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Boys of BummerThe Post and the Daily News have a knack for taking the words right out of my mouth....Condi Fishing in Troubled Waters
Try Gerhard Schroder's Approval RatingsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice completed her visit to Central Asia and Afghanistan last week. This is a tough neighborhood, which plays a key role in the forthcoming global game between the West and the rest.The U.S. has growing geopolitical competition in the region from Russia, China and the global Islamist movement. Ms. Rice is now playing the 21st Century version of the "Great Game" in which, 100 years ago, the British Empire and Czarist Russia competed over the heartland of Eurasia.What a phrase can evoke - "The Great Game" - recalling the not always glorious days of Kipling and Victoria:
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, And the women come out to cut up what remains, Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. Go, go, go like a soldier?So-oldier of the Queen!The more things change, the more they stay the same.
In my previous post I noted (borrowing from Powerline) that President Bush's approval ratings weren't all that bad compared to the low points of other Presidents. Its worth noting that they are stellar compared to those of our European allies....Coincidence, or something more?
Beck confronts the lying leftThis is to demonstrate how potentially easy it could be to start a conspiracy theory.
Has anyone elxe noticed the resemblence between Homeland security boss and Lenin?
Nah. Couldn't be, could it?
Yesterday?s Randell Beck column was regarding letters that were critical of Representative Stephanie Herseth:Most of the recent letters in question, purporting to be written by several different people, attacked U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth, D-S.D., as a diabolical shill for the...Touchdown Jesus Saturday
While I'm hardly the nation's most ardent lover of college football, I've always been a follower and this season has provided some great excitement thus far. In fact, I've found that recently I've been really looking forward to Saturday's match-ups....Houston 5 to 2 over St. Louis.
I was a Cards fan as a boy, but I have to say that a Houston trip to the Fall Classic would be marvelous. Its official. Houston is in its first World Series. My opinions on baseball are my own...When Watching Rome...
My new favorite television show is HBO's Rome. Really, I'm just a fan of all things Rome and this series is no exception. This thing was budgeted at something like $75 million plus, has been in various stages of production...
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