President Barack Obama is in Canada for the G20 meeting. The focus: the ailing global economy. ABC News has the details: … [Read more...] about Obama at G20 Meeting: World Economy Is Focus
Latest Immigration Comment From Arizona Politico Beneath Contempt
This site doesn't formally take a stand as a site since it has so many diverse voices that comprise the Moderate Voice. But on this one there is likely consensus. Illegal immigration is a serious issue that has bedeviled the United States for years (one of my reporting jobs while working on the San Diego Union during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan was to write on … [Read more...] about Latest Immigration Comment From Arizona Politico Beneath Contempt
Imploding
One of my favorite science fiction writers and one of my favorite pundits is John Scalzi. He nailed it when he wrote this in response to Joe Barton's foolish outburst the other day. There are many ways to distinguish between the two major political parties in the United States, but one of the more obvious ways is in how they choose to implode. Democrats, for example, tend … [Read more...] about Imploding
South Koreans Should ‘Rise Up’ and End U.S. Alliance: Korean Central News Agency, North Korea
Today is the 60th anniversary of the Korean War, which was triggered, as all American and South Korean schoolchildren are taught, by a North Korean invasion. In one of a number of articles from throughout Asia that Worldmeets.US has posted on the subject today, this item from North Korea's Korea Central News Agency asserts that it was the North that was attacked. According to … [Read more...] about South Koreans Should ‘Rise Up’ and End U.S. Alliance: Korean Central News Agency, North Korea
Hard Luck for Algeria; Success for ‘Children of Uncle Sam’: El Watan, Algeria
Reading this article from yesterday's El Watan of Algeria, one gets the impression that there is precious little more important to people in that nation than football aka/soccer. Licking the wounds of Algeria's defeat but paying some respect to the Americans who won, columnist Omar Kharoum writes for El Watan in part: In the end, the Greens were eliminated from the … [Read more...] about Hard Luck for Algeria; Success for ‘Children of Uncle Sam’: El Watan, Algeria
Dave Weigel and the Deceptiveness of Internet Intimacy
Earlier today, the Washington Post "accepted" Dave Weigel's letter of resignation -- in the slimy corporate parlance -- from the paper, where he wrote a column about conservatives called "Right Now." His resignation followed on the heels of an uproar over anti-conservative comments Weigel posted at Journolist -- a private, by invitation only list for liberal journalists -- … [Read more...] about Dave Weigel and the Deceptiveness of Internet Intimacy
Storms Approach Gulf, Capping Would Stop, Cleanup Worsen
Relief well drilling, capping and cleanup crews will be forced to evacuate in as early as three days if the first tropical storms of the hurricane season find a path to the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center by mid-Friday placed a 70% chance one of the storms with winds in excess of 100mph will whip through the area where an oil well blowout of volcanic … [Read more...] about Storms Approach Gulf, Capping Would Stop, Cleanup Worsen
General McChrystal’s Parting Shot
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Exposure, Indecent and Otherwise
Two incidents of stripping public figures bare bracket the question of "the public's right to know" in an era of redefining journalism--the downfall of Gen. McChrystal and an inconvenient possible truth about Al Gore as a Clintonesque groper. David Brooks asserts the General was done in by a cultural change that has elevated "private kvetching" by public officials to the … [Read more...] about Exposure, Indecent and Otherwise
Book Review: ‘The Gamble’: How One Man Saved The American Mission In Iraq
There's a book that is now more relevant than ever and Shaun Mullen is republishing a thought-and-debate provoking review of it. Here is his intro: Now that President Obama has sent General Stanley McChrystal packing, all eyes are on General David Petraeus, who will be expected to work the same magic in Afghanistan that he did as the architect of the Surge strategy in … [Read more...] about Book Review: ‘The Gamble’: How One Man Saved The American Mission In Iraq
General Contempt
Opening Salvos In Cal Gov Race: Non-Voter vs. Chameleon
In the campaign to be elected California governor -- a job no one in their right mind would want -- the opening salvos between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown perfectly frame the candidates' Achilles heels. The Republican Whitman paints Brown as a chameleon in a television ad released Friday. In a montage of old news video clips, one shows a 1992 debate where Bill Clinton says … [Read more...] about Opening Salvos In Cal Gov Race: Non-Voter vs. Chameleon
Australia’s Labor Party Dumps Kevin Rudd for Julia Gillard: Australia’s First PM
Australia's ruling Labor Party has dumped Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister and replaced hiim with Julia Gillard -- Australia's first woman Prime Minister: Julia Gillard has been sworn in as Australia's first female prime minister after a surprise leadership vote in the ruling Labor Party ousted Kevin Rudd. Mr Rudd chose not to take part in the ballot knowing he would suffer … [Read more...] about Australia’s Labor Party Dumps Kevin Rudd for Julia Gillard: Australia’s First PM
Will Sarah Palin Play in Peoria?
If you listen to some in the media, Sarah Palin has become a kingmaker in the GOP. And she has become a kingmaker, in the GOP. Outside the GOP? Well, that's another story. I tend to think that the true test of Palin's power will come in November. If I were a betting man, I would say that we will see that Palin is not all that and a bag of chips in the real world. Greg … [Read more...] about Will Sarah Palin Play in Peoria?
Obama’s risky gamble in firing McChrystal
In the rough and tumble worlds of Afghanistan and Pakistan, General Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal looks more like the act of a President floundering in a labyrinth than of a statesman steering a brutal war with sure hands. President Barack Obama may have to pay a heavy price for buttressing the impression among battle-hardened nationalist, insurgents and terrorists that … [Read more...] about Obama’s risky gamble in firing McChrystal
Obama’s Katrina?
It keeps the talking heads talking. But are they missing something? … [Read more...] about Obama’s Katrina?
Who Will Replace Petraeus at CENTCOM—If Anyone? (UPDATED)
Amid the din and excitement surrounding the resignation of General McChrystal and the nomination of General Petraeus to replace him, I haven’t heard or read much speculation by the experts or the pundits on who will replace Petraeus at Central Command—CENTCOM. There are some exceptions. One newspaper, The Stars and Stripes, addresses the issue in an interesting … [Read more...] about Who Will Replace Petraeus at CENTCOM—If Anyone? (UPDATED)
The Best Opinion Is None At All
Rand Paul got into trouble early on when he let his positions be known. Well it would appear that he learned his lesson and/or got some new advisers because it appears that now he has no opinions at all. On McCrystal:RN: Do you agree with the president's decision to accept Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation? PAUL: Ultimately it is the prerogative of the … [Read more...] about The Best Opinion Is None At All
“He Said, She Said” Journalism and Climate Change
The deadline pressure felt by daily newspapers and TV's evening news is probably a contributing factor to what I call "he said, she said"* journalism. Another pressure, of course, is that of "objectivity." The former often results in superficial reporting. The later, in my opinion, in a false sense of controversy. No where is this phenomena more evident than in how U.S. … [Read more...] about “He Said, She Said” Journalism and Climate Change
Extra! Extra! Free Condoms For First Graders
Provincetown, Mass., school district now allows free condoms given to first graders upon request. This is serving a softball right up Bill O'Reilly's alley. Film at the click of your finger. … [Read more...] about Extra! Extra! Free Condoms For First Graders