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I won;t say much about this. But imagine if the whole MSM were motivated to make mountains out of this molehill. You know; the way they do with Republican presidents.

Story and pic here: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/slideshow/photo//110325/481/urn_publicid_ap_org4f5e66f76c6043fab3de0d477ff216c6/

Sigh…

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For once, it really does seem to be messaging. I’ll assume for the sake of argument that within Operation Odyssey Dawn the lines of command are clear and smooth. British missiles hitting a building in one of his “residential” compounds hardly qualify as proof of an assassination attempt, as there is every possibility that various facilities serve purposes other than those advertised, cf. “Baby Milk Factory”.

I wanted a No-Fly Zone, so I won’t shellack the President for going along with one, and in fact I wanted it far earlier than it came. I’l let that go too, for now.

If the president had gotten ahead of this and said that American involvement will be limited in scope and duration to a “tip of the spear” penetration and … Continue reading →

Praise for the Obama Doctrine… a work in progress

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I’ll be brief here.  I would like to extend compliments to the Obama administration for taking action and declaring some controlling principles.  I have plenty of criticism which can be seen all over my blog and elsewhwere, but that is not this post.  I believe that the price of admission to a gripe session includes a willingness to take Yes for an answer, and proposals for shared success, not just criticisms.  I’m not sure where I’ll wind up on this putative doctrine of President Obama’s, and I’m not sure what it will turn out to be, but my first impression is that it’s a step in the right direction.  So I take this opportunity to give credit where due.

The President has ordered U.S. military aircraft to evacuate … Continue reading →

Free People Get Along

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Two posts which caught my eye mere minutes apart, thanks to Twitter and the exertions of those more knowledgeable than myself.

The first is from Commentary magazine, “the flagship of neoconservatism.”

Commentary Magazine

The UN will not, in a billion years, fire off so much as a water pistol to help dislodge Qaddafi.  Among UN Security Council Members are China and Russia – autocracies with every reason to see popular liberation movements suffocate.

This is a critical point, and while I had not even considered the slow-moving and short0sighted UN as possibly helping in this instance, neither had I considered the real reasons that nothing will happen on that front.   In that article, the author comes out in the pages of America’s leading … Continue reading →

Is Obama's Policy of Weakness Intentional?

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Face it.  President Obama’s plainly stated view is that the United States is not exceptional, is just another nation among many, has no special role in the world, has no moral authority to use force beyond its borders.  He feels that a uni-polar world is one threatened by the sole superpower, not the rogue states and stateless actors which now abound.   It is not unreasonable to think that his policy decisions would conform to this view, and in fact, be designed to hobble exceptionalist policy now and down the road.

America is presented with multiple crises where desperate people cry for liberation from oppression.  Our involvement would not only help those people, but would help repair our reputation as straight shooters with a plainly stated goal of … Continue reading →

Hal Rogers Must Go

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Why is Hal “laying off Federal employees is bad” Rogers still calling the shots in Appropriations?  It is time for him to stand aside or be shoved.  He can still represent his district, but he is the wrong man at this time to head House Appropriations.  Wrong attitude, wrong priorities.

Hal Rogers is a SIXTEEN TERM Washington big spender whose nickname is the “Prince of Pork”.   I do not begrudge this man his honorable service, but it has come to an end.  He is careening rapidly into the disreputable portion of his career, and we CANNOT AFFORD HAL ROGERS anymore.

Question: If Hal Rogers gets the cane, who would take over the House Committee on Appropriations? 

Answer:  I don’t care.

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Slavery, the Civil War, and States' Rights

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The Civil War was similar to the abortion issue in that you had two opposing sides who disagreed not on the nature of one thing, but on the relative importance of two things. The trap is in arguing about either one of the two things. In abortion it is quite possible to be both pro-choice and pro-life; I think most people are.
Similarly in the Civil War it is quite possible to be pro-States’ rights and pro-human rights; again, I think most people are.
The first struggles of the Civil War were actually the nogotiations nearly 100 years before to hammer out the Constitution. An uneasy negotiated settlement was reached, without which; it is useful to recall, there would have been no United States (the Articles … Continue reading →

UNM Today: UNM Regrets Duck Pond Incident

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There’s nothing like a little hometown news that’s, well, home-y.

On Saturday, May 22, during what is usually a routine lowering of the water level for cleaning the UNM Duck Pond, a larger than normal amount of sludge caused water levels to decline more rapidly than what was anticipated. As a result, the water level fell too low for some of the fish to survive.