Good Morning.

Today is our 4,538th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,312
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,112

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 517, 618, 850, 000 .00
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66 comments (Latest Comment: 03/11/2014 23:31:44 by BobR)

As luck would have it, Velveeta was able to obtain various Journal entries last week. These are chocked full of info. I would have posted John Boehners, but the stuff was unreadable; all the pages were wet with salty water. I think they were tears. Alas.

Still, some good stuff here.

Diary:
Interesting day I had. In order to releeve tension that I'm under regarding the pigeons in Ukraine, I decide to ride horse to coast. Once there, I think perhaps I take small boat out onto water - do a bit of fishing or perhaps drill oil with bare hands; what strikes my fancy. I have not a care in the world. But, just a few moments on sea and I bump into land mass. GPS on watch tells me I hit Alaska.
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One of the primary dividing lines between liberals and conservatives, between Democrats and Republicans, is their view on money. To liberals, a person who is poor is someone who needs help, support, and guidance, and opportunity to find a way out. Particularly vexing are the working poor, those who have full time jobs yet still live in poverty. To conservatives, being poor is an obvious moral failing. A person who is poor obviously did something wrong, and they are now deservedly paying the price (or not paying, since - you know - they're broke).

This is why there is always a huge gulf between the two main parties when it comes to budgeting. The Democrats would prefer to spend tax dollars on programs that help everyone (especially those who need it most), and the idea that somewhere someone is getting something they don't deserve is anathema to Republicans.
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55 comments (Latest Comment: 03/08/2014 03:05:12 by Raine)

Paul Ryan (R-WI) - the failed veep hopeful of 2012 - has made it clear what he thinks of government programs that help the poor. Give a man a fish - he eats for a day, kick his ass out the door - he'll learn to fish on his own. So it's no surprise that he considers The War On Poverty to be just more of that liberal entitlement nonsense. He dislikes it so much, he's willing to cook the data to "prove" that it doesn't work.
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44 comments (Latest Comment: 03/06/2014 01:17:37 by Raine)

I had hoped to write of the events occurring in the Ukraine today. With Russia seemingly invading Crimea and now with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordering construction of a bridge to Crimea, I am not sure what to make of all of this. For those that don't know the geography of the area (like me), here is an image.


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45 comments (Latest Comment: 03/04/2014 01:37:33 by BobR)