October 2006

There were 44 posts published in October 2006 (this is page 5 of 5).

China Blinding Our Spy Satellites

China has apparently been blinding our spy satellites with lasers as they pass overhead. No word on whether the lasers are mounted on the heads of frickin’ sharks, but I digress.

Of course, the orbits of our spy satellites aren’t much of a secret, so its pretty easy to predict when they’ll be overhead. But still you’d think that with all the cooperation America has had with China this kind of stuff would be a thing of the past. I guess its just another reminder that our communist trading partner doesn’t necessarily have our best interests in mind.

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The Real Scandal

Wow, could the timing of the Mark Foley scandal be any more perfect? I mean, while the news media is falling over themselves to cover yet another Washington sex scandal, no one will notice that the Republicans’ Detainee Bill has gutted habeas corpus. This little bill sets the American legal system back, oh 800 years or so.

So while we know all about Foley’s attraction to little boys, we hear little about our Republic crumbling around us. Our Dear Leader now has the right to lock up anyone he so chooses, indefinitely, with absolutely no legal recourse available to the victim. Isn’t that a little scarier?

What happened to the America I once knew? How is it that the freedoms we used to enjoy – those earned through two hundred thirty years of standing up to injustice – can be so easily dismissed, with not so much as a whimper from the populace? How is it the country I was proud to represent when I wore the uniform is so easily defeated – from the inside? America has turned into the Cold War foes it once faced down. Freedom vanishes with a stroke of a pen.

Every one of the cowards in Congress who allowed this to happen deserves to be handed walking papers next month. And if the door hits them on the way out, all the better. Its well past time to get this country back on track.

Globe Hopping Again This Week

Its another week of globe-hopping as I start in NYC today. Tomorrow and Wednesday will be spent at the company HQ in Somerset, NJ. Thursday will be Boston before returning home Friday. Currently I’ve got a ticket putting me back in Raleigh Wednesday night and back to Boston Thursday morning, though that might change. If I can save some time I may just fly (or take the train) from NJ to Boston.

I’ve got a few more weeks of this kind of schedule before things settle down again. The good news, though, is that its being noticed. I’m getting results, and that makes it all worthwhile.