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2009-03-11 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-11 03:58|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Love your taste in space opera, but I don't see the connection between the quote and the news item. Is Freeman getting married to a recent widow or something?

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2009-03-11 09:58|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2009-03-11 09:58|| Front Page Top

#2
(a) The Vorkosigan Saga is not space opera---it's space ballet.

(b) If you belive, like Chas Freeman, that Israeli Lobby rules Washington to the detriment of USA, and have expressed this opinion in public numerous times---don't go looking for a USG job that affects Israel.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-03-11 10:48|| 2009-03-11 10:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Supposing there were no Jews and no Israel, and no Israel Lobby for him to rant against, would I then be expected to be happy with a NIC chair who cheered on the butchers of Tiananmien square?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-11 10:56|| 2009-03-11 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 It is disturbing that "top intelligence officials defended his selection". Doesn't really sound all that intelligent.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-11 12:15|| 2009-03-11 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 I read (and still have) the whole Vorkosegan series, great, whatever you call it.

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-03-11 12:45|| 2009-03-11 12:45|| Front Page Top

#6 boo hoo-the anti semetic douchenozzle still has his saudi 401k to fall back on--he should be buried UNDER an israeli lobby in a building in dizengoff square intel aviv--symetry would've been nice though--an anti american intelligence assessor to go with an anti american president--what's with this dennis blair--navy guys are such pacifist internationalist weenies--more like tufts diplo grads than hard core patriots--are they still taking it up the bum at sea?

Posted by SON OF TOLUI 2009-03-11 15:14|| 2009-03-11 15:14|| Front Page Top

#7 The first book has a really good possible rotating title for the front page...

"They think they're the wave of the future, but it's just sludge flowing downhill."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-03-11 18:04|| 2009-03-11 18:04|| Front Page Top

#8 I guess Bill Ayers can still have hope......

Posted by CrazyFool 2009-03-11 18:08|| 2009-03-11 18:08|| Front Page Top

#9 "Space ballet"?

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-03-11 23:18|| 2009-03-11 23:18|| Front Page Top

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