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Vietnam veteran: “When did we become a nation of such panic?”

On the front page of my morning Los Angeles Times was this headline: White House grapples with limits of air campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Seems we need more assistance than we're getting in order to stop ISIS in its tracks. Quelle surprise. Then I read and watched the latest breaking news on Ebola. Between those scary accounts and GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter's lies about !!! TEN ISIS FIGHTERS !!! having crossed the Mexican border RIGHT INTO TEXAS, USA!! it dawned on the GOP to blame President Obama for his lack of feck and obvious schemes to fulfill his dreams of [...]

By nicolesandler|October 9th, 2014|Tags: ebola, end the wars, healthcare, hysteria, ISIS, L.A. Times letters to the editor, misinformation, panic, Rep. Duncan Hunter, The Rachel Maddow Show, Video, war, world crisis|3 Comments

We’re paying a cowardly Congress to do nothing as bombs drop

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As long as Rachel Maddow continues to spotlight Congress's disappearing act, I'll continue to post her rants. Above is her latest. Our Congress has not nearly as much interest (as the UK) in this matter. [Boehner] doesn't want this existing Congress to debate military action, he wants it to be the new one, the next Congress, as in, "the one that isn't elected yet" that will convene next year in 2015. Now that the war has started in Iraq and Syria, and they say it will be a years-long [...]

By nicolesandler|September 26th, 2014|Tags: cowards, House of Representatives, ISIS, recess, schedule, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, US Senate, vacation, Video, world crisis|1 Comment

“There’s a reason Congress repulses the people of the U.S.” (VIDEO)

A few days ago, I posted this: “It’s starting to look like an Iraq War.” Where’s Congress? Rachel Maddow picked up where that left off. She was reporting on the Senate's passage of expanding the training of Syrian rebels. Then she got a little sidetracked, and for good reason. VERY good reason: And in completely unrelated news, the United States military continues to wage a war against ISIS... Congress has yet to say anything about that use of force by the U.S. military in Iraq, let alone the 1600 American troops that have been deployed back to Iraq to take part in [...]

By nicolesandler|September 19th, 2014|Tags: 2014 elections, Iraq, ISIS, MIA, President Obama, recess, Syria, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, Video, war, world crisis, your tax dollars at work|5 Comments

“‘The military stuff’ will ‘make it all worse’” (VIDEO)

Via MSNBC: Washington’s “armchair generals” are applauding Pres. Obama’s military plans against ISIS, but is that the best course? Phyllis Bennis and William McCants discuss. After listening and watching, and watching and listening, I've come to the conclusion that, so far, Phyllis Bennis (of the Institute for Policy Studies) is the clearest and most credible voice when it comes to the ISIS mess we're getting ourselves into. William McCants' insights were also invaluable, but Bennis has come through with flying colors time after time. She deciphers the convoluted crises in the Middle East in an easily understood way, making me wish [...]

By nicolesandler|September 12th, 2014|Tags: cost of war, enough already, hysteria, ISIS, Phyllis Bennis, The Last Word, Video, war, William McCants, world crisis, world gone mad|Comments Off

“It’s starting to look like an Iraq War.” Where’s Congress?

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Watch and listen carefully. Rachel Maddow lays out exactly what we're up against in this "fight against ISIS" that, per new polls, Americans have started to support. But ISIS has anti-aircraft artillery. The group upon which we're dropping bombs inside Iraq? They have anti-aircraft weapons. That means pilots and crews who are dropping bombs are at risk. P.S. and by the way, this is not being called "combat," yet pilots and crews fighting ISIS can be shot down. Rachel: So politically, it may be very convenient to say [...]

By nicolesandler|September 10th, 2014|Tags: 2014 elections, Iraq, ISIS, President Obama, speech, Steven Sotloff, Syria, The Rachel Maddow Show, U.S. Congress, Video, war, world crisis|1 Comment

“Whenever lawmakers are ready to show up again to perform their jobs…”

Once upon a time I posted this: Eric Cantor's 2014 House schedule allows for even MORE time off. I wrote that post because I was utterly exasperated with endless Congressional vacations and the resulting lack of accomplishing any, you know, lawmaking. Congress members take more recesses than elementary school kids, yet it's the kids who seem to have a better work ethic than our elected officials-- who we continue to pay to do absolutely nothing, just by the way. Rachel Maddow pointed that out in this post, Why everybody would like to be a member of Congress: Lots and lots of time off. Lots: "Nice deal right? ... [...]

By nicolesandler|September 5th, 2014|Tags: calendar, House of Representatives, ISIS, recess, schedule, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, US Senate, vacation, world crisis|3 Comments

Vietnam veteran: “When did we become a nation of such panic?”

We’re paying a cowardly Congress to do nothing as bombs drop

“There’s a reason Congress repulses the people of the U.S.” (VIDEO)

“‘The military stuff’ will ‘make it all worse’” (VIDEO)

“It’s starting to look like an Iraq War.” Where’s Congress?

“Whenever lawmakers are ready to show up again to perform their jobs…”

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