Author: BooMan

Hurry Up and Get Out

The National Security Council is meeting today to discuss our policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Meanwhile, the Pentagon tells us something important: The Penatagon says the war in Afghanistan costs about $2 billion a week....

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You’ll Get Nothing and Like It

I like how the administration is working over the House Republicans by offering them nothing and demanding that they raise the debt ceiling. It reminds me of this scene from The Godfather II: Senator John Ensign Pat Geary: I...

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Serious Question

I’m really pretty frustrated with our political system which is making it hard for me to get fired up and ready to go for the campaign. But, you know, I’m a political junkie, and nothing is more fun for a political...

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Wanker of the Day: Peggy Noonan

I occasionally pause to gape in wonder at Peggy Noonan’s strange, vaguely crazy, and meandering columns because I can’t believe this woman is a respected member of the Beltway press corp. Today, she talks about the...

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Arab Spring Adds a Notch

People are dancing in the streets of Sana, Yemen after their president Ali Abdullah Saleh fled to Saudi Arabia to seek treatment for “burns and scratches” he received when his mosque was hit by artillery-fire. The...

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