Democratic doubletalk on budget shenanigans associated with the health care reform bill. You get the government you deserve. I hate the idea of future generations paying for our short attention span and fascination with reality TV
Tag: Obama
Complexity and planning for “endstates”
from a discussion on usefulness or not of the “end-state” concept and planning in general when faced with the challenges of nation building: Complexity theory says that complexity arises from a combination of 4 attributes: moderate to high levels of interdependence, connectedness, diversity and adaptation. Complex systems do not lend themselves to cause & effect […]
AP trying to do the math
The AP assigns 11 staff writers to immediately fact check Palin’s book. They apparently haven’t yet read Obama’s book, which precludes them from asking him why he won’t admit that it was written by Bill Ayers
Ask a Pakistani why Afghanistan matters
If you want to know, ask somebody: (ht: smallwarsjournal) Afghanistan: Seven Fundamental Questions by Major Mehar Omar Khan I know we live in a world that is real and is moved by minds – thinking, manipulating, conniving, conspiring, calculating and masquerading minds. Our world therefore seldom has a place for ‘sentiments’ – pure, sincere, honest […]
The weightless administration is even further out of touch
At some point, you hope the administration will find the time to prevent a possible wave of shootings of Americans by Muslims. You know, to go along with the duty description of Department of Homeland Defense The U.S. Homeland Security secretary says she is working to prevent a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the […]
Our hope is changing in the wind
The New York Times reports: The group’s calculations last week put the number of American jobs at a little more than 300 — most of them temporary construction jobs, along with about 30 permanent positions once the wind farm is operating. Mr. McGarr told The Wall Street Journal that more than 2,000 Chinese jobs would […]
More bungling, this time for Gitmo
Time to order new busses: it’s getting crowded under the ones the White House currently has. This time the clowns have dropped the ball on closing Gitmo Greg Craig, the top in-house lawyer for President Barack Obama, is getting the blame for botching the strategy to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by January — so […]
Send in the clowns, oops, they are already there
Hilarious bungling. Might as well move the White House to Hollywood where image is everything. Is this any funnier, or more pathetic than the faux Grecian temple BO erected in his own honor back in the primaries? I am eagerly awaiting the spin that shows why this is different than “B-b-b-but Bush’s” foto op on […]
Who is the political novice?
It is funny to me to see leaks from the administration trying to undercut GEN McChrystal as being naive about how the Washington game is played. Seriously, is this the mark of an administration that is in charge of itself? Is it good policy to be undercutting your own field commander? This administration ahs no […]
3 out of 4 isn’t bad, it’s the government!
Here is how modern economics is played. You need to know this so you know how to protect yourself. Picture 4 groups: government, the middle class, the banks, and the speculators. 3 out of 4 groups have acted badly in the housing meltdown. Consider: 1. Speculators bought houses they couldn’t afford to try to make […]