Geography is destiny, Napoleon is reported to have said. I began to appreciate that political truism early on, thanks to marathon games of Risk I played as a kid. According to Wikipedia, Risk was originally released in France in 1957, as La Conquête du Monde—The Conquest of the World. It was likely modeled on the period of history that historians …
GOP Diaper wetters: David “PP” Vitter, Tony “Depends” Blankley, R. Hudson “Incontinent” Limpboughtenpaidfor, Eric “WeWee” Cantor, John “Sissy-Boy Boehner, and weepy Mitch McConnell. Said GOP House Leader John Boehner yesterday: The Obama Administration’s irresponsible decision to prosecute the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks in New York City puts the interests of liberal special interest groups before the safety and security …
Well, it looks like the Cheney Administration‘s attempt to handcuff the next US president to it’s depraved Iraq agenda has, like a John McCain piloted fighter jet, gone down in flames. McClatchy reports that: Iraq’s prime minister won’t sign U.S. troop deal By Roy Gutman | McClatchy Newspapers October 24, 2008 BAGHDAD — Fearing political division in the parliament and …
Well, not so much… Today was the deadline that the Iraqi government was supposed to roll over and capitulate to the Bush- Cheney Administration‘s demand for a Status of Forces Agreement that would formalize the permanent military occupation of their country. The attempt to guarantee future investments of US oil companies in Iraq by transforming US troops into company security …
