Americans, encumbered with a love of all things military and the notion that those in uniform can do no wrong, quickly forget the sins of the most higher-up, the generals: the Petraeuses and McChrystals and their ilk. Pride went before their fall, but it’s all a ho-hum, let’s-move-on matter. But generals do matter: […]
Posts Tagged ‘George W. Bush’
Lincoln & Obama, General-ly Speaking
February 1, 2014THE BULLSHIT SCANDALS
May 27, 2013Republicans believe that God loves them again. Having lost all foothold on their anti-Obama attacks since his re-election, and staring at the chance of a mid-term electoral disaster, along came some red meat not even of their making. Well, the Benghazi smear is their creation, given that it was all they had–before the […]
No Thanks to Presidents
November 23, 2010This year will be no different than any other. We give no thanks to presidents till they’re out of office. Till then, we give them a lot of lip, like kids who think their parents are dumb and later realize they’re were pretty smart after all. This is especially true since JFK. The so-called “seer” […]
Be Not Afraid of MAD MEN
October 26, 2010Or mad women for that matter. A great part of the electorate in this year of our Lord 2010 is described as “angry.” Oh, tell them to get over themselves. What are we supposed to do, run and hide when they show up? Actually, that’s what some people do, to wit, stay home and not […]
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