Deaths in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports on the death of another three British soldiers in Afghanistan this morning, the soldiers came from " two from The 2nd Battalion The Rifles and a third from 40 Regiment Royal Artillery " Thus in combat operations the UK has lost 168 of its Armed Forces Personnel and another 31 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 199 of its Armed Forces Personnel. As of the above deaths the UK has lost eight soldiers this month, in July the UK lost 22. In the lead up to the Presidential Election in Afghanistan the UK should expect to lose more of its Armed Forces Personnel, we have lost to much to walk away now, thus we need more troops in theatre and more and better transport for air to land so we don't lose troops due to IEDs.

VP Cheney - Bush 43 was a weak President in 2nd Term

Fox News: Reports that VP Cheney has stated that Bush 43 went weak in his Second Term as President. Lets be honest here folks, all Presidents in their second terms want a place in history, Reagan after the hawkish 1st Term went on to become a fan of Gorbachev in the 2nd Term, both men helped end the Cold War. Bill Clinton after the Impeachment wanted to bring peace to the Middle East, it goes with the job, in the first term you act on ideology, in the second term you want to be Reagan, you want to leave office with an approval rating of 63% and your VP as your successor. Clinton left office with a 66% approval rating but he was replaced by the son of the man he defeated, Bush 43. Thus they all want to be the Gipper at the end of their second terms.

VP Cheney critical of Bush 43

CBS: Reports that former VP Dick Cheney has been critical of his former boss, President George W. Bush. The former VP is not happy that Bush 43 in the second term didn't follow his advice. I think but can be wrong this is the first time that a former VP has been so critical of his boss. I cant think of another case in memory when a VP has trashed his President. There is the case of Al Gore who had to distance himself from Bill Clinton in 2000 but that was due to the Presidential Election. I wonder what Bush 41 is thinking, Cheney was his Defence Secretary in the Gulf War, what is more interesting what will Bush 43 think, he has been very quite of late about Obama and Cheney.

Obama's Polls in the Basement!

Rasmussen Reports: Reports the downward trend of President Obama's approval ratings. In the latest Daily Tracking Poll of President Obama's approval/disapproval rating, Obama has 47% approval and 52% disapproval. The Obama White House is being hurt by his health care reform push, also the President is overexposed in the media, he all over the place. The Presidency needs some mystic, JFK and Reagan had mystic to give away, Carter never had it and never developed an it in his four years in the White House. Obama needs more selective TV appearances, he also cant hate Fox News, he might not notice but Fox is major player in the message of American Politics, for a President who used the Internet to great effect Obama is missing the fact that Fox News is Cable News, it was CNN in the day but not any more, thus interviews with the Liberal media gets you nothing, Obama needs to get on Fox, and that means the Factor with the No Spin Zone. If President Obama wants to get his health care reform through he needs new media advisers.