Archive for Military
Candidate Moonbeam
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Last week Newt, aka Candidate Moonbeam, attacked Romney’s Bain Capital for firing the workers of failing companies.This week, in an appeal to the wine and green cheese set, he’s come up with a plan for expanding government to the moon. Mark Steyn notes the ceiling on our 15 trillion dollar debt has already expanded to the moon.
I got the idea for this one from the 1902 silent movie A Trip to the Moon by Georges Melies – not that I’m a film buff, but the man in the moon picture is pretty famous.
Whiz Kids
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Four marines were photographed taking a leak on dead Taliban. Hillary finds it deplorable. Apparently, however, this will not dampen our efforts to give more money to Afghanistan.
Vacation One
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The president and first lady wound down from “his and her” shopping trips toPetSmart and Target with “his and her” separate Air Force One travel to Hawaii.
Death by Drone
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I’m a little ambivalent about drone assassinations. Not sure why. Our guys don’t get killed, you get the bad guys without carpet bombing thousands – what’s not to like? Gadhafi survived the drone missile but died in a crossfire, as Krauthammer put it, from temple to temple.
Spoils of War
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In a news dump Friday a week ago, the president abandoned a big chunk of his health care plan. Last Friday he abandoned Iraq. Only this time it really was Bush’s fault. Bush negotiated the withdrawal late in his administration. Obama tried to extend the Status of Forces agreement to allow 3,000 troops to to remain, but couldn’t get an Iraqi agreement on immunity from criminal prosecution for killing people and breaking things. So, he claimed credit for fulfilling a campaign pledge, took his army, and went home.
Gadhafi Gone
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Well, now he’s dead. So it seems.
During these days of concern about class inequality it’s comforting to witness real class mobility. Saddam and Gadhafi were both vicious killers who moved from being Uncle Sam’s ally to enemy, in one case, and enemy to ally in the other. They also moved from palace to hole.
Last Rights
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Before backing down, Obama insisted on full legal rights, complete with a New York civilian trial, for 9/11 terrorist Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Not so much for US born terrorist Anwar al-Aulaqi. Now Cheney wants an apology for all the bad things Obama said about the way he treated terrorists.
More Savings
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Among the savings on offer, is a jillion dollars by not fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A few weeks ago a NASA scientist speculated that we could be attacked by aliens upset about global warming – really. So far, it hasn’t happened. More savings for you.
Nasa Needs a Ride Board
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Having abandoned the Space Shuttle by the side of the galaxy, NASA relied on the kindness of Russians for transportation to the International Space Station. Bad move. While NASA minds contemplated the finer points of alien attack (not involving relatives of the president), a Russian Soyuz blew up, leaving the space station lost in space.