War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
The war in Iraq is a horror in which no US citizen is immune. In a well-presented op/ed in the Los Angeles Times last week, Cy Bolton, a former TV news anchor and military affairs reporter, wrote of the lies Decider George and his cronies presented in getting the US involved in Iraq. There is…
So Decider George wants a little history, huh? He thinks the future will look more kindly on his tortured ass than folks do nowadays. Wrong! Never assume! It Makes An Ass Out of You and Me. Wrong! Even before being Decider George — back when he was just George Jr., back when he did nothing…
Vice President Dufus Dick Cheney is way-more than an asshole, more a liar, thoughtless and corrupt and yesterday a bit of this horror came out in spades. Dufus Dick’s chief-of-ass-scratch, David Addington, paid a subpoeanaed visit to the US House Judiciary Committee and acted like his time was way-too precious to be wasted talking to…
Any idiot general worth his star should have seen this coming. Although a few military types did pipe up, they were shouted down by Decider George and his warrior-in-camp, Damn-Dumb Don Rumsfeld. Now it’s broken-back, breakdown: WASHINGTON — The Pentagon faces a more than $100 billion bill to repair and replace worn out or destroyed…
“This is your last chance. After this there is no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes… Remember, all I’m…
James Michener’s Caravans is a good-read, romantic novel set in an exotic 1950 Afghanistan. The hero is a young, likable consulate worker with the American embassy in Kabul. The plot: He’s called on to chase down and retrieve the free-spirited daughter of a US senator who has charged off with a local warlord into the…
The big, old fat “cakewalk” security agreement between the US and Iraq might be in for some very heavy lifting in the next few weeks. BAGHDAD (AFP) – An Iraqi Shiite cleric on Friday denounced as “eternal slavery” a proposed security deal between Baghdad and Washington that outlines the long-term military presence of American forces…
In the 230-plus-year history of the US, it was bound to happen. One as cynical as us might have figured it would happen before now, before communications opened up governmental processes to a more public scrutiny, yet no real real-ugly hi-jinks until this current administration jackbooted into power. Dick Nixon was a Boy Scout compared…
Up comes two seemingly unrelated, underhanded, heavy-handed deals, cutting like odorous, fart-splitting flatulence across the landscape, coupling together the future of Iraq to the entrails of the US. War for oil. Old fart-head Alan Greenspan should have stuck to his gumption. He said last fall that Decider George went into Iraq for the Texas tea…
Life in a vacuum. If one lives in a glass house, but can’t see the outside world — creepy. From just about every angle, Decider George’s way-dangerous terms in office have been an unmitigated disaster. The W’s administration portfolio and accompanying details could fill a city of libraries, and just about all of the material…