Category Archives: Politics

Macaca Mania!!!

Posted on September 19, 2006 by Mash

    Step right up and answer the very first poll question on this blog! Question: Which is worse? Being a racist? Being a moron? Being a racist moron? George "Macaca" Allen and James Webb went boot-to-boot yesterday on Meet … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 7 Comments

Clash Of Civilizations

Posted on September 17, 2006 by Mash

Last Thursday the Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci died after a long battle with breast cancer. After a long and successful career, her writings turned toward harsh criticism of Islam after the September 11, 2001 attacks. She has famously stated that … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Philosophy, Politics | 22 Comments

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Mash

Tonight, marking five years since the attacks of September 11, 2001 President George W Bush declared: "Today we are safer, but we are not yet safe." Aiming for the rafters with his rhetoric, Mr. Bush continued: Since the horror of … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Politics, Terrorism | 8 Comments

Moral Confusion

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Mash

"Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels." – Albert Einstein In Salt Lake City yesterday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld warned against moral … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Politics, Terrorism | 12 Comments

Blaming The Iraqis

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Mash

    The "central front" on the War on Terror (more commonly known as the fiasco in Iraq) has been going badly. So, Mr. Bush claimed this week to have opened another front in the War on Terror: Lebanon. Rumor … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign Policy, Iraq, Politics | 5 Comments