Sunday, January 25, 2009

Obama's War - Fearing Another Quagmire in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com

Obama's War - Fearing Another Quagmire in Afghanistan - NYTimes.com:

'...during her confirmation hearing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Afghanistan a “narco-state” with a government “plagued by limited capacity and widespread corruption.”'

Well we can't say that the IRS is skimming profits from drug smuggling, but the rest of Clinton's description sounds pretty accurate. The government in DC doesn't know what it's doing, and one reason it's so incompetent is that it's so corrupt. That was an accurate description until January 21, anyway. Let' hope and hope some more that corruption and incompetence ended that day.

Barack Obama's Inaugural Address

20090120_inauguration.mp4 (video/mp4 Object)

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Reagan wouldn't recognize this GOP - Los Angeles Times

Reagan wouldn't recognize this GOP - Mickey Edwards - Los Angeles Times

"In the present crisis," referring specifically to the high taxes and high levels of federal spending that had marked the Carter administration, "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." He then went on to say: "Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work." Government, he said, "must provide opportunity." He was not rejecting government, he was calling -- as Barack Obama did Tuesday -- for better management of government, for wiser decisions.