tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-252708282012-02-16T12:08:19.856-06:00charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-28938533526341980012012-02-14T16:16:00.000-06:002012-02-14T16:16:20.194-06:00

Greetings good people. By now many of you may have run across this item. I first saw it on the Think Progress web site yesterday. Here is the link; http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/13/424239/fox-women-military-expect-rape/ Just what planet does Ms. Liz Trotta live on? Earth? Really? And in the country of the United States of America? Seriously? And she "IS" referring to the US military?

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-79215211013473822152012-01-23T18:25:00.000-06:002012-01-23T18:25:41.043-06:00

I don't know if any of you good people have read about these two "incidents" on the web. They did not make much of an impression on the "media" here in the US. The second, which I'll get to in a moment, did not make it to the TV news at all. I am referring to two recent items where in Gobomber was verbally threatened. The first was made by the speaker of the House of Representatives in Kansas, a

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Today I am now 200% certain that the Afghanistan is done. It is over, finished, send the troops home, or maybe for some, off to jail.  By now I am sure many of you, if not all of you, have at least seen the headline about some US Marines urinating on the dead bodies of some poor Afghans.  This sort of "conduct" is beyond disgusting. It is a huge propaganda win for the Taliban and every other

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Yes, back again. Man, when I get all wound up, I don't seem to stop. Well, the Energizer Bunny has no worries, I won't keep this up much longer. I'll run out of steam soon enough. Until then, here are some other things I found out and about on the old net. A big hat tip to a good friend and frequent commenter at the corner. Thanks John.  From the latest that he posted at his site; http://

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-54634079891668376882012-01-05T21:33:00.000-06:002012-01-05T21:33:17.428-06:00

Well, the first "test" of the 2012 election year is now history. The Iowa caucus is over. As of this morning, 3 January, 2012, it looks like Mittens came out on top with the nutty Santorum a very close second. From the early reports, Mittens won by eight, yes 8, votes. Talk about your close calls. Ron PAul came in third. The "surprise" is Newt. From what I can gather, old Newt finished a rather

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Back again. I have added another link on the old corner. It is one I should have added long ago, but I'm old, disabled, and lazy. Some days, all at the same time. The old part is more or less constant. Can't seem to escape that, but none of us seem to do it. The disabled part is a constant that I'd be happy to be rid of. If only it were a tradable commodity. The lazy is the part that comes and

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Greetings good people.  I hope that the New Year is a better one than last year for all of us. Yes, we will be hearing way more than we ever care to hear on the Mayan "apocalypse" and the end of the world coming to a location near you on December 21/22  of 2012. Oh joy. Well, fear not my friends, according to some really smart folks, scientists even, the "galactic alignment" that will be a major

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How to start this post. I wanted to start with something that would catch your attention, a "hook" if you will. Unfortunately I don'e seem to be able to do that. No "witty" phrase of such comes to mind. I am just deeply sickened that the USA has dropped to such lows that it is almost unbelievable. Most unfortunately, it IS believable. The Senate has passed the vile, disgusting piece of

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People, we are entering very dangerous times. A bill now in the US Senate would allow the president to send anybody, including American citizens to Gitmo to be held indefinitely without any recourse to legal representation. In short, the president could send anybody he thinks is a security threat to the US to be held as long as he wants to hold them with no lawyers allowed to represent him/her.

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-88313226135995554392011-11-22T14:54:00.000-06:002011-11-22T14:54:20.498-06:00

In Amerikkka, books are very dangerous things. Why do I say this? Consider that when the New York police raided the OWS folks at Zuccotti Park last week they threw ALL the books from the temporary library into a dumpster. Most of the books were damaged beyond repair. Why did the police toss those books into the trash bins? Well, to me it is obvious. Books are dangerous. Books contain ideas. Ideas

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-61519092750056817702011-10-21T18:34:00.000-05:002011-10-21T18:34:00.724-05:00

Today I saw a TV ad for what to me is the lowest of lows. I had not seen this before. Somehow my TV viewing habits may have allowed me to skip this until now. I have no idea how long this ad has been running on the tube. According to the web page for this "product" they advertise on A&E, The Military Channel, The History Channel, CMT, CNBC, MTB, VH1, and Spike. OK, you say to the old guy ranting

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Greetings to all. I just finished reading the latest article at Tomdispatch by Mr. Nick Turse. His article deals with the drone aircraft and their bases around the world. He tells how the use of these weapons has increased and how the US military continues to expand their use and the "need" for ever more and new bases for them. This is not all that new to you who have followed the US military and

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-85431236465878825112011-10-13T14:45:00.000-05:002011-10-13T14:45:52.844-05:00

Greetings all. Just when it looked like the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was getting a real head of steam and in the news, what happens but the powers that be come out with some ridiculous "plot" that involves the "top bad guy" now that bin Laden is dead. Yep, Iran, the "favored" bad guy of the zionist gang is once again up to doing "bad things". Well, they are IF you believe the "news" from D.C. and

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OK, Let me start this post by saying that I sincerely hope that the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) IS the start of something really big. I could be cynical and say something like; it's about time the young people of our country got busy and started to protest. I could say that, but I'd rather remain hopeful, upbeat even. I am very happy to see that the young people are at the forefront of this OWS. Is

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Some additional info to my last rant.  Gobomber has in fact killed TWO Americans with his drones. The second person is Samir Kahn. Neither of these people were much of an honest threat to us or the country. Just my opinion of course. That they were killed on order of the president of the US, while the Constitution is still(??) in effect is something we all need to think about. That very

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Greetings to all. Well, just when you may have thought that we, the USA, might be making some actual progress in this damn fool war OF terror that has been ongoing since W. Shrub invaded Afghanistan after the 9/11 attacks, we find that up pops a "new" enemy. Yes, I am referring to the dreaded "new" enemy in the Af/Pak (I detest that "designation") region, the Haqqani network. This supposed "new"

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-28364945012516996482011-09-15T15:13:00.000-05:002011-09-15T15:13:34.691-05:00

It seems that I need to try and clear up a few things about the old corner and in particular, the way I reply to comments. First off, I really appreciate all the comments I get here as I never figured that anybody would even read anything I post, let alone take the time to comment on what I post. As I state in my profile, I am just an old, permanently disabled machinist, former US Marine/Vietnam

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-47798983750377148592011-09-11T10:50:00.000-05:002011-09-11T10:50:26.617-05:00

Yes I know, the title of this rant could be mistaken for a blast from the 60's.  Well, I still enjoy much of the music from that long ago time, so.......... Yes, it is also a reference to today, 9/11 and the tenth "anniversary" of the "day that changed everything". Except it really didn't "change everything".  What it did change was the covert wars came out of the shadows and morphed into "hot"

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Greetings good people. Well, here I go again. Another rant. It now looks like old Gaddafi-Duck is out of power.  The "rebels" have entered Tripoli and seem to be running things there. While I have been critical of the man many times and called him Gaddafi-Duck more than a few times, he actually did much good for the people of Libya. They had, and I emphasis HAD, free health care and free

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-48712676179212394502011-08-09T16:42:00.000-05:002011-08-09T16:42:53.651-05:00

Greetings good people. Well, we made it through the kabuki theater of the "debt crisis" which wasn't much  of a crisis at all. The whole thing was just more smoke and mirrors. Some articles have gone as far as saying that there never was much of a crisis at all. Gobomber could have, according to some writers, have envied the 14th ammendment and defused the whole mess and let the "tea party" and

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-9917343017367653462011-07-26T16:52:00.000-05:002011-07-26T16:52:14.921-05:00

By now most of you have heard or read about the attacks in Norway. While it has now come to be made known that the person who killed his fellow Norwegians is basically a neo-Nazi, the first reports of the killings placed blame on "Muslims" and "al-Qaead" types. Various "news" organization here in the US went with that "story" until the police in Norway made it clear that no, it was not a Muslim

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Greetings good people. I want to start off this post by thanking all of you who have left comments here at the old corner. I deeply appreciate all of your comments. Yes, I said I like them all, even those that are negative.  You make me realize that I am not the only person who thinks along similar lines . Thank you, all of you good people for stopping by here. What a country we live in, here

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By now, most of you folks know that the US and NATO have been bombing the stuffings out of poor old Libya. To most of us, being attacked by a foreign military constitute war. According to "fearful leader" (Gobomber) what we are doing to Libya is NOT war.  Supposedly, or at least according to the media and government officials (including of course Gobomber) what the US and NATO are doing is "

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-45143109646381824862011-06-29T12:06:00.000-05:002011-06-29T12:06:03.232-05:00

This morning, here in Alexandria, Louisiana, one of the TV channels we get had a program on the "end of the world" of 2012. Yes, supposedly the Mayan calendar says the world will end 21 December 2012. From what little I have read on this, that "end of the world" bit is a miss-reading of that calendar. What it IS actually, is the end of a cycle. It does NOT necessarily mean that the world will end

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-50823955628834609662011-06-23T18:31:00.000-05:002011-06-23T18:31:42.285-05:00

Hello good people. This war on words is starting to really disgust me. Actually, it has been bothering me greatly for the past few years. Yes, Shrubbie was the tops at butchering our language. All of us remember his many attempts at speaking that ended up as being totally unintelligible.  Well, Gobomber is even worse than Shrubbie was. How so you ask? Well, look at the news these past months. The

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Well, here we are, another day, another post.Wow, this might get to be a habit. OK, enough of my snarky comments. On to what prompted this "two-in-a-row" posting. I was just checking my usual morning web sites, looking for anything interesting and I came across this at Think Progress. It is just too good to pass by. I will just hit the "highlights" (or is it low lights?) and put the link to the

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Greetings good people. Sorry for being so long between posts here at the old corner. While much has happened since my last rant, I just have not felt up to keeping this current. I will try to stay more current in the future, but, no promises. I guess a good "starting" place would be the joint session of congress sitting through and giving a number of standing ovations to a real war criminal. Yes,

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-11805989011231832312011-05-11T20:56:00.000-05:002011-05-13T15:29:28.709-05:00

This is going to be my last take on the killing of Osama bin Laden. Well, I think it will be my last, maybe. Since my last rant here at the old corner, I have read a few more articles on this subject and it has really got to me, again, only a bit worse. As an American (native born) and a former US Marine/Vietnam veteran, the killing of bin-Laden has upset me greatly. The US and the allies put the

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Man, the things you run across while surfing the net. The first one that struck me, is also a bit upsetting as well. I wonder how many people saw this and what their reactions were. Here is the link; http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/160257-netanyahu-to-address-congress-on-May-24 Yes folks, old Nutty-Yahoo is going to address a joint session of the United States of America congress

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-6288801064330243832011-05-09T17:10:00.000-05:002011-05-09T17:10:58.538-05:00

In my last rant I tore into the newest War in Libya. I pointed out how this war IS about oil to some extent, it is also about the 144 tons of gold that Libya holds. I also mentioned that the Wall Street gangsters along with the "too big to fail" gangsters "must" have control of that money and the oil/ I forgot to add the other main reason for this war. THat tip to Reality Zone for reminding me of

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-22773288319890347592011-05-07T18:09:00.000-05:002011-05-07T18:09:30.421-05:00

Well, here I go again. Yes, another rant from the old guy to stir up whatever I can. This all started with an article at Information Clearing House (a link to the site is now posted on the front page here at the right side of the screen with the other links).  The article is by Mike Whitney. While he usually writes about the economy, or whatever is passing itself off as an economy here in the old

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As you all know, last night Gobomber came on live TV to announce to the world that Osama bin-Laden had been killed by US troops. I was not going to post on this matter until watching a bit of TV this afternoon and that was topic number one. Yes, even ESPN, the sports channels had to tell us about this man being dead. One "lead" story on ESPN was about the "sporting world's reaction to the death

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-16953433186524232322011-04-30T12:37:00.000-05:002011-04-30T12:37:09.638-05:00

Greetings good people. I have just read an article that I think is well worth your time to check out. It is over at Counterpunch this weekend. The link is here;www.counterpunch.org/wilson04292011.html While it is a bit long, in my opinion, it describes much of what is and has been wrong with the US military for many years. The major obstacle is careerism and the author does a very excellent job

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-90144048536594774772011-04-27T15:33:00.000-05:002011-04-27T15:33:08.141-05:00

Every day the country seems to go further downhill. Every day I get more and more disgusted with what passes itself as our(?) government. Every day the elephant gang keeps on trying to defend the tax breaks for the rich and the corporations. Ah, but there IS a bit of good news. According to some reports at the web site Think Progress, some people ARE starting to fight back. At some recent town

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-41552872094562917572011-04-26T14:05:00.000-05:002011-04-26T14:05:41.221-05:00

America now has at least three wars going on right now. If we add Pakistan as a separate war, that would make four wars going on at the same time. This does leave Yemen and Somalia on the side lines as they are not yet, and that is a very qualified yet, full on shooting wars. YES, I do know that there have been drone attacks in BOTH Yemen and Somalia recently. Still, the US is not fully engaged

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-54268308130745740132011-04-02T19:48:00.000-05:002011-04-02T19:48:47.727-05:00

Well, it is now official, the president CAN kill any of us, any time he wishes. From a report by the Center for Constitutional Rights spring 2011 newsletter, comes the following; "Judge rules the YES indeed, the US has unchecked authority to carry out targeted killings of Americans". There you have it folks, Gobomber can kill any of us, any time he wishes to do so.  Judge John Bates said that the

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-36578142402088041712011-03-29T09:59:00.002-05:002011-03-29T11:39:27.491-05:00

Well, it was to be expected. Yeah, I am once again outraged at the lies, bullshit, and other crap that goes along with "our" wars. While I did miss the speech that Gobomber gave last night, I did find comments on/about it. Outrage is a very "nice" way to put how I feel about our "dear leader". Here are some of the highlights (or low lights); Gobomber insisted that NOT attacking Libya would be "a

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-85298513009111172772011-03-27T13:11:00.000-05:002011-03-27T13:11:32.911-05:00

I have some more comments on the newest war of ours. Yep, Libya again, or still, your choice. First off please visit Reality Zone, he has posted a link to an article on how Ms. Maddow is now cheerleading for the war of Gobomber. Somehow, she now represents the "left" or at least that is her media role now days. No doubt many also still think of Olbermann as a "lefty", even though he no longer "

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-68584494862518533062011-03-24T17:08:00.000-05:002011-03-24T17:08:10.952-05:00

While we are now at war, again, this time in Libya, I had a few things that I have found to be some what interesting. The first, which I just ran across today while reading Tom Dispatch is that at first some of the senior people in the government were opposed to this war. That group included Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Chief of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Mike Mullen, National Security

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-50917536257756290212011-03-19T18:48:00.003-05:002011-03-19T19:01:38.770-05:00

Well, by now all of you good people know that the "no fly zone"bullshit and the attendant air strikes by the newest "coalition" of the all too willing has begun. France claims to have made the first of the air strikes against Libyan air defenses and other targets. Yes, this is most disappointing to say the least. However, there is one other thing that I saw that is an even larger disappointment.

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-85127720557844591282011-03-18T01:09:00.001-05:002011-03-18T01:09:56.616-05:00

No need to tell any of the regular readers of this small corner post site that the world IS changing. Big time. But, is it for the better? Ah yes, there lies the problems. First off, some not so good news. I have al-Jazeera English on and they have as the lead story the UN Security Council approving military force in Libya. It is bad news as this means that NATO, the outfit that has long outlived

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-89437154209792504292011-02-28T12:21:00.000-06:002011-02-28T12:21:03.947-06:00

Well, we have some good news here in the US of A finally. The deputy Attorney General from Indiana, one Jeffrey Cox, yes, the very person who said the police should "use live ammunition" on the protestors in Wisconsin, has lost his job. About time is all I can add. Actually, this person(?) should not only have lost his state job, he should remain unemployable for a few years. Yeah, let this clown

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-2432624536863580242011-02-23T15:38:00.000-06:002011-02-23T15:38:58.990-06:00

The world is changing folks. Anybody who has even, in passing caught the "news" even on Faux or CNN can see that. The changes are not to the liking of the rulers in D.C or NATO. No, the world is changing and the changes are being accomplished by the regular people, the working class, students, small business people, and the unemployed. In short, the "rulers" in many countries are no longer in

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-64743237426776469292011-01-28T13:47:00.000-06:002011-01-28T13:47:57.697-06:00

Well, I had planned to take some time off from this corner. It is time for the racing season to get started and I wanted to put this blog on hold. After checking my usual web sites today, that is not possible. What has me so fired up? Well, it is the looney tune idiot bimbo from Minnesota. She has "decided" that the government should cut funds to the VA for veterans health and compensation for

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-65627408484789471062011-01-09T12:21:00.000-06:002011-01-09T12:21:04.192-06:00

No doubt you have all heard of the US Congresswoman, Gabriella Giffords (D-AZ) who was shot yesterday, 8 January 2011.  Six others who were shot at her meeting with her constituents have died. The last I read, as many as 19 people were shot. Among the dead are a 9 year old girl and a Federal  judge. Funny, the reactions of people on the web. At many "left" leaning web sites, the "story" is that

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-49430617710858667402011-01-07T20:55:00.000-06:002011-01-07T20:55:29.684-06:00

A question for all Americans. When will you all, or at least a majority of you get really pissed off? How much crap are you going to take from "our" government? How many lies are you willing to believe? I ask this because we should all be very pissed off by now. Pissed off at the damn fool idiotic wars of choice that consume untold amounts of money. Remember this, "we" are fighting these damn

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-53258172375897689802011-01-02T00:38:00.002-06:002011-01-02T00:49:29.504-06:00

Well, it is a new year folks. Yep, old 2010 is gone. Welcome 2011.  Big deal. Yeah, I know, where is they "happy new year" from the old cynic? Well, what is there to be so happy about? We are still stuck in endless damn fool wars of choice with the very real prospect of more endless damn fool wars to come. The economy is still in the dumps.  Oh there has been a bit of "good" news of late. Since I

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-86195727869854210392010-12-12T09:11:00.000-06:002010-12-12T09:11:14.982-06:00

Oh bother! Well, it is my own damn fault. Yeah, I went and looked in on one of the "left wing" web sites this morning. Why oh why do I keep doing this? Good grief. There are a whole gang of these "lefties" who are still blaming Nader for the election loss by Gore/Lieberman in 2000! No kidding folks. Amazing, simply goddamn amazing. How can anybody even claim to be remotely "progressive" or even "

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-78228242841792555152010-12-10T00:27:00.000-06:002010-12-10T00:27:10.502-06:00

Yeah, here I am again. Yes, the topic is still Wikileaks. Well, I just read a great article on this over at Counterpunch. Here is the link to the article. I think it is very worth your time to read this one. Mr. Johnson gives a good view of the latest leaks and illiteracy. A very good article and a fresh point of view.www.counterpunch.org/johnson12092010.html OK, another article that I recommend

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-48972077404139526772010-12-02T16:10:00.000-06:002010-12-02T16:10:44.396-06:00

By now most everybody knows that Wikileaks has dumped a whole truck load of emails, cables, and other information on the internet. Good for them, good for us also. First, let me share a couple of "reactions" to this latest data dump by that organization. The first one is from our least favorite former half-term governor. Yep, the failin' Palin wants Mr. Assange to be "hunted down" as if he were

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-1202693520217870472010-11-27T21:03:00.000-06:002010-11-27T21:03:02.140-06:00

Well, I hope that all you folks had a nice, safe Thanksgiving. We all know that may not have been easy this year, what with the economy, or what passes as such these days, is in very poor shape. Jobs are still being lost here in America. Home foreclosures are still going up, the dollar is still barely holding on and gold prices are still rising. In short, things here look very grim. Our wars are

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-76646497420927541422010-11-05T11:36:00.000-05:002010-11-05T11:36:29.757-05:00

Yeah, I am a bit depressed. Why? Well, as expected old Rodney Alexander is still secure in his House seat. This time around his "challenger" didn't even put out any campaign signs! No kidding, I never saw a single one. Even worse, yes, it does get worse. Vitter has been re-elected. No kidding folks, the clown who was involved with the "DC Madam" and has been linked to hookers in New Orleans has

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-73934461340940641522010-10-11T14:24:00.000-05:002010-10-11T14:24:06.330-05:00

Yes, I am ranting on, again. Or should that be still ranting? Either way I am disgusted, still, yet, again, take your pick. Numerous articles recently tell me that Gobomber is "upset" with his "base" there is an "enthusiasm gap". Say what? Shades of the old cold war crap about the supposed "missile gap" or any other fake "gaps" that were created out of thin air back in the cold war days. Well, I

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-22325878822989713832010-10-07T12:35:00.001-05:002010-10-07T12:35:52.598-05:00

You may have seen recent news reports that the famed photographer of the Civil Rights movement has been "outed" as an FBI informer.  Yes, Ernest Withers was a paid FBI informer who not only documented the Civil Rights movement of the 60's. He was a close friend (?) to the likes of Dr. King and the other main players of the struggle for equal rights in America. He was there the day that Dr. King

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-76693769131312425402010-09-24T16:10:00.000-05:002010-09-24T16:10:46.387-05:00

Sorry for this addition. I forgot to add the link to another good article that helps to explain the "tea party". The next-to-last paragraph really hits the target in my opinion. Well worth your time. The comments are quite good as well.www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_09/025733.php semper fi

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-92082104078624065782010-09-24T15:56:00.000-05:002010-09-24T15:56:05.329-05:00

Just some more of my "just thinking" after reading the "usual" web sites plus a few links to other information. What has got the "left" all excited is the win by Ms. O'Donnell in Delaware recently. Yes, she is even nuttier than falin' Palin. Still we need to take a serious look at what drives the "tea parties" today. They say they are angry, but it seems to me, their anger is either mis-directed

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-77856176950269849962010-09-18T19:47:00.000-05:002010-09-18T19:47:06.569-05:00

Just thinking to myself after reading a good bit of late. I get a kick from old Newt. You may have seen the Newtster call Gobomber an "anti-colonialist". Well, IF our current president actually IS an American, he had damn well best be an anti-colonialist. Now, unlike old Newt, I have no doubt that the good people who stop by the old corner to check on my rants ARE aware of American history. Yes,

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-13716750483081002882010-09-08T17:47:00.000-05:002010-09-08T17:47:30.203-05:00

Well, I have been reading and thinking on things of late. I am getting very tired of the fuss over the non mosque that is not even viewable from "ground zero" in New York City. The big fuss is just showing the rest of the world how down right cowardly some Americans are today. What is so frightening about a community center? Is the clown Beck afraid of a swimming pool? Is falin' Palin afraid of a

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-59579622076878085072010-09-01T14:16:00.000-05:002010-09-01T14:16:41.859-05:00

Well, I suppose I should be jumping for joy or at least doing cartwheels in the yard. Why, you may ask. Well, our "combat" troops have now left Iraq. Yep, it is the old "mission accomplished" deal all over again. Except this time we have pulled our "combat"troops out of Iraq. No doubt Go-bomber is happy and all smiles. I believe he gave a speech the other day. Or was that last night? Hell, I

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-35628162701922411322010-08-29T18:03:00.000-05:002010-08-29T18:03:32.584-05:00

Well it seems that I am going to have to comment on the non mosque planned for New York City. You all know what I am talking about here. Yes, the "ground zero mosque". Yep, THAT mosque. Well, for starters, it is NOT a mosque. It is a community center. The community center will include a basketball court and I even read that it is to have a swimming pool. It will have an area set aside for prayer.

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-33240766247995521172010-08-16T15:36:00.000-05:002010-08-16T15:36:43.684-05:00

According to a news report in the Seattle Times on August 14 of this year, we are bombing people in Yemen. I tried to post the link to this story but could not get it to work. To access this news report, please check the Counterpunch web site. Under their links for today, the link works, it is "The US war in Yemen" link. It is well worth your time to check this report.Of course we "need" this

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-62346427321693484532010-08-14T18:36:00.000-05:002010-08-14T18:36:54.380-05:00

I have a bit more to add to the story, or non-story, as it may be, regards the pouting of little Robbie Gibbs the other day. As you recall, little Mr. Gibbs called out the "professional" left over them not being fully supportive of our "dear leader" Go-bomber. I was told the other day, by a friend of mine via an email on this topic that I am a part of that very same "professional" left! Imagine

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-23371153093439809922010-08-12T21:04:00.000-05:002010-08-12T21:04:14.622-05:00

Well a few things have got this old guy set to rant again. Lately there have been a few former military types on the Maddow TV show on MSNBC. Now, I don't watch any program on that channel very often, and when I do catch any of them, I usually don't watch the entire program. "The Ed Show" seems to be half way tolerable, at times. Ms. Maddow is still a bit fresh and new, but old Keith is just

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-38975214506326842872010-07-28T18:28:00.000-05:002010-07-28T18:28:23.819-05:00

Well I actually found an article that gives me some encouragement. I have read many articles by Mr. Garcia. I always find him to be a very intelligent person. In my opinion, he would make an excellent teacher. His latest article is well worth your time to read. It can be found at the following link;www.counterpunch.org/garcia07272010.html.  He has captured my feelings about the old donkey gang

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-26512163897792022972010-07-21T18:08:00.000-05:002010-07-21T18:08:46.277-05:00

OK, I admit it, I am getting old. Also very tired, tired of having to deal with physical pain every damn day. Tired of needing pain meds to manage each day. Big deal, there are many people in this world who are way worse off than I am. What has really got me pissed off of late has been the attitudes of a seemingly majority of the "left" in the old US of A. I check in at the web site "Crooks and

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-63393337485074347052010-07-19T14:47:00.000-05:002010-07-19T14:47:51.197-05:00

More disgusting things have come to light recently. First off, the report that a "new record" number of suicides by our military personnel has been reached. Yes, our own troops are killing themselves in ever growing numbers. Part of the reason for this is undoubtedly due to the extreme stress of multiple tours in the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan. Being in a war zone, the constant heightened

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-5369213923627530392010-07-13T14:11:00.000-05:002010-07-13T14:11:43.581-05:00

I have read two articles that I want to share with all who stop by this old corner. I don't know if you all check the Counterpunch web site, but I do every day and found two that I think are very important. The first is by former US Senator James Abourezk. After you read the article you will probably understand why he is now a former senator. The number one "rule" in US politics, do not ever be

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-35074240203603020312010-07-10T00:34:00.001-05:002010-07-10T00:34:21.604-05:00

Well, I am still here, still disgusted. Damned disgusted to be honest. Again, I ask you all to not call the mess in the Gulf an oil spill. It is NOT a "spill". It IS a disaster. We will be dealing with this disaster for decades to come folks. If you don't think so, do a Google search on the oil spill in Brazil ten years ago. The mangrove swamps there are still dead zones. Oh, and every so often

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-12486084642329214602010-06-29T20:57:00.000-05:002010-06-29T20:57:46.664-05:00

Hello all, I read this article and think it is one of the most important things I have read recently. I am including the link to it as I think every American needs to read it. Thanks for your time. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/25/AR2010062502160_pf.html

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-78885483930509085092010-06-28T17:25:00.000-05:002010-06-28T17:25:50.146-05:00

With every passing day, the disasters facing America get more disgusting. Of immediate, to me at least, is the huge and growing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.  What we have with this damaged well in the Gulf is NOT an oil spill. More than one comment has said so on other web sites/blogs. An oil spill implies that the oil was in some sort of container and that container was damaged in some way or

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-62880077669050623472010-06-22T13:17:00.000-05:002010-06-22T13:17:22.190-05:00

Once upon a time, Americans had the Constitutional right to freedom of speech. Wait a minute you say. What do I mean, "once upon a time"? Well, we no longer have that right. Just go and read about the latest "decision" by the US Supreme Court. The case is Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project.  With this "decision", the majority have told us all that it is now illegal to even offer to teach people

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-31231889485724729412010-06-19T07:02:00.000-05:002010-06-19T07:02:40.476-05:00

Well, maybe I am just an old, cynical, sarcastic son of a bitch. Maybe, but somehow I cannot accept that Go-bomb-them is acting "presidential" in any way. Yes, this is my take on his latest speech. You may have seen/heard it this past Tuesday. You know, the one where in he basically had nothing to say, but, he said it very nicely. The one where he ended it by asking us all to pray to some god or

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-68800447541673695622010-06-11T11:26:00.000-05:002010-06-11T11:26:05.075-05:00

Well, I finally have made it back to the old corner. I apologize for the laps in my postings here. I have been very busy of late and didn't have the time or energy to post until now. I have moved and that took most of the energy I could find. Moving is not something for older, disabled people to do without paying a fairly high price for. Add in to this a nasty sinus infection and an unscheduled

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-27172435580188714202010-04-05T21:41:00.002-05:002010-04-05T22:01:37.974-05:00

Today, 5 April, 2010, Wikileaks released a video they had obtained. It is helicopter gunship video of an attack in Iraq. To this old Vietnam vet, the video is absolutely disgusting. This "brave" air crew seems to be enjoying the killing of what look to be unarmed civilians. I have watched this disgusting video three times now and still cannot see any weapons being carried or used by the people on

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-39709610556110509782010-03-11T15:39:00.000-06:002010-03-11T15:39:07.648-06:00

Hello good people. I got a very good comment on the last post here. While I just made mention of the obscene amounts of money that are being wasted on the idiotic wars of choice we are stuck in today, the commenter brought up another reason to be very angry about the current messes.  The topic of this post will attempt to address that concern. As I said in my reply to his comment, this topic

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-86187588849943907812010-03-08T17:25:00.000-06:002010-03-08T17:25:36.513-06:00

Hello good people. Well, here I go with another rant. Please read the article at the following link. http://amconmag.com/article/2010/apr/01/00030 After you read it, ask yourself this question. Are you angry now? Are you pissed off at these obscene amounts of money are being spent on this? Do you think these people will actually land a drone aircraft on a rolling, pitching deck of an aircraft

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-79430272157496313862010-03-04T11:02:00.000-06:002010-03-04T11:02:07.991-06:00

People this is getting down right serious. Old Bernanke is telling the idiots in Congress the same fool story that Wall Street is pushing. That story is that they need to cut Social Security and Medicare to "balance" the federal budget. Bullshit! What they need to cut are the obscene amounts of money they give to the goddamn banksters. They need to end the useless wars of choice that are now

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-3788048295735701832010-03-03T19:01:00.000-06:002010-03-03T19:01:38.346-06:00

Hi folks, Yep, I am back again. A friend of mine sent me an email with this link and now I am curious about it.www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/03/rush-limbaughs-penthouse_n_483065.html n What has me curious is this. Doesn't this place look more like the home of, oh, say Liberace, than that of a "rough, tough" sort of guy that Limburger tries to make himself out to be? Yes, he DID get a deferment

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-67154864672809826292010-03-03T14:06:00.000-06:002010-03-03T14:06:13.804-06:00

Well, the "too big to fail" gang of greedy banksters are at it agin folks. They are trying to get rid of Social Security and Medicare. They are using the current federal debt to try and push through a way to dismantle the social safety net in America. There are three excellent articles that you all should read, as they explain this back room deal much better than I can. These are the links to

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-73007074671758271052010-02-23T13:21:00.000-06:002010-02-23T13:21:53.146-06:00

Are we living in strange times or what? We get old "Mr. 5 deferments" Cheney telling the world how he was all for water boarding any of the captured "illegal enemy combatants" and the guy is still walking around free. Well, OK, the latest is he is in some hospital with "chest pains". Why, he obviously doesn't have a real heart? Maybe that mechanical one is acting up. Tough crap Dick, just suck it

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-64381024443139707412010-02-15T13:34:00.002-06:002010-02-15T13:38:46.089-06:00

Hello good people. I want to direct you all to a very good article by Tom Engelhardt. His latest Tomgram is titled "Fear Inc" Subtitled "Hold onto your underwear. This is Not a national emergency". Basically, he points out how low the odds are for any of us to be the victims of terrorism here in the US of A. We still kill far more of our own on the streets, roads, and highways every year then

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-71803712811485330652010-01-27T22:01:00.000-06:002010-01-27T22:01:24.893-06:00

This is an addition to the state of the union post. In his speech, fearful leader said that the troops "will" start to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2011. Yep, according to the "plan" he mentioned just before the latest "surge". Funny, but every Pentagon "plan" has troops in that country until 2015/2016 at a minimum. The Air Force has plans that call for them to be there until 2015 for training

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-56846617571830576782010-01-27T21:08:00.002-06:002010-01-27T21:18:31.062-06:00

OK, I tried, I really tried to watch the entire speech. Honestly, I did on the net. To be totally honest, it is still going on in a different window. What got me was one statement our fearful leader made. He said he didn't want America to be in second place. Well bud, as far as health care goes, America is not in second place. Nope, America is, wait for it.............#37. Yep, number 37. That

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-22201734359557123282010-01-26T18:36:00.000-06:002010-01-26T18:36:52.159-06:00

Hi again folks.  Very unusual, a second post here in one day. Please go to Tom Dispatch and read his latest article titled "Our Wars Are Killing Us". In my personal opinion, it is one of the most important articles in recent times. He explains quite clearly the obscene amounts of money going to just the Pentagon for our "defense". In reality, the monies are for war, not the defense of America.

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-21367546990191090952010-01-26T11:17:00.000-06:002010-01-26T11:17:41.105-06:00

Well, I got a very interesting email the other day. It came from a highly recommended site. The link to it is on this page, but I'll give it here also.http://unsilentgeneration.com. The article in the email alert is about the "wonderful" Lt. Governor of South Carolina and how this guy thinks of poor people. Now keep in mind that this guy, Andre Bauer, claims he is a "good Christian". He is

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-2832766149916266402010-01-22T19:55:00.000-06:002010-01-22T19:55:59.765-06:00

Well, we can all bow down and thank the supremes. Yep, they went and decided that there can be NO limits on what a corporation may spend to influence (buy) a Federal election now.  Of course there will now be new legal battles in state courts to make sure they can do the same at the local and state levels. Remember folks, corporations are people too. Yes indeed. American corporations have had

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-10764113055272029652010-01-11T19:36:00.004-06:002010-01-11T22:07:58.516-06:00

Hey good people. I have a request to ask of you all. If you read the last entry here you know that I am totally disgusted with the Nazi/Soviet term "homeland" to describe OUR country. Well, I want to get something going with this. Starting now, ask everybody you talk to to NEVER ever use that damn term "homeland" when they talk about OUR country. Tell them they can call it America, the United

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-14668595301609030652010-01-10T11:53:00.000-06:002010-01-10T11:53:02.217-06:00

This is getting tiresome. The idea that "they" attack us because "they hate our freedoms". What a load of crap. Why am I back on this topic? Well, I saw a video of one of the very few honest journalists left in America. I am talking about Ms. Helen Thomas of course. Over at the web site Common Dreams they have a video of her asking our security folks about the real reasons why "we" keep being

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-34397246521496977222010-01-03T12:45:00.000-06:002010-01-03T12:45:44.670-06:00

Oh happy, happy, joy, joy. The United States has just closed our embassy in Yemen. The British have done the same. According to some analysts, this could be a sign that there is some sort of large military action in the planning.  Wonderful news. What? You don't see military action in another country as good news? Why, what sort of 'Merikan are you? Watch or listen to the likes of Beck, Hannity,

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After the failed attempt to blow up an aircraft on Christmas day, Janet Napolitano, the head of Homie Land Insecurity went before the news media to tell all of us that, "the system worked". That statement of hers has set off a barrage of comments from all sorts of folks. The storm of protests and commentary even got her to retract that comment. Well, it was very wrong of her to retract that

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-24543363177112753132009-12-19T19:24:00.004-06:002009-12-19T20:53:58.702-06:00

Well here we are, getting close to the end of another year. Around this time of year, we usually get those "look back" type of TV news programs. I haven't had a TV set for over two years now, so I wonder if they still do those types of programs. Well, this post will look at some of the things I learned this year.One thing I learned early this year is that an "historic" event can be a dud. How

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Well, somebody once told me that it is not polite to rub it in. Screw polite.The "climate summit" or whatever the hell was "supposed" to have happen in Denmark is now officially over, finished, done. And man alive, are some folks highly pissed off about it all. And I am not talking about Al, not my pal, Gore. Some of the countries who thought that Go-bomb-them would arrive, fresh from the "peace

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-50282219434057660492009-12-14T16:07:00.003-06:002009-12-14T16:27:57.608-06:00

Wow! I got actual comments posted here. That is odd as it is unusual for me to have comments posted at the corner. I usually get an email or three, sometimes. Often times nothing at all. Now that is OK by me. I don't expect any sort of response. In fact, I don't really know if anybody reads this blog. Well, not quite true, some folks tell me they read it. Either way, this isn't to gather any sort

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-57364281864445328682009-12-06T17:05:00.003-06:002009-12-06T17:23:01.851-06:00

I guess I should try to make a clarification here.The last few posts here have been a bit "hard" on a certain "group" of people. No, not politicians, THEY deserve all that I give them and more. I am talking here about xtians. What I mean by that term are the fakes, not REAL Christians in any way.I do my best to respect the beliefs of all other people, within reason of course. I have no respect at

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-17487912404953237522009-12-06T16:33:00.004-06:002009-12-06T17:03:03.423-06:00

Well, it sure looks like the meeting this week in Denmark is going to be very interesting.The "hockey stick" graph for climate change is coming under pressure. The "leaked" emails from England have only added to the fuel against drastic, made made, climate change. Things are so bad that Al, not my pal, Gore has backed out of even attending this meeting. He was supposed to give at least one speech

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-86887204012309486882009-12-03T19:09:00.003-06:002009-12-03T19:39:28.060-06:00

Oh boy, have we been had!I don't know if I should laugh or cuss. I just caught some news on al-Jazeera. Herr Gates has stated to Congress that the president has given him the "leeway" to send an additional 3,000 troops to Afghanistan. That is OVER the 30,000 that Go-bomb-them told us the other night that he will be sending to that cluster f**k.Yes, you did the math properly there, a total, so far

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-59587078685145453072009-12-01T20:32:00.005-06:002009-12-01T22:00:18.731-06:00

Well, the war lovers should all be happy now.Yep, Go-bomb-them has "decided" to send more troops to the disaster of Afghanistan. Thanks loads there bud. I keep looking for that "change" we were supposed to be able to believe in. Some change there Mr. President. Just what we didn't need, more body bags filled with our dead troops. More money down a rat hole. Merry goddamn xmas to you too there in

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-45971497834588103382009-11-24T19:10:00.003-06:002009-11-24T20:02:45.248-06:00

Well, it is almost turkey day here in the old US of A. Time for another rant from the corner.First up, the "economy". I wonder at times if we still have one. Today I saw an article about housing and mortgages. According to a report by First American Core Logic 10.7 million home owners owe more than the homes are worth. 10.7 Million! Ouch. The same report says that 23%, nearly 1 in 4, are "under

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-80221146788437880112009-11-20T11:50:00.003-06:002009-11-20T12:10:56.640-06:00

Well, it now seems that Khaled Shaikh Mohammed will get a jury trial in New York city.Of course the right wing folks are up in arms about this. They cry about the extra needed security for the trial. They claim that the military commissions are "good enough" for this sort of thing. Actually, I think the right wingers believe that ANY sort of "trial" even the military commissions are too good for

charlie ehlenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584863034307604847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25270828.post-66986706879250412462009-11-16T20:18:00.003-06:002009-11-16T21:04:02.276-06:00

Well, I sure had a fun day at the drags Saturday. The "vacation" from poli-tricks was too short though. No sooner than I get over 1100 new photos downloaded to the old iMac than what pops up? Sarah Palin!Holy crap. I thought the moose burger bimbo was still in Alaska. Yes, I know, she did quit as the governor of that state. Funny, but she still had close to half of her FIRST term left to fill.

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