So here is what ought to be the breaking news of the day. The White House is going to have a vegetable garden! They are Growing Green! It's an amazing thing to know that we not only have a White House that is asking Americans to start living green, they are leading by actions instead of words only.
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107 comments (Latest Comment: 03/20/2009 05:47:04 by livingonli)

Good Morning.

Today is our 2,190th day in Iraq. As you are aware, March 19 marks the 6th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. It is "Evacuation Day" here in Boston.

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): 4259
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4120
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3798
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3401
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 30

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 318
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 666
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 444
Journalists - Iraq: 139
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 1264


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

$ 605, 501, 900, 000 .00


Turning to our friends at IAVA....do you "tweet"? IAVA director Paul Rieckhoff does, and if you followed him yesterday, he had quite a whirlwind day.

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65 comments (Latest Comment: 03/18/2009 03:32:21 by Mondobubba)

Yes, Velveeta is sick to death of the dearth of money she has, the fact that she must do her taxes this week, and all the bad news that continues to boil over on the TV, radio and interwebs. Sheesh! The Washington Post is cutting its daily financial section while the celebrity Web site TMZ and TV shows like "Extra" and "Inside Edition" are expanding theirs! I wasn't even aware these gossip shows had any coverage not related to Britney, Lindsay, Paris and missing white women. Guess I'll have to tune into "The Soup" with Joel McHale to see how my stocks are doing.

Anyway, I am sick of money talk; falling DOW's, rich CEO's bilking me out of money, and auto makers that are going under because no one can afford to buy, much less drive, their copious behemoth Hummers, and they can't figure out what the problem is.

So instead I present you with some non money news!
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21 comments (Latest Comment: 03/16/2009 00:55:25 by TriSec)

In the beginning, there was nothing. The world was a huge mysterious place with seemingly random phenomena that scared and awed mankind. Science didn't exist yet, so mankind did what men do on a Sat night at the local bar when they're trying to pick up women - they bullshitted their way through an explanation. Thus - religion was born.

Okay, perhaps that was a bit harsh. More than likely, the best minds of the times tried to make sense of things like the movement of the sun, moon and stars, earthquakes and volcanoes, and killing storms by attaching a "rational" explanation: the Gods are angry with us. Early leaders quickly saw how this could be harnessed for power, and the civic leaders and the religious leaders quickly became closely aligned and - in some cases - identical.
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53 comments (Latest Comment: 03/14/2009 04:59:23 by livingonli)

In 1999, the world was horrified when two students in Columbine, Colorado went on a killing spree at their high school. It inspired numerous discussions of youth alienation, gun control, and our culture (targeting musicians like Marilyn Manson). It inspired Micheal Moore to make a movie. It even had some schools banning long black jackets, as if THAT would prevent this sort of thing in the future.

What was once horrifying and unique has almost become commonplace today, which is itself horrifying in its own right. What makes people kill others (sometimes their own families) before killing themselves? Are they exacting their last bit of revenge before they go? Are they afraid of going alone? Why are we seeing this more and more lately?
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49 comments (Latest Comment: 03/12/2009 06:51:53 by Scoopster)