what part of "general time horizon" don't they understand?

Well, for starters, they don't seem to understand that referring to it as a "horizon" stipulates that we're talking about something which recedes as you approach it.

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq wants to eliminate any chance U.S. forces will stay here after 2011 under a proposed security pact and to expand Iraqi legal jurisdiction over U.S. troops until then, a close ally of the prime minister said Thursday.

Did you catch that? "Horizon," my friends...

Obama sticks it to the liberal media

He's turning on them before they're even finished getting him elected...

Obama to media: pony up for election night access

(Crain’s) — The best-funded political campaign in American history says news organizations will have to pay—in some cases almost $2,000 each—if they want to cover Barack Obama’s election-night celebration in Chicago.

A memo sent to news organizations on Tuesday by the Obama campaign says credentials will cost $715 to $1,815, depending on whether electrical and phone lines are needed and whether an indoor or outdoor seat is requested for the event, which is expected to be held outside the evening of Nov. 4 in Grant Park.

You want to come in from the rain? That's an extra thousand. This also bears the faint whiff of chickens being counted early (see also: Smiff fantasy baseball drafts).
Did you catch that? "Celebration," my friends...

that Nuri -- what a kidder!

AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a long-term security pact were at a stalemate because of U.S. demands that encroached on Iraq's sovereignty.