http://www.josefg.com/journal Life, the Universe and Everything Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:46:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en summarizing everything that is wrong with U.S. domestic politics in one ironic, sarcastic and hilarious clip. Well worth watching...   The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/11/17/my-favorite-daily-show-clip-of-the-week/ With yesterday's landing of the Space Shuttle Atlantis this colossal waste of U.S. taxpayer's money came to its well-deserved end. Good riddance. See this article in the Guardian for more analysis. http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/07/22/the-space-shuttle-boondoggle-rip/ http://www.josefg.com/journal/2011/02/09/us-foreign-policy-at-a-glance/ The job of the media is not to protect power from embarrassment. It should be independent of and adversarial to Government. This is not the case here in the U.S. as has been made clear by the U.S. media's response to the latest Wikileaks revelations. In my opinion Wikileaks deserves ... http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/12/03/wikileaks/ is there any way to say these things better? http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/11/05/uncertainty/ What to do? http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/26/a-summary-of-us-political-reality/ proves that men don't have a monopoly on looking silly and spreading nonsense. http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/19/the-growing-number-of-women-religious-leaders/ Add this to the long list of President Obama's accomplishments...along with such notables as   Closing Guantanamo. Single Payer healthcare choice/reducing healthcare cost while insuring every U.S. citizen. Accomplishing meaningful climate legislation. Stopping the assault on civil liberties and holding accountable those that violated U.S. laws via committing/condoning torture. Reducing ... http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/10/12/winning-hearts-and-minds/ cartoon by Mr. Fish http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/09/30/funny-thing/ From Scott Ritter's analysis of the current state of affairs in Iraq (see Obama and Iraq: ‘Through a Glass, Darkly’, Truthdig.com, 21 Sep 2010): The Obama administration’s so-called strategy for Iraq lacks any discernable benchmarks for success. Void of any coherent definition of what “success” in Iraq might actually ... http://www.josefg.com/journal/2010/09/21/the-end-of-combat-operations-in-iraq/