By Larry Johnson on Jul 2, 2009 in Current Affairs | 70 Comments
If there was any doubt that Michael Scheuer, a retired CIA analyst who was given the task of getting Bin Laden (and failed miserably), is a complete nutjob then you have not seen his latest:
[UPDATE--I'm struck by the growing resemblance between Michael Scheuer and Bin Laden's number two guy. What do you think?]
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By Larry Johnson on Jul 1, 2009 in Current Affairs | 18 Comments
We pulled out of Iraq’s cities today and Allah only knows what comes next. What do you think Iraq will look like a year from now? A placid Arab nation with a flourishing economy and revitalized night life? A theocracy struggling to imitate Iran? A bloody mess of balkanized provinces divided [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 39 Comments
(More than worthy of a replay, so bumped up from last night - ed.)
Have you seen this?
Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora hook up with a famous Iranian singer.
By Larry Johnson on Jun 29, 2009 in Current Affairs | 82 Comments
By now most of you have heard of the “coup” in Honduras. The media, ever ignorant, is going with the story line that the military has ousted a democratic leader. Here’s the AP view:
Police and soldiers clashed with thousands of protesters outside Honduras’ national palace Monday as world leaders from Barack Obama to [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 28, 2009 in Current Affairs | 96 Comments
You’ve heard of NIMBY? (i.e., Not In My Back Yard). Meet the cousin, NIIIMK (i.e., Not If It Is My Kid). So Barack Obama is trying to sell a Health Care plan that, at the end of the day, will leave families in the position of being told by a government bureaucrat [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 25, 2009 in Current Affairs | 43 Comments
(bumped up from this morning)
Let me state at the outset that I have high regard for Admiral Eric Olson, Commander of Special Operations Command based in Tampa, Florida. However, I think Admiral Olson has imbibed too much of the kool-aid and is offering a prescription for a problem that is grossly exaggerated–terrorism. I [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 23, 2009 in Current Affairs | 75 Comments
Some of us writing for this blog or reading it are old enough to remember the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution and, watching the events now unfolding in Iran, want to quote Yogi Berra (i.e., “It is deja vu all over again”). I lived in DC at the time and both drove and marched by [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 22, 2009 in Current Affairs | 145 Comments
Americans are a well-intentioned but naive lot. More often than not we act like a meddlesome mother-in-law frustrated that the newly weds have not spawned up a grand kid. We are full of advice and threats but, when it comes time to do something of substance, are impotent. Viagra won’t help here.
So [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 22, 2009 in Current Affairs | 114 Comments
(bumped up from yesterday)
Remember the laurels being heaped on Obama two weeks ago after the Cairo speech? it was the “Obama effect.” Yep, Messiah boy was transforming the world just by speaking. He was, according to the MSNBC Cheerleading Pom Pom Squad, swinging elections. But the folks at the Daily Show [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 17, 2009 in Current Affairs | 81 Comments
David Letterman walked into a veritable shit sandwich with his disgusting attempt last week to trash Sarah Palin by telling a joke that sexually exploited her teenage daughter. He tried to laugh it off but angry Americans got to the advertisers and David paid a price. He finally admitted his error. Well, [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 16, 2009 in Current Affairs | 172 Comments
(bumped up from yesterday)
The folks who persist in their twisted fantasy that 9-11 was an inside job are beyond reason. They are convinced they are following simple logic and insist science is on their side but ignore basic precursors and common sense.
Here is a typical reaction. This one courtesy of Karl Pavloff [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 14, 2009 in Current Affairs | 136 Comments
(Bumped up from earlier today)
The Friday election in Iran has settled nothing and appears to have unleashed a set of forces that will keep the country in turmoil for some time to come. There are a couple of articles worth reading.
First up is Steve Clemons, who writes:
By Larry Johnson on Jun 14, 2009 in 9/11, Current Affairs, Larry Johnson, Terrorism | 97 Comments
(bumped up from last night)
I am sure I am opening a can of worms here, but what the hell. The U.S. Government did not plan or execute the attacks on 9-11. Here’s the simple truth–the Bush Administration entered office dismissing terrorism as a significant threat and devoted most of its energies to promoting [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 12, 2009 in Current Affairs | 226 Comments
I’ve been waiting for someone to recall the furor that erupted when David Shuster (he plays a journalist on MSNBC) said the Clinton’s were “pimping out” Chelsea Clinton. At least NBC understood what an apology is:
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And Letterman is lamely trying to insist he’s [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 11, 2009 in Current Affairs | 86 Comments
(bumped up from last night)
In light of recent terror attacks by right wing fanatics–the murder of George Tiller, a Kansas abortion doctor, and today’s assault on the Holocaust museum by a racist, retired U.S. military dude, James Von Brunn–we are left with no alternative but to profile the rightwing.
Fuck it! Let’s listen [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 71 Comments
Obama alert. If you genuinely detest the very sight of President Obama then do not watch this clip. I give him kudos for the first genuine self-deprecating humor I’ve seen from him.
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By Larry Johnson on Jun 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 111 Comments
While channel surfing last night I happened across the fund raising dinner held by the Republican Congressional campaign committees (i.e., House and Senate) and saw a clip of the propaganda film extolling the virtues of Newt Gingrich. Are you kidding me?
I agree that Newt is a smart fellow and a clever pundit. He [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 38 Comments
As some of you may know I was a Fox News analyst during 2002 until I stopped getting phone calls asking me to appear on FOX shows. I learned subsequently via a senior Fox executive that Rupert Murdoch ordered producers not to use me because I had the audacity in November 2002 during an [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 8, 2009 in Current Affairs | 224 Comments
Barack Obama. Is he a woman? The dude has got to be female. Why? He’s math challenged. And we all know that women have more trouble with math than guys, right?
Okay, maybe we ought to rethink that sexist charge. Barack is not a chick, but he is seriously math [...]
By Larry Johnson on Jun 6, 2009 in Current Affairs | 9 Comments
Please do not interpret my sarcasm as a sign that I think spying for the Cubans is okay. It is not. If the affidavit filed in this case is accurate then Walter is a traitor and his wife, Gwen, a willing collaborator. But what if Walter and Gwen were actually cooperating with [...]
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