Was wondering same . Didn't find anything . I took disconnect as a sign to get some sleep , so didn't get a chance to ask him . Here's the site, if you ever get the itch to beat your head against the wall . ;D I inadvertently clicked it , so as I was already there had to put in my 2c.

http://blogsforvictory.com/

I read it online sometimes . Seems better than most . Have a comment section after each story , so wingnut/moonbat conversation is possible. ( We here are the "moonbats" , in case you missed it . ;D)

Great post and philosophy. Unlike you, what most of these thugs refuse to do is continually examine themselves and their beliefs to grow personally and learn how to exist in a community with diverse interests and beliefs. Instead of molding themselves to the world that exists, they want to mold the world to exist for them.

KathyK asks: Apropos of nothing really, is Mark Noonan related to Peggy Noonan? Anyone know?"

Well, ol' Peg was born in 1950, Markie checked in in 1964. Hmmm. The math doesn't add up, or does it?

flock together.

Denning writes: "Then I noticed something else: McClatchy family members, who bought Knight-Ridder newspapers in 2006, are one of the biggest, If not the only, supporters of this department at Fresno State; a University department that has put out TWO- not ONE, but TWO demagogues pushing for civilization wars. What gives?"

You ask why these wingnuts hand out together??? As the old saying goes, to be successful in retail, you gotta remember three things: location, location, location.

FRESNO -- "Free Republic (FR), which identifies itself as "an online gathering place for independent, grass-roots conservatism on the web," is a "non-commercial, limited liability company founded and operated by Jim Robinson, a private citizen of Fresno California."

You know, Fresno. If gawd was going to give California an enema, she'd insert the tube in Fresno . . .

In Civilization Wars, all is fair and justified -- torture, lawbreaking, domestic spying, limitless government power, because the imperative of their crusade outweighs all.

... not to mention, "we'll pay any price ... by borrowing up to our eyelids and mortgaging our children's future for decades if not centuries...."

Just as the proud Star-Trek warriors (like Cap'n Kir... -- umm, "Ed") are willing to spend other people's lives, they are similarly cavalier with other people's money. But their own? "Mine ... mine ... mine..." -- Finding Nemo

Cheers,

You have a point Glenn. I'm sure the only thing that would make Bush enjoy this war more was if he could somehow relay commands to the troops via Playstation (teamspeak!).

I am surrounded by fools who think they can save the planet by forcing others to do their will.

bucky1

Yo, bucky1. Have you considered the proposition that you live in an isotropic universe?

Kasimira = destroyer of peace
Kasamira = defender of peace
odd, isn't it?

I was thinking about LBJ and the war, too, recently, when there was another discussion here (that, thankfully, did not involve me)... and I spent some time surfing, and found something in wiki that I thought might be a clue as to "why" he would keep escalating... as if it could change things.

I just went back to copy that section and paste it in here, but first re-read something about his own experiences during WWII, when he reported directly to Roosevelt about conditions on the ground, and how lacking the troops were in the equipment they required, etc., etc. That experience (recounted under War Record) is probably relevant, too.

But, the part I went back to copy was this:

Senate Democratic leader

In January 1953, he was chosen by his fellow Democrats to be the minority leader. Thus, he became the least senior Senator ever elected to this position, and one of the least senior party leaders in the history of the Senate. One of his first actions was to eliminate the seniority system in appointment to a committee, while retaining it in terms of chairmanships. In 1954, Johnson was re-elected to the Senate, and since the Democrats won the majority in the Senate, Johnson became majority leader. LBJ's duties were to schedule legislation and help pass measures favored by the Democrats. He, Rayburn and President Dwight D. Eisenhower worked smoothly together in passing Eisenhower's domestic and foreign agenda. As Majority Leader, Johnson was responsible for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first civil rights legislation passed by the Senate since Reconstruction.

Historians Caro and Dallek consider Lyndon Johnson the most effective Senate majority leader in history. He was unusually proficient at gathering information. One biographer suggests he was "the greatest intelligence gatherer Washington has ever known", discovering exactly where every Senator stood, his philosophy and prejudices, his strengths and weaknesses, and what it took to win him over.[11] Central to Johnson's control was "The Treatment",[12] described by two journalists:[13]

The Treatment could last ten minutes or four hours. It came, enveloping its target, at the LBJ Ranch swimming pool, in one of LBJ's offices, in the Senate cloakroom, on the floor of the Senate itself — wherever Johnson might find a fellow Senator within his reach.

Its tone could be supplication, accusation, cajolery, exuberance, scorn, tears, complaint and the hint of threat. It was all of these together. It ran the gamut of human emotions. Its velocity was breathtaking, and it was all in one direction. Interjections from the target were rare. Johnson anticipated them before they could be spoken. He moved in close, his face a scant millimeter from his target, his eyes widening and narrowing, his eyebrows rising and falling. From his pockets poured clippings, memos, statistics. Mimicry, humor, and the genius of analogy made The Treatment an almost hypnotic experience and rendered the target stunned and helpless.

One could make a case for saying that Johnson was possibly trying to use that same "treatment" but on a much larger scale, given his greater access and power as president. Combine that with his own war experience, and Dirigo's point about his being out of the loop on much that had already happened, and you can see how it all happened with the best of intentions. Just all gone wrong. It's bad enough to extrapolate on your own experience in a situation that does not merit it, but then not to have enough information (or perhaps plain insight) to make that distinction really is tragic.

In those areas where he could use his political capital more effectively (i.e., appropriately?), he was much more successful.

You're both better read in history than I am... what do you think about my "theory?"