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The GOP House Intel Chair’s Stunning Display of Insult and Ignorance

Jimmie | May 4, 2011 | Comments (20)

I’ve never heard of Rep. Mike Rogers, Republican Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, but I hope the next time I see his name in print it’s because he resigned his position. Obviously, he is not qualified to sit on any committee with the word “intelligence” anywhere in its title or mission. Republican House Intelligence [...]

Clearing the Browser Tabs – Mistah Osama, He Dead Tuesday Edition

Jimmie | May 3, 2011 | Comments (0)

I agree with Stephen Green’s assessment of Sunday night’s Abbottabad raid in every detail. His second point, especially, sums up my delighted surprise. The second surprise? That President Obama sent in SEAL Team Six instead of jets, a UAV, or a cruise missile. Obama usually prefers his wars a little more antiseptic, but he made [...]

The Left Celebrates Bin Laden’s Death in Unity and Patriotism and Not A Trace of Political…snort

Jimmie | May 2, 2011 | Comments (2)

Well, it certainly didn’t take long last night for a number of notable progressives to turn what should have been a moment of unifying national triumph into a left-wing partisan snark-off. I gleaned a few of the more egregious comments from some of the brighter lights of the left-wing commentariat as they posted them on [...]

Osama bin Laden is Now an Ex-Terrorist

Jimmie | May 2, 2011 | Comments (0)

The President finally made the announcement at about 11:30 PM, 90 minutes after the White House announced it would do so, and it is official. We have killed the murderous monster Osama bin Laden. According to the President’s statement (video link), we received intelligence last August about bin Laden’s location and worked the intelligence until [...]

Sources: Osama bin Laden is Dead. President: Still Trying to Organize a Press Conference About It

Jimmie | May 1, 2011 | Comments (5)

At about 10 PM Eastern, I caught the breaking news on Twitter that the White House had called a 10:30 PM Press conference that would involve major national security news. Speculation (and more than a few jokes) ran rampant for a half hour. I caught tweets that intelligence personnel had been recalled and the military [...]

Suddenly, It’s Okay If Osama bin Laden Gets to Live

Jimmie | January 15, 2009 | Comments (2)

You know, it’s almost like we elected George Bush to a third term. Couric: How important do you think it is, Mr. President-elect, to apprehend Osama bin Laden? Mr. Obama: I think that we have to so weaken his infrastructure that, whether he is technically alive or not, he is so pinned down that he [...]

Thank You, Mr. President, for Holding Fast to Your Values

Jimmie | November 28, 2008 | Comments (0)

Though I’ve not liked a lot of what President Bush has done, this statement endears me to him greatly. “I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, [...]

Meanwhile, in the Real World…

Jimmie | November 9, 2008 | Comments (5)

Heads up, people. OSAMA bin Laden is planning an attack against the United States that will “outdo by far” September 11, an Arab newspaper in London has reported. And according to a former senior Yemeni al-Qaeda operative, the terrorist organisation has entered a “positive phase”, reinforcing specific training camps around the world that will lead [...]