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fear and greed

There are some sick fucks in this country with some serious entitlement issues:
Officials are investigating the deaths of six sea lions who appear to have been shot Sunday after climbing onto traps in the Columbia River.
Wildlife officials said that the bodies of the sea lions were discovered at noon Sunday on two floating traps just [...]

the lamest excuse

Q [Helen Thomas] How does the President intend to commemorate “Mission Accomplished” after five years of death and destruction?
MS. PERINO: What you’re referring to is the banner that ran — that was aboard the ship five years ago. President Bush –
Q I’m talking about the anniversary tomorrow.
MS. PERINO: Yes, I get — no, I understand. [...]

less than 3/8th human

At least the Founders cared whether the slaves lived or died.
For McCain, the only thing in Iraq that matters is that our soldiers aren’t getting killed. The Iraqis can kill each other just as much as they like. On This Week (4/20/08):
STEPHANOPOULOS: You’ve defined success in Iraq as a “generally peaceful, [...]

When your spouse cheats on you

Good article over at OpEd News about the state of our country. An analogy of our current state of affairs comes to mind of the spouse (i.e. we Americans) who refuses to acknowledge that his/her mate is unfaithful (i.e. our government’s illegal and immoral Iraq occupation and the lies supporting the occupation). The [...]

fuck the troops, i’ve got a mortgage to worry about

PZ on our national vegetative state:
I don’t get it.
As a nation, we stand atop a pedestal of bones and ruined lives. The disruption of families is ongoing, and our honor has been thrown away by the greed and ignorance of our leaders. And yet we carry on as if nothing is happening, nothing is wrong, [...]

the unseen casualties

It’s been five months since Riverbend last posted on her blog, Baghdad Burning; that last post was on her family’s move to Syria, joining the 2 million Iraqis who have fled their homes to escape the violence and segregation that have come to dominate everyday life in Iraq.
In her last post, Riverbend wrote about Syria’s [...]

Iraq occupation no longer news for US media

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unfuckingbelievable

I apologize for the graphic picture, but this is just sickening. After 6+ years of was in Afghanistan, a war that should have been over 5 years ago were it not for the disasterous invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Chimp has the gall to play Walter Mitty. Not only is Bush a [...]

Iraq/Afghanistan Winter Soldier Hearings

All regular programming on KBOO is pre-empted from 6AM to 4PM today (Friday the 14th) in order to carry the Iraq/Afghanistan Winter Soldier hearings, currently underway.
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan will feature testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, [...]

bring them all home. soldiers and contractors.

From McClatchy today:
BAGHDAD — U.S. authorities in Baghdad have received five severed fingers belonging to four Americans and an Austrian who were taken hostage more than a year ago in Iraq, officials here said today.
The FBI is investigating the grisly development, and the families of the five kidnapped contractors have been notified, American officials said [...]

We are no better than cave people in this country

We have Ferraro implying Obama has an unfair advantage because of his skin color. But this just disgusts me and makes me ashamed to be an American:
Rep. Steve King of Iowa said Monday that he won’t apologize or back down from his prediction that terrorists will be “dancing in the streets” if Democratic [...]

MoveOn Vigil Esther Short Park March 19th

[ March 19, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ]
See post here for details.

photo credit: m.j.b.