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Obama May be Incompent, But He Cares »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 19, 2009 in Current Affairs | 180 Comments

I know some consider us a full-up Barack Obama hate site. We are not. I do not hate the man. I do think he is a good husband and a good father. His daughters clearly adore him, and it is tough to fake what teenage girls think about their father–good fathers [...]

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Will Destroy Obama »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 16, 2009 in Current Affairs | 188 Comments

Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement last Friday that five prisoners currently held at Guantanmo will be put on trial in a civilian Federal court in New York City is absolute lunacy. I say this as one who rejects the Bush Administration nonsense that we “can’t fight terrorism with law enforcement methods.” We can [...]

Was Adolf Eichmann a Terrorist? »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 14, 2009 in Current Affairs | 77 Comments

(Bumped up from Friday evening.)
Does it matter what we call someone? Is terminology essential for taking action against someone responsible for a monstrous crime? I confess I’m amused by the furor over whether to label Major Nidal Hasan a “terrorist.” But so what? If call him a terrorist does that [...]

Health Insurance Ain’t Car Insurance »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 13, 2009 in Current Affairs | 118 Comments

(Bumped up from Wednesday.)
The founders of the United States correctly feared the power of a central, national government and sought to mitigate this risk by dividing powers among the various branches and leaving to the states those powers not explicitly granted to the Federal Government. Now Democrats want to change this and are putting [...]

Boycott Jim Carey »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 12, 2009 in Current Affairs | 129 Comments

Can you believe this fool? I refer of course to Jim Carey. I had admired his talent, at least until now, but no more “capitalist” free ride from me. Carey spoke to a reporter with the Chicago Tribune and dropped this little gem:
“I was thinking about it this morning, how this story [...]

Putting the Major Hasan Hysteria in Perspective »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | 105 Comments

I am disgusted by both the left and the right. Several on the left (e.g., Newsweek’s Evan Thomas) want to pretend that Hasan’s murder of fellow soldiers at Fort Hood last week had nothing to do with his twisted vision of Islam. Then on the right you have the baying hounds insisting Islam [...]

When it Comes to Major Hassan, What About Exodus? [UPDATE] »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 10, 2009 in Current Affairs | 255 Comments

(Bumped up from Nov. 9th.)
With the rightwing working itself into a froth because Major Nidal Hassan, the murderer of fellow soldiers at Fort Hood last week, allegedly claimed to be a muslim first and an American second, I was reminded of the movie, EXODUS.
If you are 53 years old (or older) I’m sure you remember [...]

Slow Rolling McChrystal »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 52 Comments

Typical Obama. Why vote “yes” or “no” when you can punt? He did it throughout his sparse legislative career as pointed out in the New York Times:
In 1999, Barack Obama was faced with a difficult vote in the Illinois legislature — to support a bill that would let some juveniles be tried [...]

Jihadist Wannabe »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 7, 2009 in Current Affairs | 252 Comments

(This post is bumped up from Friday.)
Major Nidal Malik Hassan short circuited yesterday and we had more American soliders killed in one day at Fort Hood than have been killed in Afghanistan in a single day this year. So much for the dangers of combat. Hassan is not a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder [...]

Murder, Mayhem at Fort Hood »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 5, 2009 in Current Affairs | 221 Comments

Wanted to comment on the news out of Fort Hood that a muslim U.S. Army officer, Major Malik Nadal Hassan, and perhaps two others, went on a shooting rampage today and killed 11 soldiers and one civilian police officer. This is not the first time a muslim in the U.S. military has turned his [...]

BB King to Obama »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 4, 2009 in Current Affairs | 144 Comments

(Bumped up from earlier today.)
Last night’s election results mean one thing–tell em’ BB.

No amount of moonwalking by the Obama team can alter the results.

Nancy Pelosi, Baghdad Bob in Drag? »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 4, 2009 in Current Affairs | 42 Comments

You tell me. Listen to Nancy Pelosi’s delusional spin.

Then check this out.

What Obama is Doing Good »

By Larry Johnson on Nov 3, 2009 in Current Affairs | 45 Comments

Since tonight is a bad night if you are Barack Obama (the candidates he stumped for in Virginia and New Jersey are getting an ass kicking), I though it appropriate to share with you some good news about Barack Obama that you may find surprising. Barack’s kicking some major ass on the counter terrorism [...]

Afghanistan is Not Pashto for Vietnam »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 31, 2009 in Current Affairs | 28 Comments

Although I compared Obama’s treatment of Afghanistan’s President Karzai today with that meted out to Vietnam’s Diem back in the early sixties, I do not mean to suggest that Afghanistan is just another misadventure like Vietnam. That is utter nonsense.
Here is Theodore Sorenson’s misreading of the current situation.

Cheney’s Dilemma–No dick or that is His Name? (UPDATED) »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 51 Comments

Pity poor old Dick Cheney. He barely knows who he is. Mind is slipping for sure. Latest evidence that he is living in the land of delusion is his insistence that the Bush Administration was on top of the Afghanistan problem because they undertook a review in the fall of 2008. [...]

Karzai is Pashto for Diem »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 28, 2009 in Current Affairs | 31 Comments

If you want a preview of coming events for Afghanistan I suggest you look to the past and the murder of South Vietnam’s President, Ngo Dinh Diem, in a U.S. backed coup:
On orders from U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Henry Cabot Lodge, the American ambassador to South Vietnam, refused to meet with Diệm. Upon hearing [...]

Obama’s Dithering Puts Troops (and Nation) at Risk »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 27, 2009 in Current Affairs | 117 Comments

(Bumped up from Monday afternoon.)
Running a kick ass presidential campaign is not the same as being President, especially when it comes to being Commander-in-Chief. The inexperienced clown now installed in the White House would be a legitimate butt of jokes were it not for the fact that our soldiers are dying in part because [...]

It Was Clinton’s Fault »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 26, 2009 in Current Affairs | 147 Comments

(Bumped up from Sunday morning.)
Republicans chafing over Obama’s continued finger pointing at the failings of the Bush Administration need to look in the mirror and check their own glass house. Why? Because 9-11 happened because of Bill Clinton.
Now I do not believe that. But when you try to discuss the failures of [...]

Understanding the Banality of the Taliban »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 23, 2009 in Current Affairs | 18 Comments

The New York Times is pilloried frequently as a tool or cheerleader for the Obama administration. Some of the criticism is richly deserved. But if you want a glint of what the NY Times used to be you should sit down and read David Rhodes account of his captivity in Afghanistan. Rhodes [...]

Time For Some Insurance Competition »

By Larry Johnson on Oct 21, 2009 in Current Affairs | 46 Comments

Potential good news on the Hill today–Congress is going to withdraw the insurance industries’ monopoly status and anti-competitive business practice. I am a strong free market advocate. I love genuine capitalism. It ultimately will make people and society better. Unfortunately, we do not live in a “capitalist” system. We live [...]

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