The Cost of War

As of this writing, 2,874 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq.? Total non-mortal casualties, all service branches, is at 46,137.
There have been between 47,781 and 53,014 Civilians reported killed by military intervention in Iraq.
In dollars, the cost of the war in Iraq is $345.28 billion dollars.
Total number of Weapons of Mass Destruction found [...]

Rumsfeld okayed Abu Graib abuses

Reuters reported on Saturday that outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld authorised the mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, the prison’s former U.S. commander said in an interview on Saturday.
Former U.S. Army Brigadier General Janis Karpinski told Spain’s El Pais newspaper she had seen a letter apparently signed by Rumsfeld which allowed [...]

Gotta Love Michael

If you tried logging on to Turning Left yesterday, you may have seen a bunch of code, PHP and otherwise, errors all over the place.? Our host was migrating the database server, physically moving it from one room to another, and that caused some problems until everything was restored.
So, I apologize for the inconvenience, [...]

Now what!

We have the House. We have the Senate, although by a very narrow margin. Where do we go from here? Listening to progressive radio this week, I heard many callers who assumed that the first order of business would be impeachment, although Speaker-to-be Pelosi has said it’s off the table. The assumption is that she [...]

Dobson Sounding Haggard

Mega-Christian James Dobson, one of the saved, said this week that he ‘doesn’t have time’ to be on the panel of Christian experts involved in working to restore disgraced preacher Ted Haggard. Dobson is the founder and chairman of Focus on the Family. Dobson said in a prepared statement:
“It is with great regret [...]

Hastert Set to Resign from Congress?

Rumor has it from some very well-placed sources in the 14th district in Illinois that House Speaker Dennis Hastert plans to resign from the United States Congress soon. If he does so within the next 9 months, a special primary will be held, and the Democrats will have another chance to take the district.
John [...]

Rumsfeld resigns - Getting out of Dodge?

CNN reports that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, intends to resign after six stormy years at the Pentagon, Republican officials said Wednesday. President Bush is expected to make an announcement later on today.
Would the Republicans have lost Congress if Rummy had resigned last week?? Or last [...]

The Sun Also Rises

The Associated Press is reporting that the Democrats have taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time since 1994.

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Vote today

You’ve already heard it so many times. But today is the day. Vote for Matt. Vote for all those lost in Iraq. Vote for yourself.
It doesn’t matter why.
Just vote.

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Cheney Defiant

In an appearance this morning on ABC News This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Vice-President Dick Cheney was quick to mention 9/11, the War on Terror, and gave strong indication of how he would relate to a Democratic-controlled Congress. If served a subpoena, he would refuse to comply.
Cheney said the administration is moving “full speed [...]

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