Tag Archives: 'nine-eleven'

• Reflections On Bush

  I miss George W. Bush. To be completely honest, I have a lot less to write/blog about since he’s left… Oh, I love Obama’s idea on [fill in the blank]. It is such a terrific idea. He is the greatest president ever. I am so proud to be an American right now. It just doesn’t [...]

• Cheney’s Trauma

  Also while I was away, Dick Clarke penned an op-ed, criticizing the excuses being laid down (loudly and all too often) by Dick Cheney… Yes, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice may have been surprised by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 — but it was because they had not listened. And their surprise led them [...]

• Fallibility

  Culpability of the horrific events of nine-eleven squarely land at the feet of Osama bin Laden and his al Qaeda terrorist network. However, fallibility in the U.S. government to prevent the events, according to Richard Clarke, is as follows: – Condoleeza Rice, then National Security Advisor, for failing to understand the urgency to deal with [...]

• JFK

  The forty-fifth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy came-and-went this weekend. I think that CBS should re-live those dramatic events, similar to how the cable networks have been paying tribute on anniversaries of nine-eleven, re-airing the events as if they were live. The aftermath of the JFK murder cemented television as a medium, [...]

• Currently Reading

  Now do not get me wrong. I believe the vice-president when he said Richard Clarke “wasn’t in the loop” on terrorism issues. I mean, Dick Cheney is a pretty reliable source. But still, I’d like to hear what Clarke has to say in his destined-for-textbook-status Against All Enemies… Image: Amazon.com And so far — through [...]

• Ground Zero

  From this past weekend’s Family Guy… There is — of course — a little more history to it.

• Currently Reading

  This is a catch-up post. I finished my previous book on my flight to New Orleans (over a month ago). Advice for later: always bring a backup book. The third version of Thomas Friedman’s tome made me realize how flat the world is, and it did re-affirm my beliefs in free markets and capitalism, although [...]

• Seven

  A unique perspective before this day ends… It is ironic — or isn’t it? — that the three thousand Americans that died on this day seven years ago brought this country closer together, and the more than four thousand American soldiers that have died in this day’s name (potentially in vain) in Iraq have brought [...]

• Nine Months

  For nine months, the administration did nothing. Bush and Cheney refused to accept Bill Clinton’s advice that Islamic fundamentalist terrorists were the gravest threat to the United States. They refused to meet with Richard Clarke. They refused to accept reality. (1) Did George W. Bush cause the events of nine-eleven? No. (2) Was George W. [...]

• The Bush EPA continues to disappoint

  The EPA is not supposed to cover up for the President, and hide realities, dangers, or environmental atrocities they know to exist. This is what has happened though since Mr. Bush has taken his oath of office. Bush appointed a horrible administrator in Whitman, who had a horrific environmental record as Governor of New Jersey. [...]