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In today’s Washington Post , the top headline is about the Iraq War, specifically how the number of dead has reached the “4,000 Milestone.”  The Post even provides a handy time-line.  One problem I have is why 4,000 is a milestone but 3,998 or 3,999 is not?  Just because it is a nice round number [...]

Last week Hillary Clinton–in prepared remarks–talked about how on a trip to Bosnia in 1996 she had to dodge sniper fire when getting off the plane.  It turns out that was not the case.  CBS News showed video clips from her visit and it showed her being greeted by children, not sniper fire.  What I [...]

Yesterday Sen. John McCain, while in Iraq, held a news conference and said Iran (a Shitte dominated country) was aiding al-Qaeda in Iraq (a Sunni terrorist organization).  In reality Iran is aiding Shitte terrorist in Iraq.  Basically it was a mistake made by McCain during a news conference, which he actually corrected a couple of minutes [...]

Oil prices hit a new this week, nearing $111 a barrel.  My question is why is the U.S. still find the need to keep a strategic oil reserve?  According to Wikipedia, the U.S. has 698.6 million barrels of oil stored for emergency stoppages of oil production.  What the United States needs to do is start [...]

Much to the Democrats dismay, the fight for the nomination between Clinton and Obama continues.  I was especially surprised by the margin of victory in Ohio.  The polls in the last few days had Obama within striking distance of Clinton in Ohio.  One observation I heard on Fox News on Monday was by Kinky Friedman who [...]