Global Spin

I’m too lame wiped out to post anything today, but Ame sent along a compelling plea: Today is the fourth anniversary of the Iraq war. There are vigils tonight and, yes maybe they don’t make much difference, but maybe they do. I chose to believe they do. Plus, it gives you a chance to be [...]

Posted by Chris in Community & Activism, Iraq on March 19th, 2007 | Comments Off

Nick sent along this depressing article entitled “Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire Is Crumbling.”  In other words: You know your empire’s crumbling when it’s considered an achievement to pretend that you’ve halved the rate at which you’re adding to the massive mountain of debt you’ve already accumulated. You know your empire’s crumbling when you’re [...]

Posted by Chris in Economics, Iraq, World on February 12th, 2007 | Comments Off

I’ve said this kind of thing before, but John Allen Paulos at ABC News has an interesting spin on how the $1,000,000,000,000 we’ve spent on Iraq to date could have been put to better use. For example: The cost of the war can also be expressed as approximately 28 HS’s, where HS, the annual budget [...]

Posted by Chris in Economics, Government, Iraq on February 5th, 2007 | Comments Off

So I was reading the latest comments by William Kristol on opposition in Congress to the escalation of hostilities in Iraq, and they sounded a bit familiar: It’s so irresponsible that they can’t be quiet for six or nine months and say the president has made a decision, we’re not going to change that decision, [...]

Posted by Chris in Iraq, Politics on January 22nd, 2007 | Comments Off

Just in case anyone forgot the 2006 election results, a USAToday poll reminds us: Americans want Democrats, not Bush, at helm.  Our number-one priority?  To paraphrase: “Get the heck out of Iraq.”  Seems plain enough to me.

Posted by Chris in Government, Iraq, Politics on January 8th, 2007 | Comments Off