Suicides

Our military folks in Iraq.  This is truly sad.

116:

Number of U.S. troop suicides in Iraq, which “does not include several dozen still under investigation, nor any of the many cases back in the U.S.” Editor and Publisher notes that the “rising toll of suicides” is “[o]ne of the [...]

Tags: Suicide

Thanks for reading!

The Anti-O’Reilly Campaign

Olbermann seems to be the quarterback.  But the team is coming together quite nicely. As for me, a busy Friday morphed into a busy Saturday that promises to morph into a busy Sunday. Yawn. And Whew.

Lowes pulls its advertising off O’Reilly

This is rather huge news (even more about it here). The most important advertiser to fall, and the most difficult, is the first. Now the rest (Home Depot) have to explain why they don’t care as much as Lowes about threats against Hillary Clinton’s life, why they don’t care about [...]

Tags: O’Reilly, Lowes, Home Depot, Clinton

Thanks for reading!

Good TV

Just go and watch. If  you didnt’ see it already.

Keith Olbermann Updates The Nexus Of Terror And Politics – Creating Terror Scares

On “Countdown” Keith Olbermann talked with Will Bunch of the Philadelphia Daily News about President Bush’s use of trumped up terror alerts to drown out the roar of scandals plaguing his administration. As the heat was turning up on Alberto Gonzales and contempt of Congress charges being brought against Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten, [...]

Tags: Olbermann, Bunch

Thanks for reading!

Oh, For What It’s Worth

Anybody surprised?  And, I was born and raised in Iowa…

Bush Approval Hits Low in Iowa

As a back drop to the presidential campaign, SurveyUSA has tracked President Bush’s approval rating in Iowa for more than two years. This month’s 28% approval rating is his lowest ever and coincides with [...]

Tags: SurveyUSA, Iowa, George W. Bush

Thanks for reading!

Finally!

I’m calling it quits for the  night shortly. Another busy day tomorrow.  But,  you just have to know this…

Lowe’s pulls advertising from O’Reilly show

Tags: O’Reilly, Lowe’s

Thanks for reading!

Can’t Take The Criticism

So, they fire back.

Michael Moore Served Subpoena By Bush Administration

(from MichaelMoore.com) Via Raw Story: Filmmaker Michael Moore revealed on Thursday’s “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno that the Bush Administration had served him with a subpoena regarding his recent trip to Cuba made as part of his new film, Sicko.Moore told the audience that he was notified of the subpoena backstage. “I haven’t even told my [...]

Tags: Michael Moore, Jay Leno, Tonight Show

Thanks for reading!

All You Need To Know

Plain and simple. Here’s the bottom line.

Bush insider says administration is out of control.

A senior administration official tells U.S. News, “‘The real problem for Bush now is that it looks like he doesn’t have control over the government.’ … White House officials say [...]

Thanks for reading!

Just For Fun

And because it’s Friday. And because it’s HOT!

What Your Favorite Ice Cream Flavor Says About You

If your fun tends more to the scientific, check this out.

Ooooooh, shiny!

The folks in charge of the Mt St Helens volcano cam have turned on their new high-definition camera. The image quality is vastly better than what came from the old camera. Volcano geeks [...]

Tags: Ice Cream

Tags: Mount St. Helens, Volcano

Thanks for reading!

Siding With The Bloggers

Well, now.  Seems the White House finally figured out the blogosphere wields a bit of influence.  So…

White House, Rightie Blogs Plot Privilege Defense

RAW STORY REPORTS: “The White House hosted a blogger conference call to discuss the issues surrounding the Bush administration’s use of executive privilege in the probe of the firings of eight federal prosecutors,” wrote Ed Morrissey, who produces the blog Captains Quarters. “The White House arranged the call based on a recommendation by this blog, in [...]

Tags: Captain’s Quarters, White House, Ed Morrissey

Thanks for reading!

They’ve Got The Power!!

Uh, except for one thing. They don’t have power. Electrical power. You won’t believe the twists in this one.  Let me take you to Baghdad…

Hiding the bad news

For some inexplicable reason, Republicans have been preoccupied for quite some time with Baghdad’s electrical supply, pointing to it as one of the good-news stories that Americans allegedly don’t hear about. The White House urged the media to cover it more a year ago; Tony Snow bragged about Iraq’s electricity-generating facilities; and then-House Speaker [...]

Tags: Baghdad Electricity

Thanks for reading!

Today’s Edition of Nonsense

Tony Snow just ain’t making much sense these days. My wife noted today that he’s starting to sound more and more like Scott M.  Have at it. This is some good Friday night reading..

Helen Thomas to Tony Snow: You’re not speaking English

Today’s White House press briefing was a hoot. A few pesky reporters continued to push Tony Snow to rationalize what appears to be a fairly obvious lie from Alberto Gonzales. Q: Are you saying it was not about the wire-tapping that had already been acknowledged? Snow: I’m saying that acknowledged program, the program the president disclosed to [...]

Tags: Tony Snow, Gonzales, Helen Thomas

Thanks for reading!

The Tillman Story

It continues to look worse and worse.  I’ve been busy today with family matters (that’s what days off are for, right?), so posting tonight will be limited. But, you should know that the details in that Pat Tillman report continue to come out and they continue to absolutely horrible.

Was Pat Tillman the victim of a deliberate hit?

We know that Pat Tillman wasn’t the Toby Keith-listening, rah-rah jingoist that the image sold to us by the Administration after his death would have you believe. We know that Tillman believed the war in Iraq was "f***ing illegal" and we also know that he was a devot´ of the writings of Noam Chomsky. It only took three years for the rest of America to catch up with what Tillman knew when he was killed in 2004. But as horrific as the details of Tillman’s death have been up to now, it appears that his death bears all the earmarks of a deliberate murder — dare I say it? A hit on [...]

Tags: Pat Tillman

Thanks for reading!