On a Friday eve, a tribute to ‘those come-what-may places’
Here’s a beautiful version of a hauntingly beautiful song to send us into the weekend. The wistful words and music were written by Billy Strayhorn, who manages an uncanny melding of lyrical and musical phrases. The fact that most of it was written when Strayhorn was just 16 is, well, crazy.
It is performed here by Johnny Hartman, with John Coltrane on saxophone and McCoy Tyner on piano, a combination of talent impossible to match. If I ever drew up a personal Top Ten list of favorite recordings*, this one would be on it. It comes off a 1963 album recorded by Hartman and Coltrane that some experts call the greatest album ever made. The fact that it was recorded in a single day, with most songs laid down in a single take, still astounds, particularly in an era when musicians are often treated as a producer’s plaything.
Sink into “Lush Life,” and let it sink into you.
* (I started thinking about it, and my personal nominations to round out the Top Five jazz cuts would be Ellington’s “Take the A Train,” “Real Compared to What” by Les McCann and Eddie Harris, Miles Davis’ “Stella by Starlight” and Billie Holiday’s “Lover Man.”)
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@@
January 29th, 2011
9:52 am
So what if Egypt is taken over by hard-liners opposed to the U.S.? Will our access to the Suez Canal be in jeopardy?
“There are almost innumerable scenarios at this point,” he said. “But one possible scenario is that a hard-line government comes to power and takes an anti-American policy and cancels the peace treaty with Israel.”
Strategic value of Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is also a concern, Bender said.
According to the 2009 CRS report, the U.S. Navy sends an average of a dozen ships through the canal every month and “receives expedited processing for nuclear warships to pass through the canal, a valued service that can normally take weeks otherwise required for other foreign navies.”
“A lot of U.S. military strategy in the Middle East and, in the Persian Gulf especially, presupposes very close relations with the Egyptian government and essentially free access to use the Suez Canal,” Bender said. If there are now questions about that access, he said, that may require changes in U.S. strategic thinking.
http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/What_The_United_States_Has_At_Stake_In_Egypt__114850084.html
wet wiccan
January 29th, 2011
9:55 am
For Mick (and anyone else who likes Saturday morning cartoons)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJriOurLLzI
Jack
January 29th, 2011
9:57 am
I think Coltrane was way before Bookman’s time. I mean, Bookman being a young dude and all.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
9:59 am
wiccan, thanks! Loved that.
Every day is a party…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmaKSpTIJzI
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
9:59 am
Mick
I have no problem with the people elected. They may indeed be good people. I have a problem with the mindset. How can you talk about making necessary cuts to the budget, when you’re only considering only about 15% of the budget as areas that can be cut?
My line of thinking is this, if you’re going to cut the budget, then cut the whole budget. It’s time for us to be honest with ourselves. If we’re not going to manufacture jobs to expand the tax base, then we need to cut spending. It’s obvious that the business community is not fully vested in the former option, so we need to execute the latter. Until we get serious and quit accepting the fantasies that DC keep propagating, we’re going to keep sinking further and further into the hole.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
10:20 am
SoCo
I don’t think a Fed. study has been done YET to get rid of redundancy in Fed services. I don’t just mean depts. but overlapping technology and technical resources.
The fed uses multiple platforms and software to accomplish the same thing. All technology related functions including the IRS need to be combined and streamlined.
The DoD needs to take over (at least temporarily) all the technology needs of the services (except hands on weapons delivery systems).
All projects need to be reviewed to get the bang for the buck and be funded by the dept receiving the services.
Does every Fed dept need a dynamic website? I think not.But then again a lot of private industries don’t need one either and continue to waste money on the
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
10:33 am
Scenes from the Sunflower State.
Ad Astra per Aspera (”Through hardships to the stars”)…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZqQTTT_T5E
@@
January 29th, 2011
10:37 am
Just found out from a friend (owner) that electric vehicles are pretty useless in cold weather. He lives below the Mason Dixon so the inconvenience is minimal. Anyone living above should think twice about purchasing one.
Egyptian protesters are now asking for changes to their constitution. Democratic elections opens the door to you know who, the Muslim Brotherhood. Hopefully there are enough secularists who would oppose them.
With the army responsible for maintaining security, a key question is whether it will align with Mubarak and confront the protesters. There have been unconfirmed reports from Al Jazeera about differences between the army and the presidency over how to quell the agitation. It is not clear just when efforts to end the protests would happen, but it is more likely that the army would prefer to force the president to resign rather than use force against protesters, especially given that there is no sign that the demonstrators are prepared to end the unrest without Mubarak’s removal from power. Furthermore, the resignation of the secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party, Ahmed Ezz, shows that many of Mubarak’s key allies seem to be deserting him.
Read more: Uncertainty over Mubarak’s Collapse in Egypt and What Comes Next | STRATFOR
The Egyptian government has issued warnings to youth demonstrators not to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to use the protests to push their own “hidden agenda.”
Also on Friday, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton offered his own thoughts on the precarious situation facing Egypt and the potential ramifications of the Brotherhood’s involvement.
“I think what’s clearly happened today [in Egypt] is that the Muslim Brotherhood, the radical Islamist party in Egypt has called it’s supporters into the street,” Bolton told Fox News.
“I think after the Friday prayers the Brotherhood brought its people out. That’s why the protests are even more extensive today. That constitutes no doubt about it a direct threat to the military government, and I think the failure of the other security forces to bring the demonstrations under control also now explains the presence of the military.”
I’m looking at pictures of protesters shaking hands with military personnel. One can only hope.
Sheeplecrats rule!
January 29th, 2011
10:38 am
The week in short review I:
“The American government secretly backed leading figures behind the Egyptian uprising who have been planning “regime change” for the past three years, The Daily Telegraph has learned.”
I wonder, where are all the liberals who whined about Reagan, HW Bush, and W Bush and “regime change” huh? Anyone heard a peep out of them since the Egyptian uprising? Hillary? Obama? Olbermann? Bueler? Bueler?
“SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Rush Limbaugh’s imitation of the Chinese language during a recent speech made by Chinese President Hu Jintao has stirred a backlash among Asian-American lawmakers in California and nationally.”
Yeah these are the same liberals who said nothing when Plugs Biden said you can’t walk into a 7-11 without having an Indian accent. Or when Plugs Biden said Obama doesn’t act “black enough.” But that’s okay, the Democrats and Obama are hell bent on ensuring that we will ALL eventually be forced to speak fluent Chinese. No worries there, liberals.
“The move by Egyptian authorities to seal off the country almost entirely from the Internet shows how easily a state can isolate its people when telecoms providers are few and compliant.”………meanwhile……….”A proposed bill would grant President Obama the authority to shut down public and private networks — including the restriction of internet traffic — as part of a cybersecurity emergency plan introduced by West Virginia Democratic Sen. John Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, a Republican from Maine.”
My take is Democrats and RINOs will use that power to shut down voice of opposition and dissent. We can’t go against our government minders now, can we?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
10:38 am
AmVet@10:33 am
Scenes from the Sunflower State
—————-
Is the Sunflower the state tree?
I swear I didn’t see any tall ones in the pictures.
If it’s your B’day have a happy one (it is according to moonbat)
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
10:44 am
If it’s your B’day have a happy one (it is according to moonbat)
Sorry that was wet wiccan that wished you a happy one
@@
January 29th, 2011
10:47 am
With all the negativity that emanates from AmVet, it’s hard to believe he originates from the Sunflower State (one of my favorite flowers) by the by. The other? The sweetpea.
A stinkweed by any other name is still a stinkweed.
schnirt
Scout
January 29th, 2011
10:48 am
Headline: “U.S. Consular Worker May Face Murder Charges for Killing Pakistan Gunmen”
“Under Pakistani law one can only act in self-defense if attacked first. Merely being approached by someone wielding a gun is insufficient cause under law for the victim to pull the trigger. Also, when firing in self-defense it is only admissible to aim at non-life threatening parts of the assailant’s body, such as arms or legs.”
Well, there you go.
(Note: Islamic terrorists in Pakistan are exempted from the above provisions per the Koran.)
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/28/consular-worker-face-murder-charges-killing-pakistan-gunmen/?test=latestnews
Sheeplecrats rule!
January 29th, 2011
10:50 am
The week in short review II:
“The jobless rate has been stuck above 9 percent since May 2009. With the economy’s growth potential between 2.5 percent and 2.7 percent, analysts say an expansion rate of at least 3 percent over several quarters is needed to cope with new entrants in the labor market and the unemployed. The unemployment rate fell to 9.4 percent in December from 9.8 percent in November.”
Sure am glad that $860 billion rammed through Congress back in 2009 has kept unemployment from going above 8% like Biden promised. How ’bout them shovel ready jobs, eh?
“WASHINGTON – Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio is suing a congressional cafeteria for dental damage he says he suffered after biting into an olive pit in a sandwich wrap he bought there.”
Okay so let me get this straight: a government-run kitchen can’t keep an olive pit out of the mouth of a government-paid government-lover who is now going to sue for a broken tooth funds while enjoying private health care that we Americans won’t have the option to have after Obamacare becomes reality. Oh, you mean you didn’t get the memo?……..
“The Obama administration’s waivers to temporarily exempt certain companies, unions, and charities from rules established by the new health care law are a “perfect example of special interests” having influence in the administration and will be looked into by Congress, Sen. Charles Grassley, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee.”
Scout
January 29th, 2011
10:50 am
‘We need a new president!
‘Thousands of demonstrators moved through the streets of Cairo today with an oft-repeated message. “We don’t need a new government, we need a new president.”
Hey President Obama …………. they need you !
wet wiccan
January 29th, 2011
10:52 am
AmVet – As you know, I am from the Sunflower State too. Some people don’t see the beauty of wide open spaces, and although I love the trees and lushness of Georgia, there is beauty for me in the Flint Hills at sunset, or a thunderstorm seen from miles away across the prairie. And I’m sure you remember what magic can happen in the middle of a wheat field on a warm summer night with a gazillion stars over head.
Common Sense – this is the state tree of Kansas
http://www.rjpole.com/images/telephone_pole1.jpg
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
10:55 am
Did someone say battery. Who would have ever thought that battery output varies with temperature. That is, unless one tried to crank their vehicle when it’s at -40, especially a diesel.
Sheeplecrats rule!
January 29th, 2011
10:56 am
Ah, the week in short review III:
“A move to draft Keith Olbermann to run for Senate is underway. With the announcement of Sen. Joe Lieberman retiring after serving four terms as a U.S. Senator from Connecticut, a Daily Kos blogger, ‘Stranded Wind’, is championing the fired MSNBC host. But will a draft Olbermann movement go anywhere? With the White House trying to appear toned down after the Gabrielle Giffords shooting, is Keith Olbermann just too plain caustic to get elected?”
Oh my GOD please run! Just what we need! Another failed liberal talk show host and alleged comedian in Congress! And an asshat who likes to think he’s his OWN God and doesn’t need to abide by rules – even those established by MSNBC! Don’t let us down you Connecticut liberals! Speaking of failures, has anyone heard from that genius Al Franken lately? Yeah, the guy that stole that MN election? The last I heard out of him he was asking SCOTUS candidate Sotomayor which case Burger actually won. I assume that was a small-minded attempt at Suart Smalley humor. Yeah, one of the most powerful candidates on the planet being grilled in front of Congress and Franken cuts pathetic jokes. Great job Minnesota. I hope you’re proud.
Finally, you just have to love this snippet on Obama’s State Of The Disarray…err Union Speech:
“President Obama‘s announcement on Tuesday that “this is our generation’s Sputnik moment” came across as puzzling. Had al Qaeda sent a suicide bomber into space? But it turned out to be just a clumsy metaphor. The first Sputnik launch in October 1957 is a now distant event that no longer arouses passion. It would be as if someone described the Watergate scandal as that generation’s Teapot Dome. Nothing has happened recently that could be roughly analogous to Sputnik….Mr. Obama was simply touting his new budget proposal. He would like to see the same level of national commitment as during the space race, but without a goal, without passion, and certainly without identifying any country as an adversary.”
Touché.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:00 am
Taxpayer:
Can an electric car be jump started? Only by the left.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
11:06 am
“AmVet – As you know, I am from the Sunflower State too.”
Rock, chalk, baby!
“Some people don’t see the beauty of wide open spaces…”
And apparently some humping boors too!
“…and although I love the trees and lushness of Georgia, there is beauty for me in the Flint Hills at sunset, or a thunderstorm seen from miles away across the prairie. And I’m sure you remember what magic can happen in the middle of a wheat field on a warm summer night with a gazillion stars over head.”
Niice.
And LOL at the state tree! However…
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/trees/ks_cottonwood.htm
And a stand of them along a river is beautiful thing.
So forget the downers around here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GwjfUFyY6M
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:08 am
@@,
Can a battery stored at -40 be effectively used to jump start another battery at -40? Only by whomever.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
11:10 am
Arguably the most iconic state song of them all…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKBqz6FWvlo
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
11:13 am
NoCom
The other day on one of the threads, I made the comment that the government needs to perform a reorganization process, kinda like what a company does when it goes through bankruptcy proceedings. Things like you suggest could be done then. I’m sure there would be substantial savings that could be reached that way instead of just arbitrarily cutting out programs that you do not agree with. Along the way, I’m sure some of those programs would be eliminated anyway or consolidated under a different program that already exists that’s doing almost the same thing.
Geezzz Scout. If that US Consular official did not know Pakistani law or follow it, then they are still subject to it, unless they have diplomatic immunity. It’s no different than if somebody commits a crime in the US. If their laws do not meet “Our” level of satisfaction, there ain’t sh*t we can do about it, other than pull our people out of the country completely. I’m waiting to see your faux rage when the guy that killed his wife in NY doesn’t get acquitted because in his country, that’s what his laws in his home country would do.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:18 am
Taxpayer:
You’re of the opinion that if one fails, all fail.
Can a battery stored at -40 be effectively used to jump start another battery at -40?
Yes.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:22 am
Egypt’s official Middle East News Agency on Jan. 29 reported that the country’s head of intelligence, Omar Suleiman, has been appointed vice president. This is the first time in his three-decade rule that President Hosni Mubarak has appointed someone to that post. Suleiman has long been seen as one of the prime candidates to succeed Mubarak.
Read more: Egypt’s Mubarak Appoints Suleiman as Vice President | STRATFOR
A good move on Mubarak’s part. I’m thinking he’s looking for a way to bow out gracefully rather than be forced out.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
11:26 am
I kind of like the case in the UK where a SA dip or kinsman of the royal family beat his male servant to death.
In SA he would not be executed for killing the servant but would be for having a homosexual relationship with him..
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:30 am
@@,
If a battery can be used to jump start another battery under a given set of conditions, then a battery-powered car can also be made to work under those same conditions. Then again, perhaps you think that engineers and designers of electric cars don’t know anything about temperature extremes.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:32 am
You’re of the opinion that if one fails, all fail.
I hold no such opinion about batteries.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
11:33 am
If every fed dept did a software audit to see if there were multiple licenses purchased and also software no longer needed but still being paid for they would probably save between 5-20 percent of their immediate software budget.
The next step is to take those results and compare them to other depts for license redundancy and price breaks from the vendors.
After that they can start looking at replatforming the IT infrastructure. They use every database available in one dept or another throughout the gov’t. whether or not it is the best for their needs. Little kingdoms need to end for the good of the US taxpayer
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
11:43 am
NoCom
Do that for the software, agencies, programs, and all other functions the government performs. I’m sure we could find far more substantial savings that way as opposed to doing it thru tax and budget cuts.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:47 am
Taxpayer:
I’m well aware that solutions are underway. Never said they weren’t. I was referring to the present.
I can buy a decent pair of jumper cables for $9. So what’s the cost of a battery-pack in electrics?
The battery pack for the Nissan Leaf (above) reportedly costs $375 per kilowatt-hour. Coda says the pack costs more than $1,000 per kWh. Actual costs are a guessing game.
I can buy a conventional car battery for somewhere between $40 to $100.
And don’t forget the electric car’s connection to coal.
The weather’s pleasant so I’m out to vacuum the pool.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
11:50 am
@@,
Perhaps you simply are not meant to own an electric car, for whatever reason. As for the cost comparison you wish to make, why not compare the cost of the battery pack to the cost of the combustion engine. Wouldn’t that be a more fair comparison as opposed to your claim about the cost of a battery for cranking a vehicle and the cost of jumper cables. Furthermore, not all electricity is generated by burning coal.
Honu
January 29th, 2011
11:51 am
Dang, AtAt — you sure do go to an awful lot of trouble for that pool of yours. Why don’t you just let the air out?
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
11:52 am
Howdy again, gang–Appreciate the song dedications from earlier. Nothing like 70s pop music to put you into a good mood. We’re going to have an office bowling party this afternoon, am trying to talk the boss into playing for $1 per point, but he’s not biting.
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
11:55 am
As for the cost comparison you wish to make, why not compare the cost of the battery pack to the cost of the combustion engine.
And while we’re at it, TP, maybe we should factor in the environmental cost of dumping millions of spent batteries into landfills. As a materials engineer, I’m sure you know how toxic cadmium and other heavy metals are.
@@
January 29th, 2011
11:57 am
Honu:
Before I go….not everyone can afford an in ground pool like mine. There are others who choose something less permanent.
Do you have a problem with either?
If you don’t mind my saying, yours was a rather snobbish comment.
I’m out.
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
12:13 pm
As for the cost comparison you wish to make, why not compare the cost of the battery pack to the cost of the combustion engine.
http://www.motorauthority.com/blog/1030462_corvette-zr1-supercharged-ls9-crate-engine-priced-at-21000
If you’re buying this little puppy here, I don’t think cost matters….
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
12:18 pm
Bro So–Is this you??
http://www.rickchris.com/Beef%20images/lthrcopcar.jpg
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 29th, 2011
12:20 pm
Also, when firing in self-defense it is only admissible to aim at non-life threatening parts of the assailant’s body, such as arms or legs.
Just cause that’s where you’re aiming doesn’t mean that’s where your rounds will land.
I made the comment that the government needs to perform a reorganization process,
I agree that’s a good idea but I also lived through Governor Jimmy Carter’s re-organization of State government, which was a total turkey screwing, in my view. Beware unintended consequences.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
12:21 pm
OK, pay attention. There will be a test later!
http://alpine.websitewelcome.com/~answerco/7/pictures-of-the-western-meadowlark.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqzdKRhBrrg
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
12:22 pm
I am not a materials engineer, Bruno. Furthermore, heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium are much more readily introduced into the environment through the extraction, refining and combustion of coal than through the proper recycling of batteries (versus your strawman claim that they’re just haphazardly dumped into illegal landfills).
Hillbilly Deluxe
January 29th, 2011
12:29 pm
Well, those stories of an economic recovery are true for some folks. Why am I not surprised, who it is?
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/01/goldman_sachs_triples_salaries.html
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
12:30 pm
I’m happy to see that the Egyptian VP is such a youngster
Mick
January 29th, 2011
12:33 pm
wet wiccan
Superman cartoon was an excellent throwback…got any others?
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
12:34 pm
The financial meltdown on wallstreet reminds me of the dotcom bust.
They don’t make anything just move paper around.
The dotcoms that went bust did not sell products that they made only hosted companies that wanted a web presence.
The ones that made it Amazon etc, actually HAD a product to sell
Mick
January 29th, 2011
12:35 pm
hd
You hit about a streak of six songs that I haven’t heard since they came out and I loved everyone one of em but have not heard them since…thanks…out
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
12:43 pm
Happy BOOM day to you, Happy BOOM day to you…
My wife was just telling me about a suicide bomber that was all rigged up to blow including a cell phone back up in case she tried to back out or whatever while still in her safe house when she unexpectedly received a happy birthday message from her cell phone service provider. Needless to say, the failsafe device worked as designed — it blew up the bomb upon receipt of said text message on the attached cell phone.
Common Sense isn't very Common
January 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
TP – Isn’t technology wonderful LOL
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
12:45 pm
Furthermore, heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium are much more readily introduced into the environment through the extraction, refining and combustion of coal than through the proper recycling of batteries (versus your strawman claim that they’re just haphazardly dumped into illegal landfills).
Your original comparison was between combustion engine vehicles vs. electric cars, which is what I referred to. The coal comparison came straight out of your butt. Also, if you reread my post, I said nothing about illegal landfills. Once again, your inferior GT education has let you down.
AmVet
January 29th, 2011
12:46 pm
OK, out for some fun and sun.
Thank you Great Spirit for making this day. (And extra thanks for letting it warm up for the first time in frickin’ ages!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bihNBqx__Ro
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
12:47 pm
Am–Back at ya:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHkaKGgTcg&feature=related
Southern Comfort (B.P.O.I.B.W.)
January 29th, 2011
12:53 pm
Bruno
Blocked out here.. I’ll check it out when I get to the house.
Bruno
January 29th, 2011
1:01 pm
One more for the road:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5bhBSb92LY
GWB in 2003
January 29th, 2011
1:07 pm
The nations of the Middle East, he said, are no less entitled to freedom from “despotism” than all the nations liberated in the past. He congratulated the Islamic nations he believes are making at least some progress towards democracy, mentioning Bahrain, Oman, Morocco, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and Yemen. And he praised the governments of Egypt, which said “should show the way toward democracy in the Middle East.”
No different than what Obama is doing right now. GWB was ahead of the curve. Obama is coming from behind.
TaxPayer
January 29th, 2011
1:14 pm
Bruno,
If you actually took the time to truly follow the exchange between @@ and I (rather than try to prove your prowess to someone), you might have noted the little fact that it was @@ that initially mentioned coal-fired power plants and their usage in generating electricity for charging those electric vehicles. Finally, even if @@ had not mentioned coal, most people are aware of the fact that coal is currently used as a fuel in many power plants and is therefore necessarily used to some degreee to recharge batteries in electric vehicles. As for your continuing strawman regarding environmental pollution from dumped batteries, I see no need to reply beyond my original comment on the matter. Now, did you actually have a valid point to make or will you persist with your attacks against me.
Mick
January 29th, 2011
1:36 pm
amvet
Have a great day…and keep,,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7goTCQgmNLQ
Scout
January 29th, 2011
1:38 pm
josef:
I hate to do this to you on such a nice day but you need to see this !
AN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENT:
USM = University of Santa Barbara
MSA = Muslim Student Association
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FwIC7agtqE (Short Version :30 seconds)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYEV0Xo45jA&feature=related (Long Version 3:29 minutes)
Scout
January 29th, 2011
2:32 pm
“When asked if Mubarak was a dictator, Biden responded, “Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things and he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interests in the region, Middle East peace efforts, the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing the relationship with Israel … I would not refer to him as a dictator.”
Well, there you go.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
2:38 pm
“Georgia authorities say a mom checked her son and his friends out of school to help her rob a bank”
Now that’s what I call parental involvement !
Mick
January 29th, 2011
2:48 pm
scout
The smartest thing we can do is not show our hand…..work the back channels and see which direction all this unrest takes….the mideast is a hornets nest and it never is a good time to go swatting their hives…chess not checkers.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
2:59 pm
Mick:
You are correct. We have to go with the flow. Too big for us to get involved ………… but I am betting if an Islamic state takes over and “closes the canal to the west” you will see a multi-nation operation a la First Gulf War.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
3:19 pm
P.S. It will be interesting to see if there is a move on our embassy there.
God bless those Marine Guards. You can bet the adrenaline is pumping now.
Scout
January 29th, 2011
6:15 pm
Southern Comfort :
Excellent. Most of the knuckleheads on here no nothing about law enforcement or the real world.
They’re still watching “One Adam Twelve”.