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Archive for December, 2009

Posted by BlueStateMan On Dec - 3 - 2009 73 COMMENTS

What is our ALTERNATIVE? We can’t just charter a bunch of jets & “leave”… & even if it was physically possible, it would be irresponsi­­­­­ble… as history has taught us. I’m not happy about this.. & I GUARANTEE you that President Obama isn’t, either… you could see it in his [...]

Categories: Featured
Posted by zizyphus On Dec - 2 - 2009 101 COMMENTS

I closed my account at Huffington Post today. I grew disenchanted with the senseless censoring of viewpoints, as well as the editorial turn toward being another National Enquirer. I am starting to think Ms.H is just using this as a political platform for some future campaign somewhere. I have enjoyed [...]

Categories: Speakers' Corner
Posted by Khirad On Dec - 2 - 2009 36 COMMENTS

Since the 13 Aban demonstrations nearly a month ago, the international nuclear debate has been ratcheted up, and the domestic scene of the Islamic Republic of Iran keeps lurching further into the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ blood-soaked hands. From Maziar Bahari’s article, written after his experiences of being arrested and [...]

Posted by AdLib On Dec - 2 - 2009 54 COMMENTS

Today the Dow hit a post-crash high, 10510.65. THE RECESSION IS OVER! So get up out of that tent, out from under that overpass and toss that “Will Work For Food” cardboard sign down and howl up at the sky, “I’m glad as hell and I’m going to keep taking [...]

Categories: The Economy, The Media
Posted by KQµårk 死神 On Dec - 2 - 2009 55 COMMENTS

Another new feature we are going to do a few times a week is picking out several news stories a few times a week so Planetarians can comment on them.  The stories will be taken from a broad spectrum of news from Politics to Science to help keep you informed [...]

Categories: News & Politics
Posted by AdLib On Dec - 1 - 2009 326 COMMENTS

The numbers appear to be leaked by The White House, 30,000 more troops for Afghanistan. Some of the buzz from the MSM is that Pres. Obama will present this as a part of a plan for winning in Afghanistan and that we should be out by the end of his [...]

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