The Great Iraq Swindle: : Rolling Stone To travel to Iraq, would-be contractors needed permission from the Bush administration, which was far from blind in its appraisal of applicants. In a much-ballyhooed example of favoritism, the White House originally installed a clown named Jim O’Beirne at the relevant evaluation desk in the Department of Defense. O’Beirne proved to be a classic...
Obama’s Full Terrorism Speech: Sharpens Contrast With Hillary On Foreign Policy | TPMCafe The America I know is the last, best hope for that child looking up at a helicopter. It’s the country that put a man on the moon; that defeated fascism and helped rebuild Europe. It’s a country whose strength abroad is measured not just by armies, but rather by the power of our ideals, and by our...
Bush has been the formative political experience for the youngest generation of voters, those 18 to 30. Studies of voting preferences show that the experience imprinted on a generation in its 20s largely determines its future political complexion. This generation is the most Democratic generation ever — more Democratic than the youngest voting generations of the New Deal and the 1960s. In...
A small portion of my free time when I’m not working during the day is spent perusing the headlines of both American news sites and Israeli ones. Yes, as a warning, I’m harping on the daily life of Israelis issue.
Ohhh just what you want to see (click here)…. A video game where you go around killing Jews who won’t convert.
Someone finally wrote the obvious. Fascinating op-ed about the two-faced nature of Arab nations (click to read).
One of the upsides to having an hour and a quarter round-trip commute is I listen to a lot of podcats. When I first got my iPod, I first loaded it up with lots of music-related podcasts, drum and bass sets, punk shows, etc…. But nowadays I end up listening to a lot more political and investing shows. Wow I’m all grown up! One show I really enjoy is an audio version of NBC’s...