From time of the release (leak) of the draft GAO Report regarding Iraq on August 30, 2007 to today, we have managed to meet another four of the 18 benchmarks!

At this rate, we should be able to redeploy our troops out of Iraq in 2 or 3 weeks…  Read more 

What they don’t talk about is a dirty little secret everyone in Washington knows , or at least should. The vast majority of economists and budget analysts agree: The ship of state is on a disastrous course, and will founder on the reefs of economic disaster if nothing is done to correct it.

Yo! CD, what’s the skinny on this? Aside from we’re FUBAR. Where are the leverage points politically? How the hell do we conceive of politics at the bureaucratic level? None of these people are elected? This is starting to look a lot like the Donation of Constantine – the clerics are running the country. OK you were right.  Read more