Operation Iraqi Freedom was going to leave us with a democracy in the Middle East. It looks like the Iraqis are catching on and that things are going swimmingly well for them but not so well for us. Turns out they don’t want us occupying their country afterall. They don’t want a permanent US presence … Read more
True to form the GOP blocked a measure that would have supplied a measure of relief to American’s at the pump. They blocked an effort by Senate Democrats to tax windfall profits of oil companies. Windfall profits would be a way to punish the speculators, but you can’t do that to the Grand Oil Party. … Read more
Toyota’s hoping many people will be looking to increase their bottom line with the purchase of an IQ. I’m tempted myself. This little car looks like the ForTwo, only it is for three adults plus one child. Read more here.
I hadn’t heard that. Too funny. I wonder if the President has heard of $5 a gallon gasoline. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EKZOKxdxj4]
A good speech by Dan Rather. Rather is talking about the free press that is articulated in the first amendment of the United States Constitution. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97SzcumnYdc]
301 Hazeltine Today while I was waiting for Diane to finish shopping I used my GPS and found what used to be the United States Naval Reserve Center at 301 Hazeltine Avenue in Jamestown, New York. It was here that I came in June of 1972 to inquire about service in the United States Navy. … Read more
Devin on “D” Devin was guarding a couple of big guys today and Jon Burgio was one of them. Jon is a recent graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo and in addition to being tall and powerfully built is a good post player. Devin at 6’3″ gave away six inches and … Read more
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who … Read more
Today I spent part of the afternoon watching my son and several of his friends take part in the Gus Macker Three-on-Three basketball tournament in Jamestown, New York. I’ve been watching Devin play in Macker’s for a number of years. He’s competing in the Top Men’s Division which is the toughest division of the Macker. … Read more
Turns out the Iranians may have duped us into attacking Iraq. It does seem to have strengthened their hand. Defense Department counterintelligence investigators suspected that Iranian exiles who provided dubious intelligence on Iraq and Iran to a small group of Pentagon officials might have “been used as agents of a foreign intelligence service … to … Read more
