Obama Administration Ready To Piss Away Ten Years of Sacrifice

In yet further proof of this administration's application of "smart power" they have now managed to totally hack off the president of Afghanistan. Nobody is going to deny that there were problems with the elections recently held, but if this administration is going to hail Chavez in Venezuela as some sort of hero then they need to drop their criticism of Karzai.

The Afghan President’s frustration boiled over at a closed meeting on Saturday. According to one Afghan MP who was present, Mr Karzai said: “If I come under foreign pressure, I might join the Taleban.”

This country hasn't seen this level of destruction since Sherman made his infamous march to the sea. Instead of leaving torn-up railroad tracks and burned plantations in their wake, they have instead used the Constitution to light the stogies of their political allies, and shackled all of us with the chains of debt and reliance on the federal government for everything from the cars we buy, the banks we do business with, loans for school and our very life by their takeover of healthcare in America.

This revelation coming on the heels of the nuanced new policy in regards to our nuclear stockpiles have our enemies not just knocking on the gates, but coming into the kingdom in a ticker tape parade.

Everybody wants to stay optimistic and talk about upcoming elections as a chance to restore the republic; I have my doubts we will survive that long or that the damage being done by this administration can be reversed.

Attention Truthers

Here's something for the Kooky Kult of Koslam to go into denial about.

Philippine troops defuse bus bomb after U.S. Embassy warning

The bomb — black powder stuffed in a pitcher with steel fragments for deadlier effect — was hidden in a backpack on a bus where it was hastily abandoned by two men late Sunday in southern Maguindanao's Talitay town, regional army spokesman Lt. Col. Julieto Ando said.

Panicking passengers grabbed the bag and hurled it outside the bus. Police and army experts later defused the bomb, which was attached to a timer and batteries but was not yet set to explode, Ando said.

A police investigation was under way to determine whether the foiled bombing was planned by al-Qaida-linked militants, or linked to lingering political wrangling following May 14 congressional and local elections, he said.

The volatile Maguindanao region, where Muslim guerrillas and political warlords hold sway, was hit by bombings and gun attacks because of intense political rivalries during the balloting.

"It's hard to pinpoint who left that bomb in the bus," Ando told The Associated Press by telephone.

Maybe someone working on orders from Karl Rove?

"We had our share of bombings, killings and gun strafing in the recent elections. It's impossible not to have those in an elections here."

We're waiting for leading presidential candidate Ron Paul to link this event to US foreign policy blowback.