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Many people with extensive military experience believe that General Stan McChrystal's resignation, was less about the inflammatory comments he and staff members made about the President of the United Staes and other civilian leaders and officials, are more about some issues associated with America's involvement in military operations in Afghanistan. To understand why a four star General would willingly make comments that he knew would result in his dismissal requires one to understand some of the history and personalities associated with America's involvement in Vietnam. We must remember that Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara wrote in his memoirs...
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Illegal immigration effect on economy is indeed dismal and has many negative aspects on society. Illegal immigrants cause a lot of damage to the United States and most Americans are not aware of the harm they cause. The list of how they negatively impact the US can go on for miles, but only a small few will be briefly discussed.
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From The Washington Post -- May 30, 2010:

The Fake Feminism of Sarah Palin

By Jessica Valenti

Sarah Palin sure is dropping the F-Bomb a lot lately.

Sarah Palin's Lamestream Thinking

In a widely noted speech this month to the Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion-rights group, Palin invoked the words "feminism" and "feminist" no less than a dozen times. She called for a "pro-woman sisterhood" and addressed the "sisters" in the audience. If it weren't for the regular references to gun rights, you might have thought you were listening to Gloria Steinem.

If this rhetoric seems uncharacteristic of the former governor of Alaska, that's because it is. When running for vice president in 2008, Palin flip-flopped on the feminist question, telling CBS's Katie Couric that she is one, but later telling NBC's Brian Williams, "I'm not going to label myself anything."


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From SALON --- May 29, 2010:

For Republicans, Impeachment Isn't a Joke

When Darrell Issa compares the Sestak affair with Watergate, he is expressing a persistent Republican strain

BY JOE CONASON


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From The Washington Post --- May 28, 2010:

About 10 percent of the 240 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, when President Obama took office were "leaders, operatives and facilitators involved in plots against the United States," but the majority were low-level fighters, according to a previously undisclosed government report. The report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post, could have important political implications as the Obama Administration seeks to close the military prison in the face of Congressional opposition.
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Why is it that Rand Paul and other "Strict Constitutionalist" Conservatives believe that in 1787 the US Constitution gave the federal government the authority to allow states to permit private individuals to own slaves, yet in 1964 (a century after enactment of the 14th Amendment) the federal government did not have the power to prohibit private business owners from engaging in racial discrimination?

Do these Tea Bagger Conservatives believe that the US Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation in order that the states might form a "less perfect" union?
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From James Carville -- May 11, 2010:

Sometimes a headline just says it all - POLITICO: Rove, GOP secretly plot vast network to reclaim power.

Yup, Karl Rove and the same swift-boat crowd of crazies that believed no smear was too disgusting, no blow was too low, and no lie was too outrageous to elect George W. Bush is now back with a vengeance and coming after President Obama and House Democrats, including DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen, this year.

As I told the good folks at Politico when they were writing their story on this, there is nothing that makes people hungry like being out of power. Wanna know just how hungry this crowd is?

One of these Rove groups already got commitments of $30 million. Another one set a goal of raising $70 million to elect Republicans to Congress. Thanks to the Supreme Court, these lunatic Republican groups can fund their fear-mongering attack ads with all the special interest cash they can get their hands on.

All of this so they can take us back to the days of protecting big health insurance companies, big banks on Wall Street, and big oil companies just like the one spewing oil into the Gulf of Mexico right now.

Thanks,

James Carville
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From Politico --- May 8, 2010:

THE OBAMAS had a date night last night at Komi, Washingtonian magazine's #1 restaurant for the past two years. Pool Report from Joyce Jones of Black Enterprise:

'People gathered on a few corners near WH on foot and on Segways ... Arrived at restaurant at about 7:08. ... The first couple emerged from Komi at 9:13 and were greeted by the crowds that had waited for two hours to see them. But by then, it was dark and black vans blocked most of the view. Still, they cheered, screamed and clapped. ... It appears that the diners in Komi gave them a standing ovation as they left. Mrs. Obama was carrying a wrapped bouquet and both were wearing huge smiles.'
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TERRORISM
By Steve Coll

A few years ago, I was at an event with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. The conversation turned to why terrorist groups, particularly those associated with Al Qaeda, had not carried out any attacks inside the United States since September 11th. Kelly noted that terrorist groups have a limited amount of talent and resources. They know that it can be very difficult for the United States to locate them in advance of an attack. But they also know that the strength of American counterterrorism operations lies in its forensic and investigative abilities after an attack takes place. In effect, when a terrorist group, large or small, sets off a bomb, it temporarily lights up its own network by exposing the forensic trail leading back from the event.

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Immaculate misconception and the Supreme Court

By Joseph J. Ellis

Although we do not know whom President Obama will nominate to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the retirement of Justice John Paul Stevens, it is already clear that the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings will be the major political event of the summer.

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