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Letter Encourages Barack Obama to Read ‘The JOE’

January 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Dear President-Elect Obama; If you do nothing else before taking office as president, I hope you will read The Joint Operating Environment 2008 (a.k.a., “The JOE”), a U.S. Joint Forces Command report that contains the following bit of military forecasting: In terms of worst-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large [...]

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British PM to Issue Call for New World Order?

November 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Apparently, a single mention of the need for a “truly global society” will not be enough for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  According to a Reuters report, excerpts from the keynote foreign policy speech Brown will deliver Monday include at least two such mentions. First: “…And if we learn from our experience of turning unity [...]

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Obama Message to Allies: ‘You Can’t Trust Me’

November 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

If an Associated Press report published early today is accurate, President-elect Barack Obama has sent a clear and disturbing message to U.S. allies around the world:  “You can’t trust me.” The report cites Obama foreign policy adviser Denis McDonough as saying Obama did not make a commitment to Polish President Lech Kaczynski regarding installation of [...]

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Did Saddleback Mark Beginning of End for Obama?

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A new Reuters-Zogby poll released today shows Barack Obama trailing John McCain by a 46 percent to 41 percent margin. A dismal showing at the Saddleback Civil Forum caused many Americans to change their minds about supporting the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee.  Conversely, it appears at least some of those Americans seem to have [...]

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Did MSM Catch Obama Playing Volleyball…Nude?

July 23rd, 2008 · 4 Comments

Barack Obama‘s photo op tour across the Middle East and Europe has generated a great deal of news media attention for the presumptive Democrat Party presidential nominee. One article, however, caused me to buy into the belief shared by many of my right-wing conservative brethren: Members of the mainstream news media are “in the tank” [...]

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B-1B Bomber Crashes in Qatar

April 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Fox News Channel just reported that an Air Force B-1B “Lancer” Bomber has crashed in Qatar. Though little information is available at this time, count on me to publish the details as soon as they become available. As a former Air Force public affairs officer who dealt with more than a dozen aircraft crashes during [...]

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Climate Change Skeptics Gather in New York City

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

This morning’s headlines related to The 2008 International Conference on Climate Change taking place in New York City tell the story well: Global Warming ‘Hysteria’ Is Claimed — New York Sun Climate skeptics roast Al Gore on global warming — Reuters UK Global Warming: Is It Really a Crisis? — Fox News Channel Unfortunately, not [...]

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