Via the Calpundit, I see that my old unit may be deploying to Afghanistan: Rumors are now swirling that one of two maneuver squadrons (battalions) of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment will soon deploy from Fort Irwin, California, to Afghanistan, and two of the three companies of the 1st Battalion of the 509th Infantry Regiment …
Archives for May 2004
Their Own Worst Enemy
Tacitus is right– every time I have my doubts about the Republican party and Bush, one of the ‘moderate’ Democrats pipes up and reminds me why I have a hard time embracing the Democratic party.
An Honest Question
This is a serious question: “Why can’t the discovery of sarin gas in artillery shells beconsidered proof of the existence of WMD?” I will grant you, this is certainly not large arsenal, and if I had been asked whether I was willing to go to war over several clandestine artillery shells fill with chemical weapons, …
Oliver’s Binary Construct
The other day, Brad DeLong wrote (via Mark Kleiman): There is a certain kind of Berkeley professor who I am losing my tolerance for… You know (or maybe you don’t): the kind who believes that your first duty is to sympathetically understand where people are coming from. Unless they’re Republicans. You have a duty to …
Lies and the Lying Liars
In case you didn’t believe me when I stated this before, the Democrats will say ANYTHING to get Back in power: he campaigns for President Bush and his likely Democratic opponent, Senator John Kerry, traded accusations today about who is more to blame for gasoline prices that have shot past $2 a gallon in many …
Interesting
Things that make you go hrmm: Transexuals will be able to compete at the Olympics if they have had appropriate surgery and are legally recognised as members of their new sex, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said today. The rule will cover both male-to-female and female-to-male cases and will be in place before the Athens …
One More Quick Post
Jeff is demanding respect. I offer this in tribute: I’m the Urban Spaceman, baby, I’ve got speed. I’ve got everything I need. I’m the Urban Spaceman, baby, I can fly. I’m a supersonic guy. I don’t need pleasure, I don’t feel pain. If you were to knock me down, I’d just get up again. I’m …