Looks like Conn is getting a new senator

[OrnotBitwise]

It is the failure we constantly see when the troops are used for police action. We keep repeating this mistake...

The troops showed their awesome capability by overtaking Iraq in three weeks... That is what they are designed for, not being the interim government and police force.

Which is why I believe that this whole "War on Terror" was an inappropriate metaphor from the outset. It leads people to think of fighting terrorism in terms of taking and holding territory and killing the enemy until they capitualte. That doesn't work here, since "terrorism" doesn't hold any territory and has no leadership that can surrender. Kill lots of terrorists and, unless you're very lucky, you'll just recruit more terrorists. Uproot terrorists in one region and they'll just relocate somewhere else . . . after recruiting heavily among the civilian population you've just decimated in uprooting them.

You can't fight ideas with guns and bombs. It's a misuse of our military to even try.

[China Apologist]

even if lieberman loses just the primary i will be happy... you can't continue to ignore pleas from your constituants and expect to win handily.

i remember during the debate Lieberman said he could do more for us than Lamont could b/c he is experienced...

then it really hurt when Lamont pointed out that Conn ranks 49/50 in what we get back with regard to what we pay in federal taxes


that musta stung a bit.

Well, it's simple math, really.

Ever person gets equal representation in the house, and some people get more representation in the senate (they're more special). Every person gets a fair amount of pork from the house, and every state gets an equal amount of pork from the senate. So if you live in a large state you're basically flying money over to Alaska.