Tag: random musings
member name: Greg R.
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June 06, 2007 02:29 PM EDT --
Now that Representative William Jefferson, (D-LA) has been indicted on 16 alleged violations of federal law, including serious charges of racketeering, soliciting bribes and money-laundering, I have to . . .
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December 27, 2007 10:07 AM EST --
Writing on RealClearPolitics.com today, Steven Stark offers his assessment, based on historical trends and individual appeal, of each major presidential candidate's chances at winning the White . . .
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May 16, 2007 04:29 PM EDT --
If you were to ask a stranger on the street to name the top talk radio personalities in the country, you would inevitably receive an answer that included the likes of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity . . .
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June 18, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
Private intelligence company Strategic Forecasting, Inc. (STRATFOR) recently published an article describing what it sees as the imminent end of the leftist domination of Europe. Specifically, the article . . .
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April 27, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revealed a few months ago a plan to form a new African command in response to the increasing strategic importance of the continent in the Global War on Terror. The . . .
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June 29, 2007 05:19 PM EDT --
One of my favorite features from Rush Limbaugh's "Limbaugh Letter" is a "Who said it?" section that offers quotes from two different individuals and asks readers to guess which . . .
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July 13, 2007 12:50 PM EDT --
Howard Zinn, writing recently in The Progressive, said that this Independence Day Americans "...would have done well to renounce nationalism and all its symbols: its flags, its pledges of allegiance, . . .
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June 22, 2007 02:27 PM EDT --
Republicans in the U.S. Senate yesterday blocked a series of new taxes on big oil companies that would have paid for planned tax breaks for renewable energy development. The really scary part is that Democrats . . .
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April 30, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
Given the steady flow of anti-war and anti-surge rhetoric spewing from the mouths of the Congressional majority and Presidential candidates seeking the Party's nomination, I have to wonder if key Democratic . . .
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May 09, 2007 10:20 PM EDT --
A professional acquaintance of mine, who is affiliated with the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, recently forwarded me an article about a speech delivered at a conference of Kurdish leaders from Iraq, . . .
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June 08, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to debate a third round of sanctions against Iran for its continuing refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program, it is time for the five permanent, veto-wielding . . .
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June 18, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
It seems that saying the Iraq war was already "lost" was just not quite enough for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Apparently he and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent a . . .
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July 03, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
"We finally got the troops there. Americans have got to understand, it takes a while to mobilize additional troops and move them from the United States to Iraq. We got them there, and now we're . . .
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July 24, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
The recent release of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) asserting that al-Qaeda has regrouped in Pakistan has resulted in a significant amount of debate about the Global War on Terror and the efforts . . .
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August 15, 2007 07:35 AM EDT --
As the U.S. Congress and Iraqi parliament enjoy their summer recesses, reports from military officials and independent analysts in Iraq indicate that President Bush's so-called "surge" . . .
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October 10, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Some of the most interesting experiences I have had during my travels to and from the war in Iraq involved the necessary fuel stops in other nations along the route that would take me to Kuwait, the jumping . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
In yesterday's "Rush in a Hurry" email, which provides me with a quick recap of The Rush Limbaugh Show's highlights when I don't have a chance to listen in, there was an item . . .
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November 15, 2007 02:23 PM EST --
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's April proclamation that the Iraq war was "lost" and the surge ordered by President Bush last January was not accomplishing anything generated a significant . . .
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May 25, 2007 03:38 PM EDT --
The Associated Press reported this week that Senator Hillary Clinton's deputy campaign manager has written a memo urging the Presidential candidate to skip the Iowa caucuses in order to focus . . .
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July 24, 2008 11:33 AM EDT --
Now that Congress is relooking the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, I thought I would offer my personal opinion on the subject, as a member of the military, and stating up front . . .
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