++Despite pundits claiming that Kerry and Hagel are pissed at President Obama for taking it to Congress,they report they're delighted. Liberal organizations who oppose intervention in Syria applauded the President for his daring in going to the Hill. The GOP leadership seems split on the issue.
++But I digress, the world lost a great man of literature this week with the passing of Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney at the age of 71.
++The White House dinners of Republicans and Democrats to has out budget differences ended this week and there appears no likelihood they will convene in the future.
++John Boehner says there are no budget deals. The Speaker will face a contentious Syria vote,a budget vote and a debt ceiling vote when he returns.
++Rand Paul says Boehner will be ousted if he accepts any immigration reform that will resemble the Senate's bill in the least. Teabag resistance to immigration reform didn't explode like people anticipated but yesterday they heckled Marco Rubio.
++Over 100,000 attended the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. In my opinion, President Obama made an effective, but not electrifying speech on the agenda that remains uncompleted. He had the cadences at point but downplayed so no one would compare his oratory with Martin Luther King. Naturally, everyone criticized him for his speech, which was marred by a poor sound system. Presidents Clinton and Carter also spoke.
++After a powerful ceremony, the biggest whiners were Republicans who claimed they had not be invited. Of course, five weeks before the event, every Republican Congressman and woman was invited, the leadership was invited to speak. But the GOP complained that the African-American Senator from South Carolina, Tim Scott, had not been invited to speak. Of course, it was untrue. Boehner was at fundraisers and Eric Cantor was in North Dakota at the behest of the oil lobby. Republicans did have a luncheon to commemorate the event with Jack Kemp's son,and minority representation.
++Teabagger candidate for New Jersey Senator,"Blind Steve" Lonegan decided to attack Cory Booker as gay.
++Pat Robertson said that gays spread AIDS by cutting people with special rings.
++Liz Cheney said she was against same sex marriage in response to an incoherent attack by Mike Enzi who suggested she was for pedophiles. Her system Mary, who is married to her long-term partner, said Liz was nuts.
++The two largest counties in New Mexico have decided to marry same sex couples because that state's law is so unclear that it does not prohibit it. GOP lawmakers are up in arms are trying to intervene to stop it.
++Ruth Bader Ginzberg will be the first Supreme Court judge to perform a same sex marriage.
++The IRS said it will recognize all same sex couples in any state whether marriage is prohibited or not.
++The Veterans Administration was ordered by the court to give benefits to same sex couples.
++The federal government has ordered the extension of Medicare to same sex couples.
++Eric Holder ordered the DOJ to recognize or tolerate the legalization of marijuana in Colorado and Washington State. Earlier he had ordered a review of sentencing guidelines for drug convictions.
++America's congressman Louie Gohmert appeared as guest host for the Focus on Your Family,not Mine Radio Show with former Teabag congressman West. Louie told the audience that global climate change was a hoax promoted by Bill Gates to promote population control. This agenda included getting people to vaccinate their children so the population could be "culled".
++I guess the Ross Perot Foundation heard that and donated $1 million to Planned Parenthood in Texas.
++One benefit of global climate change has been the discovery of a canyon in Greenland that is longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon. The canyon had never been seen in all of human existence until the glacier sheet over Greenland melted.
++The Snowden leaks produced the first public disclosure of the Intelligence community's black budget. The AmazonPost printed the story. Frankly, I thought it was larger than that.
Among the revelations is that ,despite this huge amount of money, key areas of strategic concern are simply unknown. Another revelation is that we have been in an intense state of cyberwarfare.
++There were a lot of revelations about the whole Snowden event this week. Next week, I'll try to examine them.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
First Reactions to Obama's Call For Congressional Vote
++The National Security Council advised President Obama not to ask for a vote. The White House said after the speech that Obama may go it alone even if the Congress votes against a resolution. This was a reply to the sole unanswered question yelled at the President after his statement.
++New York Republican Peter King said that President Obama abdicated his responsibility by asking for a vote.
++John McCain and Lindsey Graham issued a joint statement that they would vote against a resolution unless President Obama made a larger military commitment and included regime change in his agenda.
++Senator Mitch McConnell said that the Presidency would only be strengthened by President Obama request for a vote.
++David Koch said the United States must avoid Syria because it would be drag into a mess.
++Former UN Ambassador John Bolton said President Obama made a mistake and should have gone ahead anyway.
++NewsMax crows that President Obama caved to Republican demands for a vote.
++Rand Paul is against any intervention in Syria because Christians might be killed.
++Sarah Palin jokingly said, "Let Allah sort it out."
++Senator Inhof is against the operation until such time that Obama can explain how he is going to pay for it and the broader policy toward the Middle East.
++Steven Cook at the Council of Foreign Relations writes in the Post that he is now against intervention because it would likely destroy what remains of the country.
++Ezra Klein in the Post's Wonkblog writes how the bombing could kill more civilians than save and trigger another humanitarian disaster.
++Samuel Knight wrote a lengthy post for Washington Monthly on the disgusting horse trading that will begin. He says President Obama lacks all credibility,that his arguments were unbelievable. He cites why this is not an answer to the humanitarian disaster and since Syria has been at war for two years that there is no urgency. He points to Kurdish children being decapitated by The Nursra Front and that didn't provoke any intervention. He also wishes people would consult the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an independent human rights group, that the plurality of killings have been done to the opposition.
++Josh Rogin reports that the Syrian opposition is still waiting for weapons and it was frustrated by the announcement, which would delay further actions until a vote.
++Leftwing blogs joke about Boehner making defending Obamacare as a condition for the vote or Eric Cantor wanting a restoration of the Bush tax cuts.
++New York Republican Peter King said that President Obama abdicated his responsibility by asking for a vote.
++John McCain and Lindsey Graham issued a joint statement that they would vote against a resolution unless President Obama made a larger military commitment and included regime change in his agenda.
++Senator Mitch McConnell said that the Presidency would only be strengthened by President Obama request for a vote.
++David Koch said the United States must avoid Syria because it would be drag into a mess.
++Former UN Ambassador John Bolton said President Obama made a mistake and should have gone ahead anyway.
++NewsMax crows that President Obama caved to Republican demands for a vote.
++Rand Paul is against any intervention in Syria because Christians might be killed.
++Sarah Palin jokingly said, "Let Allah sort it out."
++Senator Inhof is against the operation until such time that Obama can explain how he is going to pay for it and the broader policy toward the Middle East.
++Steven Cook at the Council of Foreign Relations writes in the Post that he is now against intervention because it would likely destroy what remains of the country.
++Ezra Klein in the Post's Wonkblog writes how the bombing could kill more civilians than save and trigger another humanitarian disaster.
++Samuel Knight wrote a lengthy post for Washington Monthly on the disgusting horse trading that will begin. He says President Obama lacks all credibility,that his arguments were unbelievable. He cites why this is not an answer to the humanitarian disaster and since Syria has been at war for two years that there is no urgency. He points to Kurdish children being decapitated by The Nursra Front and that didn't provoke any intervention. He also wishes people would consult the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an independent human rights group, that the plurality of killings have been done to the opposition.
++Josh Rogin reports that the Syrian opposition is still waiting for weapons and it was frustrated by the announcement, which would delay further actions until a vote.
++Leftwing blogs joke about Boehner making defending Obamacare as a condition for the vote or Eric Cantor wanting a restoration of the Bush tax cuts.
Obama's Masterful Speech--The Guns of August
++When news that the Assad regime used chemical weapons on its population, the UK, France, Germany,Turkey,the Arab League and the United States said they should be punished. By today, it was down to France, the old colonial master of Syria,Canada and the United States. Prime Minister Cameron lost the parliamentary vote to use military force, the first such loss by a British Prime Minister since 1782. And Russian Prime Minister Putin thought the charge was ridiculous.
++President Obama spent the week giving informal interviews on the issue of Syria, with a specific reference on his concerns about proliferation and the challenge the use of such weapons placed on an international community, which has banned the use of such weapons after WWII.
++John Kerry made one statement about the use of these weapons and then yesterday made a speech outlining the specific intelligence that enabled the United States to make its conclusions. The intelligence was ranked "High Confidence", which is one step below "Certain". The assessment was that communications intercepts located the specific instructions and preparations to use the weapons and the specific units commanded to carry the operation out.
++During the last few days, it was clear from the reactions from the Left and the Right that the ghosts of W and Cheney hang over the whole enterprise. Those who are against intervention question the information about chemical weapons, likening Kerry speech to Colin Powell's speech on WMD's to the United Nations. Powell's Chief of Staff, Col. Larry Wilkinson said, "It was deja vu all of again".
++The difference in my opinion is that with Iraq we were talking about hypothetical WMDs, which never materialized, and here we are talking about the actual use of WMDS with vivid, graphic use of videos of adults and children dying.
++During the last two days, both President Obama and Senator Kerry briefed scores of congressmen in the Senate and the House. Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein came out for actions against Assad as did Senator Franken. One thought that was it. The President did his due diligence, briefed Congress, now he could make his decision and presumably act unilaterally. But House Republicans with 20 Democrats sent the President a letter demanding congress authorize military force, a situation that didn't occur under the prior administration.
++Comments, blogs and the punditocracy commented that Obama got himself in trouble previously by saying chemical weapons were a redline,the military was skeptical about the effectiveness of any action and progressives warned Obama about his campaign promises of changing a page for the the United States in the Middle East.
++Everyone used their favorite analogies. Is this the beginning of World War I again, the first steps in a regional conflagration? Is this Kossovo or Iraq? The major points of agreement were that Syria was now a failed state torn apart by ethnic and sectarian strife and that any American intervention would make it worse, bring in Iranians and encourage attacks on neighboring countries. The week's discussions were about the various forms of Armaggedon about to occur.
++So today was the day. President Obama addressed the press corps. He had made his decision. He would authorize military strike of a limited nature and time frame. There would be no invasion. There would be no boots on the ground. Yesterday he had said the actions would not be aimed at "regime change". Today, he asserted he had the President right to embark on the decision even if the United Nations Security Council did approve. He said the U.S. military was in position and that actions were not time specific. They could take place in days, weeks or months.
++He admitted the American public was war weary. He said the United States remained committed to the Syrian opposition, the refugees and to a government of reconciliation. He said he would take his message to the American public.
++President Obama said that these issues were too big for business as usual. He argued that we spent the years after WWII creating international norms to govern states' behavior and that the Syrian situation was a challenge to the United States and the international community. He said that not doing anything would have consequences and that people advocating this should be aware of the message to countries who aim to create nuclear weapons and proliferate biological warfare. He said he would be urging our international partners to politically stand behind us.
++He ended his statement by saying that this is not a partisan issue or who is in the White House. He urged Congress to vote on whether the United States would meet its commitments. He said it was time for Congress to take ownership of how America acts overseas.
++ The immediate aftermath was that Harry Reid wanted to call the Senate back into session and end their recess immediately to debate and vote on the measure. John Boehner issued a statement by the House Republicans that they would get around to it September 9th when recess ends.
++The blogosphere immediately applauded President Obama adroitly putting this on the back of Congress and ,depending on your politics, saying he basically wants it to fail. Personally, I don't agree.
++The one very interesting effect this challenge to Congress will have is to trigger open warfare within the GOP between the isolationists and the internationalists. And it will be interesting to see whether the GOP wants to extract concessions from the President to even hold a vote. The repercussions for the GOP will be very serious.
++Finally, whether you are for intervening or not, there should be agreement that the United States must step up the humanitarian efforts for the Syrian refugees, now numbering over 1.5 million spread over Turkey,Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
++President Obama spent the week giving informal interviews on the issue of Syria, with a specific reference on his concerns about proliferation and the challenge the use of such weapons placed on an international community, which has banned the use of such weapons after WWII.
++John Kerry made one statement about the use of these weapons and then yesterday made a speech outlining the specific intelligence that enabled the United States to make its conclusions. The intelligence was ranked "High Confidence", which is one step below "Certain". The assessment was that communications intercepts located the specific instructions and preparations to use the weapons and the specific units commanded to carry the operation out.
++During the last few days, it was clear from the reactions from the Left and the Right that the ghosts of W and Cheney hang over the whole enterprise. Those who are against intervention question the information about chemical weapons, likening Kerry speech to Colin Powell's speech on WMD's to the United Nations. Powell's Chief of Staff, Col. Larry Wilkinson said, "It was deja vu all of again".
++The difference in my opinion is that with Iraq we were talking about hypothetical WMDs, which never materialized, and here we are talking about the actual use of WMDS with vivid, graphic use of videos of adults and children dying.
++During the last two days, both President Obama and Senator Kerry briefed scores of congressmen in the Senate and the House. Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein came out for actions against Assad as did Senator Franken. One thought that was it. The President did his due diligence, briefed Congress, now he could make his decision and presumably act unilaterally. But House Republicans with 20 Democrats sent the President a letter demanding congress authorize military force, a situation that didn't occur under the prior administration.
++Comments, blogs and the punditocracy commented that Obama got himself in trouble previously by saying chemical weapons were a redline,the military was skeptical about the effectiveness of any action and progressives warned Obama about his campaign promises of changing a page for the the United States in the Middle East.
++Everyone used their favorite analogies. Is this the beginning of World War I again, the first steps in a regional conflagration? Is this Kossovo or Iraq? The major points of agreement were that Syria was now a failed state torn apart by ethnic and sectarian strife and that any American intervention would make it worse, bring in Iranians and encourage attacks on neighboring countries. The week's discussions were about the various forms of Armaggedon about to occur.
++So today was the day. President Obama addressed the press corps. He had made his decision. He would authorize military strike of a limited nature and time frame. There would be no invasion. There would be no boots on the ground. Yesterday he had said the actions would not be aimed at "regime change". Today, he asserted he had the President right to embark on the decision even if the United Nations Security Council did approve. He said the U.S. military was in position and that actions were not time specific. They could take place in days, weeks or months.
++He admitted the American public was war weary. He said the United States remained committed to the Syrian opposition, the refugees and to a government of reconciliation. He said he would take his message to the American public.
++President Obama said that these issues were too big for business as usual. He argued that we spent the years after WWII creating international norms to govern states' behavior and that the Syrian situation was a challenge to the United States and the international community. He said that not doing anything would have consequences and that people advocating this should be aware of the message to countries who aim to create nuclear weapons and proliferate biological warfare. He said he would be urging our international partners to politically stand behind us.
++He ended his statement by saying that this is not a partisan issue or who is in the White House. He urged Congress to vote on whether the United States would meet its commitments. He said it was time for Congress to take ownership of how America acts overseas.
++ The immediate aftermath was that Harry Reid wanted to call the Senate back into session and end their recess immediately to debate and vote on the measure. John Boehner issued a statement by the House Republicans that they would get around to it September 9th when recess ends.
++The blogosphere immediately applauded President Obama adroitly putting this on the back of Congress and ,depending on your politics, saying he basically wants it to fail. Personally, I don't agree.
++The one very interesting effect this challenge to Congress will have is to trigger open warfare within the GOP between the isolationists and the internationalists. And it will be interesting to see whether the GOP wants to extract concessions from the President to even hold a vote. The repercussions for the GOP will be very serious.
++Finally, whether you are for intervening or not, there should be agreement that the United States must step up the humanitarian efforts for the Syrian refugees, now numbering over 1.5 million spread over Turkey,Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.
Sunday, August 25, 2013
The Week That Was
**President Obama held a national security meeting on the issue of Syria. Chuck Hagel announced that American forces were en route to Syria. British newspapers reported that President Obama had talked to UK Prime Minister Cameron about aerial attacks on Syria. Syria has rapidly turned around saying that the UN could investigate the use of chemical weapons. The US said that it was too late because Syria's shelling of the territory contaminated the evidence. Congressional leaders from both parties urged "surgical strikes" against the Syrian regime. It was reported this week that there were over 1 million child refugees fleeing Syria.
**Al Qaeda declared war on Hezbollah for this week's bombing in Tripoli. Egypt has expanded its definition of Islamists to go beyond the Moslem Brotherhood to round up others opposed to the military government. The Egyptian government released Hosni Mubarack to house arrest, while rounding up leaders of the Moslem Brotherhood.
**Jack Kelly of the Pittsburgh-Gazette reported that the Americans killed at Benghazi were on a secret mission to buy back surface to air missiles from Al Qaeda when they were attacked.
**Russia, Iran and Syria have warned the US not to engage in military strikes in Syria because it will ignite a regional war. Both Russia and Iran have steadfastly supported the Syrian regime of Assad. Syria contains the only port facility for Russia outside its country.
**This past week saw the DOJ call for amnesty for Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz,Rice, Rumsfeld in a court case brought before a San Francisco Circuit Court by a Jordanian women on the Iraq War.
++Naturally, after such a move, Dick Cheney attacked President Obama on national security and voiced support of the NSA spying programs.
++Meanwhile, President Obama concluded his tour of New York State and Pennsylvania where he was met by enthusiastic crowds. He outlined his view of reducing student debt and challenged the Congressional Republicans to "defund" Obamacare.
++Republican town halls were a fizzle since there was pushback on Obamacare and little concern about immigration reform. John Boehner said that he was looking for an interim funding agreement to keep the government open past September 30 and Ricky Cantor said that Republicans would look at the debt ceiling debate as a way to have leverage on "defunding Obamacare". Democrats looked at the January session of Congress as an opportunity to end the Sequester. Because of procedural matters,January begins $100 billion in Defense cuts, which Republicans say they opposed, even though they were the ones who agreed to them.
++Eric Holder initiated a lawsuit against Texas for their new Voting Law and vowed it was the first of many to come. Kudos to Rachel Maddow for covering the deplorable situation in North Carolina by broadcasting live from the Tarheel state.
++The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington brought to DC over 100,000 people who heard John Lewis reprise his role from the first March to attack the Supreme Court on the Voting Rights Act and vowing to fight further attempts at voter suppression.
++The end of August brought forth more craziness. Republicans seemed to have abandoned any pretense at reason suggesting now that President Obama should just be impeached since we have no other thing to offer. Maureen Dowd in today's New York Time highlights the delicious lunacy of the GOP in advocating this on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
++Ed Filner resigned as mayor of San Diego after the 19th women complained about sexual harassment. His former Republican rival, who still dreams of being Mayor, seems to share some of Filner's problems. He was caught masturbating in public in a men's room.
++Other crazy items. President Obama may have a cute new Portuguese water-dog but he has no white dogs and the new waterdog is actually called Sunni.World Nut Daily says that Obama's step-brother manages investments for the Moslem Brotherhood and received a non-profit designation from the IRS signed by Mrs. Lerner, the focus of Darryl Issa's investigations. While various religious fundamentalists have called for armed struggle against the American government,the Sovereign Citizens movement was busted in Las Vegas for plotting to kill police officers. If you didn't know, an argument against same sex marriage is that Lesbians will force Gay Males to have their children and enslave them. I don't know whether they will enslave the gay males or the children.
++The House Republicans have scheduled a full-blown hearing on Climate Change when they get back. They have subpoenaed all the agencies involved in implementing the climate change policies of President Obama. Expect a lot of attacks on climate change as a hoax. One of the GOP congressman claims that only radical environmentalists receive grants to study the subject.
++Pvt. Manning wants to be known as Chelsea. This sparked off a whole debate on transsexuals. Manning's lawyer says he will sue for hormone treatment and sex change procedures. The military says they have never done such things in the past.
++The New York Times has finally teamed up with the Guardian to print Snowden's NSA documents. Glenn Greenwall promises more revelations.
**Al Qaeda declared war on Hezbollah for this week's bombing in Tripoli. Egypt has expanded its definition of Islamists to go beyond the Moslem Brotherhood to round up others opposed to the military government. The Egyptian government released Hosni Mubarack to house arrest, while rounding up leaders of the Moslem Brotherhood.
**Jack Kelly of the Pittsburgh-Gazette reported that the Americans killed at Benghazi were on a secret mission to buy back surface to air missiles from Al Qaeda when they were attacked.
**Russia, Iran and Syria have warned the US not to engage in military strikes in Syria because it will ignite a regional war. Both Russia and Iran have steadfastly supported the Syrian regime of Assad. Syria contains the only port facility for Russia outside its country.
**This past week saw the DOJ call for amnesty for Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz,Rice, Rumsfeld in a court case brought before a San Francisco Circuit Court by a Jordanian women on the Iraq War.
++Naturally, after such a move, Dick Cheney attacked President Obama on national security and voiced support of the NSA spying programs.
++Meanwhile, President Obama concluded his tour of New York State and Pennsylvania where he was met by enthusiastic crowds. He outlined his view of reducing student debt and challenged the Congressional Republicans to "defund" Obamacare.
++Republican town halls were a fizzle since there was pushback on Obamacare and little concern about immigration reform. John Boehner said that he was looking for an interim funding agreement to keep the government open past September 30 and Ricky Cantor said that Republicans would look at the debt ceiling debate as a way to have leverage on "defunding Obamacare". Democrats looked at the January session of Congress as an opportunity to end the Sequester. Because of procedural matters,January begins $100 billion in Defense cuts, which Republicans say they opposed, even though they were the ones who agreed to them.
++Eric Holder initiated a lawsuit against Texas for their new Voting Law and vowed it was the first of many to come. Kudos to Rachel Maddow for covering the deplorable situation in North Carolina by broadcasting live from the Tarheel state.
++The commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington brought to DC over 100,000 people who heard John Lewis reprise his role from the first March to attack the Supreme Court on the Voting Rights Act and vowing to fight further attempts at voter suppression.
++The end of August brought forth more craziness. Republicans seemed to have abandoned any pretense at reason suggesting now that President Obama should just be impeached since we have no other thing to offer. Maureen Dowd in today's New York Time highlights the delicious lunacy of the GOP in advocating this on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
++Ed Filner resigned as mayor of San Diego after the 19th women complained about sexual harassment. His former Republican rival, who still dreams of being Mayor, seems to share some of Filner's problems. He was caught masturbating in public in a men's room.
++Other crazy items. President Obama may have a cute new Portuguese water-dog but he has no white dogs and the new waterdog is actually called Sunni.World Nut Daily says that Obama's step-brother manages investments for the Moslem Brotherhood and received a non-profit designation from the IRS signed by Mrs. Lerner, the focus of Darryl Issa's investigations. While various religious fundamentalists have called for armed struggle against the American government,the Sovereign Citizens movement was busted in Las Vegas for plotting to kill police officers. If you didn't know, an argument against same sex marriage is that Lesbians will force Gay Males to have their children and enslave them. I don't know whether they will enslave the gay males or the children.
++The House Republicans have scheduled a full-blown hearing on Climate Change when they get back. They have subpoenaed all the agencies involved in implementing the climate change policies of President Obama. Expect a lot of attacks on climate change as a hoax. One of the GOP congressman claims that only radical environmentalists receive grants to study the subject.
++Pvt. Manning wants to be known as Chelsea. This sparked off a whole debate on transsexuals. Manning's lawyer says he will sue for hormone treatment and sex change procedures. The military says they have never done such things in the past.
++The New York Times has finally teamed up with the Guardian to print Snowden's NSA documents. Glenn Greenwall promises more revelations.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
It is Suzuki's Night--Congratulations!
With half the game left between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees, Ichiro Suzuki has hit his 4,000th career hit. Bravo!
Is This Ichiro Suzuki's Night?
**Ichiro Suzuki, now a Yankee outfielder after years with the Seattle Mariners, has 3,999 hits in his combined major league career of Japan and the United States. Only Ty Cobb and Pete Rose stand above him at the 4,000 hit mark. Or if you want to get fancy, add Stan Musial and Hank Aaron, who hit the 4,000 mark combining their major and minor league records.
**Suzuki had a 10-year streak of 200plus hits,10 All Star nominations and a .320 career batting average. He now has 2,721 hits in his American career. He plans on playing two more years now that he is 39. He claims no one will debate his record once he hits 3,000 hits.
**But tonight could be the night Suzuki reaches the amazing 4,000 hit mark.
**Suzuki had a 10-year streak of 200plus hits,10 All Star nominations and a .320 career batting average. He now has 2,721 hits in his American career. He plans on playing two more years now that he is 39. He claims no one will debate his record once he hits 3,000 hits.
**But tonight could be the night Suzuki reaches the amazing 4,000 hit mark.
They're Going to Take Me Away, Ho, Ho to the Funnyfarm
**29% of voters in Louisiana believe President Obama is responsible for the slow response to Katrina. 28% believe it was George W. Bush's fault.
**Terrible Terry McAuliffe has a six point lead over truly horrible Cooch in Virginia Governor's race.
**Rick Perry has asked the federal government for $100 million of Obamacare money to provide for the disabled and elderly.
**It will Ted Cruz eight months to process his renunciation of his Canadian citizenship. No one knows whether he has to renounce a Cuban citizenship as well.
**Pvt. Manning was sentenced to 35 years today. His lawyer has asked for twenty five and the prosecutors asked for 75. Manning will be eligible for parole in eight years. I'm surprised that his defense never invoked his exposure of war crimes as a defense.
**Obama's ratings fell this month because of the NSA issue among the younger voters. August has been his worth month every year. But the Republicans are below the floor and congress sports a 10% approval rating. Observers say they may experience a dead cat bounce in the mid-terms but are falling apart as a party.
**Governor Le Page of Maine claims he did not say Obama hated white people despite Republican fundraisers saying he did. Le Page,Florida's Scott,Ohio's Kasich now face serious re-election difficulties next time around.
**Bill Kristol insists Sarah Palin could get her mojo back if she ran for Senate in Alaska. Teabagger Millers claims this time he will run against the Surveillance state. Begich looks solid in his re-election run.
**Bobby Jindal has the worst ratings of any GOP governor. Now it looks like Mary Landrieu is off to a good re-election campaign. She is ahead of her GOP counterpart by 10 points.
**Over 50% of young people in GOP families have signed on to health insurance under their family's policies as approved by Obamacare. Only 26% of Democratis kids have. So much for the tea bagger campaign for young people not to have health insurance.
**Ted Cruz thinks shutting down the government to defund Obamacare may not be a good idea after all. Instead, he wants to do it with the debt ceiling.
**Bryan Ferry of the American Family group urges civil disobedience over congressional types not holding Townhall meetings.
**Glenn Greenwald is still pounding out the words of the Guardian case and his husband being detained at Heathrow.
**The FBI claims that have busted up Anonymous but concentrating on a splinter group within the hackers movement.
**Howard Dean told audiences in Iowa he favors Hillary Clinton at this point of time.
**The Right claims that President Obama doesn't have any white dogs and that his new one is really named Sunni.
**As we should have expected, women are crossing state borders for abortions as restrictions have been implemented in Red States.
**The GOP in North Carolina may be rigging the vote but there is good news from Winston-Salem. The GOP candidate had to pull out for calling city workers the "N" word. So the winner of the Democratic primary becomes mayor.
**The GOP co-chairman for the Iowa district of Steven King,the Cantaloupe Man, has resigned from the Republican party because it was gone too far right for his taste. Watch this space for more defections ,especially after the House comes back in session.
**Here are some things to think about--Mohammed Morsi is in prison,Mubarack is free. The Obama administration asked a federal court in San Francisco to give amnesty to Bush, Cheney,Rumsfeld and Condi Rice for war crimes in Iraq, while jailing PVT Manning for exposing those crimes.
**Terrible Terry McAuliffe has a six point lead over truly horrible Cooch in Virginia Governor's race.
**Rick Perry has asked the federal government for $100 million of Obamacare money to provide for the disabled and elderly.
**It will Ted Cruz eight months to process his renunciation of his Canadian citizenship. No one knows whether he has to renounce a Cuban citizenship as well.
**Pvt. Manning was sentenced to 35 years today. His lawyer has asked for twenty five and the prosecutors asked for 75. Manning will be eligible for parole in eight years. I'm surprised that his defense never invoked his exposure of war crimes as a defense.
**Obama's ratings fell this month because of the NSA issue among the younger voters. August has been his worth month every year. But the Republicans are below the floor and congress sports a 10% approval rating. Observers say they may experience a dead cat bounce in the mid-terms but are falling apart as a party.
**Governor Le Page of Maine claims he did not say Obama hated white people despite Republican fundraisers saying he did. Le Page,Florida's Scott,Ohio's Kasich now face serious re-election difficulties next time around.
**Bill Kristol insists Sarah Palin could get her mojo back if she ran for Senate in Alaska. Teabagger Millers claims this time he will run against the Surveillance state. Begich looks solid in his re-election run.
**Bobby Jindal has the worst ratings of any GOP governor. Now it looks like Mary Landrieu is off to a good re-election campaign. She is ahead of her GOP counterpart by 10 points.
**Over 50% of young people in GOP families have signed on to health insurance under their family's policies as approved by Obamacare. Only 26% of Democratis kids have. So much for the tea bagger campaign for young people not to have health insurance.
**Ted Cruz thinks shutting down the government to defund Obamacare may not be a good idea after all. Instead, he wants to do it with the debt ceiling.
**Bryan Ferry of the American Family group urges civil disobedience over congressional types not holding Townhall meetings.
**Glenn Greenwald is still pounding out the words of the Guardian case and his husband being detained at Heathrow.
**The FBI claims that have busted up Anonymous but concentrating on a splinter group within the hackers movement.
**Howard Dean told audiences in Iowa he favors Hillary Clinton at this point of time.
**The Right claims that President Obama doesn't have any white dogs and that his new one is really named Sunni.
**As we should have expected, women are crossing state borders for abortions as restrictions have been implemented in Red States.
**The GOP in North Carolina may be rigging the vote but there is good news from Winston-Salem. The GOP candidate had to pull out for calling city workers the "N" word. So the winner of the Democratic primary becomes mayor.
**The GOP co-chairman for the Iowa district of Steven King,the Cantaloupe Man, has resigned from the Republican party because it was gone too far right for his taste. Watch this space for more defections ,especially after the House comes back in session.
**Here are some things to think about--Mohammed Morsi is in prison,Mubarack is free. The Obama administration asked a federal court in San Francisco to give amnesty to Bush, Cheney,Rumsfeld and Condi Rice for war crimes in Iraq, while jailing PVT Manning for exposing those crimes.
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