Friday, December 15, 2006
Picture of the Day
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Poker, Christmas Music and Classic Movies
- I've finally found a reason to watch poker and here it is.......
Yeah I know she's getting up there in age but there's something about big breasts that excite me. Hey at least she's more stimulating then watching a bunch of guys trying to out poker-face each other. I still find it boring as hell to watch but whenever Jennifer Tilly is on the screen i'll watch for a while. Now if only there were more buxom poker playing women out there.
- Last night I was listening to some Christmas music. You know, there's just something about the music that makes me hmm sad is too strong a word but it makes me wistful. I always think about family and how we should love one another. I just wish that the world could live in peace and harmony at least for one day.
- Finally, my cable provider has a roughly 2 month free preview of Turner Classic Movies going on starting today. Ever since I went to NYC a couple summers ago and watched it at my uncle's place i've been hoping for the channel to show up on my cable. The day has finally come! Tonight i'll be watching Winchester '73 and White Heat. i'll probably give a few quick thoughts about those flicks tomorrow or Thursday.
Sorry no What i'm listening to for tonight as this is just a quick hit post.
Yeah I know she's getting up there in age but there's something about big breasts that excite me. Hey at least she's more stimulating then watching a bunch of guys trying to out poker-face each other. I still find it boring as hell to watch but whenever Jennifer Tilly is on the screen i'll watch for a while. Now if only there were more buxom poker playing women out there.- Last night I was listening to some Christmas music. You know, there's just something about the music that makes me hmm sad is too strong a word but it makes me wistful. I always think about family and how we should love one another. I just wish that the world could live in peace and harmony at least for one day.
- Finally, my cable provider has a roughly 2 month free preview of Turner Classic Movies going on starting today. Ever since I went to NYC a couple summers ago and watched it at my uncle's place i've been hoping for the channel to show up on my cable. The day has finally come! Tonight i'll be watching Winchester '73 and White Heat. i'll probably give a few quick thoughts about those flicks tomorrow or Thursday.
Sorry no What i'm listening to for tonight as this is just a quick hit post.
Friday, December 08, 2006
The Most Stubborn President in the last 100 years?
Sorry for lack of updates....
George W. Bush just boggles my mind. This isn't going to be about how Iraq was ill conceived in the first place. This is about the current situation on the ground and what the Iraq Study Group has suggested.
As you may or may not know the Iraq Study Group's overall reccomendation was to find a way of disengagement in Iraq with honour. They believe that victory is out of the question. Unlike what some conservatives will have you believe they're not saying "pull the plug". In fact, one of the suggestions struck me as being realistic and pragmatic. The suggestion is to have a Middle East Summit with all of Iraq's neighbours (and yes this includes Iran) and try to find a way to come to an amicable solution to the problems of the region.
Another suggestion is to work on Israel/Palestinian peace talks. This could be done by having Israel offer the Golan Heights in exchange for peace and sensible dealings with the Israelis. Now while this doesn't have anything to do with Iraq it would be a good thing to do to provide some stabilization to the region.
So now let's look at President Bush, clearly the United States is NOT winning in Iraq. The possible new Secretary of Defense Robert Gates concedes that the country is not winning the war. He then had to clarify and say and I paraphrase "While we're not losing in Iraq we're not winning either". So basically he's saying it's a stalemate situation at best. The President obviously is grasping at straws hoping that by being delusional and thinking "Yeah we're successful in Iraq" that things will get better.
They are not....
Yet, we hear this happy talk coming from the President on down. President Bush's Counselor Dan Bartlett was even bold enough to state in an interview that "we are winning"! Now there's a history of presidents having trouble accepting their mistakes and a need for change. Once again the war Iraq is most compared to has a parallel in this situation. Lyndon Johnson AGONIZED over the "boys" in Vietnam. In fact, in one of his biographies there's vivid scenes of LBJ personally writing condolence letters to the families of fallen soldiers. He truly believed in the Falling Domino theory. He felt that Vietnam was a battle that needed to be won. Near the end of his presidency he recognized the folly and tried to change course but it was too little too late. Nixon came into office and actually intensified the war in some aspects with the massive bombings of North Vietnam and Cambodia.
George Bush just can't accept failure. I swear there needs to be a psychological study done about him because he has this very black/white view of the world. He won't even be pragmatic and TRULY take the ISG recommendations into consideration. He would rather take the military's recommendations and more or less stay the course while still parotting the "everything is good" line. Apparently Mr. Bush doesn't care about his legacy because if there's one thing that history has taught us is that America does not like it when its being blatantly lied to in the manner that the Bush Admin has been doing the last couple years.
It will be interesting to see what happens between now and the end of the Bush admin's term.
And now for something completely different......
I often listen to music when I make a posting so at the end of every post I will reveal what song is playing at the moment.
What i'm hearing now:
"You Make me Feel so Young" - Frank Sinatra
George W. Bush just boggles my mind. This isn't going to be about how Iraq was ill conceived in the first place. This is about the current situation on the ground and what the Iraq Study Group has suggested.
As you may or may not know the Iraq Study Group's overall reccomendation was to find a way of disengagement in Iraq with honour. They believe that victory is out of the question. Unlike what some conservatives will have you believe they're not saying "pull the plug". In fact, one of the suggestions struck me as being realistic and pragmatic. The suggestion is to have a Middle East Summit with all of Iraq's neighbours (and yes this includes Iran) and try to find a way to come to an amicable solution to the problems of the region.
Another suggestion is to work on Israel/Palestinian peace talks. This could be done by having Israel offer the Golan Heights in exchange for peace and sensible dealings with the Israelis. Now while this doesn't have anything to do with Iraq it would be a good thing to do to provide some stabilization to the region.
So now let's look at President Bush, clearly the United States is NOT winning in Iraq. The possible new Secretary of Defense Robert Gates concedes that the country is not winning the war. He then had to clarify and say and I paraphrase "While we're not losing in Iraq we're not winning either". So basically he's saying it's a stalemate situation at best. The President obviously is grasping at straws hoping that by being delusional and thinking "Yeah we're successful in Iraq" that things will get better.
They are not....
Yet, we hear this happy talk coming from the President on down. President Bush's Counselor Dan Bartlett was even bold enough to state in an interview that "we are winning"! Now there's a history of presidents having trouble accepting their mistakes and a need for change. Once again the war Iraq is most compared to has a parallel in this situation. Lyndon Johnson AGONIZED over the "boys" in Vietnam. In fact, in one of his biographies there's vivid scenes of LBJ personally writing condolence letters to the families of fallen soldiers. He truly believed in the Falling Domino theory. He felt that Vietnam was a battle that needed to be won. Near the end of his presidency he recognized the folly and tried to change course but it was too little too late. Nixon came into office and actually intensified the war in some aspects with the massive bombings of North Vietnam and Cambodia.
George Bush just can't accept failure. I swear there needs to be a psychological study done about him because he has this very black/white view of the world. He won't even be pragmatic and TRULY take the ISG recommendations into consideration. He would rather take the military's recommendations and more or less stay the course while still parotting the "everything is good" line. Apparently Mr. Bush doesn't care about his legacy because if there's one thing that history has taught us is that America does not like it when its being blatantly lied to in the manner that the Bush Admin has been doing the last couple years.
It will be interesting to see what happens between now and the end of the Bush admin's term.
And now for something completely different......
I often listen to music when I make a posting so at the end of every post I will reveal what song is playing at the moment.
What i'm hearing now:
"You Make me Feel so Young" - Frank Sinatra
