Steve Nash on Sean Penn, Hugo Chavez and the MSM

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Saturday March 28, 2009 · 1:52 PM PDT

2009/03/28 · 13:52

Steve Nash, the oh so popular Canadian basketball stud of the Phoenix Suns and well known anti-war "activist" and Obama supporter recently dipped his toes in the political waters once again.

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Tuesday October 14, 2008 · 5:00 PM PDT

2008/10/14 · 17:00

Here's a great warning showing how the presidency ages the men that have held the post. We see Bill Clinton go from a spry young man to a face carrying too many bags to check on to an airplane.

GWB goes from a youthful looking fool and aged beaten down...fool.

Then we see a prediction of how a few years in the job might age John McCain. Scary stuff!

Impact of Early Voting

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 11:48 AM PST

2008/01/14 · 11:48

I am in Arizona and received my mail-in ballot today for the Feb 5th primary. It occured to me that I haven't heard anything about the impact of early voting on the primaries.

I seem to recall that somewhere between 5% and 95% of people used mail-in ballots in the last election (variance depending on which pollster you listen to).

What does this all mean?
How many people in NH voted BEFORE Iowa caucused or Hillary emoted?
What impact does early voting have on big MO?
How can I vote now if Chris Matthews hasn't told me who is going to win based on the South Carolina results that haven't happened yet?

Zell Miller for President - as an R

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Friday August 04, 2006 · 11:48 AM PDT

2006/08/04 · 11:48

Over the years I have maintained and email relationship w/ my old business attorney. He's a hard-corp conservative who hates McCain, thinks Bush is a traitor for not closing the border and hasn't met a tax cut he doesn't like.

I recently asked him a question about the 08 GOP field with an assumption that he would be leaning towards Newt. He's response was very telling... Read More

Bush's withdrawal speech

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Wednesday November 30, 2005 · 9:41 AM PST

2005/11/30 · 09:41

Reading the posted comments and diaries, I guess I am the only one seeing this differently. What I heard Bush say was blah blah blah "our troops will come home when the Iraqi forces stand up" blah blah blah "the Iraqi troops are standing up". Read More

Stopping the Iraqi Wildfire

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Tuesday November 08, 2005 · 6:48 PM PST

2005/11/08 · 18:48

Here in Arizona we deal ever year with wildfires. Just like insurgencies, wildfires need three things to grow - spark, air and fuel. Much has been written about Bush's mismanagement of post invasion Iraq and the disastrous decisions which provided the spark and fed those early flames like a strong wind. Having failed to stomp out the fire, or even acknowledge the smoke in those initial months, we are left to find a way to control the continued burning. Read More

Make Babies Not Social Security Benefits Cuts

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Wednesday March 02, 2005 · 3:38 PM PST

2005/03/02 · 15:38

We all know by now that the problems with social security's finances come from the demographic shift and the aging baby boomers. We have heard about how this will leave fewer workers supporting more retirees. What I don't understand is why no one is talking about the other obvious problems and potential solutions with the issue.

If the number of working age people as a percentage of the total population is allowed to shrink to the levels projected there are going to be many more problems than funding social security. There won't be enough working age people to deliver meals on wheels, work in the hospitals, and still run the economic engine of America.

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Tuesday February 01, 2005 · 7:31 AM PST

2005/02/01 · 07:31

In the hours and days following the Iraqi elections the Fox News watching, Hummer driving, support the troops claiming, arm chair warriors who blindly support Bush's every twist and turn have displayed their usually smugness. At the same time the anti-war left has had an almost mirror image reaction.

Instead of claiming victory for forcing Bush to hold elections in the first place - which was the call from the left way back in long gone 2003 - they have reflexively spouted every excuse in the book so they could be on the other side of anything Bush is taking credit for.

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Sunday December 05, 2004 · 11:22 AM PST

2004/12/05 · 11:22

CW says that if Bush pulls U.S. forces out early (by early I mean down to 30 - 50,000 troops by summer) chaos and civil war will ensue. I doubt that.

There are three centers of gravity in Iraq who have all played the post Saddam world in different ways. Both the Kurds and the Shi'a have patiently maintained (and increased) their large capable military forces while the Sunni insurgency has been smashing itself against the power of the U.S. military for some time. For more detail analysis on the Iraqi power centers read: Link

The irony is that the only thing protecting the Sunni people right now are those same U.S. forces. How long do you think Bush will play protector to the same people that are attacking us? Remove that force and instead of the power vacuum CW predicts, you have two powerful elements strategically aligned against the third. Here's what happens next...

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Friday December 03, 2004 · 6:48 AM PST

2004/12/03 · 06:48

In an obvious post November 2nd move, the pentagon just announced the increase of U.S. troop levels in Iraq to 150,000. The stated purpose of these additional 12,000 troops is to help secure the country in order to hold elections on January 30th. But as with every other major issue in the Iraq war, the administration has failed to answer any questions regarding its long-term plans. Conventional Wisdom (or CW as the insiders who create and promulgate it like to say) is that the real plan includes active and large U.S. troop presence in Iraq for anywhere from 3 to 10 years. I don't know what set of facts CW is looking at, but from where I am sitting there is only one clear outcome of the latest Bush moves - rapid withdrawal (within 6 to 12 months). Read More

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Steve Nash on Sean Penn, Hugo Chavez and the MSM

Aging of the Presidency

Impact of Early Voting

Zell Miller for President - as an R

Bush's withdrawal speech

Stopping the Iraqi Wildfire

Make Babies Not Social Security Benefits Cuts

Iraqi Election - A Victory for Bush Opponents

Post Election Iraq without U.S. troops

More U.S. Troops + January Elections = Bush withdrawal from Iraq