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Monday, June 2, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Explained: Why McCain favors long presence in Iraq
From Harper's Magazine.
Explained: Why McCain favors long presence in Iraq
A little-noticed civil lawsuit in Florida is shining a light on an unusual but hugely profitable Pentagon contract to ship millions of gallons of aviation fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq through the kingdom of Jordan. The deal involves a cast of influential characters, including the king of Jordan’s brother-in-law, who is suing Harry Sargeant III, a top Florida-based fundraiser for Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid. Sargeant is a Florida businessman and former Marine Corps pilot hailed by the McCain campaign as a “Trailblazer” for raising $100,000 or more in political donations. Through a company called International Oil Trading Co., or IOTC, Sargeant and a partner have a lucrative contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year to supply American military forces in Iraq with fuel, especially aviation fuel.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
"You and I"
One of my greatest pet peeves is people using "I" or "we" when they should use "me" or "us" because they think it makes them sound smarter. This is almost always done in a plural sense such as "you and I" instead of "you and me." As soon as I hear someone say something like, "They did this just for you and I" my estimate of them drops to near contempt. One would not say, "They did this just for I." One would say, "They did this just for me." Why is this difficult for people?
That song by Bill Withers makes me angry every time I hear it. "Just the two of us, building castles in the sky, just the two of us, you and I" may rhyme better but it's straight up wrong.
What caused today's little rant was Lynne Rossetto Kasper use "we" instead of "us" on her public radio show The Splendid Table and she went from an overly jovial cooking host to a windbag in my opinion.
Can you imagine what 8 years of listening to President Bush has done to me?
That song by Bill Withers makes me angry every time I hear it. "Just the two of us, building castles in the sky, just the two of us, you and I" may rhyme better but it's straight up wrong.
What caused today's little rant was Lynne Rossetto Kasper use "we" instead of "us" on her public radio show The Splendid Table and she went from an overly jovial cooking host to a windbag in my opinion.
Can you imagine what 8 years of listening to President Bush has done to me?
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Bill O'Reilly: Piece of Shit from Way Back [analysis]
Keith Olbermann brings on a "body language expert" to examine Bill O'Reilly's blow-up.
Found on the Huffington Post.
Found on the Huffington Post.
Friday, May 16, 2008
McCain Talks to Hamas?
There's been a recent spat of attacks on unnamed persons by the Bush administration and the McCain campaign for wanting to negotiate with "terrorists." One shill has proposed that the attacks are aimed at President Carter for talking with Hamas. In reality the attacks are aimed at Obama who has said he will talk with our enemies , like any wise leader, and the Democratic Party which gives endless lip service to peace. I would hope that most Americans would agree that diplomacy would be in order as opposed to ignoring and/or trying to murder everyone that opposes us... as "some people" have done.
So "McCain subsequently said Obama must explain why he wants to talk with rogue leaders" and "I made it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism, their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy."
My question is, how did he tell Hamas they needed to change unless he talked to them?
Was he shooting at them as he talked? Or maybe he was shouting?
So "McCain subsequently said Obama must explain why he wants to talk with rogue leaders" and "I made it very clear, at that time, before and after, that we will not negotiate with terrorist organizations, that Hamas would have to abandon their terrorism, their advocacy to the extermination of the state of Israel, and be willing to negotiate in a way that recognizes the right of the state of Israel and abandons their terrorist position and advocacy."
My question is, how did he tell Hamas they needed to change unless he talked to them?
Was he shooting at them as he talked? Or maybe he was shouting?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Bill O'Reilly: Piece of Shit from Way Back
What a tool. Why is this man still on the television? Oh, right. Because it's America and we're a bunch of drooling idiots.
Michigan & Florida Delegates
Hillary keeps saying the delegates for Michigan and Florida should be seated at the convention. To me this is the equivalent of showing up for a basketball game after everyone else has been told it's canceled, shooting some freethrows, and then demanding it be counted as a win. Michigan and Florida screwed up and they should be denied any meaningful seats. I don't mind if they're divided evenly between the two candidates and allowed to attend but giving the States to Hillary would be a travesty.
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