Michael Yon in Afghanistan

It is hard to know what is really going on in Afghanistan these days.  The media often takes a single fact or statistic and runs with it if it will give them good ratings.  Very few people stateside know how conditions are in Afghanistan.

Michael Yon is an independent reporter who is embedded with troops on the front lines.  His posts are amazing because they capture what is actually going on in a land that is 7500 miles away.  His unbiased and clear reporting is a breath of fresh air.  I encourage everyone to read his latest report: Arghandab & The Battle for Kandahar.

It gives a bit of background history regarding the Soviet invasion in the 80s, and explains how this current war is different from the Soviet's.

New Stimulus?

Can somebody please explain how this makes any sense?  Obama proposed today in a new plan to "spend our way out of this recession".

This is some serious short-term thinking.  I still don't know how he plans on paying for the previous Stimuli packages.  Every dollar that the government spends comes out of tax dollars.  Spending yourself out of a recession is like taking $100 out of your left pocket and putting $60 in your right, while shredding the remaining $40 into pieces, gone forever to government waste and inefficiency.

Death and Taxes

This is a great tool showing how freaking huge the government is.

Iran Needs 20 Nuclear Plants

Iran announced today it needs 20 enrichment plants.  When will they unclench their fist?!