There has been a lot of hubbub in DC. First we got the release of a few torture memo's, and we were informed that people who followed the law at the time would not be held responsible. It's been a roller coaster. Everyone is upset. Rightfully so. Interestingly, what they are upset about seems to more of a debate than what is actually happening. Are they upset about torture, or are they upset that we didn't torture... it is boggling to the mind.

What I DO know, is that there are a lot of people who are very nervous. They should be. There are the usual cast of characters, Rumsfeld, Condi, Cheney, etc. I also believe that a few Dems are sweating it out too. The bottom line is that a damn has burst. People are coming forward, talking, and leaking information. These memos and information have confirmed that sadly, we were right. The letters, The blogs, the protests were not because we were some left wing loons. We were Right. Torture was done in our name... America's name.
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58 comments (Latest Comment: 04/24/2009 04:12:27 by livingonli)

Good morning.

Today is our 2,225th 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): 4274
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list): 4135
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3813
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3415
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 46

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 678
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 455
Journalists - Iraq: 139
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 1264

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

$848, 333, 225, 000 .00

(Sharp observers will notice a dramatic uptick from last week. There hasn't been any superweapons developed or huge cost spikes, but rather a format change. Previously, the Cost of War website only listed the cost of Iraq. Starting a few days ago, Afghanistan is now included in that total. - TriSec)

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47 comments (Latest Comment: 04/21/2009 22:21:40 by Mondobubba)

Today’s online class: how to be a subversive, under-the-radar, racist.

Step 1 – Watch FOX news. Well, that’s a given! FOX has been so successful at this game in fact, that “regular” news outlets have picked up on many of their habits. Like using “some say” or asking ridiculous leading questions like “is ACORN a communist recruitment organization, bent on warping the minds of minorities”? See what I did here, not only did I imply that a harmless organization that means to assist people has a radical agenda, but that minority groups in general might not have the mental aptitude to see through such an agenda where it true.

Here is an example I heard just this morning on my local news, I am not kidding. Seems a woman lost two children in a home fire last night and had to be taken to the hospital because she was having a “panic attack”! Now, if you’ve been paying attention to this game, you’d know that this is a Black woman. How? Well, only people of color have panic attacks after watching their children die in a house fire, if this had been a white woman we would have been told something along the lines, “the anguished woman was taken to the hospital to be examined for any signs of injury”.

See, the game is rather easy!
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13 comments (Latest Comment: 04/20/2009 01:01:48 by Mondobubba)

We've commented before in this space how the election of a partially-black man as president would bring out the crazy in the bigots. We've commented before about how the right-wing pundits are stirring up the crazy in the mentally unstable. The recent teabag party (and other events) have shown just how much crazy is out there - and most of them are elected officials! Good gawd...
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52 comments (Latest Comment: 04/18/2009 02:22:08 by livingonli)

It seems that everyone is talking about the successful rescue of ship captain Richard Phillips by the Navy Seals. To be sure, it's a great story. While the world waited and right-wing pundits loudly criticized President Obama for "doing nothing", he was quietly working behind the scenes with the Navy to ensure they had everything they needed to rescue the captain. At the critical moment they acted, and acted perfectly. Besides rescuing the captain, they removed three of the pirates from the living, and snagged one to take back. It's the stuff Hollywood movies are made of (and we can all pretty much guarantee this story will become one).
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90 comments (Latest Comment: 04/16/2009 05:20:09 by livingonli)