Comments on: Franken-Coleman Evening Update: Mark Ritchie is Wise

By: lokywoky

lokywoky — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:52:41 +0000

Isn’t that one of the ‘across the aisle’ pieces of legislation Obama helped to get passed (or an update of it) with Lugar right after he got elected to the Senate? I know it was something to do with loose nukes in Russia and other places. (I’m being lazy tonight…thanks)

By: ratfood

ratfood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:35:30 +0000

I think Bush’s eroding poll numbers suggest that relying entirely on spin yields diminishing returns. Obama will have to produce something people perceive as being of tangible benefit to get reelected… UNLESS the Republicans run a completely feeble candidate in ‘12, like the Dems did in ‘04.

By: selise

selise — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:31:00 +0000

new thread: Treasury: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Rules

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:28:59 +0000

If they react to disasters that already occurred, instead of making them worse like W.

I figured out why they only take precautions against whatever had already happened (which is exactly what any decent terrorist would not do again). It is because as bureaucrats or pols, they’d get fired (well, sometimes) if the same disaster happened again, but for a new one, well, who coulda thunk. Job saved.

As my parentheticals indicate, though, W proved you could save your job by doing everything wrong at every turn. Obama’s smart enough to have learned that lesson.

By: ratfood

ratfood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:26:27 +0000

He’s slowed down a lot but he’s still pretty cool.

By: ratfood

ratfood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:25:30 +0000

It’s probably giving them too much credit to suggest there is a thought process behind their madness. Securing loose nukes would be proactive, our government only reacts to disasters that have already occurred.

By: SouthernDragon

SouthernDragon — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:22:34 +0000

When I was with NucWeaps in San Diego our office became the fair haired boys with the brass in the NucWeaps section at CNO. We flew up to DC regularly for conferences. ADM Zumwalt was in the habit of attending, sideburns an’ all. Loved gettin’ those Z-Grams. From god’s print shop to our hands.

By: Petrocelli

Petrocelli — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:34 +0000

Musta had something to do with calling all the ladies Delilah !

By: ratfood

ratfood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:26 +0000

I’m sure PW has a better answer but by feeling is that we’ll have a certified result within 7-10 days and lawsuits filed within minutes afterwards.

By: eCAHNomics

eCAHNomics — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:20:23 +0000

Putting on tinfoil hat to say that it makes you think that the U.S. [who, W, MIC, insert your favorite militarist here] wants loose nukes to have an enemy out there.