Iraq Elections

Good for them: Iraq holds peaceful elections, Obama, U.N. applaud

Too bad this did not happen two weeks ago when Bush was still in office. Although I doubt the press would have been so congratulatory since the success of the elections might have shown that Bush's plan was working...

Waterboarding

Thank God someone in Obama's inner sanctum has a brain

Do they really think you can just ask "pretty please, will you tell us where the rest of the bad guys are" and they will tell you???

Gtimo closure

Good question: If Not Gitmo, Then Where Should Detainees Be Held?

Obama: "Close Gitmo in one year"

US Military: "Yes, Sir. So where do we put them?"

Obama: "umm"


Another cart before the horse episode for Obama.

Ford Stock

Looking at the 2010 line up Ford Fusion Hybrid and new Ford Taurus SHO gives me hope that my Ford stock will rebound soon!

eh, maybe not: Ford posts $14.6B 2008 loss

It figures

Perfect, just frikin' perfect: Blagojevich Says He Considered Oprah Winfrey for Vacant U.S. Senate seat

Oh, and thanks Illinois for showing the rest of the country that the city of Detroit is not only place where a complete nut job can get elected and unabashedly abuse the power of his office. At least Kawame did it for love.....

Who cares?

I was watching tv with friends yesterday, and it seemed like every commercial had something to do with SAG (Screen Actor's Guild) awards. Specifically, what the actresses were wearing on the "red carpet." Here is an example: SAGs Red Carpet sees Michelle Obama effect I don't know what that dress or any other one the actresses were wearing cost, nor do I really want to know.

All I thought was: Who cares? The economy is tanking: Job Cuts and CAT says to cut 20,000 jobs plus four more soldiers die in Iraq. (Mission accomplished my a*s.) And the only thing the media thinks "we" care about is what some overpaid celebrity is wearing. Pitiful. No wonder bin Laden thought he could attack us (again) and we would be too preoccupied with stupid b.s. to respond.

Hey Hollyweird: want to really make a statement? Wear something old, and give the money you would have spent on the dress to a soup kitchen.

Bush

George W. Bush may have not have been perfect, but William Kristol of the NY Times has a unique look at Mr. Bush's last eight years. It is worth reading: The Next War President

Thanks Mr Bush for the past eight years. You made some major mistakes (the reasons behind the Iraq war is the most obvious) but I will say you faced some of the toughest challenges during your presidency. The US suffered an attack on our soil for only second time since the war of 1812, and we had one of the largest, if not the largest, natural disasters this country has ever faced (Katrina.) Yes, there were screw ups during both operations, and the press really emphasized the mistakes, but it is easy to second guess decisions from the sidelines. I predict that in the coming months we will see more articles like Mr. Kristol's about what Bush did right as the press backs off their feeding frenzy and take an objective look at the past eight years.

Good luck Mr Bush.