Posted in America, Lebanon, War fighting on Mar 5th, 2008
You know, when you have people like Magda reading your stuff, you gotta be on your toes.
I did a bit of checking and there IS a US Aircraft Carrier sitting off the coast of Israel and, by now, might actually be off the coast of Lebanon - but over the horizon.
But, it’s not an Aircraft Carrier [...]
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Posted in America, Society, War fighting on Mar 4th, 2008
A friend of mine was telling me that her daughter in Israel said…
(This is how urban legends get started, but this is legit)
…that there is a US Aircraft Carrier off the coast of Israel.
She said that all the Americans in Israel are going “Woo Hoo!” And, the Israelis are feeling the dread of possible war.
I [...]
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Posted in America, Personal Notes, Terrorism on Feb 26th, 2008
I flew out to Manhattan over the weekend, and it symbolized a lot that was difficult about America’s war on terrorism.
For instance, when I arrived at the US Airways ticket desk, I found that my name was on the ‘no board’ list and was told that I need to come extra-early to the airport to go through extra check-in. What [...]
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Posted in America, Society on Nov 15th, 2007
Carter deserves every bit of the criticism that Tedders was handing out. Every bit and more. Unfortunately, Carter isn’t the whole story.
Carter rose to power because America was suffering from a crisis of morality. He won the Democrat Party’s nomination because the other Democratic nominees were found to be morally suspect.
And, the Democratic Party won [...]
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Posted in America, Iran, Personal Notes on Oct 31st, 2007
This is such an incredible story, that I’m not sure where to begin.
And no, ‘the beginning’ is not the best place to begin.
Let me start it off with this:
We have been duped.
We have been led down the garden path. Hoodwinked. Hornswoggled. Bamboozled. The lying liars have lied to us. They spun a brilliant web of [...]
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