An old picture of Tunch (from a year ago- he is a few pounds heavier now): Don’t let the innocent looks fool you. He is rotten to the core. And the only color on him is an orange stripey tail and some orange spots on his head, which you can barely make out. *** Update …
Archives for July 2005
Iraq is not Vietnam
Interesting piece on Iraq in the NY Times: IRAQ is not another Afghanistan. Notwithstanding what President Bush said in his speech on Tuesday, our primary problem in Iraq is not terrorism, and the administration’s single-minded focus on terrorism may help explain why we have not yet adopted a true counterinsurgency strategy or properly tackled so …
Cat Question
I have a question for cat owners since this is Friday and the appropriate time for cat blogging. I love my cat, but 99% of the time I can’tget him to pay a lick of attention to me (unless I am sleeping). However, there is one time when he absolutely refuses to leave me alone: …
Chickenhawks, Again
Pretty amusing: PASSAIC, NJ (Rooters)
What Is At Stake
Via Sullivan, a link to SCOTUS precedents that may be at risk, and Matt Yglesias is right– there are a lot of economic issues that are being overshadowed by the social issues. The usual supects on both sides of the aisle are going to focus on a few issues, however, chief among them abortion. The …
Operation Yellow Elephant
Look- Operation Yellow Elephant is, in my esitmation, nothing more than a variation of a dishonest ‘chickenhawk’ meme. That doesn’t mean I didn’t and don’t see the humor in it all, however. It is, any way I look at it, funny. The chickenhawk stuff, a little less so. At any rate, it sure is pissing …
Teams Missing
Cross your fingers: A small team of U.S. soldiers was missing Friday in the same mountains in eastern Afghanistan where a special forces helicopter was shot down earlier this week, and U.S. forces are using ”every available asset” to find them, a U.S. military spokesman said. The MH-47 Chinook helicopter — with 16 people on …