Afghanistan

Dayton Public Schools Board of Education meets weekly because….

Last night I went to a Dayton Public Schools Board of Education meeting. It began at 5 pm, it ended at 8pm. Most of it was in executive session. Why did they meet? Was it because Dr. Adil Baguirov couldn’t stand the fact that John McManus was still President Pro Tem until they met again? Read More

2000 and counting

There has been a war of some sort going on in Afghanistan since the dark ages. Before George W. Bush decided that Afghanistan was the cause of 9/11 (despite the terrorists all being Saudis) the Russians had spent their time in hell trying to win over the “hearts and minds” of a people who have Read More

Afghanistan: FUBAR. Time to leave; what are we waiting for?

Foreign policy decisions are being made by a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, four Marines urinating and a trash burning detail that couldn’t read Arabic. No matter what the dreams are of our leaders, the idea that foreigners can force stability on another country without creating animosity is irrational, especially when there hasn’t been stability in Read More

Symbolism, rhetoric and idiots on parade

Today is 9/11 (2010) Up until 2001 if you said it- I thought of a Porsche. German engineering at its finest. Of course, the association of German engineering overlooked the German-engineered genocide during WWII. But, as Americans, we’re not going to let go of a terrorist attack so easily. We can’t- because it has been Read More

The OH-3 dem candidate forum recap

If Dayton had fiber for internet service, I’d have the video up from last night’s debate already- however, because our country thinks building schools, hospitals and roads in Afghanistan is more important than the critical data infrastructure for the new economy- uploading 90 minutes of compressed video will take all night tonight. Since you can’t Read More

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