In case you haven't seen this yet, it is simply awesome! UPDATE: Well, it appears the Youtube version has disappeared. I can't figure out how to embed the version from the Colbert site itself, but you can watch it here.
Tag: Barack Obama
Iraq and the fallacy of sunk costs
I'm watching the Sunday morning news shows, and of course, the Iraq crisis is a major source of conversation. One thing I'm hearing over and over again is hand wringing about how much blood and treasure we (the US) have already spent in Iraq. The reasoning appears to be that all that suffering and sacrifice shouldn't be … Continue reading Iraq and the fallacy of sunk costs
Americans, Crimea is not about us
Watching the Sunday morning news shows, there is lot of stupid silly ridiculous commentary, mostly from conservatives out to score political points, that the Crimean crisis is somehow Barack Obama's fault, that maybe if he had been a stronger, more decisive, more manly leader, Putin wouldn't have sent troops in.I'm not going to pretend to … Continue reading Americans, Crimea is not about us