Dave Kilcullen is one of the top commanders in Iraq. He's written a short piece describing current operations. It rings so much truer than the punditry we are almost forced to endure (but then we turn the TV off). I hope he's right -- it sounds like he knows what he's doing.
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Presented without comment, really good (or really bad) advice to America's youth.
[wik] Video, and the domain it was hosted on, are long dead. C'est la Vie.
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One gauge of a person's moral fiber is how they treat animals.
Mitt Romney, for example, supports "extreme measures" for interrogators, and apparently thinks it's fine to strap the family dog to the roof of the car and drive from Massachusetts to Ohio. The shit rolling down the back windshield? That's doggy laughter.
Just sayin'.
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My boy will say to me, one day in the not to distant future, "Daddy, what is your opinion of George Walker Bush's presidency and the legacy he left for the nation and the Republican party?" And I'll pick him up, dandle him on my knee (for he'll be preternaturally articulate and world-aware, like some real life version of Dawson's Creek), and say to him, "Son, it's like Tim Dickinson wrote in Rolling Stone: He was 'not much of a Republican at all – more like a retarded Christian AA version of Woodrow Wilson. He spent like crazy and he got America involved in these crazy 'let’s export the wonderfulness of us' adventures."
And then we'll both toast the good old days when the worst you could say about our President was that from time to time he mistook vaginas for humidors and had a tenuous relationship with the word "is."
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Jericho Hill, one of the list mods at Get Rich Slowly forums went to the happy hour for PF bloggers I hosted last week. I extended an invitation when I saw he was from DC. My bad. He is a prime Casey Serin Hater, so he brought me up to date on Mr. Serin’s sad travails.
And all I could do is pray that God would not kill me for my schadenfreude.
JH then told me to visit caseypedia.com, the wiki for the Casey Haters. I fear I am one and will have to join this elite club of people who pay their bills on time and have integrity. How many of the ministers and their fine minions are secret Casey Haters as well?
It's people like Mr. Serin who ought to be jailed for fraud. Having worked a bankruptcy case for a fraudulent flipper in Baltimore, it disgusts me that people who get liar loans and then end up in foreclosure on multiple properties are going to bring the economy down with their stupdity. It's the greedy mortgage brokers and banks who need to tighten credit a little and exercise a little fiscal responsibility and stop idiots like Mr. Serin from even getting into the position of being irresponsible. I'd love to let him hang himself, but apparently he's quasi-homeless in Australia. Most likely he'll get a free trip back courtesy of extradition papers. (OMG, I hope so. That would be frickin' awesome! Eek. I am sure Mr. Serin would use those exact words to describe the experience of being violated in federal prison. It seems to be one of his favorite phrases.)
N.B. this is a modified cross post of something on Mapgirl's Fiscal Challenge.
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From the Ministry of Minor Perfidy Social Calendar: Aging lefties sometimes get married. Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Buckethead for their attendance, and the support of so many other family and friends. The curious might want to view a few photographs from the wedding; I've managed to get a few up there.
http://www.terriandross.com/
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Do like beer?
Do you like to raise money for charity?
Do you like to drink beer to raise money for charity?
If you answered yes to any of those questions and live in Norfolk, VA, please go to the 2007 Summer Ghent Bar Tour! They raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. Last winter's tour raised over $14,000.00, blowing their goal of $8K out of the water.
And don't click on the Ashtin and Braden link. You'll see two totally adorable little tykes who are really sick. Once you see them, of course you'll donate money!
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My personal college experience with larval Republicans was sub-optimal at best. I was constantly called upon to explain the tactless mouth breathing of my small school's single fanatic Republican Kool-Aid drinker. Having to repeatedly agree with this idiot was painful - "Well, he's right, it's just that he said it in the worst conceivable way." At least these young Republicans have something of a sense of humor. The Alexandria, Va YR's are planning the first annual Dick Cheney Paintball Tourney, "named in honor of our Vice President and second amendment enthusiast Dick Cheney." So, if you're not busy, go shoot with, or shoot at, some young conservatives.
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I completely forgot to mention, but the other day Ministry Crony and future Hugo winner EDog has a published novel now available for sale. The story in question is The Milkman, which Ian was kind enough to let me read a while back. It is fun, weird and strangely comforting. It's gonzo science fiction in an era that doesn't look overly kindly at gonzo, or science fiction. It tries to answer one of the burning questions of our time: "What’s the deal with aliens and anal probes?" And succeeds in finding an answer. Swordfights, bikers, spaceships and some embarrassing bodily functions. What more could you ask for?
Buy the damn book already, you won't regret it. You can get your greasy mits on a copy here (author's preference) or here or here.
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Johno sent me another vid, which I must share. Watch the whole thing:
[wik] And... it's gone, disappeared sometime in the last nearly two decades.
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