Exceptional performances deserve recognition, and there are many worth noting after the Senate’s consent to ratifying New START with seven votes to spare on December 22nd. Here’s my short list:
S is for Strategic, T is for …
by | 2010-12-20 | 16 Comments
Do you know why the New START treaty doesn’t deal with tactical nuclear weapons? Because it starts with a f’cking S, that’s why.
All I Want for X-Mas is New START
by | 2010-12-19 | No Comments
John Isaacs is clearly a genius: ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a treaty was stirring, not even New START. The speeches were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that some amendments soon would be there; The Senators were nestled all snug in their rooms, While smells of …
The Dance of the Veils
by | 2010-12-16 | 47 Comments
Jon Kyl’s dance of the veils is finally over. The last veil dropped when, after many accommodations and delays, the White House finally insisted that New START be dealt with in the lame duck session, and Majority Leader Harry Reid placed the Treaty on the Senate’s calendar. Protesting that there is insufficient time to debate …
