Maybe later?

To be fair, the republicans will probably retain control of congress, so the actual war with Iran may not start until next spring.

In 2002 they made congress give the Mr. Bush the power to invade Iraq before they recessed for the election.

Most importantly, how do I get rich from the suffering of others? If I knew how or had the money, I'd make a ton of money predicting oil prices will go way up.

The hard part is when- November or April?

Maybe it's just best to buy stock in haliburton and whoever makes bullets.

Does that count as war profiteering?

Aw screw it. I'm going to go back to reading 'Julius Caesar.' the pentameter is annoying (damn iambic!) but the subject is quite timely.

October 21

October 21 is the earliest date that airstrikes in Iran can begin. The recently overhauled USS Eisenhower left port last week with its supporting ships for the region. Ostensibly the Eisenhower's mission is to replace the Enterprise, with the Enterprise scheduled to come home in November.

If there's going to be a war with Iran, it can't start before Oct 21.
And if the elections go to the Democrats, they won't be able to start one at all.
That leaves them a window of about 2 weeks to get it started.

I suspect we'll have some kind of "provocation" from Iran toward the end of October that gives our government the pretext for a bombing campaign.

Let's be clear here, Iran is not a threat to us. If they were, you'd be worrying about what an attack on Iran would mean to you. You're not. It won't mean shit to you. They can't send bombs here. The worst they can do is send some to Israel.

I'm not saying it's definitely going to happen, but it looks like it might. All the signs point to a fight with Iran, but I was hoping they'd put it off till next year.

Slacking

Hey Mr. JC, Are you slacking on the News? It is about to be the 5th year anniversary of invading Afganistan and the Taliban is in full force. There were three school shootings in one week! (Is that true?) And now we can be detained without reason or rights. Torture is okay too. Is that what they said? Hey - I need my commentary to understand what's going on around here, Mr JC. But seriously how did they do that Invisible Jacket thing... maybe this is what it looks like right before the Rapture.

Yes, I'm slacking on the news. What can I possibly add to it? The bill of rights is in its "last throes" and all the news people want to focus on is a guy who talks dirty to teenage boys.

I have been watching, and here's what I think is going on.

First, there's another invasion in the works. We already have some people working inside Iran, so that may be it. Oh, and there's going to be an assload of "terror alerts" over the next few weeks, hopefully they'll all be fake. - Speaking of fake, I expect we'll have a big arrest of "terrorists" coming up soon, probably the last week of October. Thing is, we'll never know if they really did anything or not since they're just going to disappear into our gulags, maybe they'll confess to something after being left in the cold or held underwater or whatever.

Also, The Democratic party has finally got the idea that they're playing for keeps, and they've tried to emulate some of the successful tactics used by the Republicans. They don't have the stomach for it though, so they'll eventually get caught and look even worse than the Republicans.

Take a look at George Allen. Here's a guy who thought he was going to run for president in 08. Now he's trying to get people to stop thinking he put a deer's head in somebody's mailbox.

Did he really do that? I would bet both the dollars in my bank account that its total BS. But it doesn't matter that it's not true. All that matters is that people believe it till the day after the election. The Democrats have finally learned how to find their own swift boaters. I guess it's a good thing to some degree, but it I'm sure it will come back and bite them.

I've read the dreadfully boring "torture bill" the blah blah blah of 2006. As far as I can tell, it redefines torture to mean only things that carry a substantial risk of death or leave physical marks. Super! The habeas corpus thing says it only applies to foreign nationals, (sorry Canada) but I suppose we'd never know if an american citizen got picked up, since he would never see a judge.

No, this is not what it looks like before the Rapture. This is what it looks like before an election. If Jesus really was coming back we'd at least have a popular Democrat at the top of the ticket.