Monthly Archives: September 2005

Just heard Monica Crowley of MSNBC tell Don Imus (the semi-crazed seer of morning media) that  Zarqawi is the leader of the terrorist insurgency in Iraq. TALKING POINT!!  "The insurgencies are altogether made up of Jihadis.  Zarqawi is their leader." … Continue reading →

"Okay, men, it’s time to buck up and show our mettle," said a U.S. Special Forces soldier, acting as platoon commander, who allowed reporters to accompany the patrol on the condition that he not be named. "We can’t let this … Continue reading →

"Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, told Reuters the investigation into the raid would focus on whether the two British men were in fact handed over to the militia group and whether they were found in an annex to the … Continue reading →

"Sept. 20 — President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday questioned the need for further international military operations within Afghanistan, while the top U.S. military commander here predicted more fighting in the weeks ahead as Taliban guerrillas continue to mount attacks and … Continue reading →

Interesting stuff on CNN this morning. Miles O’Brien had a good time beating up the mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin.  The diatribe featured lots of hostile accusation of "turf defense,"  poor planning, vacillation, etc.  Nagin tried to tell O’Brien … Continue reading →

In reaction to my post yesterday on Federalism and "Reconstruction,"  Bad Tux wrote this thoughtful response.  Since he IS a Pelican, I thought to post it here.  Pat Lang "My fear, as a Louisianian, is that this refusal to become … Continue reading →

Mayor Nagin has pulled in his horns for the time being and postponed his planned re-opening of parts of the city of New Orleans until it is clear if Rita is going to swamp the place again.  smart move. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

I had the chance to speak on this NPR program yesterday.  Here is the link with which to listen. Pat Lang http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4852937

People need to read this article.  I have been around the national media enough in the last few years to recognize the essential truth of much of what this man has to say. I found the quality of reporting in … Continue reading →

The news coming from US Headquarters in Baghdad has been interesting but not very inspirational. There is a major (for Iraq) operation ongoing in the Tel Afar area of far north western Iraq in which the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment … Continue reading →