Recovering from a retina operation, I dreamed Elizabeth Warren was kidnapped by Chinese pirates. So no more criticism of Rush Limbaugh about oxycontin abuse.
The whole Glenn Beck thing reminds me of the Ghost Dances of the Plains Indians in the late 19th century. Inspired by visions, the Indians believed the white men would leave and the great Bison herds would return. If Beck keeps dancing, I guess he believes all the rest of us will leave and the teabaggers will be the only ones left.
Some brilliant conservative now likens Obama to Idi Amin, who will legalize 30 million illegal aliens so he will remain president for life. How does Idi Amin factor into this?
The RNC is passing a purity test where candidates will have to pledge to uphold ten basic statements. Now Republicans are against deficits and for small government. Has never happened in my lifetime.
Teabaggers are training candidates to take control of local elections so they can control the budgets of local government. Small government means no government to these guys.
Little Joey Lieberman has threatened again to filibuster the public option. Democrats are thinking about throwing him out of the Knesset.
Both Senator Levin and David Obey are calling for a war tax to pay for any escalation in Afghanistan.
Glenn Beck is penning The Plan, which will be his 100-yr plan for America. It's mirrored after the Chinese Communist Party's recent 100-year plan. Maybe it will have better luck than Karl Rove's 40-year control of government by Republicans. Or the 1,000-year Reich by Adolf Hitler.
If Obama goes all-in in Afghanistan, that will leave 10,500 available troops for any other emergencies. You make the call.
Lou Dobbs is thinking of running for President in 2012. Tom Tancredo is being discussed as his running-mate.
I share Andrew Sullivan's annoyance with Republicans, who act as if they had nothing to do with the current massive deficits of the United States. Iraq and Medicare B were totally unfunded. George W would be thrown out as a Republican according to the new purity tests. $10trillion in deficits not counting Medicare and Social Security makes him the Babe Ruth of big spenders.
If you need to de-program yourself from the Bush days, watch Will Ferrell's "You're welcome , America" where he plays with W with uncanny accuracy. I thought I was watching a documentary.
David Frum and Andrew Bacevich debated the Freedom Agenda and what should be done with Afghanistan on one of those internet split-screen affairs. A very interesting 60 minute discussion. As a side note--which was peripheral to the main topic--Bacevich said the Freedom Agenda completely failed, while Frum said that Bush oversold it. Bacevich did say that at least the Bush Administration tried to come up with a basic strategy to counter jihadists. He claimed any Obama escalation will be left with the problem of lacking any strategic point. In future blogs, I will return to the Freedom Agenda and the recent backlash against the whole Long War thesis. You will see and hear fragments of this in the coming months as Washington pundits debate Afghanistan.
Ralph Peters was on his meds again when he wrote a column which lambasted the Pentagon for not really providing President Obama with real options and said that we can not adopt the strategy Joe Biden has argued--going after Al Qaeda on the border--because the Pakistan government aids and abets Al Qaeda and plays this as a game to secure our aid funds. Without Al Qaeda, Pakistan would not receive the amount of financial and military assistance they do.
President Obama did his bit today to focus on Science Education. Finally, a political leader who remembers one way we can get out of problems--invent and apply scientific solutions.
I feel sorry for aged Bill Graham for having to meet with Sarah Palin to discuss Iraq and Afghanistan. Palin also continued talking about the second return to Israel of the Jewish diaspora. That's why there is a need for expansion of the settlements so that the returning Jews will have a home at the time of the Rapture. I am sooo glad real Christian churches do not preach the Book of Revelations. It really belongs to Ingmar Bergman movies.
The new Strategic Arms Treaty will probably not be ready on time but will slip beyond the December date. So far, this has gotten little attention from the Beltway pundits because frankly no one is interested. What will be a major accomplishment will generate very little bounce for President Obama.
After the commotion at the Sarah Palin book signings, where her fans jeer her for quitting before everyone had their book signed, I'm not sure Palin has the discipline necessary to run for higher office. In all of many strange happenings, an anti-abortion group protested that she was soft on the issue--Oh, really?
God love David Brooks. he's talking up John Tune as a Republican star. Brooks still believes the party is rational and not the "degenerate Republican party" as Andrew Sullivan thinks.
Homeland Security has buried its report on rightwing terrorism. Conservatives have political correctness to thank for this.
"Going Rogue" has the Brits laughing. It means having unprotected anal sex. Speaking of which "Bruno" is now out on DVD.
With the budget being busted and no one really talking about real tax hikes, maybe it's time for the issue of the VAT to be discussed. The VAT could be used to fund our social welfare programs without alot of political interference. Republicans should like it because it's a tax on the poorer among us. I happen to think we have to ween ourselves--me especially--away from the consumer mentality.
The great geniuses in our media have called Obama's Asia trip a dud and a failure. This has been disputed by the Dalai Lama and our own Ambassador in Beijing, who have reported significant agreements. Who knows?
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