Comments on: For Now, America Isn’t Buying From The Crazy Store

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:15:32 +0000

The solution is simple, pull all our troops out of every country, and bring them home. Then let the rest of the world sort out their own problems while we defend our borders.

By: Jaim

Jaim — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:03:45 +0000

You know what would have been really embarrassing? Trying to shoot down the missile and failing to do so, which is exactly what would’ve happened.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:51:54 +0000

If Bolton were in charge planet Earth would look like planet Mercury in short order.

By: Apsaras

Apsaras — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:39:10 +0000

I remain unconvinced that Newt Gingrich is an actual human being and not some Dickens villain who escaped from the holodeck.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:17:21 +0000

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he would have attempted to knock out the missile.

Single-handedly! With his patented Paddington Hard Stare!©

By: Apsaras

Apsaras — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:55:35 +0000

Doubt Newt’s terrible powers at your own peril, Sean. The man’s ego could eclipse a thousand suns.

By: Sean D. Martin

Sean D. Martin — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:46:54 +0000

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said he would have attempted to knock out the missile.

Which we would completely fail to successfully do thereby demonstrating to North Korea how ineffective we could be. Great plan, Newt!

By: Chris Russell

Chris Russell — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:04:22 +0000

Isn’t the answer to that question “at the very least, everyone over the age of twenty-five”?

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:22:24 +0000

“Can anyone imagine a Russian nuclear attack on the United States?”

Aren’t these the same people who were carrying on about Putin reassembling the Soviet empire when Russia got into a beef with Georgia?

By: Jaim

Jaim — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:13:29 +0000

Short of invading North Korea, there isn’t a whole lot of leverage against someone as crazy as Kim Jong-il.

And the idea that we could have blown up that rocket is pure bullshit. Even under ideal circumstances (e.g., the enemy missile has a GPS unit telling the ground crews exactly where it is and where it’s going) interceptor missiles usually fail).

Not that North Korea isn’t a serious issue, but I’m thinking adult-style diplomacy will have more positive effect than ZOMG TERROR TERROR TERROR will.

By: Thad

Thad — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:05:36 +0000

Nitpick: “clinically insane” is not a real thing. Insanity is a legal term, not a clinical one.

I mean, obviously you’re engaging in hyperbole through a common figure of speech, but just in case that phrase ever comes up in a serious conversation.