Wow, a new post. That blog post about pirates and the USN was a little intense for a layman (and landlubber) such as myself, but ever since these pirate attacks started kicking up, I was wondering when we were going to start taking it a little more seriously, or whether we'd just leave it up to other countries that perhaps have an equal or greater interest in keeping that area of the ocean safe from shipping to take on the responsibility.
On an unrelated note, I see that the Republicans are voting on their "na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na LEADER" (to paraphrase Homer) today. Does anyone else find it a little coincidental that in a party that doesn't have more than a handful of elected officials at any level that are black, and which abhors affirmative action as a general principle, two of the five top candidates for RNC leader and arguably the favorite (Steele)are black? It reminds me a little of when that guy who was married to "7 of 9" from Star Trek Voyager dropped out of his Senate race against Obama a few years back because of scandal, the Republican braintrust decided that the best person to fill in for him as Senator from IL was Alan Keyes, a man who was woefully short on IL cred (having never lived there) and elective office experience (having never held one), but conveniently high on melanin count in his skin considering his opponent.
Discuss.
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