Good Morning.

Today is our 2,106th day in Iraq.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from the warron terra, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

Since war began (3/19/03): 4212
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4073
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3752
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3353
Since Election (1/31/05): 2774

Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 316
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 629
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 408
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 445


We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 581, 975, 000, 000.00



So this is Christmas. As you'll note from the ticker at the top of the page, "President" Bush will leave office in just 28 days, perhaps the best Christmas present the nation ever got.

But what of the veterans?
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123 comments (Latest Comment: 12/24/2008 05:23:32 by Raine)

We would assume that in this country where it’s not illegal to be gay (whoops, how many days left do with have with President Dumbkov? Well, lets just assume that he forgets to do a last minute fix of that “problem”) – in a country where its currently not illegal to be gay, that we would sign a non binding declaration presented by the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality without hesitation.

It was just a little ole declaration seeking universal decriminalization of homosexuality.

And many of our friends in Japan, Mexico, Australia and the entire EU all signed it this past Thursday.

But no, we stood with our friends in backwards and/or repressive countries including members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference! Countries like: Iran. Remind me, aren’t we supposed to be better than Iran? Aren’t we the ones that are supposed to the protector of human rights while Iran is a member of the “Axis of Evil” as George W. has labeled them many times? The Organization of the Islamic Conference suggested that protecting sexual orientation could lead to "the social normalization and possibly the legalization of deplorable acts" such as pedophilia and incest.
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36 comments (Latest Comment: 12/22/2008 04:35:07 by livingonli)

Let's hope the current administration does not make it worse. With a month to go, there are discussions on how to save the faltering US auto industry. After shooting down the first option in congress, the administration is already talking about last option. I hope people can maybe work down the line instead of immediately jumping to a 'final' last option of bankruptcy. "Managed Bankruptcy" is just another word for letting it fail. With any other administration I would believe that they were really trying to help our troubled auto industry, but too many times we have been told one thing only to find out, it meant quite the opposite. It's been a week since congress failed to come up with a plan to save the industry. A week. How things can change in a week.
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85 comments (Latest Comment: 12/20/2008 04:57:09 by livingonli)

I know that I am far from alone in eager anticipation for our President Elect to be sworn in. I look forward to the dawn of Change in America. On the "To-Do-List": A stimulus package to help turn the economy around and create jobs; healthcare; education; environment; the list goes on and on. Before he can deliver these things, there is an awful lot of things to undo from the previous administration.
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80 comments (Latest Comment: 12/18/2008 03:28:23 by Mondobubba)

By now everyone has seen the video of an Iraqi reporter throwing his shoes at Bush's head. It bears rewatching. You can see it here. Go ahead, I'll wait... What a great way to start a Monday morning, watching Bush dodge flying footware. Bush seems to call it a valid form of protest; I wonder how many pairs will end up on the White House lawn?

Seriously though: simmering beneath the surface is an uglier truth. Despite all of Bush's proclamations about how much more free the Iraqis are now, they are apparently not very grateful for their newfound freedom. Perhaps it's because they don't see daily suicide bombings, lack of potable water, and an infrastructure straight out of 3rd world Africa as "freedom".
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117 comments (Latest Comment: 12/16/2008 06:20:19 by Raine)