November 02, 2005
Marine Corps Becomes a Part of SOCOM**
Military.Com The Marine Corps is getting its own special operations command, and its headquarters and the bulk of the 2,600-strong force will be at Camp Lejeune, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. The command will include a special operations regiment,…Posted by Brad on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (0)
November 01, 2005
US to Category Five the Planet
Leonard David, Space.Com “Assuming that in 2025 our national security strategy includes weather-modification, its use in our national military strategy will naturally follow. Besides the significant benefits an operational capability would provide, another motivation to pursue weather-modification is to deter… Posted by Brad on 2005 11: Read more… | Comments (1)
October 26, 2005
Bunker-Buster Nuke Plans Shelved
But this is no great victory for the arms control wonks [thank god]. As we detailed earlier, there are several other nonnuclear conventional technologies that can deliver better penetrations into the ground. A nuclear equipped bunker buster would have to… Posted by Brad on 2005 10:Read more… | Comments (0)
October 24, 2005
Sometimes Conspiracies Are True
Welcome Media Lies Readers, please stay and peruse our collection of ultradocious-Geopolitical witticisms and send Jeff any constructive comments, I handle the hatemail love letters. Today’s media assault has all the earmarks of a CIA disinformation operation, just the sort… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
Kaplan Sings the Praises of the Noncoms
I’m blessedly biased, with my own Sergeant’s stripes and all, but Kaplan does the fighting services proud. Also in support of trigger-pullers everywhere, Charles Johnson comes to the rescue. Pop-quiz: Do you think a demographic that overwhelming voted for a… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
October 23, 2005
Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is Fully Certified
The SDB is one of the rare programs that results in an across the board improvement in US warfighting. Namely, these small bombs are more accurate and so retain the same destructive value as larger bombs (in other words, promise… Posted by Brad on 2005 10: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 21, 2005
The Brave Insurgents Part II
A U.S. military official recently stated on the record that the quality of insurgents in Iraq has severely diminished as of late. This new report, although not involving duct tape, seems to support that official’s statement and also offers further… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 13, 2005
American Poverty Perspective
Much has been made of so-called American poverty in the last few weeks because of “the poor” bearing an unbalanced brunt of the destruction from Hurricane Katrina. Abroad, Der Spiegel used Katrina as an opportunity to misrepresent American economic policy… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 11, 2005
Human Cloned For the First Time
From the BBC, a human embryo has been cloned for the first time by UK scientists. In order to distract the heated debate about ‘cloning’ humans, the Roslin Institute, the creators of Dolly, the first cloned sheep, have had the… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 10, 2005
Just Wondering…
Criticism of FEMA Director Michael Brown by Congress and the Press in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina boils down to (1) incompetence and/or (2) a lack of experience in the disaster relief field. Either of these characterizations may very well… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 09, 2005
FEMA Head Relieved
Michael Brown, the head of FEMA, has been relieved of duty. When asked by the Associated Press whether he had been a scape goat for federal failures, he said, “By the press, yes. By the president, No.” FEMA has made… Posted by Brad on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
September 08, 2005
Pork Kills
Earlier today we took NY Times foreign affairs columnist Thomas Friedman to task for trying to blame the Bush tax-cuts for the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. We heavily criticized him for his repeated one-sided call for sacrifice on the tax… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
Friedman on Katrina
When it comes to expertise and knowledge on the political atmosphere in the Middle East, few can compare to the NY Times’ Thomas Friedman. His insight and analysis is almost unparalleled on issues such as democracy in the Middle East,… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09:Read more… | Comments (1)
September 04, 2005
US Supreme Court Justice Rehnquist Has Died
SCOTUS (Supreme Court Of The United States, as opposed to POTUS, President Of The United States) Chief Justice, William Rehnquist has died of thyroid cancer in his Virginia home, surrounded by his three children. Any noble life lost regardless of… Posted by Brad on 2005 09:Read more… | Comments (0)
September 01, 2005
U.S. To Accept Aid Offers
The United States has decided to accept aid offers from foreign countries. The Washington Post provides the specific countries that have offered assistance to the U.S. in the wake of Katrina (note: the list may or may not be up… Posted by Jeff on 2005 09: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 31, 2005
These Days of Tragedy
Katrina promises to be the most expensive natural disaster in American history, though maybe not the most lethal. Thousands may be dead, the number in Mississippi is at 100 right now, but could rise to double (even triple) that. Photos… Posted by Brad on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
August 29, 2005
Jackson & Sharpton
The sorry state of black political leadership in the United States was on full display over the last few days. Rev. Jackson Lends Support to Chavez : The Rev. Jesse Jackson offered support for President Hugo Chavez on Sunday, saying… Posted by Jeff on 2005 08: Read more… | Comments (0)
July 12, 2005
Missile Defense
Missile defense systems are divided into Boost, Mid-Course, and Terminal stages with different systems targeting each phase, separately. This in some ways reminds one of the overlapping and integrated Air Defense networks of the Soviet era. These typically had the…Posted by Brad on 2005 07: Read more… | Comments (0)
July 05, 2005
Canadian Terror Groups
With the bulk of border security focused on the Southern border, it is prudent to remember that misguided immigration policies in Canada (especially Quebec), coupled with a porous border, also pose a national security threat to the United States: Though… Posted by Jeff on 2005 07:Read more… | Comments (0)
June 29, 2005
Putin Receives Super Bowl Ring
Rarely do diverse topics such as American football and international affairs cross paths, but once in a blue moon, such an event occurs: Russian President Vladimir Putin walked off with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s diamond-encrusted 2005 Super Bowl… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (1)
June 19, 2005
American Aid to Mexico May End
United States House representatives are trying to pass legislation that will tie foreign monetary aid to a country’s cooperation in extraditing criminals to the United States. While the intention of the bill is to apply to all foreign countries, the… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06: Read more… | Comments (0)
June 06, 2005
Kerry to Impeach Bush?
John Kerry will reportedly present the “Downing Street Memo” to Congress today, presumably as evidence that President Bush misled the U.S. into Gulf War II. Al Jazeera, not exactly the best source, claims Kerry will push for impeachment, but that… Posted by Jeff on 2005 06:Read more… | Comments (0)
May 26, 2005
Amnesty International’s Dereliction of Duty
Is there any better way to describe yesterday’s report by Amnesty International (AI) than as a gross dereliction of duty? (Words such as insane and nonsense also come to mind, but on a purely moral level, both are substandard). The… Posted by Jeff on 2005 05: Read more… | Comments (2)
April 21, 2005
Canada’s Disapering Tsunami Aid
In the aftermath of the Indonesian tsunami, the Canadian government and ordinary citizens donated nearly $425 million to the relief effort. But as of yet, none of the money has been dispersed, and a man at the center of the… Posted by Jeff on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (1)
April 07, 2005
Anti-Bolton Campaign Will Backfire (If It Has Any Effect at All)
Arguing in today’s Opinion Journal that the United Nations needs an ambassador to the U.S., it was stated that an organization funded by billionaire Leftist George Soros (Open Society Policy Center) and Citizens for Global Solutions will both run campaigns… Posted by GPR on 2005 04:Read more… | Comments (2)
April 04, 2005
Berger’s Folly
Suddenly, Halliburton conspiracy theories do not seem so important: The former US national security adviser Sandy Berger has pleaded guilty to charges that he removed classified documents from the National Archives, cut up secret government papers with scissors, and then… Posted by GPR on 2005 04: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 24, 2005
Treaty Tally
Thought this chart, included in an email we received from the American Society of International Law, was worthy of a post. The contrast between Bill Clinton and the younger President Bush reflected in this chart is probably all you need… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (1)
March 17, 2005
Revolutionizing the Military
United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has made no secret of his desire to modernize the military, with sophisticated technology serving as the cornerstone of his plan. Yesterday, the Washington Post offered a glimpse into a program the Pentagon… Posted by GPR on 2005 03: Read more… | Comments (0)
March 01, 2005
Abortion “row” at the U.N.
A world conference is currently taking place at the United Nations to assess progress made on the issue of “women’s rights” since the Beijing Conference in 1995. (Yes, you read that correctly. A conference on “women’s rights” did indeed take… Posted by GPR on 2005 03:Read more… | Comments (0)
January 28, 2005
Green Hawks
Robert Bryce at Slate magazine has an interesting piece on the developing and somewhat strange alliance between environmentalists and “hawks.” Here is an excerpt of the piece, which we highly recommend reading in its entirety (please note that the author… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 27, 2005
Ted’s Brilliant Idea
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy said today that he wanted the United Nations to take over the Iraqi mission from the United States. Such a policy would of course include transferring military, peacekeeping, and budgetary duties, among others. The budgetary problems… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 26, 2005
Debunking the “Declining America” Myth
Taking aim at a recent barage of “America is declining” hit-pieces (see here and here), Victor Davis Hanson systematically debunks the hallowed premises of these articles. Here is an excerpt of his analysis: But this country is now in its… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 25, 2005
EU Constituion Anti-Smear Force
The Times of London reports that the EU parliament is preparing to create a “rapid reaction force” to respond to what it (subjectively) considers to be “unfair” criticisms of the EU constitution: As part of a campaign by Brussels, to… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…| Comments (0)
January 21, 2005
America’s Theo van Gogh?
Despite growing evidence indicating a religious hate crime was indeed committed in the murder of a Coptic Christian family by Islamists in New Jersey, it is still too early to decide whether or not that is truly the case. Until… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more… | Comments (0)
January 04, 2005
Democrats Aim to Rescue Kofi
In the aftermath of John Kerry’s loss to President Bush, there was reason to hope that another failed Presidential campaign would allow the Democratic Party to get back on course through self-reflection. Unfortunately, a recent article by the International Herald… Posted by GPR on 2005 01: Read more…
December 31, 2004
Aid Politics
Since the devastating tsunami hit South Asia on Christmas day, the issue of “international aid” has been propelled to the political forefront. Accusations from a U.N. official classifying Western aid efforts as “stingy” and an anonymous “senior career official” calling… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 06, 2004
Dollar Disorientation
Alan Reynolds wrote the in the Washington Time yesterday that the rationale used to explain the devalued dollar is incorrect. Here is an excerpt of his analysis: The editor of ConservativeBattleline, Don Devine, writes that “entitlements [Social Security and Medicare]…Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
December 02, 2004
New American Involvement in Oil for Food
ABC News has obtained new information that implicates two additional U.S. citizens in the Oil for Food scandal, one of whom has dubious ties to Bill Clinton: Former American fugitive Marc Rich was a middleman for several of Iraq’s suspect… Posted by GPR on 2004 12: Read more…
November 27, 2004
The U.S. & the International Political Economy
Economic, political and environmental news during the last week has demonstrated that with all the benefits the United States gains from an increasingly interconnected economy, there are drawbacks as well, some of which are unanticipated. Here is a brief summary… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 23, 2004
U.N. Involved in Sex Abuse Scandal
Presumably the New York Times, Al Jazeera and CBS are currently formulating plans to cover this story (which was first reported in May) as indepthly as they did the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, or the more recent killing of… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 22, 2004
Canada’s Fall From Grace
Last week we told you of a column in the Toronto Star that discussed the possiblity of arresting and trying President Bush for war crimes when he next visits Canada. The Diplomad also recognized the absuridty of this column and… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 21, 2004
French Offensive
By any measure, it has been an extraordinary week of public attacks against the United States by France and her surrogates. Expanding upon his anti-American tirades early last month, French President Jacque Chirac began the barrage this week by stating,… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 18, 2004
Homeland INsecurity
City Journal has written an expose detailing the damaging effects litigation and political correctness are having on national security efforts in the United States. In light of the recent events in The Netherlands, this discussion is incredibly important so as… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 17, 2004
Charging Bush With War Crimes
Canadian columnist Thomas Walkom wonders if Canadian law will permit the arrest and charging of President Bush for war crimes the next time he visits Canada. Here is an excerpt of his discussion: When U.S. President George W. Bush arrives… Posted by GPR on 2004 11:Read more…
November 16, 2004
CIA Purge
“The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House. Goss was given instructions … to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 13, 2004
Sour Relations Between Washinigton & Madrid
Relations between the Bush administration and Spain’s recently elected government will likely not improve over the next four years. In fact, recent events indicate that they may very well worsen. The impact of the soured relations will be relatively one-sided… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 10, 2004
Critiquing the Department of Homeland Security
The American Enterprise Institute (“AEI”) has released a report that asks ” What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?” The report is critical of the new department, suggesting it is both inefficient and ineffective. Here is an excerpt of a Washington… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 07, 2004
Comments on the U.S. Election From Down Under
Australian blogger Arthur Chrenkoff evaluates the Democrat’s election strategy in hindsight. Read about it here: A highway, not a bridge…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 06, 2004
Election Meddling Officially Backfired
USA Today reports there is some actual evidence that attempts by the left leaning U.K. paper The Guardian to influence the U.S. election backfired, as we told you it would: The campaign allowed more than 14,000 Guardian readers to send… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 05, 2004
American Exceptionalism
As only he can, Victor Davis Hanson puts the victory by President Bush into its proper perspective. Here is an excerpt of his today’s piece: Much of the world — in Europe, among the dictatorships and autocracies of the Middle… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Behind the Scenes of the Campaign
Newsweek reveals for the first time private events and secret discussions that took place during the 2004 Presidential Campaign, some of which shaped the course each campaign ultimately took. Read about them here…. Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
Why John Kerry Needed to Lose
Four years ago, the Democratic party was faced with a disappointing electoral college loss but had a seemingly obvious path towards redemption: continue with the Bill Clinton politically-moderate model and future victories were likely. However, that would not be the… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
November 03, 2004
Close Call But Almost Final
We extend a warm congratulations to President Bush as it appears he survived the overtly partisan attacks of the press, foreign meddling and his own missteps to be reelected to a second term. There were no major surprises in this… Posted by GPR on 2004 11: Read more…
October 28, 2004
The Candidate’s Energy Policy
In the post-September 11th world, energy policy in the United States has moved from a second-tier issue to the forefront as it now has significant national security implications. Senator Kerry and President Bush have very different ideas on how to… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 27, 2004
Entering Dangerous Waters
If Senator Kerry’s Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Richard Holbrooke does not know if the 380 of explosives in Iraq disapeared after the invasion (i.e. President Bush is responsible), how can the Senator? We warned the Senator yesterday that he should… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
October 26, 2004
Election Coverage Recommendations
With one week left until the United States Presidential election, we recommend checking on a daily basis RealClearPolitics for up-to-date information on the electoral college and latest polls and University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball for the most… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 25, 2004
Evaluating Bush’s Foreign Policy
University of Virginia American history Professor Melvyn P. Leffler has tackled in the most recent issue of Foreign Policy questions surrounding the controversial Bush foreign policy. The questions he addresses are the following: 1) “George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy Is… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Tax Advice
2004 Nobel Economic Prize Co-Winner Edward C. Prescott opined this weekend that despite the stereotype that Europeans prefer leisure to work, they are not “lazy.” Rather, they are over taxed and have no other choice. Prescott points to historical data… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
An Emerging Pattern
“This president hasn’t listened. I went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we voted. I went to New York. I talked to all of them, to find out how serious they were about… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 24, 2004
22 Questions for the Senator
After initially agreeing to an interview with Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward to answer questions on foreign policy and specifically Iraq, Senator Kerry has reneged on his decision to do the interview. Woodward was hoping to have a side-by-side comparison…Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Campaign Meddling Backfires
The Guardian has now stopped their efforts to influence the U.S. Presidential elections: The Guardian yesterday ran up the white flag and called a halt to “Operation Clark County”, the newspaper’s ambitious scheme to recruit thousands of readers to persuade… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 22, 2004
Post Debate Coverage (III)
Media Tenor’s analysis of post-debate coverage for the third debate:… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 21, 2004
Revisiting the Balkans
Our policy here is to generally refrain from citing or posting articles filled with inflammatory and gratuitous partisan language unless it is in a critical or “know thy enemy” manner. As a result, you will almost never find us suggest… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 20, 2004
Not to be Outdone
In the growing battle for who will receive the most endorsements from dubious foreign leaders, the Associated Press (AP) reports that Iran has weighed in on their preferred candidate for U.S. President: The head of Iran’s security council said Tuesday… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Trouble on the Horizon
Foreign investment through the purchase of U.S. treasury bonds played a crucial role in softening the economic repercussions in the United States brought on by the September 11th terrorist attacks. (Estimates vary widely on the actual impact of the attacks,… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Selective Memory
“He’s created something that didn’t exist before the war in Iraq — he’s created a haven for terrorists.” Vice Presidential Candidate Senator John Edwards. The Senator must have missed these historical facts: – Abu Nidal: Commonly regarded as the “world’s… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 19, 2004
More Foreign Endorsements
The foreign endorsements for U.S. President are starting to pour in. Yesterday, Russian Vladimir Putin implicitly threw his support behind President Bush and former Malyasian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad called upon American Muslims not to re-elect President George W. Bush…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Foreign Meddling in the U.S. Election
CNN reports the controvesy over the U.K. based left-leaning Guardian’s attempts to influence the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election: A pro-Kerry letter-writing campaign by Britain’s left-leaning Guardian newspaper, targeting undecided U.S. voters, has provoked outrage across the Atlantic. The paper has… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 18, 2004
Support From Abroad
CNN is reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “urging” Americans to vote for President Bush in the November election: Putin, speaking Central Asian Cooperation Organization summit in Tajikistan Monday, made his most overt comments of support so far for… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 15, 2004
No Surprise Here…
We were not that surprised by the results of polls released today showing that the image of the United States has been hurt overseas. The only surprise was Japan but we admit are unfamiliarity with Japanese society likely contributed to… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
Evaluating THE Issue
Here is an exceprt from Victor Davis Hanson’s weekly dose of historical perspective: To all you of the therapeutic mindset, listen up. We can no more reason with the Islamic fascists than we could sympathize with the Nazis’ demands over… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 12, 2004
Evaluating American Involvement in Oil for Food Scandal
Reports in the foreign and domestic press have been discussing possible American involvement in the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal. Wire service AFP is the source of most foreign reports on the topic and uses information from a Saturday New… Posted by GPR on 2004 10:Read more…
October 11, 2004
Presidential Debate Coverage
The Media Tenor Institute, an independent and non-partisan organization found through out the world, has been analyzing the post-debate coverage of the Presidential debates. The Institutes’ findings of the first post-debate discussions on the major news organizations are shown below:… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 08, 2004
All Eyes on the U.S.
Via Switzerland… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
The Real Coalition of the “Bribed and Coerced.”
The same CIA report that two days all but concluded Saddam did not have WMDs after 1991 also all but confirmed France, Russia and China, three veto wielding countries on the U.N. Security Council, were being bribed by Saddam Hussein…. Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 07, 2004
An Ally Responds
“I find it kind of sad that a senator with 20 year parliamentary experience is unable to notice the Polish presence in the anti-terror coalition. This is immoral…There is one thing which should be stated clearly: this coalition is not… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 06, 2004
V.P. Debate
“Mr. Vice President, you are still not being straight with the American people. I mean, the reality you and George Bush continue to tell people, first, that things are going well in Iraq — the American people don’t need us… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 04, 2004
Difference of Opinion
Mr. Eliot Cohen, the director of the Philip Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) believes the Presidential debate last Thursday “ left much to be desired” regarding the discussion of foreign… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
October 01, 2004
Election Year Word Play
“I want bilateral talks which put all of the issues, from the armistice of 1952, the economic issues, the human rights issues, the artillery disposal issues, the DMZ issues and the nuclear issues on the table.” – Senator John Kerry… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
The Rationale of Flip-Flopping
Military historian and GPR favorite Victor Davis Hanson dissects the “Anatomy of Flip-Flopping” in today’s column. Here are some highlights: – “There is a logic to Senator Kerry’s flip-flopping that transcends his political opportunism: He is simply a captive of… Posted by GPR on 2004 10: Read more…
September 28, 2004
Don’t Say You Weren’t Warned…
The Washington Times is reporting that Al Qaeda operatives have met with South American gang members to discuss the smuggling of their operatives into the U.S. through the Mexican border: “A top al Qaeda lieutenant has met with leaders of… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 27, 2004
Double Standard
Perhaps the best representation we have seen yet of the hatred (and hypocricy) emanating from the left is spelled out in Maureen Dowd’s most recent hit piece in the New York Times. Here are some of the more interesting parts:… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
The Presidency That Could Have Been
Time columnist Peter Beinart put into writing what we have been thinking to ourself for the past few weeks. Namely that hindsight now seems to suggest that Howard Dean would have made a better presidential candidate than John Kerry. Say… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 19, 2004
Half the News
An interesting bit of news that for the most part is going unreported, is that one of the witnesses during the infamous Winter Soldier Investigation, Steven Pitkin, is claiming now that “Kerry coached him and others to say they had… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 17, 2004
Gauging Success
As mentioned last week, there is a better determinate of a presidential candidate’s probable success or qualifications for the oval office than military service. A recent OpinionJournal piece discussed the findings of a book titled Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
September 10, 2004
Much Ado About Nothing
Much has been made this presidential campaign of the role military service plays in a candidate’s (or incumbent’) ability to lead the United States and the military. Some on the extreme left (and even within the Democratic party) have labeled… Posted by GPR on 2004 09:Read more…
September 01, 2004
In Politics, Honesty is Not Always the Best Policy
Given that the Presidential Election is less than three months away, the Kerry campaign has understandably tried to create a controversy over President Bush’s remarks to NBC’s Matt Lauer in an interview over the weekend. When asked whether the United… Posted by GPR on 2004 09: Read more…
August 25, 2004
Evaluating the Swift Boat Controversy
Since the Swift Boat Controversy is not going away, and we are probably the only ones who have not commented on it thus far, we feel obligated to analyze the situation. The Kerry campaign is completely out of line demanding… Posted by GPR on 2004 08: Read more…
August 18, 2004
Taxing Our Patience
We knew when the Elite Media and Kerry Campaign began trumpeting findings from the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) analysis of the Bush Tax cuts as proof that they hurt the middle class and helped the rich elite, the whole story… Posted by GPR on 2004 08: Read more…
June 29, 2004
Vindicated?
Writing in the Sunday New York Times’ Week in Review, Public Editor Daniel Okrent appeared to confirm our assertions here last week that Elite Media, and specifically his employer, printed headlines distorting the findings of the 9-11 Commission. Here is… Posted by GPR on 2004 06:Read more…
June 24, 2004
RIP, Democrats of Old
Michael Moore, left, and his wife, Kathleen Glynn, center, are greeted by Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe at the Uptown Theatre for the U.S. premiere of “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Anyone looking for confirmation that the party of Wilson, Roosevelt,…Posted by GPR on 2004 06: Read more…
April 12, 2004
Pointing Fingers
The release of the August 6, 2001 Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) by the White House over the weekend has done little to qualm the storm that opponents of the Bush administration are actively trying to advance. To anyone who has… Posted by GPR on 2004 04: Read more…
