Monday Musings: November 30, 2009

Are you waiting as breathlessly as I am to hear what Obama has to say on Tuesday, when he lets us in on the bold new plan to win the hearts and minds of the people of Afghanistan? The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is certainly all ears, having released a report outlining how the thing was irretrievably lost while that pack of jackasses (AKA the Bush administration) let it go to the back burner while they played oil games in Iraq.

Our adventure in Afghanistan is doomed. There are few real experts on the region that haven’t declared it so. But, I fear, the generals have Obama’s ear and the voices of reason are being drowned out.

It’s now costing us $1 million dollars per soldier to fight that war over there. And, we can’t afford to reform the broken health care insurance system.

My ass.

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Reid-Baucus bills scores for the working person

If you read this blog much, you know that I had to have a martini in hand to have added Max (damn the torpedos, lame healthcare bill ahead) Baucus to that headline, but it is what it is. Good for working folks.

Remember this when the Sue Lowden’s try to convince you that Harry Reid isn’t delivering to Nevada.

Here are the details:

Washington, D.C. – Led by Nevada Senator Harry Reid, the U.S. Senate today passed a bill that will extend unemployment benefits, the Homebuyer Tax Credit, and tax relief for struggling businesses.

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