He said, She said?

Enhanced Interrorgations?
Goldberg and Hannity have some interesting points aside*.
Meaning they seem to have presented an argument for prosecutions for lying to the American People, not to mention looking back.
"...all of them were given very specific details that enhanced interrogation would be used..."
To be fair and balanced, I doubt he would apply the same standards to himself or the past. I do think prosecution is the thing, only the forum is the question.

* meaning the sorts the thing

[First let me say that my sorting above might hinge on the charge of "political expediency". That is what former CIA Director Porter Goss accused Speaker Pelosi of employing, if not amnesia. But really I think it could be more a matter of not being able to be direct about who was told what by whom when and when was it authorized** to implement or leak. OK, enough parsing or passing the buck game, but the new game in town is also "political expediency" with the move of Sen. Arlen Specter announcing his switch and plan to run in the Democratic primary to finish out his legecy.
** temp link here of my own expediency]

McCain Cover(age)

Image controversy.
It must be clarified that I am using a technique often used by the media. "All Palin, all the time..." Tweaking the headline.
The Atlantic Issue, is more about the work of the photographer.

An image has been rattling around my head.
American Neo Con But it is a composite of McCain and Palin, and they are not covered in lipstick, but what pigs are usually covered with.

And speaking of their only shot.

Reading the fine print or between the images, there really is more "straight talk" than the McCain campaign. The cover of The Atlantic is supposedly not doctored, but some of the other images should not see the light. Others are out there doing photoshop, it should not come from a professional. It demeans the journalism. Of course the Republicans demean politics and government, so the public should ask, who is de meanest.

Under the covers:
Jeffrey Goldberg : The Wars of John McCain

Marc Ambinder What We Learned This Weekend

Speaking of Age, it is a bit whiny to complain about tough ads. It seems that McCain not only hides behind his own attacks but his defense wreaks havoc with his own experiences. Bearings are crucial to a pilot and that he loses them is not about his age but his leadership. His age and Palin's gender are no excuse for not standing up for vets or women and facing the issues and the media would go a long way to correcting one's bearing. Bearing is not just something in the woods.

Value Added?

Chris Matthews is Value Taxed.

Mid-Speech (13:35 in video):

[quote]To meet that goal, we will pursue the following objectives within Afghanistan. We must deny al Qaeda a safe-haven. We must reverse the Taliban's momentum and deny it the ability to overthrow the government. And we must strengthen the capacity of Afghanistan's Security Forces and government, so that they can take lead responsibility for Afghanistan's future

It is not so much was is said, but what is not[***] said or heard elsewhere.[**] Number one threat to national security now? Economic Crisis Second or was number one before the last administration: Nuclear Proliferation.

I don't know if I can find the point where a Republican critic complains that we can't address some of the concerns at home, how can we address them in Afghanistan? That is a great point. It should have been considered before we shifted from getting Bin Laden and to regime change in Iraq. But the important difference is that Afghanistan needs to build their governmental processes amidst turmoil, while we have got one already in turmoil thanks to the Chicken Hawks*, and Afghanistan does not have the stumbling blocks which are our foundations and which the previous administration and current Republicans continue to trample.

* I think we can safely say Chris Matthews is one now, but I don't really know he did not serve. The only wiki connection is other MSNBC military analysts. Not to mention Rube Goldberg. He did serve: "in the United States Peace Corps in Swaziland from 1968 to 1970 as a trade development advisor."
[**] added link
[***] similarly Pakistan has a government that must be dealt with with all our influence. (27:03) Values Sir CHARGE![Sometimes I can't believe Matthews was ever in politics or heard any of the Bush speechs- but that is maybe good for an interviewer, because we must listen to his guests.]
[Having now finished hearing the speech, after spending too much time on the reactions, I must say that the speech was a solemn thrill and no vapid rhetoric. I think I detected that in the faces and response from "the Corps" and one would not expect them to act like groupies at a rock concert or talk show hosts.
[And 1:15 to 1:52 with Rachel Maddow. Lastly I have sorted the bold links{see below index} and I hope you have "found my thrill". Maybe we should have a thrill added tax, but there "he goes" again.]
{Index of priority links: "Speech", "no vapid" (General Eaton), Pakistan, Maddow (1:15-1:52)}

More on the geometrics of everything.

A. but in no particular order or to be arranged later...there is the tetrahedron of will as I reconstructed a platonic book report.
B.  My reference to math being next to Godliness.
C.  the deconstruction of a famous formula into x,y,z & t
D ...may the cable guy be with you or hoist on our own Picard.
Enough charting of points, here is an article that may be relative.

Some prospecting.  Math, geometry and theories are all constructs.  Uniting constructs is problematic.
I have a hunch that some of them are the problem as much as the key.

PS.  I had not even gotten into the piece maybe as far as locality and unitarity, let alone "constructs."

ahhhh..."Rube Goldberg" that's the ticket[!]
or Rubrics Cube or tetrahedron.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

~the problem of one and infinities and paradoxes

~~~a problem with the tetrahedron of will in my physics, psychology, philosophy and politics...
see "bundles of tetrahedrons" and a different rendering.

image credit
Pardon the live-blogging/reading but I better get some zzz's.
bookmark Quest for Quantum Gravity or the Jinga of time and space.

Value Posted.

Pro Log:

I must preface, that I caught a lot of the reaction along with snippets of the speech on MSNBC(which was no bed of roses) before I finally listened to the whole speech while writing (interspersed) the second[*] blog post. Somewhere embedded is the video of Mathews with Ron Reagan Jr. where he is bating Karen Finney. So if you run into it, let me know, but I have an index of priority links, the first being the speech[**], which I think is the most important in history. Yet. OK, maybe not so melodramatically but solemnly considered to be in the balance. Meaning: if these pragmatic and incremental tactics are not strategically implemented, there will be a much harder and dangerous, Rube Goldberg, if not broken with a peace busted, Rubic's Cube. Any opposition must address all the concerns of our puzzle, not that some pressure will not be welcomed to tweak the navigator and the crew.]

(the preceding was actual preface in an email)

Who let the dogs out!
Not exactly three part harmony *** on Capitol Hill.

[* reference to an email including ]

[**] {Index of priority links: "Speech", "no vapid" (General Eaton), Pakistan, Maddow (1:15-1:52)}

[Last reference: Center for American Progress ]
[*** actual lyrics are in a different Three Dog Night song, speaking of the Radio, I must find the second hour of the Norman Goldman Show to get Ray McGovern's take on things.]
*** Rubic's Cube in this piece(smashed or missing), but Rubric's Cube in this realm mythication.

Tall Ebb and Try Pod.

Taleb and Tri-pod.

Bingo: Hint scroll over
[Footnote: another Try Pod]

[If some have problems with the President, how would they handle even more heat from the kitchen.]
[For later digging: Clams or C-shells...but my original intent was in the context of the Halperin/Evans political/media calculus or shore.]

[7-6-11 Follow-up: Rachel Maddow*, Chris Matthews**, Chris Hayes***, Last Word?*4. Not Quite. Tax & Spend R.I.P.* 3:25 and 11:00 economic brick, Rube Goldberg(Frank Rich)
** Sen. McCaskill Joan Walsh
*** David Frum, Eugene Robinson (& David Brooks)
*4 Do Nothing Congress]

Table of Contents

Under Construction:
Phase Two
Meanwhile, under Churned the Media some after-links:[See Segue/notes]
Ed Schultz and President Obama's "silly" comments.
Further dialogue. With Lawrence Wilkerson on Military Strategy
and (under) the Vast Right Wing.

Note: Three Phases(Labels) of Navigation(The Blog, The Nation, The Culture.)
Not Two Mention the scroll over or inner tubes(You tube) in pun.

Where was my original intent? Chris Matthews and "too cute by half" via Rube Goldberg. I did not find the original use by Chris Matthews, but I maintain that he is sometimes "too cute by half", and I first heard him use it as a caution he had for candidate Obama. Hint: Not*

[Post Segue: Un Churned Melody (See Dylan)].
[SEGUE: Note that original links have been removed below(-1
) and adjusted above, and I have yet to more boldly chart the course of change at least in the form of Navigation here. Meaning, which links I have fully read or viewed or even take my tangents from. See Bold *notbelow.]

Rachel Maddow: Guest Op-Ed(Goldie Taylor) Defense/Intelligence Musical Chairs. Slugger Reid. Lawrence O'Donnell: Trump Trump in Chief Smackdown and New Yorker and who knows what.

[Must update Jerome
Jersey (WiseGuy) Shore, or Surfin/ the wh?]

*Updated Dylan And not Ratigan.

[Anachronistic Hint Try Angulation.]