Author: BooMan

Plug the Damn Hole

I truly hope I don’t have to read this again tomorrow with a taste of bitter irony: BP’s top-kill plan has been devised over more than a month by what BP calls a dream team of engineers from the oil industry and from...

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Quotes of the Day

President Obama went to Capitol Hill and talked with the Senate Republicans and, of course, got nowhere: “The more he talked, the more he got upset,” Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said. “He needs to take a valium before...

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Alarmed Observation

Things are getting pretty dicey on the Korean Peninsula. I have no idea how the president can juggle so many crises at the same time. It’s insane what’s going on right now.

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Serious Question

I will be interested to see how many Republicans ultimately choose to vote to eliminate the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. CNN reports that 78% of the populace, and 85% of women, support ending the discriminatory...

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Troubling News in the War on Terror

I believe Dick Cheney earned the nickname ‘Darth’ from his September 16, 2001 appearance on Meet the Press when he had the following exchange with host Tim Russert: [In this piece, all emphasis is mine] MR. RUSSERT:...

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