08-19-08

Cliff Note: After our foray into Bluegrass, it’s back to business as usual today. I’m sticking to 2 different collections: “Blues Gold” on Hip-O Records and “The Complete Recordings of Robert Johnson” on Columbia/Legacy Records. Hope you enjoy!

Micheal Yon heading to Afghanistan: I have just left Nepal and landed in Bangkok, en route to Kabul. My plan is to spend some time in Afghanistan, head back over to Iraq in late September, then possibly return to Afghanistan before the year’s end. In any case, I plan to keep my boots in Iraq and Afghanistan through the U.S. elections. The last time I headed to Afghanistan, I spent far more money than I earned. Folks just didn’t seem to care about that war.

Bob Owens: Shocker: NY Times Decries Laughably Incompetent Taliban Rout As “Complex Attack”

Ed Morrissey: Flying a flag upside down is a distress signal.  Creating a graphic for a presidential campaign that includes an upside-down flag is a signal of a different kind — that the DNCC needs better management.

William McGurn: …what that means is that it doesn’t really matter whether a tax increase actually brings in more revenue. It’s not about robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Robbing from the rich will do, especially if it’s done in the name of fairness.

Strategy Page: Somalia: Let them Starve…There are now over 2.5 million people dependent on foreign food aid to survive.

More Strategy Page: Many Arabs now consider al Qaeda as the gang that can’t kill straight.

Micheal Yon heading to Afghanistan: I have just left Nepal and landed in Bangkok, en route to Kabul. My plan is to spend some time in Afghanistan, head back over to Iraq in late September, then possibly return to Afghanistan before the year’s end. In any case, I plan to keep my boots in Iraq and Afghanistan through the U.S. elections. The last time I headed to Afghanistan, I spent far more money than I earned. Folks just didn’t seem to care about that war.

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