The Smug Baldy Speaks

On Thursday, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann blasted John McCain’s remark that it doesn’t matter when we bring troops home from Iraq. As always, Keith is a sober and articulate foil for the pro-war insanity coming from this Administration, and it’s heir apparent, Senator John McCain.

I recently posted some thoughts about the US recent decision to sell $20 Billion of advanced weaponry to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. I just saw this quote by the Daily Show’s Jon Stewart on the subject. Enjoy: “A few weeks ago the White House announced plans to sell $20 billion in weapons to the [...]

US Army Col (Ret) Daniel Smith asks some very provocative questions in a recent article on Foreign Policy In Focus: The headline-grabber read: “U.S. Plans New Arms Sales to Gulf Allies.” Nothing startling there. For decades the United States has routinely sold or transferred weapons and ammunition, sent military teams abroad or brought foreign military [...]

There are plenty of horror flicks out there, but way deep down we know they’re fictional and so we’re not really scared by them. Startled, maybe. Disgusted, sure. But not really scared. No, in order for a movie to really reach inside you and send an icy chill all along your spine, there has to [...]