tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-105602532011-08-01T09:50:50.154-04:00My more or less daily take on the news and other matters of interest.Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2691100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-61920359422974986672007-09-11T11:30:00.000-04:002007-09-11T11:34:49.317-04:00

This is not a day for politics, arguing over Iraq or the other trivial issues we think of on a daily basis.Instead of wasting time reading about whether your baseball team won last night, why not read a list of Sept. 11 victims. Spend some time thinking about one or two of those poor unfortunates. They deserve the recognition.Tom Holohan, I remember.

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Two million is a big number.298 million is a bigger number.Don Imus' daily radio show has about 2 million listeners, that means 298 million Americans could care less about what he says. Now, just because Imus says a handful of stupid words the number of people who seem to care what Imus says has increased 20 or 30 times.Logically and mathmatically this does not make any sense. If you don't listen

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I guess this guy's female wife must be happy.DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual."For the whole story.

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Last year I exposed Groundhog Day for what it really is, a reason for Penn State students to stay up drinking all night on a cold and snowy hillside, but this year I'm going to expose myself.No, don't call the vice squad. I'm only exposing my ignorance.For no particular reason I decided to see when the first day of spring is in 2007. It falls on March 21. It then occurred to me, "hey, isn't that

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Back another of my blog's pet topics, poor parenting.There is a story on Foxnews.com about a German mother and father who allowed their 12 year old boy to undergo hormone treatments allowing him to become more female. This includes growing breasts and wearing makeup.What 12 year old is capable of making any decision passed what color sox to wear? If this boy truly believes he is a girl trapped in

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One of my very few hobbies is the weather. With the Northeast part of the US in a cold snap, after having been spring-like warm for most of December and January I thought it might be interesting to see what weather experts think.I've had a couple of email conversations with some of the weather forecasters at Accuweather.com on this topic. I was interested in whether they believe global warming is

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http://largebillpontificates.blogspot.com/2007/01/required-reading.htmlDiscussion later

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At one time in my life Friday night was a big deal. I would go out, drink to much, get wild and crazy, etc. Now, although I'm loathe to admit it, I'm more or less passed all that, with the occasional exception of course. What replaced my carousing ways over the last few years was Battlestar Galactica. Yes I know that is pathetic, but at my age it's not so bad.Every Friday night I could look

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That is an easy question to answer. NO.It does not matter who plays in the United States, soccer will simply not catch on as major American spectator sport and I say this as a person who really likes the sport. I played it in high school and college and my kids play. However, I hate, hate, hate watching it on TV. It is boring as can be compared to most other major Americab sports.I know baseball

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This is a great idea. Create an international military force to save the people of Darfur.Of course this is what the UN is supposed to do, but as the piles of corpses around the world can attest the UN does not truly care about saving lives. Not one bit.

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When the story that Hamas leader Bassam al-Fara was assassinated by a Fatah party hitmen came out I had the same warm and fuzzy feeling as when one Mafia boss is rubbed out by another.Good. At least the cops don't have to worry about convicting him.In this case it's one less person trying to kill innocent people and the Mossad can scratch him off their to do list. al-Fasra was described as a

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Over the last few days I've written several blogs on the report and ended up throwing them all away.Today, while reading NRO's Andrew McCarthy it finally hit me what was wrong with the report.It does not spell out a scenario of total, unrestricted warfare against our enemy. Of all the group's recommendations there is not one that states we should fully mobilize the country, call up every Guard

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The Hamilton-Baker report on what to do with Iraq has been leaked by the NY Times, but here, for the first time, is a snippet from the even more secret Hamilton-Baker-Rear View Mirror report. More to follow.Troop Redeployments:U.S. and allied troops will be pulled from urban areas and sent to the Iraqi borders. The mission will be to stop the Iranians and Syrians from supplying their puppet

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Yes, it's true. The final battle for control of the earth has started.The first attacks were made by West Coast sea lions, but today Shamu went on the offensive. What is happening is obvious. The sea mammals wish to return to the land from whence they came, but first they must eliminate all humans.And I, for one, welcome our new sea mammal overlords. I'd like to remind them as a trusted TV

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I've used my blog in the past to rail against what I consider poor parenting and here is another case where I think a set of parents are not doing their job.Take a look at this article and video clip on ESPN.comOddly, I'm not going to go on about parents letting their daughte play football. If a girl can be physically fit enough to carry a rifle in the army or fly an F/A-18 off an aircraft

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If there is one person in the world today that has the ability to face down Muslim extremism it is Pope Benedict. Unfortunately the manuever I have in mind could lead to his untimely death.What Benedict needs to do is physically wade into a crowd of protesting Turkish Muslims with a translator in tow and talk to the people. By facing the angriest people we will see what exactly the Muslim faith

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Here is an interesting/scary story concerning what is called a "free school" in Brooklyn, NY.The school eschews every basic covenant of a normal school such as classes, rules, tests and standards of any kind. The kids do what they want when they want and learning anything is an option. Oh yeah, they also get to make up the school's rules at a weekly meeting where a first grader has as much say as

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Who knew Lou Dobbs was so important, except himself?In his latest CNN column/rant he certainly makes a case that he is personally responsible for stirring up controversy in Washington. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line Lou forgot that he is just a reporter of the news, not a maker of it.

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My government is out to protect me from the evils of online gambling and it's going to cost me more then what I probably would have lost in a year of playing Texas Hold'em online.In October President Bush signed H.R. 4954 The Security and Accountability for Every Port Act. The vast majority of this bill is designed to improve port security against terrorism. Definitely a good idea and the bill

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If you're one of those people who love to wake up early on the day after Thanksgiving, popularly known as Black Friday, then check out this link http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/.Some of the deals are pretty amazing, a $299 Compaq Presario notebook, $129 19-inch LCD PC monitor and a Syntax Olevia 32" HD LCD TV for $499.99 all at Circuit City. Best Buy's deals are also listed.The one thing to

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1163001026595990972006-11-08T10:45:00.000-05:002006-11-08T10:50:26.716-05:00

Actually, I'm not.I'm no fan of her music, but she was totally suckered by the talentless leech she married, Kevin Federline. As the story goes, she finally became fed up with K-Fed's antics and I suppose the manner in which he was draining her bank accounts.Now if we could just inject a tad more intelligence into Britney so she doesn't go and do this again. Maybe she can get remarried to the

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Election Day, that is.I can't possibly express how sick I am of the entire process. Not Democracy, but the act of running for office. The commercials, pamphlets and hand shaking politicians they are everywhere in NY. And let's not forget the exuberant political party helpers who insist on telling me to get out and vote as I walk down the street.While all these actions are bad enough, what really

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The way the networks were playing up the verdict one would think it was unexpected.Even OJ wasn't this guilty so I want to know why give it wall to wall coverage on a Sunday morning.

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This comment was made in response to a very interesting article on the US Naval Institute's web site on Iraq.Reverend Charles S. Cavanaugh said:Part of our problem is that we want this more than they do, said U.S. Army Major General J.D. Thurman, who commands all U.S. forces in Baghdad." That is unfortunately the real answer to the problem that our idealistic senior, civilian leaders are

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This is a good story on basketball player Keith Van Horn deciding that spending time with his family is more important than overloading his savings account.http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=2645798Of course, the story states his last contract was worth $73 million so that must have helped ease his mind when he made his decision.

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I either have to get my blogs up faster or pick topics that will not change to quickly.Sen. John Kerry did what he should have done yesterday and gave his mea culpa for insulting out troops.For the full story check out this AP report.The previous blog is still indicative of how people handle making a mistake these days, so I would hope my three readers, Greg, Steve and Tara will take the time to

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There is a horrible tendency in America today that when a person is caught lying or saying something inaccurate that instead of fessing up they go on the attack.A great example of this is Sen. John Kerry's response, to the responses made to this comment said to some California college kids:“You know, education, if you make the most of it, if you study hard and do your homework, and you make an

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I am now convinced that the only way any type of order will be instilled in Iraq is if the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites are each given a chunk of the country.This is going to sound disingenuous, but the cause is not lost, it just cannot be won. At least using our current methodology.The Shiites and Sunnis have proven themselves to be incapable of letting go of their petty disagreements over religion

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The North Korean leadership today said that basically anything we do in response to their firing of a nuclear weapon will be considered an act of war.A good run down on this can be read here.It is well documented that North Korea is in dire straights. Its people are starving, there is no economy to speak of and what little the country does have is given to the military. When a country is in such

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Earlier today Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said there was no way his country would stop its nuclear activity and oil prices immediately jumped almost $2 per barrell.On a much less serious level, is the saga told in Dallas over the past day with Terrell Owens attempting to commit suicide, maybe.First Iran.Ahmadinejad has no intention to ever stop trying to develop the bomb. The UN and EU

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I can't believe this National Intelligence Estimate ever needed to be classified.The assessments made could have been developed from information culled from the web by a 16 year old. Seriously, we could not let the world know that future terrorists are likely to use suicide bombs, that killing or capturing bin Laden, Zarqawi and Zawahiri would lead to a fracturing of al Queda.This document is

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Where is the Predator when you really need it?For some reason Danny Glover today helped introduce Venezuelan strongman/dictator/crazydude Hugo Chavez at a church in Harlem, NY. Glover starred in the sequal Predator II, not as good as the first movie with Arnold, but OK.Glover's action is forcing me to do two things. First, I can no longer watch any more of his movies. Once you prove disloyal to

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I think it was a mistake for President Bush to decline the opportunity to debate Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.From my perspective nothing, but good could have come of such an event. There are several paths the president could have taken: Here are a few....First, when Bush debated Al Gore prior to his first term he managed to out talk a pretty smart, well spoken man. Personally, I did not

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Just when you thought the foolishness surrounding the Pope's comment couldn't reach a new level the Turks decided to put out an All Points Bulleting for Pope Benedict.According to CNN, Employees of Ankara's Directorate General for Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, presented a petition to the Justice Ministry asking it to launch a probe into the Pope's remarks and to detain him when he arrives, the

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Is there a group of individuals in the world with thinner skins then Muslims?I think one would be hard pressed to find another bunch of people who fly off the handle at the slightest provocation. For example, the Pope the other day quoted a sentence from a book that quoted a conversation that took place between a Chrisitan and Muslim leader in the 14th Century.Benedict quoted from a book

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It's a little chillier today and the sky is close, but not quite, the same bright blue as it was five years ago, but while the day may look the same the city in many ways is a far different place.There was quite a lot of official hoopla down at Ground Zero this morning, including a visit from President Bush, but it is the little remembrances that people did on their own that show how the attacks

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I've always loved this cartoon. As a corporate slave I have always recognised that Dilbert's creator Scott Adams knows what it's like to spend countless hours in a beige cube.Now I can love Scott's work on an entirely different level. Read Adam's blog. He is a very conservative thinker and probably more hawkish then the average Rush Limbaugh listener.I would pay some serious money to hear Adams

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Sometimes you just have to laugh.Lebanese officials threatened today to smash Israel's blockade by force unless Israel decides to lift the blockade.Talk about overplaying your hand. The Lebanese government could not even remove Syria or Hezbollah from its territory, much less deal a crushing blow to the IDF. Which of course just trashed half the country in a ground and air campaign.Luckily for

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Several times over the past week Syria has threatened to close its border if UN troops are stationed there to help keep the peace in southern Lebanon.The interesting question is why does Syria think this threat will scare anyone? The only group that would be negatively impacted are the terrorists. A closed border would effectively stop the supply of Iranian rockets and ammo heading to

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I'm a journalist and despite the rather poor image we hold in the world I do try to behave professionally.This includes asking the right questions. Today an international group of astronomers decided that Pluto was no longer a planet. The various stories covering this decision, which I disagree with, were straight to the point covering all the issues that went into the decision. However, a story

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My brother did not realize it at the time, but 20-years ago he invented the diplomatic strategy used so well today by Iran and North Korea.He would tell our parents that he would try harder and get better grades on his next report card if only they would immediately give him $10. My parents, being much smarter then the UN and EU honchos, of course refused. This led to my brother bringing home

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The next time the Hollywood hills explode with wild fires I say let them burn until nothing is left but the charred remains of BMWs and this is why.JonBenet Murder Suspect's Relatives Offer Book, Movie Rights to Agent

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If there is ever another terror strike on the U.S. the ACLU may very well be to blame.In that organizations on-going effort to stymy law enforcement agencies from protecing us it has managed to have the NSA wiretapping program halted. According to an Associated Press article, the NSA must stop its anti-terrorism activities that had it checking phone lines for terrorists plotting attacks.I find it

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I don't have the time to be original today, but here is a great column from the UK's Guardian, of all places.

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The Iranian President that is.So if you would like to take up any issues with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad just go to http://www.ahmadinejad.ir/. I recommend leaving a positive review of the latest Salmon Rushdie novel.There is an English version available by clicking the flag in the upper right hand corner. I love how the English marker is the blue field of stars from the American flag super-imposed over

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If the terrorists really want to win over Americans they should be caught wearing explosive- laden bras. This way when the FAA bans them at least male passengers will be pleased.

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Oliver King, a columnist in the UK paper The Guardian latest piece What Really Motivates Suicide Bombers quotes extensively Professor Robert Pape of the University of Chicago the author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.Pape's conclusion is the suicide bombers are detonating themselves for secular, not religious reasons. Primarily because they are furious that Western

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Over at GScobe today my intrepid fellow blogger ponders whether, or at least how, the West should fight an insurgency.Reading this piece on Hezbollah's growing appeal and turning over the oft-repeated dictum that insurgencies win by merely existing, I wonder whether the West should reconsider engaging in this type of warfare. Is it essential for the West, or for the U.S., to "master

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The comment Abu Jandal, Osama bin Laden's former bodyguard, made on 60 Minutes on July 30, mentioned in the post below, that he hopes his young son will die a martyr was the most interesting and important point made during the interview.How do we fight people who want to die? There have been few instances where a fighter has sought out death, normally the point is to kill the other guy and go

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Mario Loyola suggested on National Review Online today that the only way Israel will ever be safe from Hezbollah missile attacks is to place its trust in the UN.This is one of the most outlandish suggestions I have come across published by a respectable news organization. The UN is Israel's second worst enemy, after the various terror groups trying to destroy it. The UN constantly condemns Israel

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To help my reader's make a decision here is what Simon did on the July 30 episode of 60 Minutes. He interviewed Abu Jandal, a former personal bodyguard of Osama bin Laden.Jandal now lives in Yemen. Bin Laden dispatched him to there to help scout out a future base for al Queda in case its operation in Afghanistan was forced to relocate. Jandal made the trip, bought a wife for Osama, which Osaman

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1154027966045542182006-07-27T14:32:00.000-04:002006-08-04T13:33:29.973-04:00

Just because I have nothing to do for the moment, here is my 15-step plan for solving most of the worlds problems....I would go on national TV and explain to everyone why we are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan and why Hezbollah must be destroyed. I would tell the audience that we are involved in a war of national survival. Islamic fundamentalists want us dead or converted to Islam. Period. They

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153836513194697522006-07-25T09:56:00.000-04:002006-07-25T10:08:33.550-04:00

No the Wehrmach is not attacking, but in a case of how stupid can a government Germany offered its troops to participate in any multinational peace keeping force that is sent to separate the Israelis from the Hezbollah terrorist.Of course the Israelis were appalled and rightly so. Who knows if some Nazi-engineered DNA might kick in once the German troops are on the border forcing the Germans to

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153491792621440502006-07-21T10:21:00.000-04:002006-07-21T10:23:12.636-04:00

Here is a very interesting interview from Fox News.The ex-CIA official Bob Baer has some interesting comments regarding Israel's ability to find and destroy Hezbollah.

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153490988453740182006-07-21T10:01:00.000-04:002006-07-21T10:23:38.686-04:00

A sharp eyed UK official stopped this wonderful human being Omar Bakri from escaping Beirut.According to Gateway Pundit, he was begging to jump onto one of Her Majesty's Ships to escape the fighting. He was refused entry and cannot return to his Syrian homeland because he tried to overthrow the government there at some point in his past. Bakri had praised terrorists and the Sept. 11 attacks, but

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153407374423533932006-07-20T10:38:00.000-04:002006-07-21T10:23:59.516-04:00

Time Magazine is running an interesting/poorly written story about soldiers downloading home videos ont0 YouTube.The story's harps on the fact that the videos paint a bleak picture of what is going on in Iraq, thus backing up Time's viewpoint that the war is a mistake.What Time either decided not to include in the story or simply did not consider is that any soldier in any war is going to give a

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153321093527585182006-07-19T10:51:00.000-04:002006-07-19T10:58:13.546-04:00

Just for kicks I checked my StatCounter account this morning to see how many people came to read my very wise take on the Middle East situation. Instead I found 39 hits generated on July 12, which I thought strange because I had not posted anything that day or all that week.Luckily StatCounter tells you what the search parameters were used by those who visited your site. All but two included the

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153244880628601212006-07-18T13:12:00.000-04:002006-07-21T10:24:46.223-04:00

There is an important question that I'm sure is being bandied about in the White House and Pentagon this week. Will the battles raging along Israel's border expand across the Middle East on their own and if not should we consider spreading the battle ourselves?I seriously doubt the war will increase in scope past the point of the Israeli Defense Force once again occupying a strip of southern

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1153153702032360292006-07-17T12:19:00.000-04:002006-07-21T10:25:29.513-04:00

It's no contest. Hezbollah loses.I disagree with all those who say Israel is over reacting with its retaliatory attacks against the Lebanon-based terror group. Terror groups inherently understand violence. It is their currency. So massive attacks are the best method of dealing with even the slightest incursion.The only point I think Israel failed to cover was in dealing with the democratically

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I still don't understand how Wall Street traders interpret the news.Today the market did poorly and oil prices shot to a new high all because of North Korea's missile launches. If Iran were to launch a missile I could see the problem. It sits next to most of the world's oil supply.North Korea, on the other hand, is possibly the worlds least important nation. So naturally oil futures shot up and

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1151501408091489952006-06-28T09:27:00.000-04:002006-06-28T09:30:08.110-04:00

Is this an ironic situation or am I just to cynical?Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Announces Plan to Withdraw Troops From IraqYet, we have no problem offering to help Japan.U.S. to Deploy Patriot Missiles In Japan to Counter North Korea

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Maybe not the greatest monster, but while watching the very interesting documentary Guests of the Ayatollah last night I could not get out of my mind that much of the terrorist activity that we are now dealing with would never have happened if Carter had destroyed Iran in 1979.Hostages. There have been thousands taken over the years, but the word to me truly refers to only one group of people.

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1151345053525497412006-06-26T13:53:00.000-04:002006-06-26T14:04:13.586-04:00

The NY Times is once again making more news then what it prints between its covers.However, I can't blame the Times entirely. It takes two to tango and in much the same way a person can't blame just their spouse for having an affair, the Times was merely on the receiving end of the information.The person whose truly deserves the nation's wrath is the government worker who gave up the secret.

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1151001262841480992006-06-22T14:28:00.000-04:002006-06-22T14:34:22.863-04:00

Yep we managed to lose 2-1 to Ghana. Where the hell is Ghana? I bet my kid's soccer league has more players then that entire country and yet we still can't manage to beat them. Pretty pathetic.I expect the people the most upset by the loss are not the 145 people who followed the Cup so far, but the ESPN and ABC sports executives who have just lossed their only 145 World CUp viewers for the

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150990688925197302006-06-22T11:13:00.000-04:002006-06-22T11:38:09.156-04:00

William J. Perry Clinton's secretary of defense and Ashton B. Carter, assistant secretary of defense, in the Clinton administration today issued a statement through the Washington Post calling for the destruction of North Korea's ICBM test vehicle the Taepodong missile on its launch platform.The open letter is strongly worded and makes complete sense. Citing that Bush's stated policy to make

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150987783673366812006-06-22T10:36:00.000-04:002006-06-22T10:49:43.730-04:00

Fox News is hyping this story as if it is a major breakthrough thus giving validation to the original reason we attacked Iraq.The story is not news. Our troops have come across remnants of Iraq's old chemical arsenal since the first weeks of the war. Stray artillery shells filled with sarin and mustard gas were discovered almost immediately. And since Saddam had already used similar weapons on

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150905660677637402006-06-21T12:00:00.000-04:002006-06-21T12:01:24.913-04:00

Here is a great example on OpinionJournal.

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150900467362166302006-06-21T10:13:00.000-04:002006-06-21T10:34:27.413-04:00

An interesting discussion was initiated over at G-Scobe today concerning whether or not the government is wasting its time worrying about low probability (one percent chance) terrorist attacks that if pulled off would create massive destruction.My theory is if you add up enough one percent chances you end up with a pretty big threat.While it may seem a waste of time to worry about something that

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150826648130308862006-06-20T13:51:00.000-04:002006-06-20T14:04:08.193-04:00

It is a very rare day indeed when the U.S. government announces that it might take the proper steps in dealing with a miserable, pissant little country.Fox News is carrying a story that states the U.S. might try and shoot down any missile launched by North Korea with our fancy new anti-missile system that is located in Alaska and California. North Korea's dictator for life/despot/resident nut

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150504814325512002006-06-16T20:31:00.000-04:002006-06-16T20:40:14.356-04:00

Not content to admit defeat G-Scobe has fired back responses to my comments on his site.Rear View Mirror takes issue with not one, but two posts.Take the last one first. RVM writes:All knocking does is give the crimminal:A: Time to runB: Time to hide or destroy evidenceC: Time to arm themselves and kill the arresting officers.These people are going to have their doors smashed in one way or the

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1150485252620416552006-06-16T15:03:00.000-04:002006-06-16T15:14:12.650-04:00

In an effort to boost the failing traffic on my blogging colleague G-Scobe's web site, I've agreed to republish several comments I made on his posts this week on Rear View Mirror. Once this vast effort to create synergy is complete the three people who read my site will be combined with the two that read G-Scobe creating a hit generating monster capable of taking on instapundit.So with no further

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1149770526155551712006-06-08T08:39:00.000-04:002006-06-08T08:42:06.170-04:00

It seems that you just can't lose when you are an al Queda terrorists.The death of al Queda in Iraq leader and all around murderer/terrorists Abu Musab al-Zarqawi garnered this response from the terror organizations leadership.We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the mujahed sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi," said the statement, signed by "Abu Abdel-Rahman al-Iraqi," identified as

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1149616192017294252006-06-06T13:43:00.000-04:002006-11-20T13:11:33.980-05:00

AP: U.S. to give Iran nuclear technology This is what happens when you throw in your towel with a bunch of Europeans.I could have sworn we've just spent the past two years stating that we did not want Iran to have any such technology. What has changed in the past week to make the US change its mind on this topic. Has Iran renounced terrorism? Decided that Israel had the right to live? Stopped

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1149007111966425742006-05-30T12:37:00.000-04:002006-05-30T12:38:31.996-04:00

A little something from Ben Stein that puts Memorial Day in its proper place.Remarks delivered on Saturday evening in Arlington, Virginia, at the Memorial Day weekend seminar and grief camp of TAPS -- the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME be a part of your family. This is the most important family on the planet right now. There is a First Family on Pennsylvania

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Congress has gone to far.There are stories all over the web on this today, but this Forbes piece sums it up pretty well.The gist of the Senator's arguments is that politicians are above the law. Even when caught on camera taking a $100,000 bribe, perhaps especially when caught on camera, as was Louisiana Democrat William Jefferson by the FBI.This only leaves one manuever for the rest of us who

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After reading several news stories today regarding how students at the New School in NY City and at Boston College treated their commencement speakers, I tried to remember who performed that sacred duty for my class.I drew a blank. All I can recall is she was the assistant secretary of education for either the state of Federal government. She did not say anything that managed to stand the test of

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Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon and owner of the conservative leaning Fox News and the NY Post has continued his newest antic of smooch up to Hillary Clinton.The latest dose of his new liberal leanings was in a NY Post story today, which was also prominently displayed on Foxnews.com.The story tries to show Hillary's human side, not an easy task, by listing the songs she has on her iPod. She has an

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147978874326402752006-05-18T14:47:00.000-04:002006-05-18T15:01:14.343-04:00

In his new roll as 700 Club weatherman, Pat Robertson today reported that God told him that a tsunami might strike the American Northwest.According to a Fox News story:Robertson has made the predictions at least four times in the past two weeks on his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network, which he founded. Robertson said the revelations about this

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147879143890744382006-05-17T11:07:00.000-04:002006-05-17T11:19:03.916-04:00

The new movie The Da Vinci Code is a fine vessel for portraying all that is wrong with religious zealots.Catholic groups from around the world have criticized the books take on the Catholic church, called for the movie to be banned, called for it to be censored and the conservative Catholic sect Opus Dei originally asked that it not be made at all. Granted, Opus Dei is the story's villain so that

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147790446698677542006-05-16T10:11:00.000-04:002006-05-16T10:40:46.716-04:00

I hope President Bush proves all the conservative pundits wrong.Their reaction today was somewhat unexpected. I thought more of them would give the president the benefit of the doubt on his new plan, but a quick poll of about six columnists on NRO had five decrying Bush's address as nothing more then a smokescreen to hide behind his true agenda of giving amnesty to the 11 million or so illegal

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147702196504709322006-05-15T10:00:00.000-04:002006-05-15T10:09:56.543-04:00

If President Bush does announce tonight that he is sending Guard units to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants it will be the first smart domestic policy move he has made in his administration.The U.S. is essentially being overrun with illegal aliens and the Border Patrol is not big enough to handle the job. It has not been stated how the Guard will operate, but having some units do their

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147367670980365172006-05-11T13:03:00.000-04:002006-05-11T13:14:31.003-04:00

Between running the war in Iraq, Afghanistan, and in general against terrorism, I would have thought Congress had better things to worry about then online gambling.This ESPN story notes how Va. Rep. Republican Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R) is pushing a bill to make gambling online a Class C felony. Class C crimes can carry 1-10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.Here is a Congress that will do nothing

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147283020848773132006-05-10T13:28:00.000-04:002006-05-10T13:43:40.876-04:00

Sorry to sound so pessimistic today, but all the news surrounding the oil industry is postive.Yes, that's right positive.Wednesday is the day that the total amount of POL (Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants) is added up nationwide and the numbers are released and analyzed by Wall Street. This gives investors and idea about how much supply is out there so they can set prices accordingly. Ever since

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1147109498149294242006-05-08T13:24:00.000-04:002006-05-08T13:31:38.166-04:00

This is a great story. It seems PETA, the animal rights group, has opened a chapter in the Middle East to combat the poor treatment sheep receive.Here is the story from AFP.PETA is upset that the sheep are not treated nicely, that they tend to suffer during their trip to the Mid East from ranches in Australia and the group is not happy with the slaughter houses either.Australian sheep and cattle

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146860200160298242006-05-05T16:14:00.000-04:002006-05-05T16:16:40.186-04:00

As promised here is the hit count driven by Long Island's favorite trio.Since my post on May 3 12 people have come to Rear View Mirror after having put one of the trio's names into a search engine. That is 12 out of the 55 hits the site has received.Way Cool.

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146857249698486832006-05-05T15:11:00.000-04:002006-05-05T15:27:29.730-04:00

In one of the faster paced news stories of the past few weeks one of the lesser Kennedy clan, Patrick, son of Teddy, managed to stay on CNN and Fox News all day today.His featured spot started out this morning with the news that he drove his car into a barricade near the Capitol building at 3am last night. Local cops claimed he might have been drunk, but they either did not or were told not to

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The outcry from those upset that Moussaoui was not sentenced to death is understandable, but unwarrented.I am of two minds on the issue. In general the death penalty does not bother me. If Moussaoui were sent to the electric chair I would not shed a tear. However, life in solitary without the chance for parole is no walk in the park. It can be argued that spending 23 hours per day locked up by

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146674494782090782006-05-03T12:37:00.000-04:002006-05-03T12:41:35.076-04:00

I have a hint for anyone interested in driving traffic to their blog. Write about Mary Jo and Joey Buttafuco and Amy Fisher.I have something over 180 posts on Rear View Mirror with about 18 or so people coming to the site each day. StatCounter allows me to see what search criteria people used to find my blog and about 30 percent put those three names into a search engine and ended up here. The

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146673494094042122006-05-03T12:17:00.000-04:002006-05-03T12:24:54.116-04:00

After my earlier post, I checked that bastion of journalism the NY Post and saw this story on the front page.A sex scandal is normal fare for the NY tabloids, but considering it came the day after firefighters spent and entire day and night fighting the largest fire in NY City in 10 years seems pretty odd. The city's other papers, The Daily News and NY Times, played the story prominently.What was

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146665066506961012006-05-03T10:01:00.000-04:002006-05-03T10:04:26.536-04:00

I love imdb.com. I think it is one of the most creative and useful spots on the Internet. Where else could a person discove that the great comic actor John Candy was still alive and working.Supposedly John died in 1994, but he is given third place on the credit listing for some movie or TV show called the Magic 7. He is just doing a voice, but for someone who has been dead for 12 years that is

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146662460872003962006-05-03T08:53:00.001-04:002006-05-03T09:21:00.876-04:00

I've been a journalist for 20 years.I don't operate at the highest level of my profession at say CNN, NY Times or The Wall Street Journal, but I am a professional and I understand what is supposed to go into a story. Objectivity, fairness and giving both sides an equal chance to explain themselves is what is supposed to happen, but what passes for reporting today makes me cringe. Everyone knows

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146662459965969492006-05-03T08:53:00.000-04:002006-05-03T09:20:59.983-04:00

I've been a journalist for 20 years.I don't operate at the highest level of my profession at say CNN, NY Times or The Wall Street Journal, but I am a professional and I understand what is supposed to go into a story. Objectivity, fairness and giving both sides an equal chance to explain themselves is what is supposed to happen, but what passes for reporting today makes me cringe. Everyone knows

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1146487836870634452006-05-01T08:41:00.000-04:002006-05-01T12:22:32.920-04:00

Supposedly millions of illegal aliens will stay home from work today to teach the rest of us a lesson. Primarily that without their hard work the United States will grind to a halt.I wonder if the leaders of this movement ever thought that the opposite could happen. That the U.S. would go along its merry way not even realizing that these people were not out cutting lawns, washing dishes or

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1145628379162461112006-04-21T09:51:00.000-04:002006-04-21T10:06:19.180-04:00

Not for the usual reasons, whatever they happen to be, but for little nuggets like the following that came from Russian President Putin today.TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardening its opposition to sanctions against Iran, Russia said on Friday only proof that the Islamic Republic was seeking atom bombs could justify consideration of such measures by the U.N. Security Council.He wants proof. Well how about

Doughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211581631629489012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10560253.post-1145545413665198792006-04-20T10:45:00.000-04:002006-04-20T11:03:33.733-04:00

Philips Electronics today announced it has patented a technology that would force TV viewers who own digital video recorders, Tivo devices, to watch commercials. Two minutes later they were handed the award for most assinine invention of the year. The two-minute delay in handing over the award was because the judge simply could not believe a company would invest money developing something that no

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Appatantly was the cry of the suicide bomber who killed six in Tel Aviv over the weekend.In what must be a first a Hamas spokesman described the attack as "an act of self-defense." The line came from a CBS Marketwatch story.People carry guns, knives, clubs for defensive purposes. Has anyone ever left the house thinking, "Boy, will that mugger be surprised when I explode myself."

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Gateway Pundit posted a great quote from Teddy Roosevelt on how America should handle immigration.While his thought is essentially Borg-like, immigrants must fully assimilate into our society, it is 100 percent accurate and it is this process that separates us from the Europeans. America needs a constant influx of people to retain its uniqueness. We also need strong and well enforced immigration

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No, don't run out and eat three Big Macs, that isn't the point of the headline.There has been a lot on the web about fast food's effect on child obesity. A study between fast food available in some European countries and food here indicates their fast food is better. Mainly because of government involvement.The problem isn't the food in the U.S. It's the parents that let their kids eat it all the

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No, that is not Captain Kirk telling Mr. Sulu to prepare for an attack. In fact, a new anti-missile technology developed by the Israelis called Trophy has practically the same effect for a tank or armored fighting vehicle as shields did for the Enterprise.The system uses vehicle mounted radar to track an incoming RPG or anti-missile round and then release a countermeasure that destroys the

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I just wanted to point out that those who read Rear View Mirror can get basically the same opinion pieces that the Wall Street Journal runs, but days earlier.I'm not going to say the writing is of the same standard, mine is better, but take a look at what Rear View had on potential US plans to bomb Iran and what OpinionJournal ran today.Rear View MirrorJournal

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