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As the United States bleeds to death on the world stage, long time adversaries play out their mischief,… further testing their clout the laughing hyaenas teasingly edge closer to the crippled toothless Lion. In its late 1990′s hegemonic majesty – the United States took great pleasure in placing its oversized military-issued combat boot firmly on [...]
Aren’t Sundays supposed to be a day of rest? A day to reflect on the week gone and the week to come? How can a man so loved, so full of gusto and confidence, so sure of his destiny … wake up on a bright sunny Sunday morning and be so negative? /sarcasm. AFP reported [...]
The FT published a brilliant article on Monday (May 25) entitled, “Beijing is caught in ‘trap’ over dollar.” The article suggests the world’s fastest growing economy has placed too much of its hard-won cash reserves in the U.S. debt market and, as a result, has locked itself into a bit of a jam. As the [...]
[Follow up to blog post, "China's 21st Century War to Destroy the U.S. | Wake up! We Are Losing!"] Something is very wrong. The number of press stories / pentagon reports / think-tank assessments and arbitrary Joe Geek office cube conversations revolving around Chinese Hackers continues to escalate and very little notice (publicly) appears to [...]
Texas Governor Rick Perry stirred the stick of popularism yesterday with his war-cry of secession from the Union during the Texan-chapter of the not-so-great Tea Party rallies. Alas a firebrand pitchfork and torch march on Capitol Hill was not the reality hoped for by hundreds and the mainstream media added just the right measure of [...]
I’m at a loss for words this weekend. Having spent some time playing and exploring the Government’s General Printing Office (GPO) website (which has an amazing array of statistics, databases, raw data files and reports) – I’m seriously wondering … – Where is the public outcry? – Where are the pitch forks? – When shall [...]
The scent of blood is in the water. The U.S. is on its knees and its enemies are taking bite-sized chunks out of the perception of the invincibility, stability, and confidence that has been the United States of America circa 20th Century. In the nine years that have passed since the millennium, the ‘beloved’ Bush [...]
The Guardian Newspaper (UK) yesterday reported on a confidential report leaked to the Press that outlines a ‘bleak picture of a counterinsurgency effort undermined by intelligence failures that at times border on the absurd.‘ This is on topic of recent comments by Army General David McKiernan – the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan – that [...]
Our beloved mainstream media reported today on China’s plans to increase its defense spending by a whopping 15%. Quote, “China is to increase official military spending by almost 15 per cent this year as it seeks to upgrade its smart technology and improve the living standards of its soldiers.” The story suggests the U.S. believes [...]
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Based on President Obama’s rocking speech last night … an economic, social and foreign policy home-run… it is very easy to understand why foreign states – allies and adversaries – continue to celebrate the departure of Bush 43. Obama’s candid and unabashedly open-mindedness for talks with former Axis-of-Evil nations (Iran, Syria and North Korea specifically) [...]
Remember the days before 9/11? Don’t they seem quaint in comparison to the tsunami of fear we, as a society, face across all fronts – social, economic, and militarily? As the Obama administration tries to reenergize the American (and therefore, Global) economy – the focus on the U.S. Budget is upon us with renewed and [...]
Associated Press (AP) reports this morning that the “top U.S. commander [Army Gen. David McKiernan] offered a grim view Wednesday of miliarty efforts in southern Afghanistan, warning that 17,000 new troops will take on emboldened Taliban insurgents who have ‘stalemated’ U.S. and allied forces.” This is a huge deal and should raise massive – visible [...]
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates trip to the Middle East and the subsequent and substantial $63 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt and a handful of smaller Arab states has drawn considerable criticism back home from Presidential hopefuls (Edwards | Obama) and other media-starlets as an act of incompetent [...]
How wrong could I be? There I was prattling away on the story of Obama’s muslim madrassa education and how it would occupy the weekend political news coverage … and then Hillary did it! Hillary Rodham Clinton earlier this morning announced her 2008 White House bid by posting her announcement on her web site HillaryClinton.com. [...]
