Actually it’s just the one, former president George H. W. Bush, who is a far less egregious choice than his son would have been, but in general, were one’s advice to have been asked, it would have been that the less said about former presidents of the past three decades or so, the better. . . . → Read More: The Robot Pundits address Obama’s Medal of Freedom recipients
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As most people know by now, President Obama is spending $1 trillion on an overseas foreign policy/standup comedy tour timed to distract voters from pressing domestic concerns just days before the midterm elections that will help shape the outcome of his Marxist agenda during the remaining decades of his presidency. The imperial extravagances flaunted . . . → Read More: Obama’s budget-breaking excursion pays off, plus: your wacky DEA! UPDATE:Since I wrote this post arguing that if a Republican president had done some of the things Obama is doing, then liberals would be hot off the mark in calling for his impeachment, the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights have gone to court to sue for their right to represent the only known . . . → Read More: If Obama were Republican, liberals would be demanding impeachment Retired Air Force general Michael Hayden ran the National Security Agency from 1999-2005. Then he was the Deputy Director of National Intelligence for a year. And then he was CIA director, taking over after former CIA agent and former Congressman Porter Goss was ushered out the door under somewhat mysterious circumstances, from 2006 until . . . → Read More: Former Air Force/CIA/NSA/DNI guy shorts Iran futures on live TV The Associated Press and the Washington Post have not necessarily distinguished themselves in covering politics and power during the past decade or two, but both institutions have embarked upon important and large scale projects looking at issues that are central to the way the national security state operates these days (which is pretty much . . . → Read More: In which the press do what they’re supposed to do Looking forward to the day when America’s interminable wars finally grind to a halt? Don’t. There are any number of reasons to be way less than confident that our armies are ever leaving Iraq or Afghanistan, not least among which is that the people responsible for getting US troops out of Iraq and . . . → Read More: In which we remember why US troops will never leave Iraq and Afghanistan The PATRIOT Act was up for renewal this week. Democrats wanted to add some civil liberties backstops to it, but were unable to get it done because, well, they’re Democrats, and the getting done of things just isn’t among their areas of expertise. So they compromised with themselves by kicking the can down the . . . → Read More: Democrats keep Americans safe from democracy; odds and ends The United States, we are often told, is a nation bound by the rule of law. We hear that less and less as it becomes more and more risible but I guess it still officially is, unless you’re the president, or you’re operating an armed drone on behalf of the president, or torturing someone . . . → Read More: In which we learn that the law is now against the law Specifically, our freedom to do whatever it is we want to do to them and their part of the world without consequence. Disclaimer: I don’t support terrorism as an expression of political or ideological frustration, or in any event, but I understand the impulse and one has to admit that as a negotiating . . . → Read More: They really do hate us for our freedom! What is “Why is the United States legally obligated to provide Israel with new military hardware whenever that nation feels a bit insecure?” Yes, it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law! The Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008 amended the Arms Control Export Act of 1976 to require that any U.S. arms . . . → Read More: Because there aren’t nearly enough guns in the Middle East |
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