Member of Philadlephia Regional Anti-War Network (PRAWN), Delaware Valley Veterans for America (DelValVets) and First United Methodist Church of Germantown (FUMCOG).

Retired (Medical discharge) PN3, USN, 1991-2001.  Five years in Norfolk, VA; two years in Gaeta Italy and a year and a half in Pensacola, FL.

History major back in college, still read history stuff for the fun of it. Very highly useful major for parsing propaganda.

Affiliations

Philadelphia Regional Anti-War Network, Delaware Valley Veterans for America

Member Since

Dec 6, 2007

Recent Posts

Obama, McCain and Bush mix it up!

Obama insists on being a non-doormat Democrat. Republicans not sure how to respond.

Ah, gone, we hope forever, are the days when first Mike Dukakis, then Al Gore and then John Kerry responded to attacks by remaining silent! Dukakis said nothing as the elder George Bush hammered him with Willie Horton and disparaged his manhood in failing to respond to the hypothetical rape of his ...

Santorum's word choices

Rick Santorum makes some interesting word choices.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has a gig writing a monthly column for the Philadelphia Inquirer.  His latest column had some interesting choices of ...

More scary stories on Iran from the NY Times

More uncorroborated, unconfirmed, terrifying tales from the NY Times about Iran. Update: Juan Cole finds the story, even if true, to be very unpersuasive as a reason to be hostile towards Iran.

The NY Times passes on a report that's, on first read, very scary. It charges that "four Shiite militia members" (From what country? From which militia?) have provided details on training camps ...

Accomplishments?

So just what exactly DID either the Bush Administration or the press corps accomplish over the past 7+ years?

Several years back, I heard about a high school girls cross-country track team. For a reason I forget, it didn't have much in the way of leadership for a whole school year. The girls slacked off and ran at a leisurely pace, didn't really try and didn't push themselves. Their poor performance really ...

Armed Liberal's flawed argument

Argument from a libertarian examined. Is "counterinsurgency" as he defines it compatible with democracy?

Whiskey Fire introduces us to Armed Liberal, who tries to argue that for the Pentagon to hire retired military officers to testify ...