Welcome to The Elephant. Drinks are on the house if you bring your own. Do not kick the dog. Gents please pick up the seat. Smoking permitted. If you do not inhale, please leave. We encourage freewheeling conversation, keep it civil and interesting. Thanks-2164th & Whit, proprietors.
Last year, two thousand British troops took part in a mission to deliver 220 tons of equipment to the Kajaki dam in Afghanistan. It took two thousand troops because NATO could not secure 30 miles of road from the Taliban. Now it seems the turbine will...
Christians and Jews are being systematically intimidated removed and terrorized in much of the Islamic world. The response from the majority of Muslims is silence. The western media is mostly silent. One day soon that silence will have to end....
An Elephant Bar Roundup of The One's Accomplishments in 2009:
1. A $787 billion dollar stimulus bill sold as a job creator that made unemployment go to double digits, which he duly blamed on "Eight years of failed policies of the Bush Administration",...
Hat tip to Quirk
Quirk said...
"Harper's Wall Street Index"
Wall Street bonus pool estimate for 2009: $140 billion
Combined budget deficit estimate for 50 states in 2010: $142
billion
Total bailout funds committed by the U.S. government and...
Something near and dear to the heart of this Cold Warrior and Reagan Navy Veteran:
The Bulava missile has not entered serial production, and never will, but it has already destroyed the Russian Navy. Almost all the money allocated to the Navy’s...
