of 9/11 and the end of the Afghanistan war, meaning when the Taliban fell from power.
Third, the Iraq period. ( Read more... )

So, while this isn't typical of me, I thought I'd post this bit of fluff just because it fits so well. On the one hand, it made me laugh. On the other, it made me realize that one day, I will RULE the WORLD ...unless I get sidetracked by my goal of creating a toilet capable of identifying the gender of the user upon approach and modifying the ( Read more... )

As everyone is so fond of counting all of the innocent lives that are taken as part of the War in Iraq, I thought I would help out in my own way. Here I will keep track of all of the civilians that are killed by terrorists. Specifically it seems odd to me that the Muslim community overseas has such a violent reaction to the incidental deaths ( Read more... )

You are sitting there looking at your computer, inside your nice warm home, listening to the TV in the background as the remnants of your 3 course dinner float gently through your intestines. What else could you be thinking of other than the national debt. Me too, so that’s why we are here ( Read more... )

I was going to post about something else tonight, but the President moved me. Sadly, I was moved in such a way as to once again speak out against the leadership of my country. Given my previous post, I feel inclined to first point out that I love my country deeply. I am not on one side of the aisle or another, but rather take each issue on it’s ( Read more... )

So I've posted on other sites on this topic, but I've never done a summary. It's time to Beat the Bush, not beat around it ( Read more... )

Ok, this will be a quick one. My guidance to most people is to please not vote in any elections. I see the "Rock the Vote" ads and bumper stickers and the advocacy for "Get out there and vote" all the time and I have to tell you, this is a horrible idea. You see, this push to get people out to vote only serves to water down the voting pool by ( Read more... )

So I just finished my daily reading of Aljazeera.net and I'm a tad aggravated. Now, I know when I go there that I am going to get aggravated because they slant their opinions just enough so that they are anti-American without really seeming to be anti-American. I'd rather they just say, "Dear reader - we are a middle eastern paper and thusly, we ( Read more... )