Uncategorized

Criticism misses point | NewsOK.com

Criticism misses point | NewsOK.com
Source: newsok.com
I find the Republican criticism of President Obama’s commentary regarding Iran to be skipping over a critical point.
    Good commentary from former governor about Obama’s Cairo speech, addressed to the kneejerk anti Obama Oklahomans who pounced on it as weak, who probably didn’t read or hear it in full, but just got the Limbaugh notes.    
Uncategorized

Military – The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Military – The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
Source: www.booktv.org
From Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, Thomas Ricks talks about his new book, “The Gamble,” which looks at the change in military strategy in Iraq since 2006 and the people who were responsible for it.
    Caught end of this talk on Book TV this morning. Depressing assessment by the author of Fiasco about US military needing to be in in Iraq for years to come. Follow the link to the Amazon page for a Q & A with Ricks.    
Uncategorized

Colville River

Colville River
Source: objetora.freeshell.org
A map of Alaska, showing the 240-mile route that we followed down the Colville River from the confluence with the Kiligwa River (not shown) to the town of Umiat. To get to the Colville, we first flew by large jet to Fairbanks, AK (not shown). …
    My friend Susan just got back from a trip kayaking on the Colville River in northern Alaska. Here’s her report of the trip, with photos (not optimized for the web, so they take a while to download). For the record, you would have to give me a large amount of money or drugs to do what Susan did for fun.    
Uncategorized

DownWithTyranny!: How do we thank Justice David Souter for his service?

DownWithTyranny!: How do we thank Justice David Souter for his service?
Source: downwithtyranny.blog…
— Dana Milbank’s Washington Post account of retiring Justice David Souter’s response to Chief Justice John Roberts’ reading of a letter to Souter from his eight current colleagues as well as his longtime former colleague, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor — and the justice’s parting words
    One HUGE thing we need to thank him for, I think, is that he stuck around in a city he hated for 7 years longer than he really wanted to, so that his replacement would not be named by George W. Bush.    
Uncategorized

Op-Ed Columnist – How Long Is Long Enough? – NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Columnist – How Long Is Long Enough? – NYTimes.com
Source: www.nytimes.com
Mohammed Jawad was captured as a teenager in Kabul and tortured in American custody. Now administration lawyers are blocking efforts to secure his freedom.
    Done in our name, to this day: “There is no credible evidence against Jawad, and his torture-induced confession has rightly been ruled inadmissible by a military judge. But the Obama administration does not feel that he has suffered enough.”