BINGO:):):):):):):)...

I stayed up all night and I got this awesome little piece of news, this morning:):):)...

Review May Shift Terror Policies

This is THE MOST REFRESHING SIGN I'VE SEEN TO DATE ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S TERRORISM POLICIES:):):):):):):)...

Please check out the article:):):)...

Essentially...an Administration review is developing a much broader counterterrorism policy...concerned with adapting to a much changed and weakened Al Queda...and hopefully addressing broader Arab and Muslim support for Al Queda and terrorist activity:):):)...

The report features an important strength of the current global war on terrorism -- the significant weakening of Al Queda -- with a new, broader focus on larger political factors outside the more narrowly taylored current war:):):):):):)...

And offers the President a BRILLIANT and FACE-SAVING means of rethinking the war, signalling the world that he is looking to make important and constructive changes:):):):):):)...without having to issue a formal apology:):):):):):) (something I think the President is far from being able to do:):):)...especially since I genuinely believe that he has believed at ever step he was doing the right thing...even if he has been a bit stubborn about acknowledging publicly and otherwise that he was not:):):):):):)...

I want to be the first person to say...

That I am VERY PROUD and APPRECIATIVE for/of the President for this move:):):):):):)...and feel much more reassured that he is leading the country in a much more constructive direction for the future:):):):):):)...

Thank you, Mr. President, for leading:):):):):):):)...and doing so with a whole host of the very smart folks that you work with there in the Administration:):):):):):):)...

My faith in the hold of the center is restored:):):):):):):)...after at least of week of some pretty scary and reckless hardline political action on the left and the right:):):):):):)...

And congratulations to the Washington Post for scooping ALL of the conservative media, as far as I can see, on this MOST IMPORTANT POSITIVE SIGN IN THE ADMINISTRATION'S INTERNATIONAL POLICY:):):):):):):)...

Yes...as my conservative friends will note:):):):):):):)...the headline is kind of snippy, I must admit:):):):):):):)...

But you got to acknowledge:):):)...the BEST NEWS about the Administration's international policy in quite a long time and a MODERATE LIBERAL paper scoops the entire conservative press that I've seen thusfar?:):):):):):):)...

You still sure that mainstream media is against the President?:):):):):):):)...

OK:):):):):):):):):)...

Maybe a little:):):):):):):)...LOL:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)LOL:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)...

But I'm not:):):):):):):)...

That's for damned sure:):):):):):):)...

I'm the genuine, real deal, true blue, loyal to all my friends, including the President and the proud servicemen and women in the American military:):):):):):):):):):):)...

That offer of a beer with the President that I made, originally, over 2 years ago, by the way, still stands:):):):):):):)...

American or import, Mr. President?:):):):):):):)...

When you get a chance:):):):):):):)...you know where to find me:):):):):):):)...

And by the way...to all of the irresponsible liberal activist groups like Amnesty International threatening war crimes and international criminal charges against President Bush...

FUCK OFF...you irresponsible fucks...

Have you not looked at what GOOD is happening in Iraq, right now?...

Are you looking to TOTALLY UNDERMINE PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE IN YOU, you fuckin' whining pussies?...

Knock it off...

And to the folks at the Wall Street Journal claiming victory on the Appeals Court judge fillibuster stand-off...that the "nuclear option" has proven an effective deterrent...

Look, guys and gals:):):):):):)...

I want you to have as many ways to save face as the next person, right now, because I'm just damned excited that the President has made such important and impressive and progressive moves in his global war on terrorism, right now:):):):):):):)...

But you're threat of the "nuclear option" is just about as effective a deterrent to future fillibusters as Democrats threat of fillibusters is to these nominees and as Amnesty's threat of war crimes is to the President's future international policy...

Which is NILL, you fuckin' nimrods:):):):):):):):):):):)...

Goddamn:):):):):):):)...Some people will delude themselves NO MATTER EVIDENCE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EGG ON THEIR SILLY LITTLE FACES:):):):):):):)...

Guess who wins, long term with all this nonsense political brinksmanship, right wing and left wing media and activists?...

Times up:):):):):):)...

NOONE...you fuckin' bullies:):):):):):):):)...

And guess how many of you the American and the international public will trust you (and buy your newspapers and vote for your parties as a consequence of your bullshit brinksmanship?:):):):):):):):):):):)...

Very few...you foolish little people:):):):):):):)...

Thank God cooler heads ruled, here:):):):):):):)...

Nice job, folks:):):):):):):)...

Love,
Ben

P.S. ALL OF US should check out that FABULOUSLY LOOKING front page Financial Times article on health care industry folks in the United States meeting secretly to discuss how to deal with access to health care in the country that I love the mostest:):):):):):)...the good ol' U.S. of America:):):):):):):):):):):)...

And a WHOLE HOST of REALLY GREAT articles on the Wall Street Journal, Economist, Jerusalem Post, Financial Times, Time Online, and even the incomparable Frontpage Magazine, this morning:):):):):):)...

...and one of the FINEST COLUMNS I've seen from Victor Davis Hanson of the National Review in QUITE A LONG TIME:):):):):):)...

Our Spoiled and Unhappy Global Elites

I think I agree with ALMOST EVERY WORD OF THIS COLUMN:):):):):):):):):):):):)...

Except for the stuff about Indra Nooyi, the CEO of Pepsi, which I think misses her point, really:):):):):):)...her middle finger analogy (check out Victor's BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN EDITORIAL:):):):):):):)...she's just saying to be more careful when telling the world to FUCK OFF, as the Administration did from about the first day on this war:):):):):):):)...

...other than that:):):):):):):)...

Go Victor!!!!!!!:):):):):):):):):):):)...

"Thralldom":):):):):):):):):):):):):)...

I got to give it to you, Victor:):):):):):):):):):):)...

You do have a way with words:):):):):):):):):):):)...