He did it. I was actually in the parking lot at the Matteson, IL, Walmart during the President’s address tonight. The 7 ½ year war in Iraq, fought for no reason whatsoever, is over. Yes, I’m pleased. This liberal feels good. And I feel good about the President of the United States. The President of [...]
From the Chicago Sun-Times: Declaring “I don’t quit,”‘ an embattled President Barack Obama vowed in his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to make job growth his topmost priority and urged a divided Congress to boost the still-ailing economy with fresh stimulus spending. Defiant despite stinging setbacks, he said he would not abandon [...]
This is incredibly sad. Should the President write letters of condolence to family members? I would. The letters are for the living, not the deceased.
The C.I.A. has finally terminated ties with Blackwater. Finally. From the New York Times: The Central Intelligence Agency has terminated a contract with the security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide that allowed the company to load bombs on C.I.A. drones in Pakistan and Afghanistan, intelligence officials said Friday. The contract gave employees with the company [...]
From the New York Times: Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of detainees, according to former company employees and intelligence officials. The raids against suspects occurred on [...]
It’s time to take stock of the numbers again, as the war in Afghanistan enters its ninth year Tuesday. Our National Debt stands at $11,930,445,364,162.68 as of this writing. That’s a tad under $12 trillion. The Total Cost of War since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began is currently $917,149,614,395. That’s just under $1 [...]
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We may finally begin to see justice restored in the United States of America. Breaking news from The New York Times: The Justice Department’s ethics office has recommended reversing the Bush administration and reopening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases, potentially exposing Central Intelligence Agency employees and contractors to prosecution for brutal treatment of terrorism suspects, according [...]
The title of this entry is from the Declaration of Independence. But it resonates today in light of the United State’s occupation of Iraq: “He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.” And this, from the same document: He has kept among us, in times of [...]
Showing the bottom of your shoe or shoes is a terrible insult in the Middle East. Want to top that? Throw your shoes at your nemesis. President Bush ducked twice as an Iraqi reporter threw his shoes at him during Bush’s farewell trip to Iraq. From the BBC: The man, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, [...]
