A Little Vexing

Instapundit posted this entry about 24 hours after I sent him the link and text of this post.
I don’t know it isn’t link-worthy if I write it, but suddenly becomes worth sharing with the world if the identical idea ends up on Ann Althouse’s blog. But I guess that’s just the way it is.
The idea [...]

Concerns About Health Care Reform

One of the things that concerns me most is how health care is being advocated by Democratic Party spokespeople.
If you criticize broad points, they say, “That won’t be in the plan.”  If you find evidence it is, and criticize specific points, they say, “Well, there are 4-5 different versions!  You can’t be criticizing the final [...]

Hubble Deep Field Political Angle

The video, via The Corner.
The narrator says something like, “There are over 100 billion galaxies in the universe.  Simply saying that number doesn’t really mean much to us, because it doesn’t provide any context.  Our brains have no way to accurately put that in any meaningful perspective.”
I don’t know if I agree with his assertion.  [...]

Observation: Democrats and the Post-Partisan President

I’m an analyst. I put things together, connect dots. I try to find the thread of logic from people’s actions and unguarded words.
Here’s what I think is happening with President Obama in general, and his health-care plan in specific.
He said he wanted to be the post-partisan President. That was generally understood to [...]

Giving Thanks

I appreciate all those who thank me for my service. I really do. But I feel a little bit embarrassed.
It’s a job.
Now, it’s a job I’m very proud of. There are lots of things that suck about being in the military, and I’m proud that I can endure them.
I’m proud that I [...]

Quick Note

I’m in Iraq. I’ve got about 3 weeks down…49 weeks to go!
Woot.
I haven’t been posting because I’ve been really busy in preparing to leave, and then going through training, then getting my butt over here, then adjusting to the time difference and getting settled at work.
Then 3 days ago I got sick.
Bleah.
Anyway, here are [...]