It's been months since the shooting in Sandy Hook. Since then we've had numerous other stories, the latest being the NSA, spying, and Syria. The "guns will keep you safe" nonsense is not as prevalent anymore because the push for common-sense gun control regulations has taken a back seat to other "priorities". But as each day passes, more people die from gunshots.
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60 comments (Latest Comment: 09/09/2013 23:14:01 by Will in Chicago)

Hi all.

Running late this am - I'm heading out for an LL Bean walk this morning, then on to a soccer game. Everybody play nice!

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1 comments (Latest Comment: 09/08/2013 02:09:25 by livingonli)

The conundrum that is Syria continues to confound. What is the proper action? Who should take it? What do terms like "military action" mean? What happens if the UN decides against military action? What if the House decides against it? These are difficult and troubling times. People have to think about Germany in the late 1930s and Rwanda and the Belgian Congo and decide when it's appropriate to intervene. Are a few deaths at the hands of the U.S. military okay if it means saving many thousands more? Are we the world's police? Should we be? Will intervention just make matters worse?
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54 comments (Latest Comment: 09/05/2013 23:33:45 by Will in Chicago)

Good Morning.

Today is our 42349th 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: 2,265
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,102

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

$ 1, 469, 372, 900, 000. 00

If you haven't visited the actual cost of war link in a while, I recommend that you do so today. They've revamped the website over Labor Day weekend, and there is far more information and some new features worth your time to check out.
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35 comments (Latest Comment: 09/04/2013 00:27:16 by wickedpam)

Velveeta was SHOCKED and APPALLED that not one rebublican was invited to the anniversary of the March on Washington last week. Major speakers at the rally were President Obama, President Clinton and President Carter as well as U.S. Congressman John Lewis, Caroline Kennedy, Martin Luther King III, Oprah Winfrey, Jamie Foxx all of whom are percieved as Democrats.

Where were all the Republicans? Why were NONE of them invited? Not even George W. Bush or his father Whats-his-name? What about a hologram of Ronnie Reagan performing an old speech a la Tupac?

Seems the NAACP might be - what would you call someone who's bigoted against a certain party - elitist?
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 09/02/2013 02:15:01 by Will in Chicago)