PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH (1924-2018)

The 41st President of the United States of America, George Herbert Walker Bush, has died. He was 94. His final words were sent over speaker phone to his son, President George Walker Bush: "I love you, too." I don't remember anything from the Bush 41 Administration (obviously), but I do know that it was led…

The Terrible History of National Security Advisor John Bolton

Such a nice young man.

On April 9th of this year, former UN Ambassador John Bolton will replace Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as President Trump's National Security Advisor. He will be the third person to become National Security Advisor in this administration - the first Advisor, Lt. General Michael Flynn, was forced to resign over concerns that he lied to…

Super Duper Fun Reaction to the 2018 State of the Union Address

make america meme again

Once again, I'm procrastinating my homework to deliver analysis and a reaction to President Trump's State of the Union. This was his first real SOTU address, although he gave an address to Congress last February (and you can catch my reaction to that speech here), so this is kind of a big deal. Presidents usually…

Really Brief Thoughts: General H.R. McMaster

Today, 20 February 2017, President Trump nominated Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster to fill General Michael Flynn's role as his National Security Advisor. I don't know much about General McMaster's current policies and how he stands on Iran and Russia and stuff, but I can say that McMaster is one of the most highly-respected field commanders…

Why “Take the Oil” Is a Terrible Idea

Early in his unfortunately-historic campaign for President, Donald Trump said that he would get rid of ISIS by bombing the bejesus out of their oil fields and getting American oil companies to set up shop and "take the oil." Said companies would then extract as much oil as possible and send it to the U.S., thus…