tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post7422435866276272283..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Kit's Thoughts: Foreign Affairs and Some BooksAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-86778865259639361572015-03-30T14:49:13.789-04:002015-03-30T14:49:13.789-04:00I am way behind but...
Good post. With regard the...I am way behind but...<br /><br />Good post. With regard the Yemen, at this point I am still not convinced who would be a better ally long term: the Persians or the Arabs. Personally, I have more faith (pun!) in the former but it is primarily based on the people I have personally met from the region.<br /><br />Lately I have been avoiding political books. I just finished reading Being Mortal which is very good and recommend it to all. I am currently reading Paradise Lost. Much better than I expected.Koshcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552108950848576633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-75766028111229771552015-03-29T15:47:45.597-04:002015-03-29T15:47:45.597-04:00Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American...Neera Tanden, president of the Center for American Progress, was on <i>Meet the Press</i> and attempted to defend Hillary Clinton and claim the criticisms are part of a Republican "scandal machine." Even Chuck Todd wasn't buying it.<br /><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/416148/meet-press-panel-laughs-defense-hillarys-e-mail-shenanigans-patrick-brennan" rel="nofollow">LINK</a>Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-57184037523612466222015-03-28T21:14:49.026-04:002015-03-28T21:14:49.026-04:00Anthony,
That is disgusting.Anthony,<br /><br />That is disgusting.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-43355455514028126542015-03-28T18:44:39.353-04:002015-03-28T18:44:39.353-04:00Some sick freaks in this video, and not just the t...Some sick freaks in this video, and not just the three black thugs that attacked the white guy.<br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/28/us/st-louis-metrolink-beating/index.htmlAnthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-65668986412059052522015-03-28T14:45:09.075-04:002015-03-28T14:45:09.075-04:00The US admitting Israel has nukes is like Hillary ...The US admitting Israel has nukes is like Hillary admitting Bill has a wandering eye (and hand and....). Everyone and their grandmother knows it, but the open acknowledgement means things between the two principles are going sour(er).Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-61712876811783660112015-03-27T21:58:11.573-04:002015-03-27T21:58:11.573-04:00I just looked up caning in Singapore. It seems wom...I just looked up caning in Singapore. It seems women are exempt from caning as punishment for crime.<br /><br />Where's the outrage?! I demand equality before the law now! This country is in need of some serious women's lib!Rustbelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12190297078043033514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-51218727825983725442015-03-27T21:02:07.560-04:002015-03-27T21:02:07.560-04:00Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore a...Lee Kuan Yew, former Prime Minister of Singapore and probably one of the most brilliant (and controversial) statesmen of the 20th century, has died this week. <br /><br />Unlike Leftist dictators such as Mao and Castro he turned his small island city-state into a thriving global economy.<br /><br />And while he did suppress dissent (he was not controversial for nothing) also unlike Castro and Mao he didn't turn his country into a backward mass grave, instead using… libel law suits (which he always won). <br /><br />He also caned people who committed vandalism, which apparently makes him a brute on the level of Hitler to some.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-59994743444074805102015-03-27T20:59:19.878-04:002015-03-27T20:59:19.878-04:00Kind of makes one appreciate our double jeopardy l...Kind of makes one appreciate our double jeopardy laws in the US, doesn't it? I believe she was found not guilty in the first trial. Though I am not absolutely certain that she is completely innocent...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-66109133791450041642015-03-27T20:40:11.552-04:002015-03-27T20:40:11.552-04:00Bev,
I think everyone has lost count. Bev,<br /><br />I think everyone has lost count. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-3563455429017304942015-03-27T19:39:43.808-04:002015-03-27T19:39:43.808-04:00How many times has Knox been convict and exonerate...How many times has Knox been convict and exonerated now?BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-49956298317593388082015-03-27T19:18:08.517-04:002015-03-27T19:18:08.517-04:00A crazy week for news.
Amanda Knox's convict...A crazy week for news. <br /><br />Amanda Knox's conviction overturned by the Italian Supreme Court.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-31581419664478081462015-03-27T16:56:07.170-04:002015-03-27T16:56:07.170-04:00The largest KKK ever organized was in Indiana,,,The largest KKK ever organized was in Indiana,,,Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-48019789528483481482015-03-27T16:09:12.854-04:002015-03-27T16:09:12.854-04:00That's true Kit - They list each "hate gr...That's true Kit - They list each "hate group" by name and category of "hate'. What separates CA and NY/NJ from the others is there are many more non-white and non-Christian-eque hate groups added into the mix that wouldn't be very active in non-urban Southern areas. It might surprise many liberals to know just how active the KKK is in the Northeast (and always has been...)BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-64127651226466768452015-03-27T15:36:05.338-04:002015-03-27T15:36:05.338-04:00Bev,
On the SPLC; from what I know their way of r...Bev,<br /><br />On the SPLC; from what I know their way of recording an increase in hate groups is that they record solely based on the <b>number</b> of hate groups. The result is it can sometimes go as follows. <br /><br />One hate splits into two different hate groups over ideology, money, disagreements over who should succeed a dead leader, or leader sleeping with one guy's sister or something. Now you have two hate groups: The White People's Popular Front and the Popular Front of White People. <br /><br />Judean People's Front and the People's Front of Judea and the Judean Popular Front. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-16169282242632898612015-03-27T14:49:50.307-04:002015-03-27T14:49:50.307-04:00Andrew - Well, at least Israel can now be open and...Andrew - Well, at least Israel can now be open and honest about their longstanding nuclear capabilities. I expect if the deal goes through this week end and Iran gets all that it wants, then Israel will probably just nuke 'em. Heck, why not? This is all turning into some really bad version of a Tom Lehrer song... or Armeggedon...I'll go with Tom Lehrer song.<br /><br />BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-16634795139017124552015-03-27T14:23:06.760-04:002015-03-27T14:23:06.760-04:00Bev, I am not surprised. I look forward to your a...Bev, I am not surprised. I look forward to your article!<br /><br /><br />BTW, this will make you happy... Saudi Arabia now wants a nuke too.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-38673115723106657062015-03-27T13:58:33.678-04:002015-03-27T13:58:33.678-04:00OT...again - Oh, btw way, a report was just releas...<b>OT...again</b> - Oh, btw way, a report was just released by the Southern Poverty Law Center that includes a map of hate groups by state. It was interesting that the top three were California, Florida, New Jersey/New York (tie)...all kinda' blue states. <br /><br />More interesting is that the number of hate groups in states South of the Mason/Dixon line (except Florida) were half what NY/NJ/CA have. I'm thinging they may have to change their name to <i>Liberal/Blue State Poverty Law Center</i><br /><br />I will be writing on this topic next week...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-91506292599728886312015-03-27T13:53:28.991-04:002015-03-27T13:53:28.991-04:00He'd probably bomb Boston Harbor just to get b...He'd probably bomb Boston Harbor just to get back at those evil Tea Partiers...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-36408386800317776372015-03-27T13:17:47.213-04:002015-03-27T13:17:47.213-04:00Kit, Don't tell Obama to bomb something. You ...Kit, Don't tell Obama to bomb something. You wouldn't like his target list... the American South, the House, Israel, etc.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-75802943949922812812015-03-27T13:12:28.044-04:002015-03-27T13:12:28.044-04:00Bev,
It is harder to imagine a more incompetent P...Bev,<br /><br />It is harder to imagine a more incompetent President. <br /><br />I think the "Red Line" in Syria was the moment he truly began to lose credibility on the world stage. He should've at least bombed <i>something</i>. Even launching a couple of cruise missiles would've been helpful. Instead he handed the situation over to Assad's ally, Russia, who did not even give Assad a slap on the wrist. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-15550069801861236412015-03-27T13:05:15.963-04:002015-03-27T13:05:15.963-04:00Andrew and Kit - Harry knows he would lose...badly...Andrew and Kit - Harry knows he would lose...badly. He's chosen to walk away a winner and keep all that campaign dough. He'll be okay.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-79810361515881357302015-03-27T13:01:24.778-04:002015-03-27T13:01:24.778-04:00Kit - The real point of the "Hey, why not&quo...Kit - The real point of the "Hey, why not"'s is that they know that Obama will do nothing. Because without a real, credible threat from the "Leader Of The Free World", there is no way to get them to back down. That's what makes Obama so stupid. Every despot in the world and ALL of our allies know that Obama is just making pointless empty threats. <br /><br />Russian military bombers having buzzing the North Sea and have been intercepted by pretty much every country with a Navy in EU...and suibmarines/jets from Russia near Canada in the Arctic Circle.<br />Putin and Kim Jong Un met this week. Yay!<br /><br />He has not followed through on one single threat...except as related to Israel where he has...oh, nevermind....BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-16583920828116803042015-03-27T12:50:17.490-04:002015-03-27T12:50:17.490-04:00Kit - that's what I think too...pure spiteful ...Kit - that's what I think too...pure spiteful hissy fit. And it is also being reported that the US-Iran nuclear deal will be announced this weekend...as Obama leaves WH to go golfing...or maybe defecting to Iran. It's anyone's guess.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-9766491130305738882015-03-27T12:48:09.030-04:002015-03-27T12:48:09.030-04:00Andrew,
And there was much rejoicing. Andrew,<br /><br />And there was much rejoicing. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-14492308198713645262015-03-27T12:45:45.412-04:002015-03-27T12:45:45.412-04:00OT: Harry Reid will not seek re-election! :D<b>OT:</b> Harry Reid will not seek re-election! :DAndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com