Ike Skelton made an unusual move today during the House Armed Services Committee meeting. He allowed freshmen members to ask the first questions of Secretary Robert Gates and General Peter Pace. The members were able to elicit some suprising admissions from the two of them, with Pace admitting that our non-deployed forces are not ready to fight and Gates […]
There was a ridiculous meeting of the Homeland Security committee on Monday, which the Star editorialized on yesterday. I heard from a few legislators about the happenings there.
The hearing dealt with the incident that occurred near Sasabe on January 3rd, where four members of the Tennessee National Guard encountered some armed men, and they pulled back to their observation […]
I wanted to correct an earlier post. A correspondent wrote to me and stated that Jonathan Paton is not, in fact, in the Green Zone, but a camp outside of Baghdad and isn’t, according to the correspondent, “even allowed to look in the direction of the Green Zone.”
I hope that no one thought I was […]
Raúl Grijalva submitted this statement to the Congressional Record today:
Madam Speaker, I believe this Congress has a mandate from the voters, to start bringing our troops home now. This is not an option to pursue at our leisure, this is a solemn obligation of absolute urgency. As we speak, preparations are being made to send […]
Not too long ago, if you had asked me what to do about Iraq, I would have said something like, “I don’t know, but we can’t just withdraw and leave those people with this mess.” I’ve come around to thinking that the only difference between us leaving tommorrow and us leaving a year from now […]
This from a letter that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will soon release. Also, Oliver North has come out against the “McCain Doctrine.” It worries me that I agree with North. I need to lay of the meds.
President George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
The start of the new Congress brings us opportunities […]
Many of us have seen and read the statements from various members of the right-wing communitariat condemning the Iraq Study Group report and calling its members, who include such well known flower-power lefties as Alan Simpson and Edwin Meese, “surrender monkeys” and deriding their recommendations as “cut and run.”
Well, ISG skeptics may be comforted by […]
I’m sure all of you have already read about the “testy exchange” between Senator-Elect Jim Webb and President Bush. Darnit…I love that.
I have already heard talk that Webb will somehow be an out of control maverick who will be just as likely to vote against the Democratic caucus as with it. I don’t buy it […]
The Chairman-designee of the Powerful House Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel, says he will introduce legislation to re-instate the draft. Since I’m 36 years old now, I am all for this.
Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall is reporting rumors of Donald Rumsfeld’s impending resignation.
I bet it’s so he can spend more time with his kids.
This is a story my brother told me in his continuing mission to tell me that he is hipper than I am.
The very English alternative music icon Robyn Hitchcock has been hanging out in Tucson for a couple of weeks and played a show at Club Congress the other night. My brother went to the […]
I don’t know if this is running out here, but it should be.
Check out this article, in which Rick Santorum compares our soldiers to…um…hobbits.
So then, who’s Gollum?
I get a regular e-mail bulletin from Charlie Cook. Unfortunately, I can’t remember how it was I managed to subscribe to it, and the posting on his website requires a password.
His latest one, which I recieved yesterday, is a rundown on his thoughts on the special election in Ohio, where Democrat Paul Hackett did surprisingly […]
The Irish Republican Army has just announced that it will destroy all its weapons and become a purely political organization.
Any bets on how long it will take Bush to claim that somehow this is because of his war in Iraq?
Call this credit where credit is due.
I’ve never had much use for Jessica Simpson, but even the most shallow among us eventually stumble uncontrollably into the truth, to paraphrase John McLaughlin.
Simpson and her husband Nick, they of bad reality TV, did a variety special for ABC where they visited with troops in Iraq. Simpson is […]
The Nation had a reporter at the College Republican National Committee meeting last week. Which gives me a chance to put this fine picture of the aptly named Paul Gourley back up. I wondered if I was taking potshots at some young guy that didn’t deserve to be picked on. Boy, was I ever wrong. […]
The Republicans are still having trouble recruiting candidates to run against Governor Janet Napolitano. I keep hearing that they reign supreme in this state, with their five-point registration lead and all. It’s become so funny that it’s actually a bit sad that a major party can’t find anyone to run.
The latest person to snatch his […]
Cole Hickman, who was very active in the ASU Young Democrats, is in basic training for the US Army. He has sent letters to Tony Cani, who posts them on his blog, Fear Itself. Expect these to be pretty regular, since basic consists of all that exciting obstacle course stuff you see on the ads, […]
These are the remarks from the Democratic response to the President’s weekly address, given by General Wesley Clark. The audio is available at the DNC website.
Good morning, I’m retired United States Army General Wesley Clark. This weekend across the country, we take time to remember those who fought and died in our Nation’s wars. For […]
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