Category Archives: General

Al Qaeda has been defeated. There is no civil war. Iraq is in process of becoming the most stable, the most democratic, the most unified between Shia, Sunni, and Kurdish, nation in the Middle East, except for Israel. Will there … Continue reading →

Here is the view from the front porch swing of our house in Murfreesboro.

The “General Betray Us” ad in the New York Times reminds me of the new Osama Bin Laden video. They are both astonishingly revealing of the minds behind them, and their lack of connection to reality. The smug fantasies that … Continue reading →

Posted by Andy On the contrary, your influence is felt–and appreciated–at the highest levels. Your blog in its present form is indispensable in shaping policy. Stay the course. –Dick Heckuva job, Nicko. Your influence is felt–and appreciated–at the highest levels. … Continue reading →

I’m considering changing the name of this blog to no-opinions.com. Why should I have any political opinions? It has occurred to me lately that having political opinions is a hobby less useful and potentially more dangerous than any number of … Continue reading →

This intriguing but doomed article in Slate, Why Petraeus’ intriguing new Iraq strategy will probably fail by Fred Kaplan purports to show that Petraeus and his generals and the ambassador to Iraq are all wrong to suppose that we have … Continue reading →

What really needs to happen is to clean up the legal immigration bureaucracy first. And then, after that, it’s not really about a fence so much. It’s about a tamper-proof, universal id card, and strict enforcement against those who hire … Continue reading →

Below is a post at ejectejecteject.com talking about the classic game theory example, the prisoner’s dilemma, and how it relates to our relationship with Al Qaeda, among other things. The two main battlefields where the United States and Al Qaeda … Continue reading →

Here is my arbitrary, arrogant assignation of points to the candidates, based on the issues. I won’t even consider any of the Democrats. They have all made it clear that they wish to withdraw from Iraq. That is absolutely unacceptable … Continue reading →

Here is Senator Inhofe’s opening statement to Saint Gore at the Senate hearing. Here is Al “the debate is over” Gore his own self. Although I am a global warmingism holocaust denier, here is graphic that I found interesting from … Continue reading →