Archive for the 'Iraq & War on Terror' Category

Give the Iraqis What They Want

Monday, July 7th, 2008

President Bush will never be classified as someone who bows to foreign pressures, that’s for sure. The latest “wait a minute” moment from the man I voted for comes as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki suggests a timetable for America to withdraw its troops. From the article:
Iraq has proposed a short-term memorandum of […]

Good Grief…When Will It Ever End?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

As I type this, I’m sitting in my professional development class on fund raising for nonprofit organizations. The class started about a half an hour ago and so far the topic of discussion has been the completely unsurprising New York Times article that was published yesterday regarding the television military news analysts (former army […]

Gotta Feel Bad for Prince Harry

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

Prince Harry - also known as “The Spare” - was deployed in Afghanistan up until a few days ago. After word leaked that he was fighting on the front lines against remnants of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, the British Royal Army pulled him out of the country and brought him back home. This […]

No News in Iraq is Good News, Right?

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

One of my students made an excellent point in a response paper the other day. He cited Charlie Gibson on ABC World News Tonight at some point last week (may have been the week before). Apparently Gibson made the following comments:
One item from Baghdad today. The news is… that there is no […]

President Clinton is the Man!

Friday, October 26th, 2007

While I was watching Bill O’Reilly earlier he had a “Talking Points” memo about President Bill Clinton tearing apart some complete lunatic who was screaming the extremist mindset that 9/11 was an inside job. Bill O’Reilly’s compliments to President Clinton (and condemnation of Hillary) aside, I absolutely loved Clinton’s response to the whack job […]

You Think Bush’s Approval Is Low…

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

If you thought President Bush’s approval was low as it hovers in the mid-30’s, then you don’t want to even know about the Nancy Pelosi-controlled Congress and their rating. A recent Gallup poll exposed this do-nothing Congress for what it is by showing a public approval rating of just 14%.
FOURTEEN PERCENT!
I don’t care how […]

Rosie O’Donnell: The Definition of “Coward”

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Not only was Rosie O’Donnell completely destroyed on The View last week by Elisabeth Hasselback, but she dared to call Elisabeth a coward…when just a few short days after their argument, it appears that Rosie is the one defining this term.
For those of you that don’t know, Rosie and Elisabeth got into a war of […]

Rosie Quits the Fight After Getting a Beating

Friday, May 25th, 2007

If you’ve watched any of the major cable news channels for the last few days, you’ve seen the Elisabeth Hasselback vs. Rosie O’Donnell war on ABC’s The View. In this heated exchange of words, Hasselback broke out of her shell and started verbally abusing Rosie to the point where Rosie literally had no answers […]

True Public Policy Takes Over Iraq Debate

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Finally, the Democrats have given up on including a timeline in their Iraq War funding bill. They made their case - clearly - against staying in Iraq and the bulk of their corpus was elected specifically because of Americans’ discontent with the way the war was going. However, funding the troops is the […]

The Fighting in Lebanon

Monday, May 21st, 2007

With the problems going on in Lebanon right now, I think it would make sense to once again stop and assess the human-based causes of major world problems right now. By that I mean - who is creating this mess?
For you America-haters who are looking for an “America is bad” answer to that problem, […]

The Fort Dix Terror Plot

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

You can’t even trust the pizza man any more! In a huge success for this nation’s anti-terror task forces, a plot to shoot-up Fort Dix was thwarted yesterday when six Islamic extremists were apprehended before their terrorist plans could become reality. Thank God for the diligence of the hero in this case, a […]

Iraq Bill Vetoed…Now Fund the War, Today!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

As a student of American history and specifically public policy (the actions of a government to address the needs of its people), I can appreciate the Democratic attempt to insert a timetable for withdrawal in the Iraq war spending bill. In fact, I completely agree with those among the Democrats who say that passing […]