Brian Junyor

via Crook’s & Lairs
“This powerful video made by firefighters and the IAFF is their effort to begin to educate the rest of America about the fallacy that both Giuliani and the media has created known as “America’s Mayor.” This is just the beginning”¦.AFLCIO:”

As we all know the current gun denizen is Codiac, but every now and then there is a story so remarkable that I have to post it.

For instance: the Texas lawmaker who voted against the castle doctrine; he shot and killed someone in the circumstances that the castle doctrine was there to protect; the rights of the individual who is protecting themselves.

Here is a link to the story.

This article by Former Neoconservative Francis Fukuyama outlines how the how and why things have gone badly in Iraq and how the current neocon regime was not expecting the type of reaction from the rest of the world as they got.  The article is quite long and verry interesting.  He does go into detail about the american mind and from his words

“Americans are not, at heart, an imperial people. Even benevolent hegemons sometimes have to act ruthlessly, and they need a staying power that does not come easily to people who are reasonably content with their own lives and society.”

He also touches a bit on history.  I would recommend reading it and please give comments on this article.  I’m interested in your views, esp that of junyor and mensrea.