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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.
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.
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.
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.
Libya Leadership
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Even Eugene Robinson is bewildered by the Libya Mission.
So what the hell are we doing? I realize that President Obama and his advisers have answered this question many times, but I feel it’s necessary to keep asking until the answers begin to make sense.
Not so Crazy
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The UN Security Council finally authorized the use of force against Libya. Gadhafi ordered a cease fire as promptly as he handed over his wmd after seeing Saddam stetch a rope in 2003.
Still, some are skeptical and, according to Al Jazeera, the fighting continues.
A story in the Guardian calls the cease fire a crafty move by Gadhafi to consolidate his gains.
Feeling Safe
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Diane Sawyer blindsided National Security Director James Clapper last week by asking him about the arrest of 12 suspected terrorists in London. Clapper attributed his cluelessness to his devotion to the New Start Treaty.
Federal Power
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A federal judge ruled that the federal government doesn’t have the power to make you go out and buy something you otherwise wouldn’t – health care in this case. The government claims its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce gives it the right to do just that.
Nat Hentoff doesn’t think any clause of the constitution gives the government the right to assassinate its own citizens who become jihadists.
Not Exactly The Pentagon Papers
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ProPublica compares the WikiLeaks to the Pentagon Papers and finds them wanting. Only in America can you dump 90,000 classified documents and have nothing new. (Unless you consider 2 media entities with 4 capital letters something new.)