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Too Close a Call.
Author: Raine    Date: 03/31/2010 13:07:12

By now most have heard of the Hutaree Militia group that planned "to attack a law enforcement officer and then detonate improvised explosive devices to kill more officials gathered for the first officer's funeral procession."

According to many people the word Hutaree isn't in the dictionary, but the group claims it to mean "Christian Warrior" and believed that Jesus wanted people to take up arms to prepare for the end times to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive. They wanted to murder in the name of Jesus Christ.

According to reports, this plot was to take place on April 24. I was surprised it wasn't scheduled for April 19, the Anniversaries of the end of the Waco Siege and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The very idea of Minutemen and Patriots originated on April 19th, 1775. That date is celebrated among many militia groups. It's also worth noting the Columbine High School Massacre was on April 20. Some have speculated that it was to have occurred a day earlier, but due to scheduling problems, it was moved to the next day. April 20, coincidentally, is Adolf Hitler's birth date.
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53 comments (Latest Comment: 04/01/2010 03:48:31 by livingonli)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/30/2010 10:09:54

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,568th day in Iraq and our 3,096th day in Afghanistan.

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

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4385
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4246
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3922
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3526
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 157

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,029
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 673
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,457
Journalists - Iraq: 338
Academics Killed - Iraq: 437

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 977, 068, 900, 000 . 00



I've got two contrasting stories for you this morning. We'll start locally...with a company called Florence Electric, in Taunton, MA. One of the things a Reservist is supposed to count on is getting his job back once his service is done. Every now and again, though....somebody comes along and tries to circumvent the law.

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36 comments (Latest Comment: 03/31/2010 00:29:22 by livingonli)

Monday Thread
Author: wickedpam    Date: 03/29/2010 12:17:04

As soon as I think of something I'll post it, until then I'll open the floor
 
30 comments (Latest Comment: 03/30/2010 03:35:47 by wickedpam)

A Memorial for my Friend
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 03/28/2010 14:50:04

It is not my intention to hijack the blog today, but this has been on my mind and even the bat-shit crazy Palin/McCain rally or the equally bat-shit crazy Michele Bachmann "Repeal" insanity is not cheering me up. Please indulge me.

Johnny Hardesty

I met Johnny by introduction. Someone that I did not know took pity on me and said that I needed to experience some fun in my (sad) life. I was on shaky ground and didn’t really see the point of this experiment, but I was willing to play along. I immediately saw that this was bound to fail. Johnny wasn’t at all my type. I was a serious, gloomy, pasty-white, punk rocker prone to wearing cut up t-shirts, black jeans and army boots. I carried a knife. Johnny had long golden hair flowing against a colorful paisley silk shirt and large bell-bottom jeans over puffy faux fur Go-Go boots. He carried a shoulder bag. He had a smile so big and bright that it would shatter champagne glasses if it were a voice.
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7 comments (Latest Comment: 03/29/2010 02:42:04 by livingonli)

The Real baby killers
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/27/2010 13:30:59

Suppose you're out for a walk one fine afternoon. Suddenly, You notice your breathing is becoming difficult. The harder you work at getting air in, the less it seems to work. You begin to panic.

Imagine you have a coffee stirrer straw, how thin it is. Now imagine you are under water and that is your air hose. It's just not enough air.

The longer this problem lasts, the more excited you become which makes your dilemma worse.

If you have your rescue inhalor (breather drugs) you can't breathe in well enough to actually get the medication into your system. Now you really, truly think you are going to die.

Others around you panic also. You can't speak but in 2-3 word sentences to tell them what is wrong or what to do to help you. You are drowning in a sea of air; it is all around you but can't get enough of it into your lungs to live.


There's a couple of simple drugs out on the market that help to prevent the above from happening. One is called Flovent. It's about $110 for a 30-day supply. There is also one called Symbacort, but that's over $200 a month. This is just to control the disease.

In case you get into trouble, there's the 'rescue drug', which dilates your bronchial tubes so you can breathe again. That one is called albuterol, and that's about $45 for a 30 day supply.

Simple things that you'd ordinarily not bat an eyelash at buying in order to keep your kids alive, right?

What if you're out of work, it's January, you just paid the rent, and you only have $200 to split between heat, food, and drugs? What do you pick?

About 5,000 children per year die from this in the United States...each and every year.

This is just ONE childhood disease that can be prevented by daily administration of drugs. Drugs that would be covered by most health insurance plans. Unless, of course, they deny the coverage because of pre-existing conditions.

Of course, we all know that won't be happening anymore, thanks to the recently-passed bill.

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5 comments (Latest Comment: 03/28/2010 01:29:51 by velveeta jones)

Pack Up the Tents
Author: BobR    Date: 03/26/2010 12:23:54

Pack up the tents, the circus is leaving town. After a year of craziness, hyperbole, lies, bad behavior, and grandstanding, health care reform is a done deal. Sure there will be some residual threats, from politicians, pundits, and teabagging pukes, but this one is essentially done.

The Republicans tried to derail the reconciliation bill by throwing amendments at it, but ultimately it passed out of the Senate with minor changes (for student lending), went back to the House, and the House quickly passed it. Now it awaits President Obama's signature, which is a given.
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26 comments (Latest Comment: 03/26/2010 19:31:20 by clintster)

Stop giving them ground.
Author: Raine    Date: 03/25/2010 12:57:22

Last September I wrote a post entitled: They don't represent me. in it, I stated
So many people marched for Civil rights in this nation. People died for the cause. So, the questions I have are: Are we going to let a group of people who want to drag this country back to Jim Crow days frame a debate that they created? Are we going to let a small group of white people decide the direction of this country? Are we going to allow for another civil war to happen? The question I ask of myself: am I going to let those people represent me?
The answer remains the same: they don't represent me. Last June I wrote:
They are ratcheting up this environment of fear and hatred, toward our administration, towards abortion rights activists, towards women, towards Blacks, towards Hispanics, towards Jews, towards Muslims, towards liberals -- towards anyone who isn't a white conservative it seems. We've written about this on the blog before.

When a man is killed at a museum that is a memorial to remind people of the horrors of hate-crimes, we have a problem. When radio hosts defend murder we have an even bigger problem. Domestic Terrorism is alive and well in America. I wish that the right wing could understand that. Instead, it appears they support it.

Things are getting dangerous out there. That DHS report was correct. There ARE those who would undermine this great nation and make it less secure by justifying their own violent agenda by whatever means necessary. They would seek to create terror in the hearts and minds of those they find disagreements with. I have said it before, and I will say it again, it is Domestic Terror. Those that are complicit in fanning the flames of hatred regarding this terror must stop denying culpability. Words matter.

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37 comments (Latest Comment: 03/26/2010 13:32:25 by Al from WV)

Sound and Fury
Author: BobR    Date: 03/24/2010 10:32:46

It's all over but the shouting now. Yesterday President Obama signed health care reform into law, putting into place what some people consider one more plank in the platform of equality: equal access to health care. The shouting, however, continues and will continue through at least the elections at the end of this year. Most of the shouting is coming from the right-wing, though some comes from the left as well.

The biggest complaint from both the left AND the right is the so-called "unfunded mandate". The idea behind the "mandate" is that if everyone is covered, then money is saved by the elimination of taxpayer-funded emergency room care. The biggest complaint is that citizens are being forced to get coverage even if they can't afford it, and must pay a penalty if they don't. The left thinks there should be a "public option"; the right thinks the whole idea is unconstitutional.
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49 comments (Latest Comment: 03/25/2010 02:21:38 by livingonli)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/23/2010 10:34:16

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,561st day in Iraq and our 3,089th day in Afghanistan.

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

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4385
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4246
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3922
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3526
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 157

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,025
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 671
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,457
Journalists - Iraq: 338
Academics Killed - Iraq: 437

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 974, 448, 200, 000 . 00



We'll stay domestic today. I've recently run across a veteran's website that deals with something virtually unknown among the public...soldiers that were poisoned by their drinking water right here in the United States. We'll start first with the story of Paul Buckley, USMC (Ret.), who served his country in the mid 1980s at Camp Lejeune...

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60 comments (Latest Comment: 03/24/2010 01:52:25 by livingonli)

Yes We Did!
Author: Raine    Date: 03/22/2010 09:51:00

I don't even know where to begin. I am exhausted, and tired and I haven't gone to bed yet. I took a boat load of pictures, and some aren't as great as I would like--- but the day was amazing. My voice is shot. This was great day for America -- even for the Tea Partiers who, despite their claims that 'freedom was being taken away' -- they were allowed to exercise it -- without having to be in a 'Free Speech Zone" (and, without, as I learned -- a permit for a protest.)
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24 comments (Latest Comment: 03/23/2010 02:57:37 by livingonli)

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