Instead of talking about “choice” and “bending the cost curve”, we should be concentrating on getting people the security they need.

This week I’m going to rant about some issues that the new Obama administration should, in my humble opinion, address. However, it would be hard to post this without commenting on the Iraq/U.S. status of forces agreement approved on Thursday by the Iraqi parliament. This is, in essence, a timetable for withdrawal, setting an end … Continue reading The B list. →

Our great ally in the “global war on terror” and Cheney’s favorite military dictator Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule last week, just ahead of a ruling by his nation’s supreme court on whether or not he could remain both president and army chief at the same time. (Hey… he’s multi-tasking. What’s wrong with that?) Before … Continue reading Uniform standard. →

Boneheads like Cheney, Bush, and Rumsfeld could wreck the American empire simply by strolling through it.