Betzee said...

Betzee at 11:00 PM JST - 29th April

Betzee, what was with the police car out the front? Was Arlen continually being arrested, or was his Dad a policeman?

I expect his foes will get to the bottom of it!

Posted in Pennsylvania's Specter switches parties, bolstering Senate Democrats at 11:00 PM JST - 29th April
Betzee at 10:50 PM JST - 29th April

Ironically my home state of Pennsylvania appears poised to follow my adopted state of California where the GOP puts up candidates who can't win in the general election. Arnold Schwarzenegger only became governor because the special election bypassed the primary process.

It's not clear that Arlen Specter can win reelection…

Posted in Pennsylvania's Specter switches parties, bolstering Senate Democrats at 10:50 PM JST - 29th April
Betzee at 10:36 PM JST - 29th April

Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, compared Arlen Specter to Benedict Arnold, a traitor during the American Revolution. "You're either with us or against us," a totalitarian formulation, drove Arlen, a moderate, out of the Republican Party.

While his chances of winning the Republican primary were poor, his…

Posted in Pennsylvania's Specter switches parties, bolstering Senate Democrats at 10:36 PM JST - 29th April
Betzee at 10:30 PM JST - 29th April

Soledad has a state prison and a shopping center, neither of which affects the flow of traffic much on the 101. I drive that way myself and can't think of what would cause someone to crash there. It's quite flat in contrast to the road farther south which is hilly…

Posted in Bus crash in California kills 5 French tourists at 10:30 PM JST - 29th April
Betzee at 10:50 PM JST - 26th April

Bush was a moron, Obama is an even bigger idiot. The difference, is at least the Iraqi people had a chance under Bush.

GWB had just shy of six years to make things right in Iraq. That's a pretty long time considering the war was advertised as a undertaking requiring…

Posted in Clinton: U.S. stands by Iraqis, withdrawal on track at 10:50 PM JST - 26th April
Betzee at 12:15 AM JST - 26th April

As I recall, Sailwind, John McCain declared "the end was clearly in sight in early April 2003." That was a full two years before Dick Cheney predicted "the insurgency is in its last throes." So why are we even debating this in 2009?

As I wrote above, it's morphed into…

Posted in Iraqi blasts kill 145 in two days, stirring worries of insurgent push at 12:15 AM JST - 26th April
Betzee at 11:37 PM JST - 25th April

We were told by Dick Cheney back in 2005 that "the insurgency was in its last throes." Four years later that is clearly not the case, yet Obama is being tarred with the "cut and run" accusation. Go figure.

Posted in Iraqi blasts kill 145 in two days, stirring worries of insurgent push at 11:37 PM JST - 25th April
Betzee at 11:30 PM JST - 25th April

"At some point the US will leave Iraq with its tail between its legs and Iraq in total disarray."

How can that be if the surge worked? You can't have it both ways. Incidentally, it was GWB who negotiated the security agreement mandating our withdrawal. How quickly they forget.

Posted in Iraqi blasts kill 145 in two days, stirring worries of insurgent push at 11:30 PM JST - 25th April
Betzee at 10:30 PM JST - 25th April

The insurgents sense that Obama is weak.

Didn't you tell us we had won? So how can this be happening? BTW, I can't express outrage over the violence for fear of being accused of "wishing Saddam was still in power."

Your post does get to the heart of the matter,…

Posted in Iraqi blasts kill 145 in two days, stirring worries of insurgent push at 10:30 PM JST - 25th April
Betzee at 10:44 PM JST - 22nd April

Among the world's industrialized nations it would appear America already has the most 'progressive' tax system.

Whether or not America has the most progressive tax system, the purpose of taxation is to meet the government's operating expenses. They weren't met in 2006. Or any other year of the GWB administration.…

Posted in Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark U.S. tax day at 10:44 PM JST - 22nd April