Here's the story of one marine. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja8kuAHQaWQ[/youtube] The comments following this video at YouTube substantiate the huge cultural divide that exists in the U.S. The comment that haunts me the most is about the day-to-day job: breaking down doors and terrorizing numerous innocent people. This occurs because our soldiers can't…
If you want to know what Bill Maher is up to, check out this article at Salon.com. I found the interview to be equally thoughtful and frank--the antithesis of political talk. For instance, on McCain and Iraq Maher says: It's already a partitioned country. What are we fighting for over…
From today's press conference at the White House:Â Reporter:Â Slides from a prewar briefing show that by this point, the U.S. expected that the Iraqi army would be able to stabilize the country and there would be as few as 5,000 U.S. troops there. What went wrong? Tony Snow: I'm…
Today ABC's Martha Raddatz asked Bush whether Iraq was embroiled in a civil war. Bush:Â "It's hard for me living in this beautiful White House to give you an assessment, a first hand assessment . . ." Bush continued on: I haven't been there. You have, I haven't. But I…
Recent reports of the discovery of a new element which has been called “Bushcromium†have been discredited by the recent discovery of a nearly identical form of the element which is called “Poppium†It appears that the characteristics of Bushcromium and Poppium are nearly identical, with both sharing some of…