George W. Bush praises President Obama’s Afghanistan surge in his Upcoming Decision Points Memoir

I don’t know if I should be mad about this or not:

“In his memoir, George W. Bush praises President Barack Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan.

He expresses gratitude that Obama “stood up to critics by deploying more troops, announcing a new commitment to counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, and increasing the pressure on Pakistan to fight the extremists in the tribal areas.””

I’m reading Jonathan Altar’s The Promise about Obama’s first year in office right now and, even though I think Afghanistan was initially a just war that slowly morphed into a clusterf-ck that now can’t be won, reading some more background on it in the book has made me rethink that position. I was a mouthy bastard with my anti-Bush/anti-war vitriol on the old blog back when he was still in office and both wars were jumping off. Now I don’t know any more….

Hit the jump to watch a video of GWB promoting Decision Points: (more…)

Video: Tea Party Politicians Rand Paul & Jim DeMint Vague on How to Cut the Federal Budget

I really want to see how they think they can pull this off. They’re like Rob Ford, the Toronto mayoral election winner – they think cutting government employee rolls and wages is enough to put a dent in the government debts levels. And BTW: for all his talk about a broken (and broke) city in Toronto, the municipal government here actually ran a surplus this year!

[via HuffPost]

Opened this weekend: Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (Official Trailer)

What’s up with that bootleg-sounding wannabe “Empire State of Mind” track in the sound bed though?

Hit the jump for a longer in-depth look at Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer via The Documentary Channel.

Credits:
Cast: Eliot Spitzer
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alex Gibney
Writer: Alex Gibney

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AP Video: NBC Suspends Countdown Host Keith Olbermann for Undeclared Campaign Donations

As much as I love Keith Olbermann (pause), I can’t say tNBC were really wrong for coming to that decision. Or are they? That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t sign the petition asking for his reinstatement though.

Video: Dallas Penn – Vote Or Lie (and The Combat Jack Radio Show)

Dallas of DallasPenn.com and the internets celebrities went down to DC for last weekend’s Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally To Restore Sanity and/or Keep Fear Alive. His thoughts:

“There isn’t a difference anymore from a Conservative or a Liberal, a Democrat or Republican. Everyone is selfishly and self-righteously insane.”

Agree?

Then hit the jump for a stream of last night’s edition of The Combat Jack Radio Show featuring Dallas alongside of course, the homie, Reggie O. (more…)