The great logician, Wittgenstein, demonstrated the interconnection and identity between thought and language.  In his Philosophical Investigations he showed us the logic of our worlds by illustrating the logic of our community based interactive games.  In essence, he proved that, all things being equal, CONTEXT is more essential than any TEXT in and of itself. 

Using Wittgenstein's blueprint, what can we tell about 'time horizons'?  E.J Dionne "was thinking you could walk towards the horizon and never actually get there."  He says this in jest... sort of.

But I think he's literally right.  Think about the CONTEXT.  As I have written here -- in long winded fashion -- the logistical planning of Iraq entailed failure. 

With that as our backdrop, what could 'time horizon' possibly mean, other than Zeno's Paradox.  If you starting moving from here to there, at some point you will be half-way between here and there.  At another point you will be half-way between the previous half-way point and there, etc.  The only logical conclusion is that we can never actually move from here to there: movement is an illusion.

What a perfect mind-frame for the administration.  Argue from this vantage point and no one can fault anyone for not making progress.  After all, progress is impossible!  (And hence, the status quo -- in general -- is the only possibility)  I feel the new Conservative Manifesto coming on; someone get Rove on the line.

Of course, Zeno's Paradox gets shot down in its tracks now-a-days.  Between Relativity Theory, String Theory, and M-Theory, poor Zeno never stood a chance (space,time, and causality are interwoven -- not separate entities as Zeno assumed).  But since when have facts changed anything for this administration?  Let alone, when have facts changed their mind-frames!  Like Josh said, "If you tell people up is down, they just don't know what to make of it."