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Extortion for fun and political gain

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If the part of the Constitution that says that Congress must vote to approve any new wars is obsolete, what other parts of that document are no longer viable?

 

What ever happened to the news reports from the folks who started releasing information about radiation levels in the USA following the nuclear disaster in Japan?   Would it be accurate to make a snide reference to "Gone With The Wind," if the prevailing weather patterns might actually be increasing the amount of atomic fallout?

 

Speaking of the all time greatest movies, has any political pundit pointed out the window of opportunity for a sequel to "The Blob"?   The monster is flown to the artic and put in a de facto state of suspended animation.   The victims agree that they will have no worries "as long as the Artic stays cold."   This columnist has been told that there is at least one palm tree living (in retirement?) in Paris (France, not Texas).

 

The residual good will generated by the American led efforts to liberate Europe in WWII, is rapidly diminishing.   Could it be compared to a melting snowman?  

 

Are America's claims to being "the Good Guys" perceived in The Hague much like the spectacle of an old woman traipsing down Main Street in scanty attire?

 

Wouldn't being a paid staff member of an American news organization stationed in The Hague be an example of a sinecure?   (Note:   being a lazy journalist requires doing some work; doing none at all disqualifies a person from competing in any lazy journalism competition.)   Was using a story that warned an American that he would be arrested if he showed up in Switzerland for a speaking engagement an example of journalism or a tip-off?   What is President Obama's status as far as a visit to The Hague is concerned?   If you don't know, then we rest our case.

 

Speaking of Freedom of the Press and the Normandy Invasion, did you know that there was one printing plant that transitioned from printing Wehrmacht to producing the Paris edition of YANK?   We culled that tidbit of information from the Introduction to "The Best from YANK the Army Weekly" (E. P. Dutton & Co. hardback 1945)

 

The American TV program "Boston Legal" used to feature some eloquent oratory that questioned the wisdom of America's invasion of Iraq.   What ever happened to that program?   We liked the traditional "balcony time" closing sequences.

 

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BP graduated from college in the mid sixties (at the bottom of the class?) He told his draft board that Vietnam could be won without his participation. He is still appologizing for that mistake. He received his fist photo lesson from a future (more...)
 

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