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Well, looks like the mid-term elections are almost upon us. According to the news reports the Republicans are sitting pretty this time around. That’s a little surprising to me because, you know, the last time around they pretty much flushed the country down the proverbial toilet. Now this wasn’t the result of some bizarre confluence of unforeseen events the likes of which we may never see again. No, this was just the entirely predictable result of the Republicans implementing a few of the basic elements of their long-standing agenda. And what would those be?
Well, first we have projecting US military power to the far regions of the world in a quixotic quest to sort out various dysfunctional third-world basket cases for reasons both noble and ... well ... let’s just say maybe not quite so noble. A laudable idea in certain respects but also unfortunately rather violent, expensive, difficult, frustrating, and slow. ... Sorry but only selected archived (previous year) posts are currently available full text on this website. All posts including this one are available in my annual anthology ebook series available at the Amazon Kindle Bookstore for a nominal fee. Hey, we all need to make a buck somehow, right? If you find my timeless jewels of wisdom amusing or perhaps even amusingly irritating throw me a bone now and then. Thank you my friends!
