Prison is prison. But, still…..
100 Years in Prison, Not Really, For Soldier in Iraqi Rape, Murder
What a great headline for the Administration. One of the soldiers who raped an Iraqi girl and killed her and her family…..is sentenced to 100 years in prison. Read the fine print. He’s eligible for parole in [...]
Tags: Rape, Soldier Sentenced, Murder, Iraq War
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Ponder THIS possibility, why don’t cha…
Ahhh, this is fun. Whackjob member of Congress Michelle Bachmann, it turns out, has discovered that there’s already a plan in place to divide Iraq. Iran will get half the country. And they’ll set that part up as a "terrorist safe haven zone." Says Bachmann: "And half of Iraq, the western, northern portion of Iraq, is going to be called…. the Iraq State of Islam, something like that. And [...]
UPDATE: Well, now. That didn’t last long, did it?
Bachmann Retracts Her Embarassing Iran/Iraq Conspiracy Theory
Tags: Iraq, Iran, Michelle Bachmann, Terrorists
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My original post on the California spanking story sparked one of the biggest bumps in comments this blog (or its predecessor) has seen. I’m standing by my earlier thoughts, with a bit of clarification. I’m not a big proponent of spanking. We certainly used it judiciously on our children, preferring to talk them through problematic situations. Still, it’s not (in my mind) an area the government needs to be forcing itself. And, it won’t be – at least not in California.
Many parents reasonably believe that appropriate methods of parental discipline should ordinarily be decided by parents, not by the government. And while there is widespread agreement that child abuse does not fall within the realm of appropriate discipline and should be criminalized, there is widespread disagreement whether spanking, without more, constitutes abuse. A California legislator learned that lesson when she introduced a bill to criminalize the spanking of a child who hasn’t reached the [...]
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Tags: Spanking, Corporal Punishment, California
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Tony went a little wacky in his push to find bin Laden, didn’t he?
Tony Blair reportedly hired psychics to find Iraq WMDs.
Newly declassified documents revealed that the Ministry of Defense spent £18,000 of taxpayers’ money in an experiment “to see if volunteers could ’see’ objects hidden inside an envelope. It is claimed the ministry hoped positive results would allow it to use psychics to ‘remotely view’ Bin Laden’s base and also to find weapons of mass [...]
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The Army tries to do an about-face over the Walter Reed Hospital stories. But, somehow, it just doesn’t come out quite right…
Army Surgeon General: "More than half" our wounded vets aren’t treated like animals
Well, don’t I feel warm all over. As Joe noted below, the Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, is now telling us that the Washington Post expose about the horrendous problems at Walter Reed is a pack of lies. (Ignore for a moment that the top military brass has already apologized for that pack of lies, and has assured us that the pack of lies are being fixed and that many of the lies have already been fixed (which isn’t really true because one of the biggest problems is that they’re 600,000 disability claims behind)). But my favorite part of the Army Surgeon General’s interview is the following statement: [...]
UPDATE: Maybe somebody forgot to tell the boss that things were just peachy over a WR Hospital…
Gates sets up panel to investigate Walter Reed
Defense Secretary Gates tells us that a new panel will look into the deplorable conditions of Walter Reed and any other medical facility they choose. They have 45 days to get their report together and present it to Congress and the public. This is a sad state of affairs when a special [...]
But, wait. There’s more!
Iraq Veteran Shot In The Head Describes ‘Systemic’ Neglect At Military Hospitals
Tags: Walter Reed, Hospital Rooms, Veterans Administration
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If you’re stuck inside on a rainy weekend, here’s something to keep you occupied for a while – especially if you’re a Keith Olbermann fan.
Olbermann’s Rolling Stone interview…
With an article title guaranteed to send these guys into a tizzy, Rolling Stone’s Mark Binelli interviews Keith Olbermann… Olbermann clearly relishes his feuds and doesn’t seem to worry much about sparking new ones. When I ask him why he thinks Katie Couric’s stint as CBS anchor isn’t working, he shoots back, “It’s simple. She’s not [...]
Tags: Rolling Stone, Keith Olbermann
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How many more to go? It’s a VERY early out, indeed.
Just two days after pissing on the third rail of Democratic primary politics by embracing price indexing for Social Security, Tom Vilsack is planning an 11 AM CST presser to withdraw from the 2008 race. Why? Money, money, money. He figured that he needed $20 million to be competitive, and he didn’t think he could raise it. It’s an early withdrawal, but it’s a realistic decision. That said, I’m trying to remember any other [...]
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Those fun folks in Washington always seem to have another trick up their collective sleeve. This one could get v-e-r-y interesting. As Arte Johnson used to say.
Goodbye Murtha plan, hello repealing ‘02 resolution
John Murtha’s “readiness strategy,” which would insist that only troops with adequate training and equipment be sent to Iraq, seems to be losing favor with enough Democratic lawmakers that passage seems unlikely. House Democrats have pulled back from efforts to link additional funding for the war to strict troop-readiness standards after the proposal came under withering [...]
Tags: John Murtha, Repeal resolution
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Prison is prison. But, still…..
100 Years in Prison, Not Really, For Soldier in Iraqi Rape, Murder
What a great headline for the Administration. One of the soldiers who raped an Iraqi girl and killed her and her family…..is sentenced to 100 years in prison. Read the fine print. He’s eligible for parole in [...]
Tags: Rape, Soldier Sentenced, Murder, Iraq War
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Ponder THIS possibility, why don’t cha…
Ahhh, this is fun. Whackjob member of Congress Michelle Bachmann, it turns out, has discovered that there’s already a plan in place to divide Iraq. Iran will get half the country. And they’ll set that part up as a "terrorist safe haven zone." Says Bachmann: "And half of Iraq, the western, northern portion of Iraq, is going to be called…. the Iraq State of Islam, something like that. And [...]
UPDATE: Well, now. That didn’t last long, did it?
Bachmann Retracts Her Embarassing Iran/Iraq Conspiracy Theory
Tags: Iraq, Iran, Michelle Bachmann, Terrorists
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My original post on the California spanking story sparked one of the biggest bumps in comments this blog (or its predecessor) has seen. I’m standing by my earlier thoughts, with a bit of clarification. I’m not a big proponent of spanking. We certainly used it judiciously on our children, preferring to talk them through problematic situations. Still, it’s not (in my mind) an area the government needs to be forcing itself. And, it won’t be – at least not in California.
Many parents reasonably believe that appropriate methods of parental discipline should ordinarily be decided by parents, not by the government. And while there is widespread agreement that child abuse does not fall within the realm of appropriate discipline and should be criminalized, there is widespread disagreement whether spanking, without more, constitutes abuse. A California legislator learned that lesson when she introduced a bill to criminalize the spanking of a child who hasn’t reached the [...]
Now, comment away. It’s all yours.
Tags: Spanking, Corporal Punishment, California
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Tony went a little wacky in his push to find bin Laden, didn’t he?
Tony Blair reportedly hired psychics to find Iraq WMDs.
Newly declassified documents revealed that the Ministry of Defense spent £18,000 of taxpayers’ money in an experiment “to see if volunteers could ’see’ objects hidden inside an envelope. It is claimed the ministry hoped positive results would allow it to use psychics to ‘remotely view’ Bin Laden’s base and also to find weapons of mass [...]
Tags: Tony Blair, Osama bin Laden, WMD
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The Army tries to do an about-face over the Walter Reed Hospital stories. But, somehow, it just doesn’t come out quite right…
Army Surgeon General: "More than half" our wounded vets aren’t treated like animals
Well, don’t I feel warm all over. As Joe noted below, the Army Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, is now telling us that the Washington Post expose about the horrendous problems at Walter Reed is a pack of lies. (Ignore for a moment that the top military brass has already apologized for that pack of lies, and has assured us that the pack of lies are being fixed and that many of the lies have already been fixed (which isn’t really true because one of the biggest problems is that they’re 600,000 disability claims behind)). But my favorite part of the Army Surgeon General’s interview is the following statement: [...]
UPDATE: Maybe somebody forgot to tell the boss that things were just peachy over a WR Hospital…
Gates sets up panel to investigate Walter Reed
Defense Secretary Gates tells us that a new panel will look into the deplorable conditions of Walter Reed and any other medical facility they choose. They have 45 days to get their report together and present it to Congress and the public. This is a sad state of affairs when a special [...]
But, wait. There’s more!
Iraq Veteran Shot In The Head Describes ‘Systemic’ Neglect At Military Hospitals
Tags: Walter Reed, Hospital Rooms, Veterans Administration
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If you’re stuck inside on a rainy weekend, here’s something to keep you occupied for a while – especially if you’re a Keith Olbermann fan.
Olbermann’s Rolling Stone interview…
With an article title guaranteed to send these guys into a tizzy, Rolling Stone’s Mark Binelli interviews Keith Olbermann… Olbermann clearly relishes his feuds and doesn’t seem to worry much about sparking new ones. When I ask him why he thinks Katie Couric’s stint as CBS anchor isn’t working, he shoots back, “It’s simple. She’s not [...]
Tags: Rolling Stone, Keith Olbermann
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How many more to go? It’s a VERY early out, indeed.
Just two days after pissing on the third rail of Democratic primary politics by embracing price indexing for Social Security, Tom Vilsack is planning an 11 AM CST presser to withdraw from the 2008 race. Why? Money, money, money. He figured that he needed $20 million to be competitive, and he didn’t think he could raise it. It’s an early withdrawal, but it’s a realistic decision. That said, I’m trying to remember any other [...]
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Those fun folks in Washington always seem to have another trick up their collective sleeve. This one could get v-e-r-y interesting. As Arte Johnson used to say.
Goodbye Murtha plan, hello repealing ‘02 resolution
John Murtha’s “readiness strategy,” which would insist that only troops with adequate training and equipment be sent to Iraq, seems to be losing favor with enough Democratic lawmakers that passage seems unlikely. House Democrats have pulled back from efforts to link additional funding for the war to strict troop-readiness standards after the proposal came under withering [...]
Tags: John Murtha, Repeal resolution
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