May 15, 2019

neocon dreams. a reminder for young democrats .....

"everybody wants to go to baghdad. real men want to go to tehran." neocon slogan circa 2001

the pnac plan to conquer their "axis or evil" began with iraq. after our troops had been greeted by girls throwing rose petals and waving the red white an blue colors of their liberators the real war could begin by arming and training the iraqi army to invade iran. cakewalk. damascus here we come!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_for_the_New_American_Century

not all of the pnac "signatories" are considered neocons, but the neocons are strongly associated with pnac.

Elliott Abrams
Gary Bauer
William J. Bennett
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush
Dick Cheney
Eliot A. Cohen
Midge Decter
Paula Dobriansky
Steve Forbes
Aaron Friedberg
Francis Fukuyama
Frank Gaffney
Fred C. Ikle
Donald Kagan
Zalmay Khalilzad
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
Norman Podhoretz
J. Danforth Quayle
Peter W. Rodman
Stephen P. Rosen
Henry S. Rowen
Donald Rumsfeld
Vin Weber
George Weigel
Paul Wolfowitz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism

May 7, 2019

sanctuary cities

i don't have a problem with "sanctuary cities."

local resources must be prioritized, and immigration enforcement is not a priority.

protection of witnesses and victims of crime, and encouraging cooperation of the community, are compelling reasons that a locality might opt out of immigration enforcement.

on the other hand, some immigrants are criminals. are we really protecting violent criminals from deportation?

April 20, 2019

impeach or not poll

April 14, 2019

i am looking for the best "peace" candidate. so far i don't see one. any hints?

how important is this issue for you?

https://portside.org/2019-04-04/heres-how-2020-candidates-stack-war-and-peace

also, a candidate who has never seen, read, or preferably heard of "game of thrones" would be very nice.

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/438579-hillary-clinton-says-game-of-thrones-best-describes-life-in

March 22, 2019

help name our under construction border wall

March 5, 2019

happy mardi gras!

https://www.earthcam.com/usa/louisiana/neworleans/bourbonstreet/?cam=catsmeow2

February 28, 2019

the money quote from cohen testimony .....

“The sad fact is that I never heard Mr. Trump say anything in private that led me to believe he loved our nation or wanted to make it better. In fact, he did the opposite.”

February 14, 2019

the cats must think i'm crazy

when the ol' lady wakes up i'll do this number for her. ladies and gentlemen, the dynamic wilson picket.........

January 19, 2019

quick defense of progressive taxation.

what am i leaving out?

relatively richer americans on a progressive scale

have more property to protect with our armed forces, they use the highway more. who can say that the jet set do not fly more? they are more likely to use the court system and their corporations benefit by every brick of infrastructure and every healthy educated employee.

progressive taxation also encourages persons to hire, spend, and donate unto the economy which allowed them to accumulate wealth,

prigressive taxation helps to prevent the great disparity of wealth which allows them to influence the tax code (and every other aspect of the culture) in their favor.