The Tide Turns

I’m from a small town, too.  Iowa. This is a very important point.  Because the tide is turning.

Falls Drop by Drop

For those on both the east and west coasts, it must be galling when the Midwest is referred to as "the heartland."  After all, the coasts are far more populous, and a good case could be made that the American character owes more to the changing mix of Brooklyn, than all the tree lined streets of all the tiny towns scattered over Indiana, or Ohio, or Iowa.  But those Midwestern small towns define a certain idea of America.  Those are the towns that were home to Mr. Smith, and yes, to Mr. Lincoln.   From a distance, [...]

Tags: Iraq War

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It Ain’t Over

And the fat GUY is still singing..

Michael Moore to CNN: “I’m about to become your worst nightmare.”

Michael Moore is still pretty mad at CNN for airing numerous inaccuracies in their “fact check” segment of his new documentary SiCKO. Says Moore: “I’m about to become your worst nightmare.” More from his new open letter to CNN chief Jonathan Klein: I won’t waste your time rehashing your errors. You know what they are. What [...]

Tags: Michael Moore, Sicko, CNN

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Pretty Much Says It All

It’s not like the Iraqi government wants our help anymore…

Maliki: U.S. can leave ‘any time’

As war supporters see it, U.S. troops need to stay in Iraq for the indefinite future in order to provide some semblance of security in the country. Today, Nouri al Maliki effectively said our presence is no longer needed. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that the Iraqi army and police are capable of keeping security in [...]

Tags: Iraq War, al Maliki

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War Offcasts

Over at the "Political Animals" blog, Kevin Drum has been busy today.  Two very interesting (and important) posts.  Both dealing with the Iraq War and its impact on people.

Personality Disorders

.Over at Watching Those We Chose, Blue Girl has the latest on personality disorder discharges, the military’s way of dumping soldiers who sustain psychiatric damage during war by claiming that their problems are merely preexisting conditions that they’d had [...]

Progress Report

So how are we doing on training the Iraqi security forces? Compare and contrast:September 2005: The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Personality Disorder Discharges, Iraqi Security Forces

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The Latest Numbers

Americans just ain’t buyin’ the War in Iraq.

64 percent:

Number of Americans who consider President Bush’s escalation in Iraq a “failure.” Additionally 68 percent “disapprove of the way the president is handling the war in Iraq,” according to [...]

Tags: Iraq War, Newsweek Poll

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Vacation Time

Yeah, that Iraqi Parliament is really interested in putting together a plan.

There was some…

There was some talk in the spring that the Iraqi Parliament, barely able to function anyway, would break for the summer. The reaction was overwhelmingly negative in the U.S., even among White House [...]

Tags: Iraqi Parliament, August Vacation

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Absolutely Unbelievable

Heard this on Countdown last night, but didn’t get a chance to come up for air until this (Saturday) evening. It leaves me shaking my head in disbelievement.

Executive Privilege Is Evoked Once Again in Killing of Pat Tillman

The White House will not release records to a congressional investigation of Pat Tillman’s “friendly fire” death in Afghanistan: The White House has refused to give Congress documents about the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman, with White House counsel Fred F. Fielding saying that certain papers relating to discussion of the friendly-fire shooting “implicate [...]

Tags: Tillman, Executive Privilege, Bush Administration

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