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PN3(Ret), USN, 1991-2001. Done a number of clerical-type jobs. Computer "power user," my desktop is a Windows machine, but my laptop is an Ubuntu Linux.
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Friday, October 1, 2010 Businesspeople and politics - do they really mix?
Do businesspeople really understand the economy any better than non-businesspeople? They know how to make money for themselves of course, but does that really translate into their having better judgment on how to make the economy work for everyone?
Sunday, September 12, 2010 Blue Dog Democrats bite Democratic Party
It's really difficult to see what the Democratic Party gains by running Blue Dog Democrats. Not only do they get a complete failure of messaging, but they don't even get reliable Democratic votes.
Saturday, June 12, 2010 Hoo boy!
The deficit scolds are eagerly pushing their "catfood commission" (They just LOVE the idea of impoverishing all of our senior citizens to the point where they have to live on cat food).
Friday, April 16, 2010 The Tea Partiers
Tea Party protesters seem to have hit a ceiling in terms of their popular appeal. They may yet turn towards sedition, but hopefully, the traditional media will now drop the silly pretense that they represent a growing grassroots movement.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Torture and the meanings of words (1 comments)
Did President G.W. Bush "authorize torture"? Perhaps not, but the assertion by Karl Rove that Bush didn't reminds me of the famous Clinton statement "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." I don't think Rove is precisely lying in his sentence. Not precisely, anyway.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Democratic leadership and primaries
The leadership of the Democratic Party, the White House, the Democratic National Committee, the two Campaign Committees, need to stay out of primaries!!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Y'know, it's funny...
Kind of amusing to see right-wingers suddenly discover issues of free speech and respect for others.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 President's upcoming speech on Afghanistan
President Obama looks set to escalate the Afghanistan War. Bad idea. The US is in no shape to sustain such a conflict.
Saturday, June 6, 2009 Recent protests in Philly (1 comments)
A summary of four recent protests along with answers to two questions
Saturday, May 23, 2009 A "conflict" that never should have been (1 comments)
Absolutely amazing how a "conflict" can develop out of misreporting or "Reason 50 zillion and nine as to why the left blogosphere exists."
Monday, April 20, 2009 DNI McConnell's credibility
In which we review a number of items that we DFH's strongly suspected was the case anyway.
Friday, April 10, 2009 Fascinating other side to the story (1 comments)
Seems the lack of enthusiasm in the Bush Administration's "realist" camp was shared by some unexpected players.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 The Great Recession
Is it like the Great Depression? Sort of, because it's quite serious. Not really, because America has a pretty clear consensus on how to deal with it and some regulatory structures left over from that period that have prevented a full-blown repeat.
Thursday, March 26, 2009 President Obama reaches out to Iran (1 comments)
It's far too early to judge whether Obama's speech to Iran and the Iranian people will be effective, but it's a worthwhile experiment.
Monday, January 19, 2009 Philly Peace March
Philadelphia conducted a rally and a march on the occasion of President-elect Obama passing through to remind him "The Peace Movement is still here."
Friday, January 2, 2009 Reflection on eight years from Bush's aides (1 comments)
Bolten and Hadley struggle with Bush's popularity and fail at explaining their boss to the American people.
Monday, November 17, 2008 WaPo frets over allegations of liberal bias (2 comments)
The Washington Post Ombudsman is very concerned over what she describes as "liberal bias," but it's not clear that there's really a problem there.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Election reactions
More arguments against bipartisanship after Tuesday's election results.
Sunday, October 19, 2008 10 IRAQ VETS Arrested @ HOFSTRA Police RIOT (1 comments)
Iraq Veterans Against the War attempted to ask McCain why he always fails to vote for the V.A.'s efforts to fund attempts at restoring Veterans "Quality of Life"
Monday, September 8, 2008 Number of Sarah Palin items
A group of items on Alaska's Republican Governor who will, if America is unlucky, be Vice-President for someone who, due to his age, has a one-sixth chance on not finishing a four-year term.
Monday, September 8, 2008 Number of Sarah Palin items
A group of items on Alaska's Republican Governor who will, if America is unlucky, be Vice-President for someone who, due to his age, has a one-sixth chance on not finishing a four-year term.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 AP's talking points on their "Ron Fournier problem"
The Associated Press employs a bureau chief who seems to have a serious objectivity problem. AP releases a set of talking points that actually aren't very persuasive.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 The lowdown on Palin
The left blogosphere has reached a few conclusions about the AK Governor.
Monday, August 25, 2008 Clarification and a thinkpiece (1 comments)
First section has definite conclusions, second is more of a throwing-thoughts-out-there
Friday, August 15, 2008 US and Poland ratchet up tension further (1 comments)
In the aftermath of the South Ossetia war, US and Poland ratchet up tensions still further.
Friday, July 25, 2008 Hypocrisy
It'd be so nice to have a credible spokesperson from the US to talk about human rights.
Saturday, July 5, 2008 Motivations for war with Iran (1 comments)
If the US is planning a war on Iran, what are the motivations for doing so? It's not at all clear from a WaPo column just what the complaint is.
Sunday, April 13, 2008 Bush's speech on Iran (1 comments)
Very worrisome signs. I'd say if there was an Iran War equivalent of the nuclear "Doomsday Clock," I think we can move it a bit closer to midnight.
Saturday, March 22, 2008 Question raised by exchange
Question raised Dana Perino-Helen Thomas exchange. Why did the press corps protect Bush in 2000?
Wednesday, January 9, 2008 Conspiracy theories
How does "Zionist" conspiracy measure up to the following news bytes?
Tuesday, December 4, 2007 Joe Klein's lies and insubordination
Further commentary on the infuriating case of Joe Klein's lies on the Democrats and their FISA bill.
Monday, November 26, 2007 Poll on 9-11 and Bush Administration foreknowledge (3 comments)
No dispositive, smoking-gun evidence, but many reasons to believe that Bush Administration was fully aware that 9-11 was going to occur.
