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31 July 2006 19 Comments

A Response to a Lebanese Plea

Just today, a commenter on this blog plead for the end of the “Zionistic” aggression. While I intended to reply as a comment, I have determined instead to post this as an entry as a general response to the Lebanese cries that have obviously been manipulated by Hezbollah.
Please take my comments in the context of [...]

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14 March 2006 10 Comments

Iraq-American War: 2003-2006

I was astounded and pleasently surprised to see WaPo article citing George W. Bush himself:
President Bush vowed for the first time yesterday to turn over most of Iraq to newly trained Iraqi troops by the end of this year, setting a specific benchmark as he kicked off a fresh drive to reassure Americans alarmed by [...]

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17 January 2006 18 Comments

Iranian Buzz Reaching a Frenzy

Has anyone noticed the escalation in rhetoric regarding Iran in, say, the past 2 weeks? Doesn’t it sound a bit 2002ish? You know… pre-Iraq? You only have to listen to the rhetoric spewed by Stephen Green to realize we are on the brink of yet another war.
Iran is now three years away, maybe less, [...]

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19 December 2005 132 Comments

Regarding Civil Liberties

I’ve been brewing on this issue of “Presidential liberties” as it pertains to NSA eavesdropping on American citizens since the issue became public notice in the past few days. I use the word “brewing” intentionally.
While I’ve been hesitant to pass judgement on the President, I can do so no longer — especially since the [...]

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15 December 2005 Comments Off

Pentagon Stash Exposed: Why the Patriot Act is Bogus

Many a Patriot Act debate has occurred here at Technosailor. Long time commenter, Mike, likes to defend the Patriot Act as being completely benign for law-abiding Americans. And I generally argue ruthlessly that the Patriot Acts far-sweeping provisions that allow law enforcement to, when push comes to shove, search, seize, detain or investigate anyone they [...]

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4 May 2005 6 Comments

Through it All, Why We are There

There was a picture that was featured on the front page of the paper edition of The Washington Post this morning. It was a very uncharacteristically sympathetic photograph for the Post to publish in regards to the Iraq war. The same photo was aired in both online and paper editions of The Washington Times.
This is [...]

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