DarkRen's Politics

I don't feel like doing news today, but I do have some things to muse. And here they are.Election 2008Just as much a comedy as I thought it would be. The latest laugh being the so called 'super delegates'. Why this sort of thing exists is beyond me. All over some sources of coverage are…

Middle EastA vid from inside of Gaza. Interesting to note how they say Hamas has moved away from terror as of late, whilst others have filled the space left. I still think Hamas can be aided in moving from violence to politics fully, but it seems no one wants to give them a real chance.…

I don't feel like scanning the headlines today, so I'll leave that for Friday. Today, I'll elaborate on what I think a president should be and what the office should entail.Being the president shouldn't be a desired job. It shouldn't be a job that you aspire to for the glory or the cushy lifestyl...

Cause I got nuthin today.Middle EastSo who in Iran made the decision to set the 15 captive sailors free? It's believed that Ali Larijani had a significant hand in the collective events revolving around the incident.The Iraqi security drive is expanding from Baghdad. Hopefully they'll take care to...

AmericasThe 1998 Child Online Protection Act is overturned by a US federal judge, his reasoning being that the law was too vague, was never enforced and that software filters were a better option. Best option: surfing with your kids. Seriously, if I want to go online and look at something dirty a...

Mind you, Popey, we're not talking about a tyrant government that is spending its money on luxuries.We're talking about a country that elected it's leadership according to the US mandate for the Middle East, free and fair, and is strapped in just paying the wage its workers need to live and eat. ...

Two comments on misrepresenting a guess as a fact and both are for the misrepresentation. Interesting.Perhaps it's just me, but I prefer that assertions of success or failure be grounded in fact. Every time I hear someone make the "we're safer cause we haven't been hit in X amount of time" argume...

I've considered Mutha's idea, presented to my by Boxer in a complete enough form. It is vague, but it also has some good ideas connected to it. It details something we'll ultimately have to do. Step back and let the Iraqis run without any direct US military support. That's the only real way to se...

Cooperation from 'Rogue States'Another thing that amuses me is when people argue about issues such as nuclear proliferation, in regards to North Korea and Iran, and act as if compliance from these countries is such a simple, easy thing to do.It's obvious that these people don't grasp the pure and...

Forget the PC bull.Start looking at young, swarthy middle easterners and the terrorists will look for someone to carry the bomb who isn't part of the profile. Apparently people have forgotten who we're up against. Organizations that shift tactics in response to our own.If you narrow the focus of ...