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Why Wackenhut and not KBR?
Author: Raine    Date: 12/10/2009 13:46:33

From Mother Jones Magazine:
The Animal House antics of ArmorGroup North America's guards have cost the company its 5-year, $189 million State Department contract to protect the US embassy in Kabul. Following a months-long review, the agency has decided it won't renew the contract, as it has done for the past two years, when it comes due in June, according to State Department spokesman Fred Lash. "The department's Office of Acquisitions Management, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and Embassy Kabul reviewed the contract and concurred that the next option year should not be exercised and that work should begin immediately to compete a new contract," Lash told me.

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34 comments (Latest Comment: 12/11/2009 03:16:26 by Will in Chicago)

Keeping our Options Open
Author: BobR    Date: 12/09/2009 13:24:27

When the notion of health care reform was first tossed around, the precepts were simple: everyone in this country should have access to affordable health care. The mechanics of how that was going to be accomplished were the subject of considerable disagreement, but it seemed that everyone agreed on the goals. Some people pushed for "socialized medicine", and some pushed for a "single-payer" system. What Congress went for instead is a system of more tightly regulated private insurance. The big question: does the system they're trying to create meet the simple goal of affordable health care for everyone?
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86 comments (Latest Comment: 12/10/2009 10:53:37 by Scoopster)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 12/08/2009 11:37:40

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,456th day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do, with the latest casualty figures from Iraq and Afghanistan, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4367
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4228
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3904
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3508
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 139

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 325
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 932
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 603
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,395
Journalists - Iraq: 335
Academics Killed - Iraq: 431


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

$ 940, 375, 200, 000 .00


And so it was 68 years ago this morning, Pearl Harbor was in flames, Wake Island and the Philippines were under attack, and we were at war.

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36 comments (Latest Comment: 12/09/2009 01:07:19 by Scoopster)

You say You're Progressive, I say me too!
Author: Raine    Date: 12/07/2009 13:45:27

Lately we have talked about the fracturing of the Republican Party, the conservative movement and the general chaos politically from the right. From the teabaggers, to the birthers to the 12thers -- It has been interesting to see the general disorganization happen within a party known for being lockstep to political ideology. Sometimes there has been a bit of schadenfreude, I'll admit. But, in the interest of being honest with ourselves, is it time we look in our own back yard and ask: Are we in danger of becoming just as fractured on the left?
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27 comments (Latest Comment: 12/07/2009 21:27:19 by livingonli)

Glob
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 12/06/2009 15:02:37

Good Day good people.

I am sorry to report that Veveeta is pooped from all the partying she has been doing this week with the fabulous Salahi's. That couple really knows its way around, let me tell you! We crashed the International Dog Show, a party at Paris Hilton penthouse condo in Dubai, made a scene at Hef's mansion with the Girls Next Door TV crew around, danced on tables with Lindsay Lohan and Misha Barton at a club in South Beach and somehow ended up on a Yacht belonging to some greek shipping tycoon and partied with P Diddy all night long.

So, as extra beauty sleep is needed I'll just leave you with a few things to ponder. Some may be things you'd rather not know.
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3 comments (Latest Comment: 12/07/2009 02:25:01 by TriSec)

The Christmas Budget
Author: TriSec    Date: 12/05/2009 12:02:19

There are only 20 days left until Christmas!!

Have you shopped yet? What did you buy me?

Well, I want a GPS, and a new video camera, a Wii, I need a new stereo for my car, and I could use a new storm parka, too.

What's that? We're going cheap this year? Oh, poop.

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8 comments (Latest Comment: 12/06/2009 04:40:27 by BobR)

A Sense of Entitlement
Author: BobR    Date: 12/04/2009 13:43:26

I know I'm not the first person to say it, but there is a growing sense of entitlement among Americans. We normally ascribe this to the "next generation", who want their cellphones and iPods, and all of the other things we never had when we were young (and we liked it!). That pompous sense of self and what we deserve seems to have permeated the older generations as well.
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31 comments (Latest Comment: 12/04/2009 23:49:39 by livingonli)

Never their fault - Ever.
Author: Raine    Date: 12/03/2009 13:26:15

There has been much buzz about Senator Al Franken's ammendment to a Pentagon spending bill that would ban federal contracts to defense contractors and subcontractors who force employees go through a company’s arbitration process for workplace discrimination claims — including rape and other sexual assaults. That ammenedment passed 68-30. 10 Republicans voted yes -- 30 voted no.

Those 30 have since become known as the 'pro-rape' senators. Understandably, they are displeased. No one likes to be called 'pro-rape', but that is not why they are displeased:
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50 comments (Latest Comment: 12/03/2009 21:32:36 by TriSec)

Blogger Joe 2009
Author: wickedpam    Date: 12/02/2009 18:35:36

It’s that time of year again, the time when Blogger Joe travels over the internet to spread the joy and cheer of the holiday season.

If you would like to participate just...
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10 comments (Latest Comment: 12/24/2009 17:02:07 by Raine)

Promises Kept
Author: BobR    Date: 12/02/2009 12:40:46

Last night, President Obama spoke to the public about his plans for our troops and our actions in Afghanistan. His plans are angering both the right and the left, for different reasons. How the large middle of America reacts to the plan remains to be seen. One thing can't be argued - this should not be a surprise to anyone.
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40 comments (Latest Comment: 12/02/2009 20:35:15 by Mondobubba)

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