Marines to Libya?

The key fact in that part of the Libyan story that concerns US intervention, is what the Obama administration is contemplating sending in if it gets involved: 2 warships and 400 marines. Do they really expect to make a difference with such a small amount of strength?

Civil War in Libya

If Libya is on the verge of a Civil War as they say, then that means that Quaddafi is not going down anytime soon. It means that he has enough supporters to wage one. I'm not sure that the failure for one regime to go down is, by itself, a moral wrong. However, Quaddafi has done so much wrong, he ought to be thought of as one of the bad guys for all those other things he did.

Middle East Revolutions

Here's a neat country by country summary.

Surprised that Quadafi in Libya is going down. Thought that his ruthlessness would see him through.

Compare Tea Party Protesters to Wisconson's

I see that the Labor/Lefty protestors are now occupying the state capitol building. For all the scorn heaped on the Tea Party last year, when did their protests ever do that?

I notice that the workers are looking out for their own interests while the Tea Party protestors were concerned about the country's interests.

The establishment press gave considerable time and attention looking for and reporting on the occasionally ill-behaved protestor and the bad taste sign when covering the Tea Party but seem to go out of their way to avoid reporting on bad things on the current protests.

Just comparing.

How Left Wing Is the Academic Establishment?

Here’s an interesting piece in today’s Washington Post wherein some professors seem to have made an honest attempt to measure and evaluate the situation. Their biggest conclusion to me was that academics are getting more left wing as time goes by.

Alaska Primary

I like the headlines of the Republican candidates for US Senate "battling" for votes during the count. The election ought to be a battle; the count of the votes ought to be just a mathematical excercise.

Dyer on Leadership

Critics hang around and wait for others to make mistakes. But the real doers of the world have no time for criticizing others. They're too busy doing, making mistakes, improving, making progress.

- Wayne Dyer

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