Thursday, April 28, 2011

Gen. Patraeus and the CIA (cont.)

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Responding to a friend's comment: I am glad that you brought up the record of Sec. Gates as we discuss the expected transition in leader...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

General Patraeus to CIA

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The New York Times reports today that President Obama is expected to name Leon E. Panetta Defense Secretary and David H. Petraeus C.I.A. Dir...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Fire that writer, Mr President

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Mr. President: Fire the writers who wrote your budget speech today. The issues are lost, the seriousness is lost, and the strength of your a...
Friday, April 08, 2011

Budget on Facebook

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The budget impasse - my Facebook responses: "Where does the blame rightfully lay?" Of course, this is politics. The players: a Dem...
Thursday, April 07, 2011

The Budget Battle

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Assuming for the sake of argument that the most recent national election constituted a political "mandate" to firmly address the f...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Awards of Valor (II)

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Recently the 9th United States Circuit Court issued an opinion holding the "Stolen Valor Act" unconstitutional. The Act was passed...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Dear Rep. Cantor

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I strongly oppose the attacks on the environment included in the amendments to H.R. 1 and I urgently ask that you stop reversing progress an...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

The First Step

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Speaking only of Egypt, one of the more probable reactions of the United States will be to overreact. The greatest threat to moderation in ...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Egypt: An Early Thought Re-Thought

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1/28/2011 2:01:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time "Egypt could now change the balance in the Mid-East to our disadvantage. Yemen and Jordan ...
Monday, January 24, 2011

It's Only a Game

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It was the Bears. It was the Packers. It was Soldier Field. It was bitter cold. It was professional football and it was Chicago. There remai...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Vigorous, Honorable, Political Rhetoric

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It would seem to me that, rather than attempting to defend the indefensible, the political leaders from Right and Left might best serve the ...
Sunday, January 09, 2011

Arizona Shootings and Responsibility

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In mid-year 2009 I responded to a comment in a discussion forum: "The threat I addressed in an earlier message which I think you are an...
Saturday, December 04, 2010

What price "security"?

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It is stupid paranoia that is steadily taking our personal freedoms. People don't care about personal freedom as long as they "feel...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

To the men with whom I served

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To Recon and Charlie Company: On this Veterans Day, 2010, we each have memories of comrades, friends, family and neighbors who while serving...
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Friday, November 05, 2010

Election November 2010

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For the record, I see not a revolution of ideas in the election results, nor a mandate for the Conservatives nor a need for the President to...
Sunday, October 31, 2010

The "Real" Threat Surfaces

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This is not the time for sleep. Those threatening our survival are coalescing into organized cells which throughout history have shown the a...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

Flight 93 and 9/11

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The article tonight is captioned "Michelle Obama and Laura Bush commemorate 9/11 at Pa. site of Flight 93 crash." The loss of life...
Sunday, July 04, 2010

The McChrystal Attitude

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Some writers have suggested that the experience of ten years of continuing conflict under fluctuating levels of direction, support and leade...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

General McChrystal Disserves

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The conduct of General McChrystal and his staff, for whom he bears full responsibility, is a gross deviation from the standard of conduct of...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Memorial Day 2010

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Remember what Memorial Day was meant to honor and DO SOMETHING to make it meaningful and respectful. As I write this I know that someone wil...