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Ask A Vet
Author: TriSec
Date: 01/06/2009 11:27:56
Good Morning.
Today is our 2,120th 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:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4221
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4082
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3760
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3362
Since Election (1/31/05): 2783
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 316
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 630
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 412
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 445
We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:
$ 585, 898, 600, 000.00
So. We've all torn the page off the calendar, and most of us are looking at 2009 with a fair amount of hope and optimism. Unfortunately, for families with someone in the military, 2009 is the same as 2008, or 2007, or 2006, or....
Some families are adopting unusual coping mechanisms to deal with the endless cycle of separation and worry. There's an interesting story from yesterday's Globe about one family.
There's a very interesting story out of Iraq this morning. Mr. Bush has made his entire "presidency" about bringing democracy to Iraq. But it turns out that nobody in Iraq really wanted it.
So whatever that nebulous "victory in Iraq" is....even the Iraqis are saying that democracy isn't it, and it's likely that 4,000 GIs have died in vain.
Today is our 2,120th 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:
American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4221
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03): 4082
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3760
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3362
Since Election (1/31/05): 2783
Other Coalition Troops - Iraq: 316
US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 630
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 412
Contractor Deaths - Iraq: 445
We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:
So. We've all torn the page off the calendar, and most of us are looking at 2009 with a fair amount of hope and optimism. Unfortunately, for families with someone in the military, 2009 is the same as 2008, or 2007, or 2006, or....
Some families are adopting unusual coping mechanisms to deal with the endless cycle of separation and worry. There's an interesting story from yesterday's Globe about one family.
HAMLET, N.C.—When her son got his orders to head back to Iraq, Rosa Lamourt hatched her scheme to keep him stateside.
She didn't sleep much during the four months Spc. Jobel Barbosa spent in Iraq in 2004, driving a Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle with the North Carolina National Guard. The idea of her only son, born when she was just 15, spending an entire year overseas was too much.
So when Barbosa -- a 29-year-old single father -- asked his mother to care for his daughter Christian, as she'd done during his first deployment, she simply refused.
"I thought that if he didn't have anyone to watch (Christian), they wouldn't send him," Lamourt said recently. "Maybe they would say no."
Such wishful thinking often consumes the families of soldiers sent to war, whether they're full-time fighters or part-time warriors such as Barbosa and his fellow members of E Company, the engineer company of the 120th Combined Arms Battalion, 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team. The unit from the tiny town of Hamlet, in southeastern North Carolina, left this weekend for four months of training ahead of a 12-month tour in Iraq.
As Lamourt's situation shows, reality inevitably sets in for the relatives. Her plan backfired when Barbosa's boss at the repair shop in Hamlet where he's a diesel mechanic volunteered to watch over Christian, a fourth-grader.
Lamourt quickly caved.
"There's no way I would let my baby live with a stranger," she said. "She's my first grandbaby."
And so, years after Jobel and his three sisters moved out, 9-year-old Christian moved in.
"It's like being a mom again," Lamourt said. "Imagine that."
There's a very interesting story out of Iraq this morning. Mr. Bush has made his entire "presidency" about bringing democracy to Iraq. But it turns out that nobody in Iraq really wanted it.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Despite repeated warnings, U.S. officials blindly foisted a Western-style democracy on Iraq, helping plunge it into sectarian bloodshed and a political morass, a former U.S.-installed prime minister said on Monday.
"I told President Bush many times. I said we should not photocopy the model of the United States" in Iraq, Iyad Allawi, selected interim prime minister in 2004 by a council hand-picked by U.S. officials, said in an interview with Reuters.
"I said to (Bush and ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair) categorically: 'Don't copy the Western model in Iraq; don't copy the Lebanese model; don't copy the Iranian model."
Allawi, a secular Shi'ite who led Iraq for nearly a year at a time when U.S. officials still held many levers of power, had a scathing assessment of Washington's management in close to six years since the U.S.-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein.
Despite a sharp improvement from the horrific sectarian bloodshed of 2006 and 2007, Allawi described a country still held hostage to religious and ethnic rivalries, one in which ministries remain party fiefdoms and reconciliation is elusive.
"The decision to invade Iraq was a good decision, but unfortunately there have been grave mistakes that have been committed in parallel to liberation," he said, including the fateful U.S. decision in 2003 to purge government of members of Saddam's banned Baath party.
The instant unemployment of tens of thousands of Iraqis not only crippled the country's ability to govern itself but helped fuel a bloody insurgency.
By ignoring a strong tribal structure, interwoven by Sunnis, Shi'ites, Kurds and Turkmen, as they pieced together post-Saddam Iraq, he said U.S. officials allowed sectarian strife to grow.
"It was the wrong concept of doing things ... These are some of the real mistakes, grave mistakes, that have led the country to a great vacuum which we are suffering from after six years."
So whatever that nebulous "victory in Iraq" is....even the Iraqis are saying that democracy isn't it, and it's likely that 4,000 GIs have died in vain.
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 13:15:12
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 13:15:12
Morning :hug:
Comment by 
m-hadley on 01/06/2009 13:35:41
m-hadley on 01/06/2009 13:35:41
Mornin' Mala & other 4Fers :coffee:
Hope that today is a good one for you all :D
Cheers,
mfaye
:hug: & :peace:
Hope that today is a good one for you all :D
Cheers,
mfaye
:hug: & :peace:
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 13:47:37
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 13:47:37
Why is the DC vital records department so not friendly and why is it they think I'm trying to lie to them about a name being misspelled?
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 13:49:03
Hey Faye :hug:
I'm sure it will get better when I don't have to go through aggrivation to get something I think is simple fixed.
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 13:49:03
Quote by m-hadley:
Mornin' Mala & other 4Fers :coffee:
Hope that today is a good one for you all :D
Cheers,
mfaye
:hug: & :peace:
Hey Faye :hug:
I'm sure it will get better when I don't have to go through aggrivation to get something I think is simple fixed.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 13:50:39
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 13:50:39
Morning guys! 
:hug:
Mala would you like some hip waders to help you not get wet in all that bureaucracy? :D
:hug:Mala would you like some hip waders to help you not get wet in all that bureaucracy? :D
Comment by 
Raine on 01/06/2009 13:54:14
Raine on 01/06/2009 13:54:14
Good morning!
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 13:54:55
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 13:54:55
Comment by 
TriSec on 01/06/2009 14:01:51
TriSec on 01/06/2009 14:01:51
Morning, comrades!
TriSec loves to plan...I've been all over the Metro website this morning. Why, we leave for Washington in 11 days!
TriSec loves to plan...I've been all over the Metro website this morning. Why, we leave for Washington in 11 days!
Comment by 
BobR on 01/06/2009 14:04:58
BobR on 01/06/2009 14:04:58
So I go to work at my second job last night, and I'm shuffling through the newspaper left there by the 1st shift. I like to snag the section with the crossword, Jumble, and sudoku to work on when it's slow.
As is sometimes the case, someone on the 1st shift has done most of the puzzles already. I looked at the crossword and couldn't believe it. Take a look at the answer for 46 down (lower left) and then what is written in the margin next to it:
From what I know of the staff, the person that did that is the manager (second only to the owner), and she is VERY "Christian". She's also the one that was ecstatic that she got the NRA Christmas ornament that I posted in a prior blog post. She also listens to Neil Boortz, so I'm guessing she thought this was a hilarious joke.
Ha-ha! See how I'm laughing?? :rolleyes2:
I am guessing that this is just the tip of the iceberg for that group of right-wingers that want to "take that word back".
Jaysus...
As is sometimes the case, someone on the 1st shift has done most of the puzzles already. I looked at the crossword and couldn't believe it. Take a look at the answer for 46 down (lower left) and then what is written in the margin next to it:
From what I know of the staff, the person that did that is the manager (second only to the owner), and she is VERY "Christian". She's also the one that was ecstatic that she got the NRA Christmas ornament that I posted in a prior blog post. She also listens to Neil Boortz, so I'm guessing she thought this was a hilarious joke.
Ha-ha! See how I'm laughing?? :rolleyes2:
I am guessing that this is just the tip of the iceberg for that group of right-wingers that want to "take that word back".
Jaysus...
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:06:41
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:06:41
That reminds me I need to get my travel plans in order.. I'm probably gonna just leave after work the day before, stay in a hotel someplace along the way the night before, and head into DC proper early in the morning.
Or maybe I'll bring a tent & camp out on The Mall.. :lol:
Or maybe I'll bring a tent & camp out on The Mall.. :lol:
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:07:58
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:07:58
Send 'em my way Bob..
Comment by TriSec on 01/06/2009 14:09:00
TriSec on 01/06/2009 14:09:00
No dissin' on Tagalog, Mr. Ward....that's my mother tongue! :modbat:
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:11:24
Hip isn't going to cover it all might need a full on hazmat suit
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:11:24
Quote by Scoopster:
Morning guys!
Mala would you like some hip waders to help you not get wet in all that bureaucracy? :D
Hip isn't going to cover it all might need a full on hazmat suit
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:16:29
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:16:29
ugh! why is it when I do a google search on how to get an
"order to amend birth certificate" everything is transgender?
"order to amend birth certificate" everything is transgender?
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:17:29
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:17:29
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:21:27
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:21:27
Umm.. so Harry Reid is now capitulating to seat Burris (who despite being a pretty decent guy on most accounts is really in a bad position with this appointment from Blago), but caving to demands that Al Franken (who is now OFFICIALLY certified as a Senator) not be seated.
Can we PLEASE get him out of the Majority Leader position?! NOW?!
Can we PLEASE get him out of the Majority Leader position?! NOW?!
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:22:33
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:22:33
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:23:47
I'm Shocked I tell you. shocked. <_<
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:23:47
Quote by Scoopster:
Umm.. so Harry Reid is now capitulating to seat Burris (who despite being a pretty decent guy on most accounts is really in a bad position with this appointment from Blago), but caving to demands that Al Franken (who is now OFFICIALLY certified as a Senator) not be seated.
Can we PLEASE get him out of the Majority Leader position?! NOW?!
I'm Shocked I tell you. shocked. <_<
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:24:32
Mala -- have you gone to the website of the state you were born in?
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:24:32
Quote by wickedpam:
ugh! why is it when I do a google search on how to get an
"order to amend birth certificate" everything is transgender?
Mala -- have you gone to the website of the state you were born in?
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:28:47
Ok, that scares me.
What does that make of the huge sludge spill a few weeks ago in Tennessee?
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:28:47
Quote by Scoopster:
Uhh.. yeah this is worse than Exxon Valdez and TMI combined.
Ok, that scares me.
What does that make of the huge sludge spill a few weeks ago in Tennessee?
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:31:16
wasn't born in a state - was born in DC
the Vitial records site and person on the phone not really helpful - have to get either my elementary school records IF they spelled my name right from PA or I have to get a court order from VA to make DC amend/correct my birth certificate.
All of this over 1 letter wrong. and so I can get a passport for a possible trip in March
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:31:16
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
ugh! why is it when I do a google search on how to get an
"order to amend birth certificate" everything is transgender?
Mala -- have you gone to the website of the state you were born in?
wasn't born in a state - was born in DC
the Vitial records site and person on the phone not really helpful - have to get either my elementary school records IF they spelled my name right from PA or I have to get a court order from VA to make DC amend/correct my birth certificate.
All of this over 1 letter wrong. and so I can get a passport for a possible trip in March
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:32:28
I don't get why this man only stands up to damage his own party
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:32:28
Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Umm.. so Harry Reid is now capitulating to seat Burris (who despite being a pretty decent guy on most accounts is really in a bad position with this appointment from Blago), but caving to demands that Al Franken (who is now OFFICIALLY certified as a Senator) not be seated.
Can we PLEASE get him out of the Majority Leader position?! NOW?!
I'm Shocked I tell you. shocked. <_<
I don't get why this man only stands up to damage his own party
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:32:29
It makes most of the TVA watershed area as hot as the area surrounding Chernobyl.
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 14:32:29
Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Uhh.. yeah this is worse than Exxon Valdez and TMI combined.
Ok, that scares me.
What does that make of the huge sludge spill a few weeks ago in Tennessee?
It makes most of the TVA watershed area as hot as the area surrounding Chernobyl.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:34:28
It's amazing to me the stupidity.
Guh. When I lost my Birth Certificate, it was actually easier for me to have my dad get a copy for me than it would have been for me to get a a copy.
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:34:28
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
ugh! why is it when I do a google search on how to get an
"order to amend birth certificate" everything is transgender?
Mala -- have you gone to the website of the state you were born in?
wasn't born in a state - was born in DC
the Vitial records site and person on the phone not really helpful - have to get either my elementary school records IF they spelled my name right from PA or I have to get a court order from VA to make DC amend/correct my birth certificate.
All of this over 1 letter wrong. and so I can get a passport for a possible trip in March
Guh. When I lost my Birth Certificate, it was actually easier for me to have my dad get a copy for me than it would have been for me to get a a copy.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:35:13
Thank GOD the media is ALL over that story... 
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:35:13
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Uhh.. yeah this is worse than Exxon Valdez and TMI combined.
Ok, that scares me.
What does that make of the huge sludge spill a few weeks ago in Tennessee?
It makes most of the TVA watershed area as hot as the area surrounding Chernobyl.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:36:00
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:36:00
Levi Quit his Job? Well looky looky!
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:37:17
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:37:17
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:38:16
Thing was this wasn't a big deal until they started demanding all records match to the T. So because someone spelled it pamEla instead of what my mom wanted pamAla and all this new laws I have do all this
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 14:38:16
Quote by Raine:It's amazing to me the stupidity.Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:
ugh! why is it when I do a google search on how to get an
"order to amend birth certificate" everything is transgender?
Mala -- have you gone to the website of the state you were born in?
wasn't born in a state - was born in DC
the Vitial records site and person on the phone not really helpful - have to get either my elementary school records IF they spelled my name right from PA or I have to get a court order from VA to make DC amend/correct my birth certificate.
All of this over 1 letter wrong. and so I can get a passport for a possible trip in March
Guh. When I lost my Birth Certificate, it was actually easier for me to have my dad get a copy for me than it would have been for me to get a a copy.
Thing was this wasn't a big deal until they started demanding all records match to the T. So because someone spelled it pamEla instead of what my mom wanted pamAla and all this new laws I have do all this
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:55:40
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:55:40
:thud:
bAnn Coulter is really REALLY back. She was pleasently silent during the election.
bAnn Coulter is really REALLY back. She was pleasently silent during the election.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 14:57:07
You mean to an *E*, duncha?
Raine on 01/06/2009 14:57:07
Quote by wickedpam:
Thing was this wasn't a big deal until they started demanding all records match to the T. So because someone spelled it pamEla instead of what my mom wanted pamAla and all this new laws I have do all this
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 15:00:42
no I mean it to be an "A" on my birth ceritficate like it is on my ss card and my drivers license. Its how my name is supposed to be spelled.
The "e" is traditional but my wanted it a little different
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 15:00:42
Quote by Raine:You mean to an *E*, duncha?Quote by wickedpam:
Thing was this wasn't a big deal until they started demanding all records match to the T. So because someone spelled it pamEla instead of what my mom wanted pamAla and all this new laws I have do all this
no I mean it to be an "A" on my birth ceritficate like it is on my ss card and my drivers license. Its how my name is supposed to be spelled.
The "e" is traditional but my wanted it a little different
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:05:08
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:05:08
I am disgusted with Harry Reid. Seriously disgusted.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:06:40
I know, I was playing with you. --- you see you said T and... oh never mind... that was a bad joke on my part to begin with.
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:06:40
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:You mean to an *E*, duncha?Quote by wickedpam:
Thing was this wasn't a big deal until they started demanding all records match to the T. So because someone spelled it pamEla instead of what my mom wanted pamAla and all this new laws I have do all this
no I mean it to be an "A" on my birth ceritficate like it is on my ss card and my drivers license. Its how my name is supposed to be spelled.
The "e" is traditional but my wanted it a little different
I know, I was playing with you. --- you see you said T and... oh never mind... that was a bad joke on my part to begin with.
Comment by BobR on 01/06/2009 15:09:36
As I understand it (according to NPR), even if Al Franken is declared the winner by the SOS of MN, the certificate needs to be signed by someone in the Gov's office, and they've said they won't sign it if there are court actions in process, which there are.
BobR on 01/06/2009 15:09:36
Quote by Scoopster:
Umm.. so Harry Reid is now capitulating to seat Burris (who despite being a pretty decent guy on most accounts is really in a bad position with this appointment from Blago), but caving to demands that Al Franken (who is now OFFICIALLY certified as a Senator) not be seated.
Can we PLEASE get him out of the Majority Leader position?! NOW?!
As I understand it (according to NPR), even if Al Franken is declared the winner by the SOS of MN, the certificate needs to be signed by someone in the Gov's office, and they've said they won't sign it if there are court actions in process, which there are.
Comment by 
Will in Chicago on 01/06/2009 15:10:23
Will in Chicago on 01/06/2009 15:10:23
Good morning, bloggers!! Excellent post, TriSec!!
So, will Bill O'Reilly and demAnn Coulter have a little cheese to go with their whine?
So, will Bill O'Reilly and demAnn Coulter have a little cheese to go with their whine?
Comment by Will in Chicago on 01/06/2009 15:14:13
Will in Chicago on 01/06/2009 15:14:13
Toppless coffee shop waitresses? I suppose that would even get Bob Dole up in the morning! Of course, if Fox News is on the television, that might be too many boobs at the same time.
Comment by TriSec on 01/06/2009 15:17:59
TriSec on 01/06/2009 15:17:59
Scoop, you're coming to DC too?
I declared myself in charge of smokes earlier (although we won't be able to get to Montreal for the *really* good stuff). You want I should bring you a seegar too?
I've heard from those in the know that many of the Domenicans are superior to the legacy Cuban brands these days, anyway.
I declared myself in charge of smokes earlier (although we won't be able to get to Montreal for the *really* good stuff). You want I should bring you a seegar too?
I've heard from those in the know that many of the Domenicans are superior to the legacy Cuban brands these days, anyway.
Comment by wickedpam on 01/06/2009 15:19:35
DOH! :hug:
I'm so entrenched in the red tape I didn't even realize!
wickedpam on 01/06/2009 15:19:35
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:You mean to an *E*, duncha?Quote by wickedpam:
Thing was this wasn't a big deal until they started demanding all records match to the T. So because someone spelled it pamEla instead of what my mom wanted pamAla and all this new laws I have do all this
no I mean it to be an "A" on my birth ceritficate like it is on my ss card and my drivers license. Its how my name is supposed to be spelled.
The "e" is traditional but my wanted it a little different
DOH! :hug:
I'm so entrenched in the red tape I didn't even realize!
Comment by TriSec on 01/06/2009 15:19:41
Can somebody challenge him? Take a look at Sal DiMasi up here in Massachusetts...there's a power struggle going on in the State House as we speak.
Sal is a corrupt little bastard that deserves to be expelled, though.
TriSec on 01/06/2009 15:19:41
Quote by Raine:
I am disgusted with Harry Reid. Seriously disgusted.
Can somebody challenge him? Take a look at Sal DiMasi up here in Massachusetts...there's a power struggle going on in the State House as we speak.
Sal is a corrupt little bastard that deserves to be expelled, though.
Comment by 
livingonli on 01/06/2009 15:21:01
livingonli on 01/06/2009 15:21:01
Good morning everyone. 
It looks like my stomach feels better today so hopefully got into me yesterday was a 24-hour thing.
It looks like my stomach feels better today so hopefully got into me yesterday was a 24-hour thing.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:21:24
I love how they are all deciding to simply not follow the law becuase Blago may have broken the law... the reality is that Blago is supposed to BY LAW appoint a senator. How hard is that for everyone to understand?
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:21:24
Quote by BobR:Quote by Scoopster:
Umm.. so Harry Reid is now capitulating to seat Burris (who despite being a pretty decent guy on most accounts is really in a bad position with this appointment from Blago), but caving to demands that Al Franken (who is now OFFICIALLY certified as a Senator) not be seated.
Can we PLEASE get him out of the Majority Leader position?! NOW?!
As I understand it (according to NPR), even if Al Franken is declared the winner by the SOS of MN, the certificate needs to be signed by someone in the Gov's office, and they've said they won't sign it if there are court actions in process, which there are.
I love how they are all deciding to simply not follow the law becuase Blago may have broken the law... the reality is that Blago is supposed to BY LAW appoint a senator. How hard is that for everyone to understand?
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:24:21
He was just revoted as speaker back in November. There really isn't enough (or any actually) opposition to him by the senate Dems. The Senate likes him.
It seems as tho the senate PREFERS to be led by a spineless puss.
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:24:21
Quote by TriSec:Quote by Raine:
I am disgusted with Harry Reid. Seriously disgusted.
Can somebody challenge him? Take a look at Sal DiMasi up here in Massachusetts...there's a power struggle going on in the State House as we speak.
Sal is a corrupt little bastard that deserves to be expelled, though.
It seems as tho the senate PREFERS to be led by a spineless puss.
Comment by TriSec on 01/06/2009 15:25:04
TriSec on 01/06/2009 15:25:04
Oh, lord! NovaM is playing those old PSAs again. I have the "Love Warlus" singing about breast feeding right now!
:thud:
:thud:
Comment by livingonli on 01/06/2009 15:28:22
livingonli on 01/06/2009 15:28:22
I wish there would be an effort to remove Harry Reid as Majority Leader. He both sucks and blows.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:38:03
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:38:03
I think I am gonna turn on the TV. I want to see the crazy mayhem in the Senate.
Comment by 
Random on 01/06/2009 15:42:16
Random on 01/06/2009 15:42:16
Voting! GO WONKETTE!
Why you should vote for Wonkette over...well Confluence: An Interview with Harriet Christian, NY Senate Seat Contender.
First question: What made you decide to vie for Senator Clinton’s seat? Was it 9/11?
Why you should vote for Wonkette over...well Confluence: An Interview with Harriet Christian, NY Senate Seat Contender.
First question: What made you decide to vie for Senator Clinton’s seat? Was it 9/11?
Comment by Scoopster on 01/06/2009 15:45:09
Well I would very much like to.. I can get the day off, I have the money for the trip, I just didn't have any luck with getting a hotel room in time. So I figure I'll do a day trip kinda thing.
And hmmm.. I don't fancy myself much of a cigar chomper - I'm more into kretek (clove-infused) cigarrettes and sin semilla (hehe). Tho I heard someone makes a kretek cigar...
Scoopster on 01/06/2009 15:45:09
Quote by TriSec:
Scoop, you're coming to DC too?
I declared myself in charge of smokes earlier (although we won't be able to get to Montreal for the *really* good stuff). You want I should bring you a seegar too?
I've heard from those in the know that many of the Domenicans are superior to the legacy Cuban brands these days, anyway.
Well I would very much like to.. I can get the day off, I have the money for the trip, I just didn't have any luck with getting a hotel room in time. So I figure I'll do a day trip kinda thing.
And hmmm.. I don't fancy myself much of a cigar chomper - I'm more into kretek (clove-infused) cigarrettes and sin semilla (hehe). Tho I heard someone makes a kretek cigar...
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:51:07
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:51:07
It's a mad house outside the Senate right now.
Comment by Raine on 01/06/2009 15:53:18
Raine on 01/06/2009 15:53:18
Does Momma EVER peruse the internets?
Comment by Random on 01/06/2009 15:58:35
Momma can't find the tubes.
Random on 01/06/2009 15:58:35
Quote by Raine:
Does Momma EVER peruse the internets?
Momma can't find the tubes.