Around WordPress.com – 12/6/06

Here are a few more posts I found interesting, amusing, whatever.

How About Punishing The Owners
Update on “Times says we’re getting away with murder”
Funding Terrorist note: As far as I can tell, the title and the actual post are utterly unrelated. Nevertheless, it’s a good rant.
Military Strength v The Will to Win
Rodriguez playing Alabama to stay [...]

“War on Terror” a misnomer

We need to rename the “War on Terror”. Maybe we should call it “Guarding Against Terrorism”. I don’t know, but I’m open to suggestions.
9/11 scared the bejesus out of me. I realize fear is unbecoming of a middle-aged Southern boy. Nevertheless it did. Still does. It’s time to put it in perspective though.
I never thought [...]

“And that’s the way it is”

Click over to Doug’s Darkworld and read his entertaining but bleak assessment of some of what’s going on in the world. I’m a regular reader now. If you’re not an ideologue you’ll enjoy his writing.

Chuck Hagel on Iraq

As a matter of policy, I don’t link to online newspapers. Those links turn to broken links, usually in about two weeks. Nevertheless, I’ve made an exception. Go forth and read Senator Chuck Hagel’s (R – Nebraska) letter to WAPO.
Could Chuck be presidential timber?
(Hat-tip to The Lady Speaks)

Democrats waxing or waning?

How long will it take for the hapless Democrats to shoot themselves in the foot? Not long, if the few days since they took Congress are any indication. They’ve already chambered a round and drawn a bead just behind their big toe.
It seems that hearings are in the works concerning the war in Iraq, and [...]

The day after

Well we have a new congress. Most pundits seem to think it’s a rebuke to the Bush team in particular and the status quo in general. So, what can we expect to change? Nothing anybody who isn’t represented by a powerful PAC calls for, that’s for sure.
Here are some things that almost certainly won’t change, [...]

Is America safer?

With the fifth anniverary of the attacks of 9/11, a popular topic among bloggers is “are we safer with five years of the Bush doctrine behind us”. Of course there’s no way of knowing that. The correct question is “do you feel safer”? Well, do you?
Consider the following:

The man who instigated 9/11 is alive and [...]

Fact is, who knows?

Do you ever wonder why people believe what they believe? Is it because they like the source of the information? Does some information “resonate” with certain people so it has the proverbial “ring of truth” to it?
Last night I was surfing channels and caught a few minutes of “The Drug Years” on VH1. The segment [...]

Death Merchants

Direct TV’s most basic package is a cornerstone in my daily battle with ennui. One of my favorite programs is The Dog Whisperer. That dude knows his dogs. One of the things I learned last night is that dogs don’t rationalize. They live their lives completely in the present. (Yes, smart ass, I realize that’s [...]