I wanted to let the Jeremiah Wright issue ferment for a while before posting on it and on the campaign again (Sorry Groom, the coming global depression is going to be big news tomorrow ushered in by the fire sale of Bear Stearns to JP Morgan for (gasp!) $2/share. But it’s too, well, depressing.) […]

Winter Soldiers Redux
Recent news reports tell me that the American public is somewhat less horrified by the Iraq war lately. Apparently the media reports claiming that the “surge” was a success are having an impact. In my view they are just preparing us for Senator McCain’s 100 years war. Let’s remember a […]

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Since Lefty confessed, let me rush in too.
Despite what this commenter says:
Having said that, I must say I understand that each of us thinks that our candidate is the best one for the job, and we want Him or Her to win, but I do not understand the venom expressed against the Democratic opponent of […]

Last night I wrote a very brief post on the Jeremiah Wright debacle, which said, in essence, that it was no surprise, and referenced a post that I wrote a month or so ago on that very issue. I took it down, myself, after an hour or two, realizing that the story was not […]

Bear Stearns loses half of its value within 30 minutes of market open today. The Fed and JP Morgan prop it up with dollars that have taken a 40% hit during the past 12 months. Mr. Happy gets in front of the Economic Club of New York this morning and blows rainbows […]

All Things Considered aired an article on a vote on a bill in yesterday’s Senate, the first vote in months attended by Clinton and McCain and Obama, a bill sponsored by each, written by each to guarantee each a fair share of platypuses.
The reporter reported Obama first sought Debbie Michigan and Bill Florida for a […]

Here is a letter that I wrote to a friend about the current situation with Admiral Fallon. I am posting it here, because of what I have written about the rantings of those who want to attack Iran.
Letter:
I just found some criticism on the net. They say that Admiral Fallon has continuously underestimated […]

Winter Soldier II, the new Millennium’s redux of the event Viet Vets Against the War leader, John Kerry staged in 1971, gets underway in DC today and runs through Sunday.  Like its anti-Vietnam predecessor, it will feature testimony from soldiers who have been on the ground in Iraq as to what’s really going on.  Unlike […]

From my old blog, the Daily Aneurysm, two years ago today:
I’ve hinted at this before, but I’m happy to go on record with it today: It’s the official position of this blog that the Democratic Party will find a way to lose the 2008 presidential election. It doesn’t matter who the Repugs put up; the […]

With the resignation of Admiral Fallon, some people have become worried that America will attack Iran. However, I am sitting here in Tokyo, on the TV news, the yen has dropped below 100 yen to a dollar for the first time in 12 years, and is still in free fall. The last I […]