When I was in the Air Force, I claimed that the Military made it impossible to get depressed. There was so much absurdity to kvetch about that there wasn’t time. I feel that way with the news these days. It seems like every day, there some new Bishism to rale about. And like else everyone, […]
After excoriating Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame [in Valerie Plame’s lawsuit is a huge mistake… for Valerie Plame], Jim Kouri ends with: The fact of the matter is that the Democrats want to keep this story alive in spite of not getting their archenemy Karl Rove indicted. The prosecutor tried, but being an honorable guy […]
Reading my last two posts, I can see that I’m skirting having my own opinion about Israel’s current War with Hezbollah. It’s because I am of several minds about it. Israel has alway had a modifed "Bush Doctrine" – Unilateral action, Pre-emption, Strength. In fact, I suspect that’s where we got the idea. It’s got […]
Israeli troops push into south Lebanon In mental health circles, we have a term – passive aggressive. It essentially means doing something that is hostile [aggressive] by non-action, thereby denying responsibility for the aggression. Examples are everywhere – like being late, giving some benign excuse instead of admitting that you didn’t want to be there […]
In today’s Washington Post: Bush Supports Israel’s Move Against Hezbollah Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice indicated yesterday that the situation is not yet ripe for U.S. diplomatic intervention. "We have to make certain that anything that we do is going to be of lasting value," Rice said during a brief session with reporters […]
I have to be careful. Watching the nightly news can be injurious to my mental health. I usually get the news from the Internet. Somehow, that softens the blow. But tonight, I’d cooked a steak and we had a baked potato, some of those pleasures that we only indulge in every once and a while […]
Bush Blocked Justice Department Investigation By Murray Waas, National Journal © National Journal Group Inc. Tuesday, July 18, 2006 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee today that President Bush personally halted an internal Justice Department investigation into whether Gonzales and other senior department officials acted within the law in approving and […]
Reed concedes The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed conceded defeat about 9:50 p.m. in Georgia’s Republican primary for lieutenant governor. “Tonight my candidacy for lieutenant governor comes to an end,” he said. He promoied to work for the GOP ticket, including Sen. Casey Cagle (R-Gainesville), his rival in the lieutenant governor’s race. […]
It’s the thought of every alcoholic in the end days of a drinking career. "I can have a few drinks and no one will notice." In an earlier time, that might be true. But, when it becomes no longer true, the alcoholic doesn’t notice that the line has been crossed. That said, now carefully look […]
George Will’s piece in today’s Washington Post, Transformation’s Toll, reminds us that a Conservative person can be a rational person. It is, in fact, a piece about the distorted logic of the Neoconservatives, in particular, William Kristol’s assertions in It’s Our War. He starts with Condoleeza Rice’s recent defense of current policy: Speaking on ABC’s […]