Keukasmallies

I'm not able to opine on others, but my simplistic approach to war says that if we are forced to operate on the "other guys" battlefield, we had better be ready to adopt/adapt to the enemies tactics. Interrogation, enhanced interrogation, torture...what do these words mean to our enemies (given that we don't even know what they mean to us)? Where does one draw the line between the preceeding three concepts? Shouldn't we have efficient and effective tactics in our arsenal when confronting the enemy?

Any time one introduces reason or a factually correct sequence of events into a political discussion, elected officials run for literal and figurative cover....

What finknottle said....

"Specifically" CNN is liberal. See reporting of the recent TEA parties. See coverage (except there wasn't any....) of the "work product" of waterboarding. See every segment reporting on the need for tax $'s to fund social programs while ignoring that a majority of taxpayers want more say in how their $ is disbursed. That should give you some idea of why some of us consider CNN liberal on some issues. I never think of any person, news agency, etc. as totally liberal or totally conservative; I just see right or left-leaning responses to specific matters.

During his trials, hearings, etc. did any one come forth in his defense, anyone whom he befriended? No. Show him the degree of compassion he showed to all those interred in the camp.

Today's Rochester Democrat & Chronicle has an article "chronicling" the actions taken by various nations that have succeeded in capturing one or more Somali pirates. Most nations are bewildered by having captured them, have no consistent reponse and thus simply let them go. Kinda' makes Guantanamo come into clearer focus....

The toll taker sounds like he has problems that exceed sending threatening emails; and the NYS Thruway Authority sounds wholly underwhelmed--a recipe for a shooting spree if ever there was one....

Secretary of State Hill'ry proposes to resolve the Somalian pirate situation by rebuilding Somalia. Maybe she will apply a combination of mea culpa diplomacy, the keen insight that "works" in the Palestinian imbroglio and the uber effective approach honed to a keen edge in North Korea and Iran. Maybe she'll move directly to the pinnacle and refer the matter to the UN.

If it's true, and Caroline Kennedy was rejected for Ambassador to the Vatican; maybe she can go back to using her married name--Caroline Kennedy Schlosberg--and take a shot at the Israel post. After all, neither lack of experience, nor flawed skill set stood in her way as she blindly groped for the Senate seat vacated by what's-her-name.

Covered lifeboats--good for shipwrecked mariners and pirates; not good for snipers.

Helicopter a sniper team to Maersk Alabama, then negotiate with precision....

Probably. like most things, there is no real boots-on-the-ground response planned because, until now, there was no need for one. Kind of like when one leg of the Axis of Evil triad fires off an ICBM wanna-be missle, then reports that their resulting satelite is playing music in space, and we turn to the UN. I pray we don't go to the UN with this piracy deal! What I am sure of is that there will be hearings, investigations, white papers and much gnashing of elected teeth while the situation festers.

Of course, one option is to work through the auspices of the UN. You must remember the UN, the group that we support with money, troops, real estate, but gives the members little or nothing in return. Yeah, I know, we, and the world, are the UN. Proving once again Pogo was right in saying, "We have met the enemy and they are us."

Satelite orbit is UP; Intercontinental track is OVER.

I was really impressed by the G20 protesters in London, shown on NBC news, proclaiming they were children and were being beaten by police. One said he was just a child and was hit in the head twice by police. Apparently not hard enough....

Given the "state of economic affairs," I think the Abolish Money train has already left the station....

Why, Oh why, do we NYer's continue to elect our current state legislators? Our state has the dubious honor of having the most dysfunctional government in the US. The 2009 - 2010 State Budget was developed in secret by three men, and many New Yorkers are outraged...but not enough to determine which legislators are incumbents prior to the next election, then vote for their challengers. One mo' time: If you always do what you always did; you'll always get what you always got.

Nothing like an incisive Saturday night post to further the national debate on the issues of the day....

I'm thinking that one great way to fix the economy is to invest BILLIONS in Iraq, as currently proposed by the President. In the contrarian sense, if creating debt to erase debt in this country is a "good thing," imagine just how good it can be if we create even more debt by investing in other countries, especially countries with little or no clear future! Happy days are here again....

I'm just so darn proud of the job our lil' Hill'ry is doing in the foreign affairs sector of the new government! That new "mea culpa diplomacy" should be a hit in Europe, too....

Over the years I've found the Buffalo Bills to be just about as taxing as anything I can imagine....

So we're going "nuculear" over this comment? Of course, at this rate BO will qualify for the finals in The Joseph Biden Award for Untoward Bombast.

Wha's no to li' abou' Senora Pelosi? Chee doesn' wan to sen me home. Chee li'es me better then d'ose gringas e gringos chee represen's....

I wonder if this same scenario format would be so acceptable if a poster opined that G W Bush was just the figurehead for all that was bad over the past eight years....?

Fascinating.... Politicians doing political things....some of them "dirty"