tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post4820112626752499405..comments2024-03-29T09:10:22.049-04:00Comments on Bilbo's Random Thought Collection: With Friends Like These...Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14213505386288233192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-84744403989592092752007-08-29T13:04:00.000-04:002007-08-29T13:04:00.000-04:00Can the 'none of the above' candidate win this yea...Can the 'none of the above' candidate win this year?Jean-Luc Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689798190618944262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-28763383640815725472007-08-29T07:26:00.000-04:002007-08-29T07:26:00.000-04:00Joe Scarborough's book "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day...Joe Scarborough's book "Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day" is an interesting read on the party pressure and corruption that a freshman congressman faces and how difficult the parties make it for somebody that wants to do the right thing.<BR/>This administration's cabinet and Congress ('til last election!) went far beyond what was protocol. If the Dems take a revenge attitude as their ranks increase, we could be in for quite the swing of the proverbial pendulum!<BR/>Politics: from poly--meaning many and tics--little blood suckers!John A Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777330742400065045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-39003464624952150602007-08-29T06:38:00.000-04:002007-08-29T06:38:00.000-04:00It's just a shame this administration couldn't hav...It's just a shame this administration couldn't have crumbled years ago. My problem with everything is that as the next election approaches, there's not a candidate that I feel any confidence in.<BR/><BR/>I saw a t-shirt that said None Of The Above in 2008 and I found I agreed with that more than anything.The Mistress of the Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16923975714269274370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23683658.post-28831031489833324302007-08-29T06:25:00.000-04:002007-08-29T06:25:00.000-04:00International law is my 'thing', I suppose, and I'...International law is my 'thing', I suppose, and I've seen some copies of the internal memos that Gonzalez wrote regarding the bypassing of the Geneva conventions and the additional protocols. The casual way in which he dismissed those documents was really quite chilling, and I'm very happy that he's gone.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.com