The blind leading the blind
From MSNBC’s homepage: Anyone from President Bush’s administration “tutoring” someone else on foreign policy is a lot like career binge alcoholics tutoring high school students on responsible drinking.
Category: Politics
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Thoughts on politics
“The reality is that the American eagle needs both a left wing and a right wing or he ain’t getting off the ground.” – J. Michael Straczynski We need both. Neither is more or less correct as long as we actually want to fly. Food for thought: an eagle has a right wing and a…
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Still in the 21st Century
LA Times, August 16, 2008: President Bush delivered yet one more tough warning to Russia today over the crisis in Georgia: “Bullying and intimidation are not acceptable ways to conduct foreign policy in the 21st century.” “The United States has long maintained the option of preemptive actions to counter a sufficient threat to our national…
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In the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations
“In the 21st century, nations don’t invade other nations.” – John McCain on Russia’s invasion of Georgia Two minor pieces of trivia… 1. You voted to invade Iraq and Afghanistan in 2003. 2. 2003 is a year in the 21st century. Just sayin’. Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now!…
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Why politics makes me sick
I’m exceptionally proud of the PodCamp Boston 3 community. $1,000 raised and donated to feed hungry kids in the greater Boston area. According to the Greater Boston Food Bank, the agency we donated to, they can take that and provide more than two meals per dollar donated. That means the PodCamp Boston 3 community, which…
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The solution to the offshore drilling question…
… is surprisingly simple. Open up the protected reserves we have to offshore drilling. They are our natural resources, after all, and better we should rely on our resources in the short term than on other nations, particularly nation-states not friendly to us. Then nationalize the production – i.e. cut out ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) and…
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I call for the immediate resignation of Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT)
Image via Wikipedia Senator Christopher Dodd, head of the Senate Banking Committee, is corrupt, plain and simple. Senator Dodd has sponsored a mortgage bailout bill in Congress to benefit mortgage lenders and took money from one of them – Countrywide – while putting up the legislation. Details, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: On Tuesday,…
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Spot the terrorist!
After reading this Boston Globe article about Dunkin Donuts pulling an ad because conservatives thought her scarf looked like a keffiyah, I thought I’d make a quick game for you to play. Like this? Please Digg it. How did you do? Come on, Dunkin Donuts. What the hell is wrong with you? I can’t tell…
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And this is why I'm not voting for Hillary – ever.
From CNN: In the face of criticism from a slate of economists who say her gas tax holiday plan would be ineffective or even harmful, Hillary Clinton said she wasn’t taking stock of their opinions and emphasized that this was a short-term fix that would primarily benefit long-distance drivers. “I’m not going to put my…
