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Daddy! Make the Meanies Stop Picking on Us!!!
Author: Raine    Date: 05/12/2011 12:52:56

As the old saying goes: If you can't take it, don't dish it out. Yesterday we learned that the Freshmen Republicans in Congress simply can't take the heat. They really don't like to be reminded that they did indeed vote to kill medicare. So how do they handle it? They ask Daddy Obama to make the mean kids stop picking on them....
On Tuesday, Kinzinger and 41 of his colleagues sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to rein in Democratic attacks on GOP members who voted for the House budget, which includes a plan to privatize Medicare and cap spending on the program.

"We ask that you stand above partisanship, condemn the disingenuous attacks and work with this Congress to reform spending on entitlement programs," the letter reads.
That takes a lot of, let's just say -- audacity. They created the problem and now they don't like being called out on it. Instead of taking a look at the fact that Americans hate this idea, they decided to ask the PRESIDENT to make the mean old Democrats in the House of Representatives stop picking on them. Am I missing anything here? Actually, yes I am missing a few things...
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53 comments (Latest Comment: 05/12/2011 21:50:16 by Raine)

They Said WHAT??
Author: BobR    Date: 05/11/2011 12:45:30

In the arena of local and world politics, politicians and leaders are known for saying some particularly outrageous things. Often, though, it is those that swirl in the eddies and currents around them that will say the most insane things, particularly those desperate to get some sort of message out. As Dylan wrote: "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose". So let's see who the nominees are...
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82 comments (Latest Comment: 05/12/2011 03:26:42 by livingonli)

Ask A Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 05/10/2011 10:26:22

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,974th day in Iraq and our 3,502nd 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): 4452
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4311
Since Handover (6/29/04): 363
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 224
Since Operation New Dawn: 34

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,566
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 875
Contractor Employee Deaths - Iraq: 1,487
Journalists - Iraq: 348
Academics Killed - Iraq: 448

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

$1, 192, 204, 500, 000 .00


I want you to go back to the timeline and think about how long we've been at war. A day count is a visual reminder, but it doesn't do much in real-world terms. I'll put it in more practical terms here.
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55 comments (Latest Comment: 05/11/2011 00:27:51 by BobR)

Monday Quickie
Author: Raine    Date: 05/09/2011 12:26:53

"Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined..."

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28 comments (Latest Comment: 05/10/2011 01:09:28 by trojanrabbit)

The Candidates part 3
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 05/08/2011 14:56:03

Continuing our look at the possible Republican ticket for 2012. Today we will examine another foreign born candidate, Gov. "Bobby" Jindal.

"Bobby" as he calls himself, was allegedly born in Baton Rouge LA but we only have his word on that. On Friday, he claims to have released his Birth Certificate, however, as any true birther will tell you, a "Birth Certificate" is not the same as a "Certificate of Live Birth" and that, my dear friends is what he released.
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6 comments (Latest Comment: 05/09/2011 11:03:55 by AuntAzalea)

Diseases of the Spring
Author: TriSec    Date: 05/07/2011 10:42:41

Good Morning!

Another early morning...but no bloodwork today. I'm off to Norwood for some LL Bean kayak training (all day.)

Today, we're going into PSA mode. Every now and again, I'll post a friendly reminder or two about something I think is important. Since I'll be heading down to camp in the danger zone myself next weekend....today it's Lyme disease. Let's face it; ticks are icky to begin with. The fact that they often carry disease just makes them all the more so.
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10 comments (Latest Comment: 05/08/2011 03:17:29 by Raine)

Turn Up The Night Live Blog
Author: BobR    Date: 05/06/2011 22:05:13

For those tuning into tonight's Turn Up The Night with Kenny Pick!, feel free to live blog here.

To listen live, Click Here
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378 comments (Latest Comment: 05/07/2011 02:33:01 by livingonli)

Birth of the Deathers
Author: BobR    Date: 05/06/2011 12:48:57

The Barack Obama 2008 ascendency to President touched off a backlash among a small minority. What started as a sleazy campaign trick to question his citizenship turned into a conspiracy theory among his haters. No matter what evidence was presented, there would be no convincing these people that he actually was (is) a U.S. citizen. The publicity of it had died off until Donald Trump breathed new life into it. Several days before the Navy SEAL operation that took out Osama bin Laden, President Obama released his long-form birth certificate to help put the matter to rest.

That dovetailed nicely with the joint military/CIA action in Pakistan. As the Birther issue was dying the Deather issue was being born, in a curious "circle of life" coincidence.
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54 comments (Latest Comment: 05/06/2011 22:06:19 by BobR)

Today, this is who we are.
Author: Raine    Date: 05/05/2011 12:53:23

Today we are a nation that will not spike the football and show the world that the killing of Osama Bin Laden was a trophy.

It wasn't always that way. After Saddam Hussein was captured on Dember 14, 2003, the 9mm pistol he had on his person was recovered. Somehow, that gun ended up in the Oval office of President Bush. It later went on display at the future site of the Bush Institute on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Saddam’s Gun A Symbol That Bush ‘Disarmed Him Literally’
“It represents this Texas notion of the white hats taking out the black hats and keeping the trophy,” Rice University history professor Douglas Brinkley said, referring to Saddam’s pistol. “It’s a True West magazine kind of pulp western mentality. For President Bush, this pistol represents his greatest moment of triumph, like the F.B.I. keeping Dillinger’s gun. He wants people generations from now to see the gun and say, ‘He got the bad guy.’”
Earlier that year, Saddam's sons, Uday and Qusay were killed. Those pictures made their way into major newspapers around the world. I always thought they were leaked. It turns out - I was mistaken. It was quite deliberate from our government.
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42 comments (Latest Comment: 10/13/2011 06:42:40 by LawrenceL)

Coming Full Circle
Author: BobR    Date: 2011-05-04 10:27:21

On September 11, 2001, the nation's psyche suffered a brutal blow from a group of extremists with which most American's were only vaguely familiar. On May 1, 2011, the nation got a sense of closure as the leader of the extremists was brought to justice for the deaths on his hands. The reactions to the story have brought reactions themselves, as people grapple with understanding their feelings, much as they did nearly 10 years ago.

Back then, the nation came together with a sense of unity, verging on jingoism. People across the world proclaimed "we are all Americans". There was a sense of support as Bush ordered troops to penetrate Afghanistan's borders in pursuit of the person publicly held responsible for the attrocities. Some still question whether he was behind the attacks. Few would dispute that he was behind numerous other fatal attacks, and was a source of financing for training and operations carried out against America and other "allied" targets. He painted a target on America's back and handed the gun to the people he helped brainwash.
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37 comments (Latest Comment: 05/05/2011 02:18:13 by livingonli)

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