hell’s handmaiden

Welcome to the May 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country. This edition is much shorter than the past two or three but we’ve lost nothing in quality.

War:
• jkrane82 presents Pentagon Spin, Much to Our Chagrin posted at We Op-Ed, saying, “Exploring the impact and significance of the Pentagon’s use of military analysts for propaganda.”

Politics:
• Holly Ord has an interesting anecdote about candidate McCain: A Long Day Can Be Used as an Excuse for Calling Your Wife a Cunt posted at Menstrual Poetry.
• Jeremy Zongker presents Election Promises posted at Debt Comics.

April 1, 2008. (Well… Ok. Its actually April 5th. Let’s just say that April 1 is the nominal date.) Spring is in the air. I’m not all that happy about it, but such is the way it is. Here at the the ‘This Is Not My Country Carnival’ we’ve got a new set of post on an old set of topics. But those topics recur because they are important.

Welcome to the March 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country.

Once again I am too busy to breathe and so once again the carnival is somewhat raw. But enjoy.

Freddie L. Sirmans, Sr. presents COLD STEEL RAW BUCK NAKED ECONOMICS 101. posted at CAN US ECONOMY SURVIVE DOOMSDAY?.

DrGizmondo presents The puppet masters: Who’s pulling the strings behind the Presidential contenders? posted at Cerebral Black Hole, saying, “This article takes an in-depth look at the history of the people behind the presidential candidates, the advisors. Leaving to stone unterned and no candidates out, Cerebral Black Hole highlight the dirty little secrets of the “puppet masters”.”

Welcome to the February 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country. I am slammed with work in the non-blog world and have been for a month or more, so here is this edition in its raw glory. I hope to catch up by the time next edition rolls around.

200motels presents The Texas Wine Company posted at 200motels.net.

Shaun Connell presents The Australian Gun Ban posted at The Rebirth of Freedom Foundation.

Shaun Connell presents UK Gun Ban posted at The Rebirth of Freedom Foundation.

Welcome to the January 1, 2008 edition of this is not my country, but with elections coming I am hopeful, marginally, that I may be able to reclaim some of that pie in the sky affection I had for the country in my youth. It isn’t that I’ve lost my love of the principles in the Declaration and the government of the Constitution. If fact, if anything, that is my problem. I suppose a case can be made that we, as a nation, have been drifting away from those principles since the whole experiment began, but with 9/11 we ran like hell, trading principle for an illusion of safety.