October 2007 Archives
A question appeared on Helium the other day: "Is Iran's nuclear threat of any concern to us?" I wrote a little essay in response that I'll expand on here.
I don't think this is a great question because the answer is obviously -- yes, of course it is a concern. But that is not what's being debated.
What's being debated is whether or not a nuclear Iran is an imminent crisis, and the answer to that question is decidedly -- NO!
Why? If you haven't gotten a chance to watch or rent Ken Burn's The War, do so now:
An interesting MSNBC.com article about why Giuliani is the front runner, and why he might be the GOP's best choice -- quoting thus:
It was a depressed and devastated place: a city shoulder-to-shoulder with welfare recipients, free-spending city officials and greedy lawyers. New York was, in the telling of Rudolph W. Giuliani , a haven of high taxes and high crime, crumbling buildings and filthy streets. It was governed by liberals and dominated by Democratic voters who did not agree with the ideas of Mr. Giuliani but who nonetheless twice elected him mayor.
The article continues with a pointed reference to the failed liberal Democratic Party fiscal policies of the '60's, '70's, & '80's:
I ran across this the other day in my mailbox . . .
What comes before success?
Feeling awkward, dumb, and uncomfortable . . . kind of like when one first learns to walk . . .
Trading a paperclip for a . . . house?
Kyle calls this a "trade-up," and he's written a book about his experience: One Red Paperclip: Or How an Ordinary Man Achieved His Dream with the Help of a Simple Office Supply.
