How Obama Agonized Over Afghanistan

There is a really good article in the Times today about the months leading up to Obama's decision on Afghanistan. What I take from it is one thing. I am so happy that we have a commander an chief who actually takes his job seriously.

You must read it to understand but Obama didn't go with his "guts" or shoot from the hip about the Afghanistan decision. His decision came from a person who takes his job very seriously. It is such a relief to have a pensive person in control of our military.

Unemployment Drops to 10.0%

Good news for Obama. This is the only news he needs to worry about. The country only lost 11,000 instead of the 135000 jobs analysts had predicted.

GOP Senators Mad That They Voted For Rape

It seems that the GOP is going after Al Franken because he wrote a bill that would have stopped federal funds from going to companies that prevent employees from suing their employers for work related sexual crimes.

Backstory: "In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her co-workers while she was working for Halliburton/KBR in Baghdad. She was detained in a shipping container for at least 24 hours without food, water, or a bed, and 'warned her that if she left Iraq for medical treatment, she'd be out of a job.'"

A no brainer type of amendment. Well, not for the GOP. Several repubs voted against it. It spawned many stories and videos about how the GOP was for rape. The GOP senators then get angry at Al Franken for introducing such a "partisan" amendment.

At the end of the day, these morons voted for against a good bill. They deserve everything they get.

Someone Needs To Muzzle the Old Mule

After royally screwing up Afghanistan, Cheney has the audacity to call Obama "weak" for actually deliberating about what to do about the Afghan war.

The second problem is that Politico gave him such a large unfettered article without really questioning the man's assertions.

From Politico:

“Every time he delays, defers, debates, changes his position, it begins to raise questions: Is the commander in chief really behind what they’ve been asked to do?”

I don't mind this curmudgeon being the GOP spokesman, but what I really fear is that he says all these things in the hope we get hit again so he can run to the camera saying "I told you so."

If there is anyone who needs to be sent to the knackering yards, its this guy.