Leigh R.'s Blog
Leigh R.
- Location
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Birthday
- April 24
- Title
- Owner
- Company
- Consultant
- Bio
- Former official at, State Dept, Office of the Secy of Defense, Interior Department, Energy Department and FAA.Lobbyist, foreign agent, lawyer, reading, photographer, cabinet maker. He loves most dogs (more than most people), opera (the Italians), international travel, classical music
MY RECENT POSTS
- Tea Time aka Walking off a
Cliff
July 28, 2011 01:13PM - Mission Accomplished but not
noticed
August 28, 2010 01:54PM - Is there still and urge to "do
it right"?
August 25, 2010 11:11AM - Dishonorable Discharge
Required
August 25, 2010 09:10AM - Before it's too late.
Socialize!
July 10, 2010 04:09PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you L in the
Southeast. To "Unbreakable" I
can only say
your
vitr…”
October 01, 2010 12:56PM - “If you and/or your
partner haven't found the G
Spot yet you
probably aren't
looki…”
August 14, 2009 11:20AM - “Emma, I have no axe to
grind. It has been several
decades
since I was burned by
a…”
July 20, 2009 03:47PM - “I have, in the past,
been a loyalist to Maher. I
forgave him
his questionable
mat…”
June 22, 2009 03:48PM - “Joan,
"That's
still no reason to take
hostages, obviously,
but...it's
one
of…”
April 14, 2009 11:00AM
Leigh R.'s Links
Tea Time aka Walking off a Cliff
Mission Accomplished but not noticed
The Washington Post's Version of "mission Accomplished" from Page One.
Left to 'follow through' in Iraq
FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, IRAQ - Col. Malcolm Frost knew there would be que
… Read full post »Is there still and urge to "do it right"?
During the past six weeks I've been seeing more of the inside of hospitals than anyone who watches House and sets the DVR for re-runs of ER and Chicago Hope every week.
These past several weeks I had a "simple" spinal surgery which turned into a nightmare in the country's best… Read full post »
Dishonorable Discharge Required
Top Marine Says Afghan Deadline May Help Taliban
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Published: August 24, 2010
It was by far the most sharply worded public remark from a senior
military commander about the White House’s timetable for
starting to wind down the warWASHINGTON — The
commandant of/
Before it's too late. Socialize!
Lately the 'chattering class' has been absorbed by the bankruptcies of newspapers; an understandable anxiety.
As an aging New Yorker I can clearly remember the sadness I felt when I watched the New York newspapers begin to disappear. We had morning and afternoon papers and many extra editi… Read full post »
Understanding the "Spill" without mentioning BP
THE MYTH OF FREE ENTERPRISE OR, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG IN THIS COUNTRY
DEEP SEA DRILLING IS NOT THE PROBLEM. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT THE PROBLEM. PRESIDENT REAGAN AND HIS SUCCESSORS IN THE BUSH FAMILY ARE THE PROBLEM. THEY ALLOWED CAPITALISM TO FLOURISH AT THE EXPENSE OF THE REST… Read full post »
My horrible mother and Iran's Future! Huh?
Conundrum For Israel
This may be fiction. Who knows?
In the beginning. . .
Who knows what happened in the beginning! This is not metaphysics. It’s a just a little story about how I came to acquire the power to mess with… Read full post »
My horrible mother and Iran's Future! Huh?
Conundrum For Israel
This may be fiction. Who knows?
In the beginning. . .
Who knows what happened in the beginning! This is not metaphysics. It’s a just a little story about how I came to acquire the power to mess with… Read full post »
Is the Supreme Court too supreme?
The Supreme Court's willingness to open the flood gates to unlimited corporate money will change the country for a much longer time than I and my children and grandchildren are likely to live.
That decision alone will perpetutate all of the things that ultimately are wrong with America today. I… Read full post »
Is Afghanistan really so complicated?
Transperency turns opaque
If you read this blog even superficially you know I am always willing to give President Obama the benefit of the doubt. I still am.
But this afternoon I saw a shocking statistic on MSNBC. These numbers are not exact. I cannot be certain either of whether we are comparing apples… Read full post »
New York's Ex Governor, Sex and Obama's Leadership
Lately, Elliot Spitzer "The Disgraced" adulterer has been making increasingly frequent appearances on TV.
The more I see the more I like. He really knows the financial score. He's steeped in the stuff that brought this country to its knees. He would do something about it. He's tough, he… Read full post »
The question we are all afraid to ask about ourselves
There is no evidence. It is unlikely there will ever be evidence to support a hypothesis like this one. Perhaps that's why the mainstream media don't investigate it. But. . .
I wonder if it's possible that the preponderant right wing of the Republican party really doesn't want to be ruled… Read full post »
Schumer was right on the law but wrong on "courtesy"
What are we coming too?
A question that could be asked about thousands of our overburdened rules of cultural and political correctness. Should Senator Shumer have called an in flight attendant (stewardess) a bitch for telling him to turn off his cell phone? Of course not.
None of us… Read full post »
Why do people criticize Obama for winning the Nobel prize?
It makes me very uncomfortable to discover that Americans who claim to be great patriots would criticise the President of the United States for being awarded an important prize which he didn't solicit, lobby for, ask for or arrange behind the scenes as one might have expected of Nixon.
If his… Read full post »
Should we go to war again?
As a civilian veteran of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for five years I want to pass on some observations.
First, the military always wanted more troops and they are not to blame for that. They see "winning" as the ultimate objective in any assignment. They train for war.… Read full post »
Very dark shadows
It is extremely difficult to listen to "talk TV" even if it's playing quietly in the background. Usually, I decide in the morning if the punditry is going to beat to death that day subjects that are not worth beating to death nor worth lending an ear . If the answer… Read full post »
My quietude
I've been inactive on my Open Salon blog for a very long time. I decided to figure out why. It just came to me in a flash this morning. I will share my flash with you in case anyone else has this problem.
When I first started blogging I got a… Read full post »
The Greying of the President
The pundits are getting ready for that long dreaded hot month of August when there is nobody in Washington to take their calls or feed them stuff they can use for chattering. How else can one explain the national fuss they have made of Obama's criticism of the Cambridge Police?
If… Read full post »
Hypothetical: Would you trust a reporter with your life?
A journalist at the Huffington Post, in speaking of the taking and escape of David Rhode from guerrillas, terrorists, defenders of the faith, kooks or think thesauraus in part had this to say this morning:
My magazine, Editor & Publisher, was among the media outlets aware, very early o… Read full post »
Salami Slicing
A favorite aphorism at the Pentagon frequently hurled against the ebb and flow of State Department foreign policy for its gradualness is "salami slicing". No matter how thin you slice it, eventually it's gone.
Is Obama slicing the salami too thin?There is something disturbing about this debate… Read full post »
Is any comment necessary?
From the New York Times April 7, 2009
Former Peruvian President Convicted in Murder, Kidnapping Trial
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, April 7, 2009; 2:21 PM
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 7 -- Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was convicted Tuesday of human rig… Read full post »
Maybe I'm stupid
I am not skilled, trained or educated in banking. Fiscal affairs are alien to me. But nobody ever called me stupid before--unless it happens today.
So let a reasonably smart guy ask what may be a stupid question. If the United States Government is convinced that Bank of America or Citicorp… Read full post »
More troops to Afghanistan? Why? Danger ahead!
It is always useful to think again about a pattern of behavior when time passes to determine if the behavior still fits the objectives and resources.
Our objective is to kill, stop or slow down terrorist attacks from Al Qaeda. About that there is no disagreement.
As far as the public… Read full post »
The Controversy over the State Secrets Privilege
It appears to the surprise of many civil libertarians who voted for Barack Obama that the Department of Justice is continuing to assert, as did George W. Bush that when the executive branch believes a law suit will reveal State Secrets it can demand that the law suit be dismissed.… Read full post »
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