Operation Enduring War
The reality of war doesn’t seem to go away, despite voting for “hope” and “change.” Read more, here.
Tag: War in Iraq
The Cost of an Empire
A very interesting and detailed article, here.
Do Two Evils Make a Good?
I ran across this article tonight. Don’t read it if you don’t have a strong stomach. It is about a newspaper reporter who wanted to see what waterboarding is really like. An excerpt, “The water was now pouring down my nostrils and into my lungs, I was choking and my mind a fog. Like a nightmare you can’t wake up from, the water kept coming. And then I could stand it no more.” And they say that it isn’t torture. He said afterwards that it felt as if he were dying. And that’s not torture. If that isn’t torture, then…
What Got Michael Steele into Trouble?
He accidentally told the truth. Read more here.
TSA: Making America Safe….?
There’s a new movie out that is questioning the work of the TSA, read more here.
The Empire is Killing Us
Many historians identify the ancient Roman empire as trigger that caused the whole civilization to collapse. The empire was expensive, taxes got higher, inflation was rampant, and eventually this ended their culture. Here’s an article at LewRockwell.com about our empire and choice that lies ahead of us.
Commentary on the MSNBC Nat’l News, Friday
The man who led the battle against big tobacco is now leading the fight against big food. His answer to our problems? Hmmm….maybe more big government? I hope not. The parents of a soldier killed in Iraq are asking questions about why their son was sent to a lonely and targeted outpost. The soldier’s father said in the interview that after he found out how intense the fighting was at the outpost, he asked, “what is he doing out there?” I’d say, “what is he doing over there?” This father has struggled between finding answers for his son’s death, and…
Review of “For Liberty” on WPT
I was able to watch the interview on Wisconsin Public Television’s Director’s Cut with the Directors/Producers (Chris Rye & Corey Kealiher) of the film, “For Liberty: How the Ron Paul Revolution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty,” which gave me a closer view into what motivated these men put this movie together. What drew them to Ron Paul? His anti-war position and strict constitutional beliefs poignantly set him apart from the rest of the Republican Party. His common sense ideas are a stark contrast to the warmongering of the other candidates, like this quote, “They come over here and attack…
Notes from the “For Liberty” Interview
This is totally off the top of my head, as I was watching the interview on WPT. So it is a little random, sorry. The directors/producers point out that they were drawn to Ron Paul because of his foreign policy. He was cut out of the Republican Party because of his strict Constitutional non-interventionist position. Ron Paul: (not an exact quote, but approximate) “We have to look at it from the position of how would we feel if they did it to us?” “It is just the message of liberty. It brings people together from all sides of the spectrum.”…
Truth: A Threat to the State
Here is an excellent article by Butler Shaffer on why McChrystal had to go. It elaborates very nicely on a few thoughts I had yesterday on the subject, here.
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The Cost of an Empire
A very interesting and detailed article, here.
Do Two Evils Make a Good?
I ran across this article tonight. Don’t read it if you don’t have a strong stomach. It is about a newspaper reporter who wanted to see what waterboarding is really like. An excerpt, “The water was now pouring down my nostrils and into my lungs, I was choking and my mind a fog. Like a nightmare you can’t wake up from, the water kept coming. And then I could stand it no more.” And they say that it isn’t torture. He said afterwards that it felt as if he were dying. And that’s not torture. If that isn’t torture, then…
What Got Michael Steele into Trouble?
He accidentally told the truth. Read more here.
TSA: Making America Safe….?
There’s a new movie out that is questioning the work of the TSA, read more here.
The Empire is Killing Us
Many historians identify the ancient Roman empire as trigger that caused the whole civilization to collapse. The empire was expensive, taxes got higher, inflation was rampant, and eventually this ended their culture. Here’s an article at LewRockwell.com about our empire and choice that lies ahead of us.
Commentary on the MSNBC Nat’l News, Friday
The man who led the battle against big tobacco is now leading the fight against big food. His answer to our problems? Hmmm….maybe more big government? I hope not. The parents of a soldier killed in Iraq are asking questions about why their son was sent to a lonely and targeted outpost. The soldier’s father said in the interview that after he found out how intense the fighting was at the outpost, he asked, “what is he doing out there?” I’d say, “what is he doing over there?” This father has struggled between finding answers for his son’s death, and…
Review of “For Liberty” on WPT
I was able to watch the interview on Wisconsin Public Television’s Director’s Cut with the Directors/Producers (Chris Rye & Corey Kealiher) of the film, “For Liberty: How the Ron Paul Revolution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty,” which gave me a closer view into what motivated these men put this movie together. What drew them to Ron Paul? His anti-war position and strict constitutional beliefs poignantly set him apart from the rest of the Republican Party. His common sense ideas are a stark contrast to the warmongering of the other candidates, like this quote, “They come over here and attack…
Notes from the “For Liberty” Interview
This is totally off the top of my head, as I was watching the interview on WPT. So it is a little random, sorry. The directors/producers point out that they were drawn to Ron Paul because of his foreign policy. He was cut out of the Republican Party because of his strict Constitutional non-interventionist position. Ron Paul: (not an exact quote, but approximate) “We have to look at it from the position of how would we feel if they did it to us?” “It is just the message of liberty. It brings people together from all sides of the spectrum.”…
Truth: A Threat to the State
Here is an excellent article by Butler Shaffer on why McChrystal had to go. It elaborates very nicely on a few thoughts I had yesterday on the subject, here.