A Date that Will Live in Infamy-70th Anniversary
Most of the people who lived, first hand, through the attack on Pearl harbor are nearly 90 years old. That’s very hard to believe. The surprise attack left young men, barely more than boys,...
View ArticleThe Iraq War: Shock and Awe to a quiet…its over
The Iraq War is over. President Obama announced the end of the war at Fort Bragg yesterday. The official date of the end of the war is today, December 15. The colors have been cased. Secretary...
View ArticleSantorum–a dodge and a miss
Rick Santorum wanted to be anywhere but in that interview. Mitt Romney looks like a smooth talker compared to this guy in the hot seat. First he tried to throw his benefactor under the bus. Then he...
View ArticleThe Hooker Issue
Much has been made in the print media regarding the Secret Service 11 who were called home in disgrace over the weekend. However, the talking heads weren’t up to the normal blather since it was a...
View ArticleJon Stewart: Victory Lapse
Part 2 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Victory Lapse www.thedailyshow.com Where is our Greek Chorus of nay sayers? Where are our Obama Bashers? Jon Stewart has the last word on...
View ArticleNo good deed goes unpunished…..
From the Huffington Post: The White House said President Barack Obama misspoke on Tuesday when he referred to a “Polish death camp” while honoring a Polish war hero. The president’s remark had drawn...
View ArticleRomney Insults all Arabs?
So, I think we may be establishing a pattern here. Diplomacy may not be Romneys forte. Not a big deal for a CEO of an equity firm, but as President, this could be problematic. It’s one thing to...
View ArticleNeil Armstrong dead at age 82
Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, is dead at age 82. He is best remembered for his famous words: “One small step for man…one giant leap for mankind.” He had had heart surgery 3 weeks...
View ArticleRomney remarks muddle the works in Egypt and Libya crisis
UPDATE: Confirmed reports indicate that the person killed was the U.S, Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. Information is being updated by the minute. 4 Americans in all were killed....
View ArticleRoswell: Happy 66th Anniversary
Tired of hearing and reading about Egypt and Korean airline crashes? I have just the thing for you. Its loaded with consipiracy theory even if we want to bring a little tin foil to the table....
View ArticleFull Victory–Nothing Else
70 years since D-Day. Amazing. To many of those few still alive, it is probably like it was yesterday. From www.army.mil: June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of...
View Article45 years ago today: One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Where were you July 20, 1969? Do you remember what you were doing? Were you glued to your TV like the rest of the world? What has changed because of that day, if anything? Additional Reading
View ArticleISIL can run but it can’t hide
An angry president addresses a sad nation over the death of James Foley at the hands of ISIL. It sounds like it’s game on. President Obama needs to unleash the fury of the US arsenal on these brutal...
View ArticleNo, there is no war on women….
Washingtonpost.com: As the Islamic State marched through Iraq and Syria this summer, its refrain was “convert or die.” For many, refusal to swear fealty to the Islamic State and adopt its violent,...
View ArticleCDC to run fever screenings at 5 airports in USA
Several weeks ago Rick Bentley sounded the alarm over Ebola right here on this blog. I think it’s fair to say most of us thought he was being somewhat of an alarmist. Is he? How do pandemics start?...
View ArticleEbola Czar and quarantines?
New York Times: DALLAS — President Obama raised the possibility on Thursday that he might appoint an “Ebola czar” to manage the government’s response to the deadly virus as anxiety grew over the air...
View ArticleU.S. representatives absent from million person march against terrorism
The news shows today are all warbling about how wrong it was that there were no US representatives in the line up of dignitaries leading the million person march against terrorism. Yes, it was...
View ArticleAuschwitz Liberation 70th Anniversary: The Guardian Point of View
Editorial from The Guardian: The facts are, wrote Hannah Arendt in 1946, “that six million Jews, six million human beings, were helplessly, and in most cases unsuspectingly, dragged to their deaths”....
View ArticleThe Plague: Black rats exonerated–blame the gerbils
Just when we found out that the hype about the Crusades was partially a myth, now we have another millennial myth blow up in our faces. Rats have been exonerated for having killed a hundred million...
View ArticleNetanyahu: Should he be speaking before Congress?
Too late now. Netanyahu is scheduled to speak before Congress at 11 a.m. today. Many Democrats will not be in attendance. President Obama will not meet with the Israeli prime minister while he is...
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