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Ted Rall: Why Can't Barack "McNamara" Obama See His Wars Are Unwinnable?1 comment

rikkitikkitavi wrote 6 days ago: Ted Rall, uExpress, July 7, 2009 PORTLAND, OREGON–Robert McNamara, one of the “best and … more →

Tags: Commentary, toon, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, editorial cartoon, editorial cartoons, Hypocrisy, iraq, John F. Kennedy

"Useless Friday Info"2 comments

crossroadstalk wrote 1 week ago: Today I’m going to approach my “Useless Friday Info” from a little different dire … more →

Tags: Funny Stuff, Useless Friday Info, Franklin Roosevelt, Friday, Hot Dog, Humphrey Bogart, Marriage, President, Quotes

Lyndon Baines Johnson (1961-1963)

Arne wrote 1 week ago: Russell Baker, writing in The Australian in December 1997, remembered LBJ the VP: IN THE TIME OF LYN … more →

Tags: 1960 Democratic convention, JFK, LBJ, Russell Baker

The Raw Story: Robert McNamara deceived LBJ on Gulf of Tonkin, documents show

Aaron Pendell wrote 1 week ago: Exclusive from The Raw Story by Gareth Porter, 8 July 2009: The secret was his deliberate deceit of … more →

Tags: History, Gareth Porter, Gulf of Tonkin, LBJ, Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense, Vietnam

Joseph Galloway: Reading McNamera's Obit with Great Pleasure

rikkitikkitavi wrote 1 week ago: Joseph L. Galloway, McClatchy Newspapers, July 6, 2009 “I have never killed a man, but I have … more →

Tags: Commentary, toon, dead, Donald Rumsfeld, editorial cartoon, editorial cartoons, JFK, John Kennedy, LBJ

July 9th is my Birthday.....Check out the video of what was going on in 1967 when I came screaming into this world!!1 comment

Brad wrote 1 week ago:   Here is a few other facts from 1967……..A loaf of Bread was .22 cents… … more →

Tags: 1967, acid, Anti-War, drugs, Hippies, Hubert Humphery, July 9, lsd, Marijuana

More War Revisionism From The Murdoch Street Journal

doomsy wrote 1 week ago: Leave it to Uncle Rupert’s conservative house organ to use the occasion of Robert McNamara’s death … more →

Tags: Dubya Legacy Lies, Politics (General), Pundit Ponderings (Bad), World Stuff, George W. Bush, Henry Kissinger, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara

The Tragedy of Robert McNamara Does Not End With Vietnam7 comments

Dr. Nayyar Hashmey wrote 1 week ago: Robert McNamara, as Secretary Defence under Lyndon B. Johnson, was the chief architect of US war pol … more →

Tags: News, Views & Analysis, Political Essays & Commentaries, 1960s, iraq and vietnam, Iraq War, John F. Kennedy, michael jackson death, Politics & News, Robert McNamara

Harry Reid's Legacy Quest?

Rick wrote 1 week ago: TPM is all abuzz over some tough talk the Senate Majority Leader may be dishing out to members of th … more →

Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Health Care, bipartisanship, Blue Dogs, David Broder, Democratic Caucus, filibuster, Harry Reid

Robert S. McNamara's quest for forgiveness

jzuk wrote 1 week ago: Perhaps somewhat lost in the latest boom of celebrity deaths, was that of Robert S. McNamara, one of … more →

Tags: Donald Rumsfeld, Fog of War, Iraq War, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, vietnam war

Robert S. McNamara, Architect of a Futile War, Dies at 932 comments

anthony wrote 1 week ago: TIM WEINER | NYT | July 7, 2009 Robert S. McNamara, the forceful and cerebral defense secretary who … more →

Tags: Commentary, Gulf of Tonkin incident, John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Vietnam

Robert McNamara dies

noolo wrote 1 week ago: He was an intelligent man, but on the wrong side of the history. … more →

Tags: John F. Kennedy, Robert McNamara, Robert McNamara dies, vietnam war

Lyndon Johnson quote

magus71 wrote 1 week ago: “You can have more war or you can have more appeasement. We don’t want either.” ~P … more →

Tags: Imperitores, Quotes

Sam Houston's final failure

rdgreen436 wrote 1 week ago: Yesterday, I finally finished James L. Haley’s biography of Sam Houston. My girlfriend bought … more →

Tags: History, Sam Houston, James Haley

Where's Lyndon Johnson when we need him?

rdgreen436 wrote 1 week ago: Harry Reid, being underwhelming. Still, there’s little doubt that Reid will have his hands full just … more →

Tags: News, Politics, Harry Reid

This Day in History 7/2: The Civil Rights Act of 1964

ldorazio1 wrote 2 weeks ago: Independence Day is around the corner, and we’re in a giddy mood here in the Neighborhood … more →

Tags: American History, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964., Commentary, Current Events, Education, History, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.

Obama Running Scared1 comment

rogerhollander wrote 3 weeks ago: Published on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 by the Albany Times Union (New York) by Helen Thomas A unive … more →

Tags: Health, roger hollander, Health Insurance, Health Care, socialized medicine, Single Payer, Healthcare, FDR, Medicare

Thanks Sonora Dodd4 comments

tarheeltalker wrote 3 weeks ago: In the interest of equal time, hey, hey, it’s Father’s Day. So hats off to us dads, all … more →

Tags: History, Holidays, Civil War, Family, sonora dodd, Spokane, Washington, William Smart

The Gulf of Tonkin

thequintessential wrote 3 weeks ago: August 2, 1964. It marked the beginning of the U.S involvement in South East Asia. The Gulf of Tonk … more →

Tags: Politics, Gulf of Tonkin


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