The Boss Backs Obama

Dear Friends and Fans: Like most of you, I’ve been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand. Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest. He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in …

General Petraeus Takes The Hill

So, there were a couple of hearings on Iraq yesterday in the Senate. There was the predictable charts and graphs showing a reduction in violence in Baghdad, the main target of the “surge.” (Surprising just how much ethnic cleansing a few well-motivated death squads can accomplish when they really put their minds to it.) And in Western Iraq, where the …

Outsource This

Numerous crimes aside from murder, including betrayal of governmental trust, also carry the death penalty, and the visitation of justice is sure and swift. —The Urantia Book URANTIA — [C.U.News] In a development today that surprised even veteran DC reporters, not a single Republican was indicted, convicted, resigned, or announced a sudden overwhelming urge to spend more time with his …

An Endless Loop of Self-Referential Narcissism

That’s how Glenzilla (Glenn Greenwald), describes the juvenile delinquents who are running our MSM in his new book “Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics.” Here’s an excerpt, taken from his blog today, titled “The U.S. establishment media in a nutshell” : Most certainly, the press will pretend to be above it all (“this is not something …

As the Iraqis Sit Down, We’ll Stand Up

We fear they are about to make the mistake that so many others have made when they have endeavored to force a superior culture and religion upon other races. —The Urantia Book More Than 1,000 in Iraq’s Forces Quit Basra Fight So begins the front page article in today’s NY Times. The total number of ‘quitters’ could be as high …

When Defeat is Success: More Orwellian Newspeak from the Pentagon

Yesterday, in response to the explosion of violence in Basra that has necessitated an influx of 15,000 Iraqi and American troops, the Pentagon claimed the situation was a “by-product of the success of the surge.” The Suits in the Pentagon might want to check with the Brass on that, or at least the retired members who are free to speak …

4,000 US Troops KIA in Iraq

From Nico Pitney, a mosaic of photos of Americans fallen in Iraq. McCain says US succeeding in Iraq [Catastrophuck] LIZ SIDOTI  HufPo CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Fresh off his eighth Iraq visit, Sen. John McCain declared Monday that “we are succeeding” and said he wouldn’t change course _ even as the U.S. death toll rose to 4,000 and the war …