McCotterism (?)
I notice a front page post on Red State from U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter, lamenting the lack of passion about last year’s bogey-man. Let me just say that I don’t have a strong position on...
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Google Earth Maps Darfur Crisis. (Doesn’t work with Google Maps – you have to download Google Earth. Read full post, see embedded content, and comment here! Posted in: International, Sci/Tech Post...
View ArticleEvil in the Islamic World
The reason I rarely post about stuff like this is that so many people write about these things with the attitude that they should justify a show-down at high noon. That because of these things, a...
View ArticleIt Served Its Purpose…
… as a talking point and distraction. Now, watch as the splurge stops working. Ok – that was one reason for the decreased violence in the last year (like all the way down to 2006 levels!). Another was...
View ArticleFull Spectrum Dominance
I do not fully endorse the message of this video, with my limited understanding of the situation in the Caucuses. Nevertheless, this is the side of the story we don’t get to hear in the American press,...
View ArticleStrong Words
And, while I wouldn’t take some of Larison’s positions vis-a-vis the legality and propriety of the Honduran coup as strongly as he does, I’m generally in agreement with him, that Obama has gone cowboy...
View ArticleBhutto on Obama in Pakistan
She has a lot to say, and I think it would pay to listen to her. But [laughs] I think I would want to make clear to him that he’s opened a third front in my country. By allying America with this...
View ArticleIdolatry of Nation
Daniel Larison explores the thinking habits of the hawk, and comes to some unflattering conclusions. I expect that he is partly right… On the other hand, I think he oversimplifies to a degree, and I...
View ArticleOne Idea…
…would be to move Darfur to Eastern Europe. Read full post, see embedded content, and comment here! Posted in: International Post tags: Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh
View ArticleA Little Bit of None Of My Business
Mostly none of my business. My tax dollars have played a role in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, so I guess I bear a smidgeon of responsibility. But really, it’s the business of people who live...
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