...In sworn testimony Erik Prince, a former Navy SEAL who founded Blackwater, acknowledged that his guards sometimes will fire first on Iraqis in an attempt to prevent "potential car bombs," although he insisted the contractors follow a strict protocol before resorting to lethal force. The House Oversight Committee met in the wake of a Sept. 16 shooting during which Blackwater guards are alleged to have been unprovoked when they opened fire on a crowd of Iraqis, killing between 11 and 20 civilians...
... has numerous links to the White House as well as many current and former Republicans. The connections include the firm's chief operating officer Joseph Schmitz, who was tapped by President Bush in 2002 to "oversee and police the Pentagon's military contracts as the Defense Department's Inspector General." The relevation was first reported by Ben Van Heuvelen in Salon. Serving until 2005, Schmitz went on to preside over "the largest increase of military-contracting spending in history" and joined Blackwater just a month after his departure from the Pentagon, according to Van Heuvelen...
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Oh dear... WHy dear lord, Why does Billo always headline RWW?
Quote by Raine: Oh the lifeline screening ad.... I owe my life to you I'm one lucky guy :rolleyes:
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WOrd up!!! :banana:
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:evil:, :monkey:, :chimp:, :sprint:, and emoticons have all been added
Quote by Raine: Speaking of Phony Soldiers.... THIS is a phony soldier!
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I have heard southern and northern dumb guy accents...
USually after they speak... you will hear the following... after they speak *waronterra , fight them over there... Kill the alKayder's*
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So what is the GOP these days?
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I just hope and pray I don't have to hold my nose doing it.
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I like what Randi says about the candidates, she says she is gonna go after all of them now and say as much as she can now becuase once the candidadte is chosen... She will throw all her energies behind getting the dem elected.
I just hope and pray I don't have to hold my nose doing it.
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I like what Randi says about the candidates, she says she is gonna go after all of them now and say as much as she can now becuase once the candidadte is chosen... She will throw all her energies behind getting the dem elected.
I just hope and pray I don't have to hold my nose doing it.
Please let it not be Hilary. Please let it not be Hilary.
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I like what Randi says about the candidates, she says she is gonna go after all of them now and say as much as she can now becuase once the candidadte is chosen... She will throw all her energies behind getting the dem elected.
I just hope and pray I don't have to hold my nose doing it.
Please let it not be Hilary. Please let it not be Hilary.
I can't believe she's that far ahead in the polls when most lefties I know don't support her.
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ling!!! good morning!!!
By the way, regarding Rush and betrayeus... he actually coined that term... Really check it out at the media matters!
From the State Department, All the News for Inquiring Minds By Al Kamen, Wednesday, October 3, 2007; A21 Fox News, launched with such high hopes 11 years ago as the "fair and balanced" network, apparently hasn't lived up to its billing. CNN never had a chance. The other networks? Please. No citizen could dare trust the agenda-driven print media -- The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times -- to figure out, let alone accurately tell, the "real" story. But now the State Department is in the blogosphere, and says it "offers the public an alternative source to mainstream media for U.S. foreign policy information." The blog, launched last week and called "Dipnote," is "taking you behind the scenes." This is what we've all been waiting for! No more media filters and distortions. Unbiased news directly from the federal government, a news source long noted for truthful, unbiased reporting. The Clinton administration and most all its predecessors vowed to end-run the media, and they finally have the new electronic media to help them to do it. One of the first diplo-bloggers last week was the assistant secretary for international organizations, Kristen Silverberg, who blogged from the United Nations.
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I'm opposing Hillary on other grounds.
She's named "Clinton".
I'm sorry, the last thing this country needs in the White House is anyone named Bush or Clinton. Let's get some new blood and new ideas in there.
I'm not a large fan of Mr. Obama, but the mere fact that he is a newcomer and is not fully entrenched into Washington culture means something....
He's not beholden to too many special interests yet, and won't owe anything to anyone if he actually gets in.
Quote by starling310:Really? Because Randi, in her recent narcissust phase, is adamant that SHE coined that phrase and MoveOn stole it!Quote by Raine: ling!!! good morning!!! By the way, regarding Rush and betrayeus... he actually coined that term... Really check it out at the media matters!
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Why does it have to be a choice between the 2 of them? That's my point.
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I'm opposing Hillary on other grounds.
She's named "Clinton".
I'm sorry, the last thing this country needs in the White House is anyone named Bush or Clinton. Let's get some new blood and new ideas in there.
I'm not a large fan of Mr. Obama, but the mere fact that he is a newcomer and is not fully entrenched into Washington culture means something....
He's not beholden to too many special interests yet, and won't owe anything to anyone if he actually gets in.
Why does it have to be a choice between the 2 of them? That's my point.
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Well, it doesn't have to be. That's who the media wants us to vote for.
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Say Chris, if you happen by this afternoon, thanks for scaring the bejeesus out of me with this talk of food insecurity and inflation.
That's going to kill an awful lot of us paycheck-to-paycheck folks.
Quote by TriSec: Afternoon, folks. On the opening day of the baseball playoffs, a retelling of "The Miracle Of The Radio" is in order. In the fall of 2004, a certain local nine took on another nine men from a city somewhat to our southwest. Your loyal TriSec faithfully watched them lose game 1. And game 2. And game 3. Partway through game 4, I decided not to watch our local boys get swept, and went upstairs to bed before the massacre was complete. But, being the die-hard that I am, I brought my trusty radio with me so I could listen and not see. I knew the batteries in this radio were about done, in fact the radio had given me a low battery warning just the day before, so I was planning on listening until the battery died, then go to sleep. But the battery didn't die....and I heard the Sox come back and win game 4. Being a superstitious baseball fan (like so many of us in Red Sox Nation), I made sure I had my trusty radio going for game 5. And game 6. And game 7. And then in the world series, for all four of those sweet victories. The batteries in my radio somehow made it all the way through the playoffs. The very day after the Sox won for the first time in 86 years....the batteries gave up the ghost. I'll have my trusty radio on tonight. How about you?
Quote by livingonli: But is anyone going to get use to watching the playoffs on TBS? And for our Atlanta delegation, you have to find it on a new channel with the re-branding of WTBS as Peachtree TV.
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ok friends ... I am out for now... Gonna go apply for a jhob at an art supply store! (crack store for me)
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But is anyone going to get use to watching the playoffs on TBS? And for our Atlanta delegation, you have to find it on a new channel with the re-branding of WTBS as Peachtree TV.
Wtbs is a local version of TBS i if I am correct... I dunno... I just do not watch enought tv!
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Afternoon, folks. On the opening day of the baseball playoffs, a retelling of "The Miracle Of The Radio" is in order.
In the fall of 2004, a certain local nine took on another nine men from a city somewhat to our southwest.
Your loyal TriSec faithfully watched them lose game 1. And game 2. And game 3.
Partway through game 4, I decided not to watch our local boys get swept, and went upstairs to bed before the massacre was complete. But, being the die-hard that I am, I brought my trusty radio with me so I could listen and not see.
I knew the batteries in this radio were about done, in fact the radio had given me a low battery warning just the day before, so I was planning on listening until the battery died, then go to sleep.
But the battery didn't die....and I heard the Sox come back and win game 4.
Being a superstitious baseball fan (like so many of us in Red Sox Nation), I made sure I had my trusty radio going for game 5. And game 6. And game 7.
And then in the world series, for all four of those sweet victories.
The batteries in my radio somehow made it all the way through the playoffs. The very day after the Sox won for the first time in 86 years....the batteries gave up the ghost.
I'll have my trusty radio on tonight. How about you?
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I'm opposing Hillary on other grounds.
She's named "Clinton".
I'm sorry, the last thing this country needs in the White House is anyone named Bush or Clinton. Let's get some new blood and new ideas in there.
I'm not a large fan of Mr. Obama, but the mere fact that he is a newcomer and is not fully entrenched into Washington culture means something....
He's not beholden to too many special interests yet, and won't owe anything to anyone if he actually gets in.
Quote by Mondobubba:Ohh art supplies! Crack indeed! Howdy all. Y'all might wanna pick up this weeks Rolling Stone for three reasons: 1. Matt Taibei on Fred Thompson and what a useless sack protoplasm he is. 2. The cover article on Hunter Thompson 3. A really in depth piece on what a boondoogle "Star Wars" (not the movie) really is.Quote by Raine: ok friends ... I am out for now... Gonna go apply for a jhob at an art supply store! (crack store for me)