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Foreign Affairs & the Space Program

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Obama's Foreign Affairs It must be reassuring to both our enemies and Americans that if they attack us or our allies with biological or chemical weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the Obama administration will not use nukes (our only viable WMD) against them. We wouldn't want to keep them guessing, or anything, after all. Obama's Space Program And just when I was hoping we could send Pelosi, Reid & Biden to the moon!

Climate Gate, an Uncertain Trumpet & Corn-Husker Kickbacks

Climate Gate Occasionally Jon Stewart throws conservatives a bone: “Poor old Al Gore... global warming was just debunked by the same internet he invented.” Sounds like my family’s East Anglian emigrants left behind some real rif-raf who conjured up “Climate Gate.” On the same subject, I understand Copenhagen was providently hit by a serious snowstorm & cold in the midst of the global warming (or “climate change”) conference. And Pres. Obama just can’t get enough “No’s” there, can he (after the Olympics pitch)? Can’t be one of his favorite places – he always comes away empty-handed. Echos of Bush However, maybe there’s a glimmer of hope for his teachability. At the Nobel ceremony, he apparently got true religion – there really IS evil in the world, and some you CAN’T negotiate with but must confront to have peace. Amazing when reality and responsibility finally hit you! He almost sounded like Bush, and it was funny to see the dumbfounded looks on the faces of Europeans there ...
Obama’s second 100 days have gone by since my last post – I’ve been dying to post but pre-occupied with higher priority projects and deadlines. I’m working from a few rushed notes and memory, and hardly know where to begin. The Emperor’s Clothes There actually does seem to be some evidence of Obama’s divinity – he has seemed almost omnipresent lately. Except at Fox News. But the true Christ went even to preach to the spirits in prison, so it would appear that Obama is not the Messiah, after all. And many believed greatly in Obama’s almost divine powers of speech and persuasion. Until those powers were proven lacking against the Olympic selection committee (even with the similarly divine Oprah), and Ahmedinejad, and the blue dog Democrats, and American opinion polls and townhalls, and..... But perhaps there’s another explanation – perhaps all of those are Philistines, Scribes and Pharisees who just can’t appreciate true personal greatness when they see it – such seemed to be the ex...