Presidential Directive hell

Yeah, I've been away for way too long. Intensemystery, thanks for the look-out a couple days back. I'm fine, just busy as hell.

Anyway, I see the Dems totally caved on the issue of forcing the current administration to wake up to the realities of Iraq.

Then again, perhaps it would have been moot, anyway.

I've caught wind of a very sinister-sounding Presidential Directive that pretty much gives GWB whatever powers he wants in the event of a "national emergency," which could be interpreted as 9/11, Katrina, or the impending 2008 election which will take him out of office. I highly recommend reading this analysis of this new directive.

It may sound a bit over the top, but please keep in mind, this is GWB and Uncle Dick we are dealing with. I would not put it past these Constitution-ignoring clowns.

Meanwhile, the US Navy is carrying out another series of exercise off Iran, doing everything they can to provoke another Gulf of Tonkin incident with the Iranians.

The current administration is hellbent on leading the USA into yet a third, and ultimately most disastrous, war. Our nation does not have the military wherewithal or the public support wherewithal to pursue such an unprecedented run of follies (Operation Barabarossa on steroids is what comes to mind).

Is it possible - think about it - that the recent directive is designed with a sudden spike in hostilities with Iran in mind? In other words, that the timing of the recent order is such that...whaddya know? Gee, we have a new national emergency!

Looks like the 'decider' just became the dicktator-in-waiting. (Misspelling was intentional. )

This gives new legs to the old saying, "I love my country, but I fear my government."

Busy, busy times for all

Sorry so long since last post - got a lot of irons in the fire right now. May be changing jobs, locales, etc. And so it goes...

Anyway, I recently finished Frank Rich's 'The Greatest Story Ever Sold,' and am about to tuck into Tenet's latest book, his perhaps McNamara-esque tell-all of the lead-up and execution of the Iraq War. I'm sure it will make me scream a couple times.

Had a good discussion on an airplane recently with a fellow who reads a lot of military history (much more than I do, and I read a lot)...he was of the opinion that indeed, we are in a dark time in this country's evolution, and that the current leadership is "sub-par," to say the least. It's good to know I'm not the only one out there.

I could go into the last week's events, but you've probably read all about it by now, so I won't. I'll just pick up the drumbeat from here.

On a sad note, I note the passing of another of our Mercury astronauts, Wally Schirra (the only man to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo). Yah, I'm a space nut, and it's a bummer seeing the pioneers - American and Russian - dying off.

Not much to say tonight, yet there is a lot on my mind. Just wanted to let you good readers now I'm still here.

OH, and the fake vets are still out there...one of my older posts was removed per court order of a 'vet' I've blogged about before - but it seems a LOT of others are going after this guy. He's a gasbag, and he will get his. Yeah, the guy, whom we will call "PH," is an Iraq Vet, if only for having spent about a month there before being disarmed and sent home by our unit's chain of command.

I've yet to see PH submit proof of his SF training.

Yep, the IV is still here, full of piss and vinegar as usual.